New 52 Floats All Boats - Here, Anyway
I have three more DC New 52 reviews up at Sequential Tart:
http://www.sequentialtart.com/reports.php?typeID=5&issue=2011-09-19
Stormwatch #1 (disappointing)
Swamp Thing #1 (great!)
Batwoman #1 (gorgeous, but summary-y)
Supernatural fans may be tickled to learn that the Batwoman series debuts with the same antagonist who appeared in Supernatural's series debut: the Woman in White!
In other news, I'm super-behind in posting comics reviews, so expect a bunch more next week.
And my comic shop reports that indie books are selling really well in the wake of DC's relaunch. To quote their tweets:
"This Wed bigger than last which was bigger than the one before. Getting cleaned out by customers from other stores! Indies not suffering!" "Any pub who didn't have a book in the last 3 weeks missed an opportunity. Ride the DC wave, kids."
I dropped just over $100 at my LCS yesterday, $80 of which on indies: two Dark Horse comics and TPBs and one hardcover from Arcana, Fantagraphics and IDW.
Of course, it's not every week that two pre-ordered collections plus a Love and Rockets show up. But I definitely grabbed the Arcana release because I made a point of coming into the store, and Andrew Foley, author of Done to Death, was in the store to sign Done to Death, and so was this other local author. His book is called The Matriarch and the artwork looks great, so I thought, why not?
Now all I have to do is find time to read all this stuff!
http://www.sequentialtart.com/reports.php?typeID=5&issue=2011-09-19
Stormwatch #1 (disappointing)
Swamp Thing #1 (great!)
Batwoman #1 (gorgeous, but summary-y)
Supernatural fans may be tickled to learn that the Batwoman series debuts with the same antagonist who appeared in Supernatural's series debut: the Woman in White!
In other news, I'm super-behind in posting comics reviews, so expect a bunch more next week.
And my comic shop reports that indie books are selling really well in the wake of DC's relaunch. To quote their tweets:
"This Wed bigger than last which was bigger than the one before. Getting cleaned out by customers from other stores! Indies not suffering!" "Any pub who didn't have a book in the last 3 weeks missed an opportunity. Ride the DC wave, kids."
I dropped just over $100 at my LCS yesterday, $80 of which on indies: two Dark Horse comics and TPBs and one hardcover from Arcana, Fantagraphics and IDW.
Of course, it's not every week that two pre-ordered collections plus a Love and Rockets show up. But I definitely grabbed the Arcana release because I made a point of coming into the store, and Andrew Foley, author of Done to Death, was in the store to sign Done to Death, and so was this other local author. His book is called The Matriarch and the artwork looks great, so I thought, why not?
Now all I have to do is find time to read all this stuff!