Tue, 21 May 2013 03:14:06 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29915#Comment_29915 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29915#Comment_29915 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:53:23 -0700 warrenellis
Rules: I'm not interested in shopping lists. I want to know what you thought about what you bought, and so do the people reading. If you've got a spoiler element to discuss, use the "hide" button in the reply menubar.

Why does this appear on a Thursday? The world outside North America doesn't get their books until Thursday. And a lot of people don't go shopping until the weekend -- consider yourself as providing guidance for the Saturday shoppers.

Off you go, then. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29918#Comment_29918 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29918#Comment_29918 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:06:49 -0700 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29919#Comment_29919 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29919#Comment_29919 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:08:37 -0700 tedcroland Okay, so the issue itself was really good. It retains the grandiose blockbuster-type storytelling that made Ultimates great, but with the family dynamic that has always made FF interesting (not good, interesting). So far, Millar hasn't reverted into 'Ultimate' mode, and most of the characters are acting properly. For the time being, anyway. I would suggest it for anyone that's been tired of how mediocre the FF have been since Waid & Weiringo left the book.

Goon #22: The Goon is one of my favorite books of all time. It's hilariously funny, stunningly tragic, and all other kinds of nice things someone could say about a comic book. The newer issues, though, are losing something that I really loved about the earlier ones. Each issue is less and less self-contained, and I thought that was one of the real strengths of the book. I trust Powell to tell a good story, so I stand by the change, but I hope it helps the book more than it hurts it, and it could easily go either way.

Mighty Avengers #10: Although I thought that the first story arc on this series was mediocre at best, it seems that the story and art are simultaneously picking up. I like Cho fine on some things, but his superhero stuff bugs the crap out of me. Now that we have Bagley--a guy who seems to have a fair amount of love and hate each--the storytelling and the pacing has gotten better. It's probably due to the fact that Bendis and Bagely have been working together for 7 years and really know how to work together on things. Before this gets too long, suffice to say that if you hated the first story, give this one a try because it is different, and for the better.

They also need to catch the fuck up to Secret Invasion, which is simply stupid when you think about it.

The Last Defenders #1: "DEFENDERS--DEFENESTRATE!!" ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29924#Comment_29924 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29924#Comment_29924 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:41:51 -0700 Ross
Nova #11

To start off with, I've got to say, I absolutely love what Abnett and Lanning are doing with Marvel Cosmic. That said, they keep up the good work here, finally showing us the Phalanx homeworld. I've enjoyed the art through-out this series just as much. The beginning and the end of this specific issue had me highly interested. On the other hand, the middle of the issue seems a little too drawn out. Still a great book, although probably not an ideal jumping on point.

Annihilation: Conquest #5 of 6

Again. Love what Abnett and Lanning are doing here. They've even managed to turn Ultron, to me one of the dullest existing villains, into a character of interest. There's some cool scenes in here, and defining moments for a character or two. It's building up pretty well for #6 of 6.

And I love Groot.

Atomic Robo #6

I've loved this whole series, despite the fact that it's all been pretty disjoined. The issue itself is funny, although not as much so as a couple of the previous issues. It's also set up well for the next series, which will hopefully be an Ongoing, or at least last a bit longer than 6 issues. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29927#Comment_29927 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29927#Comment_29927 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:57:19 -0700 I m out of here was the best issue done by ellis and deodato.I don t know what s happennin with Swordman(he has the coolest name) but with this issue he s becoming my favorite character of the book (with skrull osbourne). What he do to venom... awesome! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29929#Comment_29929 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29929#Comment_29929 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:59:15 -0700 Ross http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29930#Comment_29930 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29930#Comment_29930 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:04:10 -0700 ScottS
Casanova - came out last week, but I missed it and ooh, was this fun. Violent as all get out (with a title like "Fuck Shit Up" what would you expect?) and I really enjoy this series. Hopefully it won't be hurt by Fraction picking up so much more work over at Marvel.

