Fell # 9 Review.

O.k. I know I haven't really spent much time on comics lately. Still been reading them, just been too busy to really pay much attention to review them. But Fell #9 from Mr. Warren Ellis and Mr. Ben Templesmith does it again. In just 16 pages it manages to tell a complete story, use storytelling techniques brand new to the medium and look absolutely amazing. It's one of the few comics left today that are worth the wait. Another fine issue. A Plus.

movies and comics, oh my!

Went to see American Gangster last night. A very good crime flick and one of the only movies I've seen this year that feels like an oscar movie. Denzel Washington should get a nod and the direction of Ridley Scott is focused soley on the story he is telling. Very very good.

But I liked the Darjeeling Limited better. I've always had a soft spot for Wes Anderson and this is his most serious film yet. Makes me want to research Indian train lines.

Picked up Hellboy Darkness Calls #6 today and it ends the story for baba yaga yet again. It was a very good Hellboy story overall and I really really love the coloring in this book.

Also got Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-men # 23 and it was o.k. but not as emotionally charged as the past few issues. Give it a B.

Hellboy Darkness Calls #5

Wow. Duncan Fegredo's artwork in this issue is outstanding and it's just all around awesome. Aplus

Astonishing X-Men #22. Wow. that last three pages just hit so hard. If Joss Whedon doesn't get back to scripting film soon then it's a real shame. This book is the most cinematic the X-men have ever been and they all just feel so right. Seriously, when Whedon leaves comics, which all indicators point to soon, the film world better be ready. John Cassady's art is superb as well. APLUS best single issue I've read in quite some time.

COMICS!

Loveless # 19. Wow. finally the story gets going again. I was slowly giving up on this book but not now. Tight story telling and the art is back at top form.


The Immortal Iron Fist. Hardcover collecting the first six issues. If you would have told me that in 2007 two of marvel's coolest characthers would be Luke Cage and Iron Fist I would have laughed. Brian Bendis made Cage relevant again and this is what Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker have done with Iron Fist. A must for any fan of Martial Arts comics.


Anders Nilsen's Dogs and Water is sparse in it's renderings and it's pacing is almost dreamlike. He leaves alot for the reader to figure out and that is quite alright. One of the better indie books I've seen this year.

movies and comics

Sunshine is a great old fashion scifi film for the first hour and a half, and then it becomes a weird horror film. Overall its pretty good and it's nice to see a science fiction film that doesn't rely on explosion after explosion. And Chris Evans can act. Should have never been in Fantastic Four.

New Warriors # 3 So much tech here, you have to wonder when Stark and his shield boys will come down hard on the group. Its a nice ride in the post civil war universe.

Sea Of Red finished the first two trades. One too go. Vampires and Pirates, can you go wrong much?

Hellboy Darkness Calls #4

Does anyone else feel like their reading a mythology lesson when reading this book. It's so good. And Baba Yaga is very well done in just the few panels she appears in. This is one of the best Hellboy stories yet.

Comic reviews, Lenore, Zero Killer

Zero Killer is a brand new comic by the author of the Rex Mundi series. In this universe the world has gone nuclear back in the 70's and the New York skyscrapers have become the home for many different gangs who battle to stay high up in the air. The story follows Zero who feels like a bounty hunter in this first issue. The art is great and Dave Stewart does a great job with the colors as usual.




Lenore #13 Roman Dirge takes Lenore into the world of color and it looks nice but doesnt really affect the story in any way. Lenore is still her distrubing cute little self and she still has some pretty whacked out companions along for the ride. Very funny stuff and there is a reason this comic is as popular as it is.

Also read the Gaurdians miniseries that Marvel put out a few years ago. It's a nice coming of age story involving all kinds of aliens. It's not bad if you can find it in your quarter bins at your local shop.

Leaving town, Transformers, and Comic reviews

Were leaving town early tommorow morning for Minnesota for a little Convergence and some much needed vacation time in the twin cities. So no updates till next thursday at the earliest.

Just saw Transformers and I got to say I enjoyed it alot. It's hard to redo a cartoon that has some many fans passionate and you cant help but feel a little bit squeezed when you only have two hours. Overall its fun, it's big and Optimus is very very cool. If you love explosions, well Michael Bay has plenty of them here and the special effects are phenomenal.

New Warriors #2 keeps the path of secrecy going and looks to become a nice little mystery before it's all done. The crew knows the history of these characthers and that always goes a long way.

O.k. have a great week. see you later

hellboy darkness calls#3

Something about Hellboy and the mythology surrounding the book really draws me in. There is a sense of proper place in the storytelling and yet the humor of life is always present through Hellboy himself. Im enjoying this series much more than The Island, and I can see it wrapping up wonderfully over the next few issues.

