I wonder if what makes me really like this two-issue arc of Astro City is that the lead is a heroic call center employee...

Saga takes a look at how everyone who isn't Prince Robot is doing up to the point before the start of the last issue...

Amnesiac Jo in Fatale has the has been rock band that has taken her in on a slow burn of destruction.  ( Read more... )

The second issue of the relaunched Astro City features the support crew for Honor Guard.  Essentially the 911 operators for the supers set...

Young Avengers picks up with the team a few months after the end of the first story arc.  With a recap of their crazy adventures we all missed.  And then Prodigy shows up to get their help in finding Speed ( Read more... )

So the big thing for this week is the return of Astro City, this time around being put out by Vertigo.  In addition to some old faces (including a somewhat surprising call back) we get new characters like American Chibi, the Broken Man and Telseth of the Kvurri.  Also Busiek is still working with Brent Eric Anderson as his artist and Alex Ross on ( Read more... )

Last week's Dark Horse Presents didn't have any of my favorites.  No "Finder" or that pseudo-Pokemons one or "Resident Alien".  Does have some new "Nexus" which is nice.  And a couple supers variants that I like...

Though a Bunny doth reign in the Hell of the Unwritten still a quest shall be completed.  Er..lo or something...

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Starting off with the final (hopefully temporarily) issue of Saucer Country. With at least one of the ufo mysteries partly solved. Though in an way that opens up more investigations. And with a new POTUS...

Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake opens with flavor text further explaining the situation with Fire Prince. But then moves in focus to ( Read more... )

First off is Glory leading seemingly every eXtreme super against the invading giant monster thingy. And going all monster crazy in return...

Then Savage Dragon is on trial for the high crimes and mass murders committed by Kur...

And finally more Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake as the pair fight candy undead with Marcus Lee to rescue Prince

Only two books this week, balancing seven from last week. Oh and that 1st issue of Brian Wood's Mara that came out Christmas week. Which is a sort of distopian cyberpunk-y thing. With constant wars and professional athletes being groomed from childhood on to be superstars. And then I guess some kind of supers thing is getting mixed in? The end ( Read more... )

In the Unwritten Tommy searches the damaged world of fiction for a way into the Land of the Dead to find Lizzie. With the help of Baron VonMunchausen. So you know he's kind of fucked...

I'm not sure if I'm going to keep getting Sword of Sorcery. Maybe its just the constraints of 20 pages of story a month but the lead doesn't really seem to do ( Read more... )

Two weeks worth of comics because..well because..um..because shut up thats why. Yeah, thats why...

Starting with some Courtney Crumrin, with Courtney and her teacher on the road and battling the hunters of the Council...

Then a one-shot return to Marvel's zombie Earth for Van Lente with Marvel Zombies Halloween. And a survivor story with a ( Read more... )