Streets of Glory #4 - awesome wild west violence. I hope this turns into an ongoing series, or at least a series of minis.

Narcopolis #2 - I'm really like this so far, especially since it forces you to really pay attention to the dialogue since they are creating their own vocabulary. Fun and interesting stuff so far.

Empowered #3 - not my favorite volume so far, but still amusing. I'm a fan of Adam Warren's artwork so he's got me sold on that alone, though I really do prefer his pencils to the sharpie-inked pages in this volume. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29931#Comment_29931 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29931#Comment_29931 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:05:09 -0700 I m out of here http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29932#Comment_29932 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29932#Comment_29932 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:06:04 -0700 I m out of here http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29934#Comment_29934 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29934#Comment_29934 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:11:25 -0700 I m out of here http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29935#Comment_29935 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29935#Comment_29935 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:14:46 -0700 nigredo
GUTSVILLE #3 Finally Spurrier and Irving are with us again, with a great issue. Some revelations about the past, some nice action and a lot of hallucinatory perambulations, courtesy of Irving's incredible artwork. This comic looks like Vandermeer and Mieville's novels read. Like the visual equivalent of a cross between Veniss Underground and Perdido Street Station. The language is imposing and evocative, textured and literary without being unnecessarily obtrusive. Great book. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29956#Comment_29956 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=29956#Comment_29956 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:03:16 -0700 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30064#Comment_30064 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30064#Comment_30064 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:34:51 -0700 curb http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30067#Comment_30067 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30067#Comment_30067 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:47:05 -0700 madmatt213
PUNISHER #55 - Looks like Ennis is leaving this series in a blaze of glory. I really hope Marvel ends the book at #60. Any new writer they bring in will just feel like an imitator, and besides, this is Ennis' book, and his alone.

WOLVERINE #63 - Jason Aaron is the shit (though Garney's work should not go unmentioned). ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30090#Comment_30090 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30090#Comment_30090 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:06:11 -0700 I m out of here I think Duane Swierczinsky(Punishermax force of nature, Cable) is taking over Punishermax.
And i think Michel Lacombe(force of nature) ll do the art! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30165#Comment_30165 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30165#Comment_30165 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:08:53 -0700 matt d shit, i was trying to pretend DMZ didnt come out, now that im a trade waiter on that one....dammit!
join the club, guy. it's a fucking miserable wait.

i bought the first three trades at once in january... fucking JANUARY... and have been anxious as a virgin on prom night ever since. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30176#Comment_30176 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30176#Comment_30176 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:29:54 -0700 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30193#Comment_30193 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30193#Comment_30193 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:57:51 -0700 PyD and have been anxious as a virgin on prom night ever since.
Are Veritgo likely to spike your paperback, cameraphone what they do to you afterwards and put it on youtube?

All the best Vertigo comics are cruel little teases for being so perfect fro trades but jsut too good to pass up every month. Plus giving up Woods sweet covers would spoil it for me. Its a similar position I find myself in with Fables.

DMZ this week was a great little opener to a tale that I hope sees Matty getting a little more perspective on his position within the DMZ - thinking of this series as going the 60-100 issue distance is a lovely prospect as to what dark places Wood is going to lead his characters. Makes me all warm and fuzzy. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30205#Comment_30205 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30205#Comment_30205 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:29:45 -0700 brianwood
b ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30237#Comment_30237 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30237#Comment_30237 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:13:15 -0700 Willie
Deodato is pumping out the work of his career.

Mr.Ellis,please stay on this book for a long time! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30242#Comment_30242 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30242#Comment_30242 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:24:41 -0700 joe.distort And the next one after is in July.

that still seems so far away....the lament of the nerd. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30276#Comment_30276 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30276#Comment_30276 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:02:13 -0700 Andre Navarro
Streets of Glory #4 is fucking fantastic. Another great work by Ennis this month, with the same sharp dialogue, brilliantly developed plot AND with Mike Wolfer's excellent artwork. His visual storytelling is his greatest strenght, never leaving a doubt on what's going on in each panel. And there's some dazzling ones, especially the one where a certain character is gutshot or when one leaps over two others.