Moon Knight#11 Mouse Guard, Oceans

Just got back from Ocean's 13. Its good stuff. Feel like some of the star power was wasted with such a large cast but its a good caper flick.

Picked up moon knight # 11 today. its the weakest issue in the series so far but still very good.


Also read Mouse Guard collection. Good stuff in the fantasy genre which comics don't have an abundance of.

Wed Comic Reviews, VERTIGO edition.

Loveless # 18. Yeah yeah yeah, more people killing each other. This has got to be the slowest comic ever. yet I can't turn away. B-

American Virgin the 1st Trade. This is an o.k. Vertigo book. It does a nice twist on the whole televangelist thing, and has some truly funny moments. But I can't see this being the next Fables or Transmetropolitan.

I heartily reccomend Brian K Vaughan's Pride of Bagdahd. It is a very neat look at the war we started and also surpising ends with a real sad outcome. If this were to ever get optioned for film I have no doubt the producers would change the ending, because if they didn't there would be some crying kids leaving the theatre. One of the few comics I've read recently that made me say wow. I should start reading more of Vaughan's stuff. I always liked Y the Last man, and he seems to have a very good sense of our world right now.

New Warriors #1

So One of the things Civil War has allowed Marvel to do is to explore and rehash some of their older and recently unused properties. Omega Flight seems to be doing o.k. for them and here come's the New Warriors. I really enjoyed the first 70 or so issues of the first New Warriors series, never really read volume two until it had been cancelled. But being the Marvel boy that I am, they were always as close to the Teen Titans as I cared to get. This rehash has a nice set up. Someone or some group who are not registered heroes are bagging bad guys and leaving them for the cops. Just like the old days. Tony STark is mad, especially because they are leaving the NW's tag at the sight. We see one of Grant Morrison's best creations during his run on X-men Beak, except now he's just an average looking guy since he lost his mutant powers during House of M. Seem a bit confusing? Yeah I guess you need to know the Marvel U's storyline for the past three years to get any of it, but I'm hoping this book will be able to stand on it's own and make a brand new name for the new "New Warriors".

Moon Knight #10

Good stuff, but not really going anywhere quick.
bplus.

Aegis Wing. Single player playthrough this morning. Pretty decent. will try mulitplayer tonight.

HellBoy Darkness Calls#1 ASM #21

Two comics worth your money today as Whedon gets all touch feely with the X-men in the way only Whedon can
and then there's the return of everyone's favorite hornless devil




Hellboy Darkness Calls #1 of 6. A strong first issue and a nice set up for some weird fun which, is of course what Hellboy does best. Does anyone else agree that Dave Stewart is one of the best colorist working the field? He just commands the mood of the entire Hellboy comics universe.

superfu*%&ers # 4

James Kolchaka's Super hero team for the foul mouthed and not so super continues here in all it's day glo color. The best part of the whole issue comes with the first line of profanity on the very first page. Somethings you just can't repeat, even when they've been written in what looks like a kids book. Much better than the first two issues, not quite as good as the last.
A-.

Moon Knight #9

Only picked up Moon Knight # 9 this week and new penciler MICO SUAYAN does a nice job of replacing finch although not quite as detailed in the backgrounds. Wonder what will happen in issue ten? In all realities Moon Knight and Punisher shouldn't really have a problem with each other. Will be interesting to see how Huston plays it.

Optic Nerve returns.

Optic Nerve #11 By Adrian Tomine. Finally this issue is out and finally we can conclude this 3 parter. Tomine is once again playing the wordiness of comics around and what we get is a little piece of self loathing and a wonderfully realised story.
Always good Aplus.

Loveless # 18. More blackwater foolishness. B plus.



Fell #8 Wouldn't you know it. Optic Nerve gets overshadowed by this book. Fell is not just a great value in comics, it's also a writer's workshop, and artistic beauty and truly the best comic I'm reading. APLUS!

Comic Review.

Star Trek The Space Between # 3 Very good story that must have taken place in season 7. These comics are nice reminders of TNG and just how simple the show really was.

Also I highly reccomend you pick up the Cross Bronx trade in stores today. It may be Oeming's best work besides Powers.

Cross BronX, Gears of War

No new comics today. I did pick up the Cross Bronx Limited series by Michael Avon Oeming and Ivan Brandon and just got through the first issue. It's pretty good crime story so far and I love the art.
Gears of War is as good as everyone says it is. It's pretty addictive in its nature as well. I played my first online match today but I'm not really good enough to be playing agaisnt anyone else right now. I got killed pretty quickly. I really am enjoying the single player and am probably about a 1/3rd of the way through it. It's not often that anything lives up to hype, but so far I've got to say Gears does indeed.