The rest of my "rapidly growing out of control" pull list:

Zatanna #2
Beowulf #2
Atomika #3
Matador #2
Noble Causes #10
Invincible #23
Smoke #1 -- best of the week!

( opinions, with spoilers )

The Marvel "haul" first, since it's the light one and House of M was the one I was looking forward to/dreading:

Last Man Standing #1 (DeFalco/Olliffe; Marvel)
House of M #1 (Bendis/Copiel; Marvel)

( opinions, with mild spoilers )

I swear I don't do this to humans -- at least not as much -- but I have this terrible habit of giving defenseless animals nicknames. My dog started as "Tess," short for "The Countess" and "Tesoro" (yes, I have noticed a lack of required 's'es in "Tesoro"). From there, she's gone to "Tesseract" to Tesserae (sorry, Lissa) to "Tess-a-roonie" to "' ( Read more... )

The current comics pull list (which has gotten so long I can't remember what's on it):

( under the cut )

Three hits, an "okay" and two misses this week...

Sleeper Season 2 #12 of 12 (Brubaker/Phillips; WildStorm).
Expatriate #2 (Moore/Latour; Image).
The Hunger #1 (Torres/DeBari; Speakeasy).
Ultimates V2 #6 (Millar/Hitch; Marvel).
Runaways #4 (Vaughan/Alphona; Marvel).
Ultimate Iron Man #2 (Card/Kubert; Marvel).

( opinions, with mild spoilers )

Greetings, all - still alive (but sick) still in LA with the semi-house-broken dog. Ahhh, life ( Read more... )

Thank you all for your well-wishes, I apologize for the dramatic phrasing. The boy is fine, it's just that an opportunity that he had been counting on, that he had completely scheduled his life around for the last 7 months, fell through (despite the signed letter of agreement, despite the written PROMISE.) So he is completely at loose ends, unsure ( Read more... )

Out of town until further notice - we've had a crisis in the boy's life and things are a mess here (my not-quite housetrained dog and I are at the boy's apartment. The one where they don't really allow dogs. Yeah, this is gonna work well). Dunno if I'll be gone weeks or months. Ya'll be good while I'm gone. Wait, no, why bother? Ya'll have fun ( Read more... )

Okay, now, THIS was a spectacular week, and herein I talk about 4 comics and embarrass the hell out of myself by gushing over Brubaker. I'm a grown woman, honest...

Captain America #5 (Brubaker/Lark/Epting; Marvel)
Sleeper #11 (Phillips/Brubaker; WildStorm)
Authority: Revolution #7 ( Brubaker/Nguyen/Friend; WildStorm)
New Avengers #5 (Bendis/Finch ( Read more... )

Flight: Volume Two (Editor: Kazu Kibuishi; Image Comics)
Ex Machina #10 (Vaughan/Harris/Feister/Mettler; Wildstorm)
Runaways #3 (Vaughan/Alphona/Yeung/Strain; Marvel)
Hercules #1 (Tieri/Texiera/Palmiotti; Marvel)
Young Avengers #3 (Heinberg/Cheung/Dell; Marvel)
Cable and Deadpool #14 (Nicieza/Zurcher; Marvel)
Seven Soldiers: Klarion (Morrison, ( Read more... )