Whitechapel - Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=34748#Comment_34748 2008-03-31T04:11:50-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Notable new releases for this week in comics: American Splendor Season 2 #1 Scalped #16 Vinyl Underground #7 Kick-Ass #2 Omega The Unknown Vol 2 #7 Punisher War Journal Vol 2 #18 ...
American Splendor Season 2 #1

Scalped #16
Vinyl Underground #7

Kick-Ass #2
Omega The Unknown Vol 2 #7
Punisher War Journal Vol 2 #18
Twelve #4

Abe Sapien The Drowning #3
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Vol 2 #13 Season 8

Casanova #13
Dead Space #2
Frank Frazettas Dark Kingdom One-Shot
Jack Staff Vol 2 #15
Walking Dead #48

Anna Mercury #1

Awkward And Definition The High School Comic Chronicles Of Ariel Schrag TP

Black Summer #5 Auxiliary Ed
Boys #17
Doktor Sleepless #3 Auxiliary Ed

Edison Steelheads Lost Portfolio
Garth Ennis Streets Of Glory #2 Auxiliary Ed

Holmes GN
Insane Jane #1
Jenny Finn Doom Messiah TP

Reich #2
Shonen Jump Vol 6 #5 May 08
Tonoharu Part 1 GN
Zorro Vol 6 #2]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=34755#Comment_34755 2008-03-31T05:10:07-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 John Keats http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2099 secret invasion #1 is due to release this week? another casanova, great news! Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=34757#Comment_34757 2008-03-31T05:26:34-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 shad0903 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1280 Isn't the next issue of The Dark Tower coming out this week? Anyone been picking up this series? Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=34797#Comment_34797 2008-03-31T07:06:58-07:00 2008-03-31T07:07:21-07:00 madmatt213 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=761 @shad0903 I checked Marvel and Dark Tower #2 is scheduled for this week. I picked up the original miniseries in floppie form, and am buying up this series, too, but have yet to read any of them. ...
I checked Marvel and Dark Tower #2 is scheduled for this week. I picked up the original miniseries in floppie form, and am buying up this series, too, but have yet to read any of them. The simple reason for that is that I have yet to read Book 7 of The Dark Tower novels, even though I bought it day of release. One of these days I'll get to it, and I do know that the first miniseries was basically an adaptation of Wizard and Glass (so I've heard), but I'm still holding off until I read the final novel (I'm odd that way).]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=34801#Comment_34801 2008-03-31T07:18:27-07:00 2008-03-31T13:22:13-07:00 madmatt213 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=761 Here's what my Wednesday will look like: ANNA MERCURY #1 BOYS #17 CASANOVA #13 DARK TOWER LONG ROAD HOME #2 KICK ASS #2 LOGAN #2 OMEGA THE UNKNOWN #7 PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #18 SCALPED ... ANNA MERCURY #1
BOYS #17
CASANOVA #13
DARK TOWER LONG ROAD HOME #2
KICK ASS #2
LOGAN #2
OMEGA THE UNKNOWN #7
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #18
SCALPED #16
+ (hopefully) TRANSHUMAN #1 (my LCS sold out before I could get my dirty mitts on a copy)

