(Disclaimer - I typically try to avoid succumbing to “nerd-rage” and focus more on the things I enjoy, but this time I couldn’t hold back ( Read more... )

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Avengers Prime #2 of 5 - Brian Michael Bendis + Alan Davis. Gorgeous but, with having separated the three main players, the point of this series is eluding me. I thought it was to reconcile them, but they are spending a fair amount of time apart. We'll have to see how it works out in the end. In the meantime, the open Asgardian plot threads ( Read more... )

Here's a list of the comic book based movies that I've got on DVD.

Rule #1 - They have to have originated from comics.

I am including straight to DVD animated movies because if I didn't, then how could I include straight to DVD live-action movies? I'll put the tiles of the animated ones in italics to make it clearer.

I am leaving out anime based on ( Read more... )

Geez louise, another big week. Have I mentioned how glad I am that all these Avengers titles are ending with the completion of Siege?

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Avengers: The Initiative #32 - Christos N. Gage + Mahmud Asrar. Occurring during Siege #1, this issue again focuses on Taskmaster as his new position at the big boy table starts to go to his head, and he jumps ( Read more... )

It's a decently sized week, so let's get on with it, yes?

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Avengers: The Initiative #31 - Christos N Gage + Rafa Sandoval. I'm again glad that I didn't end up dropping this series because this issue was fantastic. It really highlights what I like about Taskmaster and Constrictor - they are two blue-collar criminals in it for money and the easy ( Read more... )

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Amazing Spider-Man #611 - Joe Kelly + Eric Canete. Fuck, yeah, I know, I broke my word and bought an Amazing Spider-Man comic before that DC-style world-manipulating bit of lazy writing was redacted (a.k.a. One More Day). Look, I'm upset with myself enough as is, don't rub it in. I had planned on passing it up, but Deadpool and Spidey ( Read more... )

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Astonishing X-Men #31 - Warren Ellis + Phil Jimenez. It's Jimenez's debut, but I've never been too impressed by him. He's good, but not great. At least he's reliably good, which is better than you can say for most artists. It may be too early to feel this way, but it seems Ellis is doing a vast decompressed rehashment of a tale he did years ( Read more... )

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Agents of Atlas #11 - Jeff Parker + Dan Panosian/Gabriel Hardman. The war of the evil empires comes to a surprising end in the series finale. No, don't worry, I'm not about to dish out the stream of curses that anyone not reading this deserves... because next month begins a two part X-Men vs. The Agents of Atlas series, after which it starts ( Read more... )

So now I'm moved, but things are really crazy-busy like. I just finally got to see G.I.Joe today because, mainly, I said "I'm going to go, and that's that." Still, if not for the holiday I still wouldn't have been able to fit it in. Also saw the documentary Night Music: The Art of P. Craig Russell at the Cleveland Museum of Art on August 26th, and ( Read more... )

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Astonishing X-Men #30 - Warren Ellis + Simone Bianchi. A weak end to the story arc with the pointless death of a character that was rarely handled as well as he should have been.

Avengers: The Initiative #25 - Gage + Ramos. A satisfying endcap to the Disassembled storyline, and to all that has come previously in the series. Also offers the ( Read more... )