Dr.Finger
08-05-2008, 08:17 PM
Comic Day! Safer than BASE jumping, and more fun to book! Click here (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59788) to join the discussion, and for a peek at what will be in stores this week head over to Diamond's new release list (http://previewsworld.com/public/default.asp?t=2&m=1&c=6&s=428).
This week, on the unconquerable Johnny Gigawatt & the Tiger Men from Mars (http://johnnygigawatt.com): we break down the Eisner Awards, discuss a possible creative change on the flagship X-Book and ponder the future of the Dark Knight.
Picks of the Week
Final Crisis #3 - The first issue wasn't very good. The second was an improvement but not great. So why am I really excited about this particular book? From everything I've read this is the issue in which everything hits the fan. It's not the strongest endorsement, but Grant Morrison's reinvention of the New Gods still has me intrigued. Too bad we won't see another issue until late September...
Nightwing #147 - A book that often flies under the radar, but it's one of the best DC puts out at the moment. Unfortunately with this issue it starts tying into the overarching Batman R.I.P. storyline. The main part of that story hasn't been bad, but I have a bad feeling about the tie-ins being tacked on. Let's hope this one exceeds my expectations.
Cable #6 - Another slow starter, another title that's improved consistently month-to-month. Cable is on the run from Bishop with the Last Mutant Baby in tow (bulletproof bjorn!) in a post-apocalyptic future. Hints have been dropped as to the identity of the baby girl, but we're apparently going to have her story spelled out pretty clearly in the near future.
Question of the Week - We all know that in comics dead rarely means Dead. On one level the revolving door in the morgue is understandable; some deaths were pretty lame, so a return is appreciated. On the other hand, it's obviously become grossly overdone. Deaths are often a way to get some cheap emotion in a comic, but by making sure that no death is ever permanent - and therefore never matters - they've diluted even that little bit of power into nothing. So, this week we ask: Which resurrections - or deaths - would you like to see undone in comics?
This week, on the unconquerable Johnny Gigawatt & the Tiger Men from Mars (http://johnnygigawatt.com): we break down the Eisner Awards, discuss a possible creative change on the flagship X-Book and ponder the future of the Dark Knight.
Picks of the Week
Final Crisis #3 - The first issue wasn't very good. The second was an improvement but not great. So why am I really excited about this particular book? From everything I've read this is the issue in which everything hits the fan. It's not the strongest endorsement, but Grant Morrison's reinvention of the New Gods still has me intrigued. Too bad we won't see another issue until late September...
Nightwing #147 - A book that often flies under the radar, but it's one of the best DC puts out at the moment. Unfortunately with this issue it starts tying into the overarching Batman R.I.P. storyline. The main part of that story hasn't been bad, but I have a bad feeling about the tie-ins being tacked on. Let's hope this one exceeds my expectations.
Cable #6 - Another slow starter, another title that's improved consistently month-to-month. Cable is on the run from Bishop with the Last Mutant Baby in tow (bulletproof bjorn!) in a post-apocalyptic future. Hints have been dropped as to the identity of the baby girl, but we're apparently going to have her story spelled out pretty clearly in the near future.
Question of the Week - We all know that in comics dead rarely means Dead. On one level the revolving door in the morgue is understandable; some deaths were pretty lame, so a return is appreciated. On the other hand, it's obviously become grossly overdone. Deaths are often a way to get some cheap emotion in a comic, but by making sure that no death is ever permanent - and therefore never matters - they've diluted even that little bit of power into nothing. So, this week we ask: Which resurrections - or deaths - would you like to see undone in comics?