I'm mildly interested in SECRET INVASION #1, but I don't want to be sucked into another Marvel crossover, especially one written by an Avengers-flavored Bendis and penciled by Leinil Yu.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=34805#Comment_34805 2008-03-31T07:23:50-07:00 2008-03-31T07:24:45-07:00 dnwilliams http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2900 i am freaking dying to pick up casanova. i fell in love with ba's art on umbrella academy and fraction is great on iron fist. i'll pick up the trade (an amazing £8!) but is #13 a decent jumping ...
i'll pick up the trade (an amazing £8!) but is #13 a decent jumping on point, anyone know?]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=34807#Comment_34807 2008-03-31T07:36:34-07:00 2008-04-01T12:41:52-07:00 Mark Seifert http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3 More info on this week's Avatar offerings: Anna Mercury • #1 (more, and preview) Black Summer • #5 Auxiliary Ed (more) Doktor Sleepless • #3 Auxiliary Ed (more) Garth Ennis Streets Of ...
Anna Mercury • #1 (more, and preview)
Black Summer • #5 Auxiliary Ed (more)
Doktor Sleepless • #3 Auxiliary Ed (more)
Garth Ennis Streets Of Glory • #2 Auxiliary Ed]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=34836#Comment_34836 2008-03-31T08:42:49-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 John Keats http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2099 I don't know about Secret Invasion, but I love Leinil Yu. Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=34843#Comment_34843 2008-03-31T08:58:25-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 madmatt213 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=761 @dnwilliams I wouldn't consider Casanova #13 a good jumping on point, only because it's issue six of a seven-issue arc. I'm guessing you'd be pretty lost, because a fair amount of stuff has ...
I wouldn't consider Casanova #13 a good jumping on point, only because it's issue six of a seven-issue arc. I'm guessing you'd be pretty lost, because a fair amount of stuff has happened in the previous five issues, though Matt does a good job on getting new readers up to speed in the intro to each book. That said, Fraction's backmatter is an awesome incentive to purchasing the (no-so-monthly) floppies, as opposed to waiting for the trades. Tough call, but if you can find the back issues starting at #8, you should go that route.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=34852#Comment_34852 2008-03-31T09:09:18-07:00 2008-03-31T09:10:36-07:00 madmatt213 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=761 @Keats Have you seen the previews for Secret Invasion #1? Yu's pencils look so much cleaner. My main concern with Secret Invasion is that it may end like all of the other Marvel crossovers in ...
Have you seen the previews for Secret Invasion #1? Yu's pencils look so much cleaner. My main concern with Secret Invasion is that it may end like all of the other Marvel crossovers in recent years (anticlimatic, at least that's how I've felt about them). I don't feel like spending $4+ on eight issues of this miniseries, to find out in the end it was a whole lot of smoke-blowing. I'm trying to cut down on my mainstream Marvel books, anyways, and I think the only books that SI might affect will be Fantastic Four (I'm a Millar bitch) and Uncanny/Astonishing X-Men.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=34857#Comment_34857 2008-03-31T09:14:49-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 TechnocratJT http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=558 Nice looking week: Anna, Casanova, The Boys, Buffy. Need to decide if I will start getting Walking Dead monthly at long last. And as one of the resident superhero readers here I will say this: if ... Anna, Casanova, The Boys, Buffy. Need to decide if I will start getting Walking Dead monthly at long last.

And as one of the resident superhero readers here I will say this: if SI involves Nick Fury coming back and kicking alien ass I will be pleased.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=34892#Comment_34892 2008-03-31T10:06:05-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 tedcroland http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2106 Yu's pencils on that look really clean, but I wonder how much of that is the inker. I am impressed though. I liked Yu, but the scratchyness really got to me at some point, and I tired of seeing ...
I am impressed though. I liked Yu, but the scratchyness really got to me at some point, and I tired of seeing his work. The cleaner stuff looks really nice, and I hope he carries it over to whatever he does next.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=34920#Comment_34920 2008-03-31T10:57:50-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1173 CASANOVA WEEK IS SMILE WEEK. anna mercury looks good as well, picking that up as well as a few spandex books.
anna mercury looks good as well, picking that up as well as a few spandex books.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=34939#Comment_34939 2008-03-31T11:43:49-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 DIGIT http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2908 Kick-Ass is ... well, kick ass!!! As is Black Summer (more so, actually), Doktor Sleepless, and Boys. Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=34953#Comment_34953 2008-03-31T11:58:24-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 ScottS http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=370 Kick Ass Buffy The Boys Casanova Anna Mercury what a happy week Buffy
The Boys
Casanova
Anna Mercury

