When Everybody Loves You
You Can Never Be Lonely
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I had to get my new comics a day late this week. I haven’t gotten a chance to read them yet, but this is what I got.
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New comics Wednesday! Here are my additions this week, with 2 that I missed last Wednesday. I’ve read all of them except the Orchid issue, which I only grabbed because 1. It was only $1.00, and 2. It’s written by Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine. However, everything else has been top-notch. The #2 issues of DC’s New 52 books have all been fantastic, building upon what was established in the #1’s. I hope this trend continues!
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I got two weeks’ of comics today since I couldn’t pick up my pull last Wednesday, and today was the first day I could get this week’s. This wasn’t even everything, but Tumblr only lets you upload 10 at a time. So there was more.
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I forgot to throw these up last week, and it’ll be new comics Wednesday when I wake up. So I wanted to updated with the past 2 weeks’ worth since I’d fallen behind.
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My PC is currently out of commission, so any posts must be done from my phone; the app does not allow for photosets unfortunately.
Anyway, I had to get two weeks’ worth of comics the last time I went to the shop. Here they are in alphabetical order:
Batgirl #9
Batman #9
Batman and Robin #9
Daredevil #12
Deadpool #54
Green Lantern #9
Green Lantern Corps. #9
Justice League #9
Nightwing #9
Punisher #11
Red Hood and the Outlaws #9
Saga #3
Wonder Woman #9I enjoyed all of them. The Night of the Owls crossover is working remarkably well, with each tie-in working to supplement the overall narrative in Batman. Scott Snyder really has come up with a fascinating and enjoyable story, and the other authors’ work with it has been great as well.
The stand out issue for me this week is Green Lantern Corps. The story in that book has been focusing on Guy Gardner and John Stewart—my favorite of the Earth Green Lanterns. John’s been going through some heavy stuff ever since, well, as far back as I can remember; but now his actions and hard decisions are coming back to haunt him in an interesting way. What I really liked about this issue was the art, specifically John’s facial expressions, which manage to convey emotion and communicate to the reader exactly what needs to be said with or without the text. It’s a great read, especially if you’re a fan of the main Green Lantern title.
Oh, and if you want to read something that isn’t a superhero comic, Saga is a great, great new book. It reminds me do much of a Final Fantasy game. It introduces you to a new world, new people, and everything that comes with it. It’s wonderful—simply wonderful.
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NerdNight 8/29/2012
Last week’s comics discussion/podcast was taken from Coffee Cartel in the Central West End with Patches joining to discuss his take on the New 52. Amy helped us understand a bit more about LOCKE & KEY, Joel B. showed us all Darwyn Cooke’s PARKER series, and Joel C. and I talked about the recurring themes in Geoff Johns’ ongoing GREEN LANTERN run. We also talked about BEFORE WATCHMEN: THE MINUTEMEN #3! Download above and listen! Then sound off with any feedback.
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NerdNight for 9/6/2012 is up for download!
This week’s NerdNight discussion is available for download. This time around, we all talked about the best and worst of the first year of DC Comics NEW 52, then transition into a long talk about the importance of GREEN LANTERN #0. I give my take on DETECTIVE COMICS #0, and Amy welcomes us into the world of FAIREST. Then, the Joels (Joel Castleberry and Joel Samson Berntsen) do a little one-on-one review of HAWKEYE #2. We round out the night with our usual discussion of BEFORE WATCHMEN, this time focusing on SILK SPECTRE #3. Enjoy!
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Every week, Comic Book Resources holds a segment called “The Line, it is Drawn” in which a group of artists draw suggestions from Twitter users based on a certain theme. This week’s theme was: name a comic character (or characters) and a song lyric that you’d like to see our artists interpret as a drawing featuring said character(s).
I decided to suggest a ton of characters alongside Beatles’ lyrics, and artist Xum Yukinori actually chose my Green Lantern/”Across the Universe” suggestion and created a tribute to the ending-too-soon Green Lantern: The Animated Series. I thought it was pretty cool.@csbg Green Lantern: “Images of broken light, which dance before me like a million eyes/They call me on and on across the universe”
— Drew Maxey (@drewXdeficit) March 8, 2013
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