Thunderbolts #119 has the perfect balance of action and plot development. I love the things Osborn says while he's pissed off, and the action scenes are well-written by Warren and phenomenally drawn by Mike Deodato Jr., who, as usual, uses shadows gorgeously (notice how Samsom's fingers wrinkle his forehead when he fights back a telepathic attack). The double splash page with Swordman killing three enemies soldiers was a particularly nice touch. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30334#Comment_30334 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30334#Comment_30334 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:02:24 -0700 pi8you http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30360#Comment_30360 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30360#Comment_30360 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:40:40 -0700 magsman http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30451#Comment_30451 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30451#Comment_30451 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:16:24 -0700 edyhdrawde
Wolverine #63 - Aaron continues to provide a good Wolvie. I Loved the in jokes about Wolverine being on the team of the week and seeming to be everywhere.

Locke and Key #2- The first issue was great, the second issue was better. Loving the pacing of the story and the main characters. I must say it's my favorite book of the week.

Fantastic Foour #555 - I'm torn. I think I liked issue 554 better than this issue. It felt like it lost steam to me from one issue to the next. I think a rereading is in order. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30489#Comment_30489 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30489#Comment_30489 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:15:53 -0700 John Keats first of all buy a comicbook made by a guy whose work you never liked is a mystery to me. secondly the art is not professionnal on the firt ten pages? buy a new pair of eyes, this is as beautiful as SIP was.
finally Terry Moore has difficulties to be a Sf writer? I'm sorry but I'm lost with this one too. this is a first issue, a very quiet and slow paced one, ok, but I think that this is too a good introduction of the main character, there is good action and so far the plot seems interesting. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30500#Comment_30500 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30500#Comment_30500 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:56:40 -0700 warrenellis first of all buy a comicbook made by a guy whose work you never liked is a mystery to me.

Oh, I can appreciate his technical skills, and a new work by anyone who's completed a major graphic novel is always worth a few quid of my money. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30555#Comment_30555 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30555#Comment_30555 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:44:30 -0700 Allen
The second Wormwood trade (whch I had no damn clue was even coming out until earlier this week) was oh so damn funny. When I stop to think about the book, really not much feels to be happening. Things go to shit, some big explosions happen on tentacle monsters and things are fixed. But the hell if I can't stop reading it and anticipating the next trade. My favorite part of the book was the single story at the end about the four horseman, Wormwood telling everyone he had just saved the world by talking on the phone and no one believing him was great.

Serenity 1 felt like part of an episode up until the first commercial break. Interested how them being rich will change things, I mean we know it will go to shit but how? Just like the Buffy books it's for those of us who just want more of our dearly departed show.

Screamland 1 is interesting, Frankenstein's monster as a dried up movie actor. Really the next issue will decide whether or not I stick around. I'm left a bit muddled on how I feel about the issue as a whole. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30563#Comment_30563 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30563#Comment_30563 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:01:17 -0700 ScottBieser I should say that a DMZ trade came out this week as well.

!!!

Didn't see it, but I'll look for it again next weekend. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30718#Comment_30718 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1395&Focus=30718#Comment_30718 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:29:59 -0700 John Keats
another great read was Palookaville #19 by Seth. the guy loves Chris Ware and his work, you can tell, and this is the kind of influence I like in an artist. the story seems at first a little boring, a middle aged guy is depressed by the departure of his mother in a retirement house, but after 20 pages of reading you can see a great tale of simple things, very sensitive stuff, he explains every details in his mother room, and the connection with his past is very well written, like the madeleine de Proust.
thank you drawn and quaterly, and thank you Seth! ]]>