what a happy week]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35006#Comment_35006 2008-03-31T13:28:47-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 madmatt213 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=761 @JTraub Yeah, Nick Fury is the strongest pull Secret Invasion has on me. I'm hoping that the IRON MAN: DIRECTOR OF SHIELD book will be repositioned as a Nick Fury book, since it is quite unanimous ...
Yeah, Nick Fury is the strongest pull Secret Invasion has on me. I'm hoping that the IRON MAN: DIRECTOR OF SHIELD book will be repositioned as a Nick Fury book, since it is quite unanimous that the Iron Man character can not support the sales of two ongoing series (at least once the movie's heat dies down). If Marvel doesn't pull another "Incredible Hercules" and move Nick Fury into the ongoing Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. "spy" book, they'll miss a golden opportunity at big, SI fallout sales.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35014#Comment_35014 2008-03-31T13:47:27-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 I'm sorry, can you point me to this unanimity? I seem to have missed it. Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35028#Comment_35028 2008-03-31T14:16:55-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 tedcroland http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2106 I don't think it's unanimous, but it definitely has precedence in the sales history of the character. But Marvel has been pushing the character hard even before much of the Movie Buzz was ...
I think a better question is whether or not it's necessary.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35029#Comment_35029 2008-03-31T14:18:14-07:00 2008-03-31T17:02:34-07:00 madmatt213 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=761 @warren It was an exaggeration, and one based solely on Newarama message board comments. Yet, with that said, the Beat claims that February's Iron Man #26 sold 36,607 copies. Surely the numbers ...
It was an exaggeration, and one based solely on Newarama message board comments. Yet, with that said, the Beat claims that February's Iron Man #26 sold 36,607 copies. Surely the numbers will go up with Secret Invasion and the movie around the corner, but we will also have a super-awesome, Fraction-penned Iron Man-in-superhero-mode ongoing series on the racks, too. I don't think I'll be the only shopper that will only purchase the new Incredible Iron Man book. Now, if Marvel were to give Nick Fury the Director of SHIELD book (if he isn't back on duty as director, they can name is something else), I would, more likely than not (maybe, possibly depending on the writer(s)/artist team), buy this newly-christened Nick Fury book. Because I love men with eye patches.

So, as you can see, my usage of the word "unanimous" was wholly warranted.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35032#Comment_35032 2008-03-31T14:22:45-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 TechnocratJT http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=558 Yeah, Nick Fury is the strongest pull Secret Invasion has on me. I'm hoping that the IRON MAN: DIRECTOR OF SHIELD book will be repositioned as a Nick Fury book, since it is quite unanimous that the ... Yeah, Nick Fury is the strongest pull Secret Invasion has on me. I'm hoping that the IRON MAN: DIRECTOR OF SHIELD book will be repositioned as a Nick Fury book, since it is quite unanimous that the Iron Man character can not support the sales of two ongoing series.

I assume he will get his own book o will die again, either way. I like super spies. I even hear a guy formally over at DC have some more free time. Anyway, I am unsure why you think Iron Man can't support "two" books, between Ultimate iron, Might Avengers, and mini ( and his existing book) he has about 2-3 a month already.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35039#Comment_35039 2008-03-31T14:31:15-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 TechnocratJT http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=558 Now, if Marvel were to give Nick Fury the Director of SHIELD I would hasten to point out, this has not ever been a book for Marvel that immediately implies "hit" in absence of its ... Now, if Marvel were to give Nick Fury the Director of SHIELD

I would hasten to point out, this has not ever been a book for Marvel that immediately implies "hit" in absence of its creative teams. However, Secret War did well. And I expect SI will, so I think this is all matter of Marvel's current strong marketing department tied with its current group of writers-masterminds.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35045#Comment_35045 2008-03-31T14:40:29-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 mojojoseph http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1796 This weeks definite pull list: Anna Mercury #1 Secret Invasion #1 Kick Ass #2 Buffy #13 Giant Size Astonishing X-Men #1 (Unless this has been delayed again, of course) Young X-Men #1 (I'll give ... Anna Mercury #1
Secret Invasion #1
Kick Ass #2
Buffy #13
Giant Size Astonishing X-Men #1 (Unless this has been delayed again, of course)
Young X-Men #1 (I'll give it a try, but don't really have high hopes)
Young Avengers Presents: Wiccan & Speed (I read the preview, and the writing is some of the most realistic teenage couple dialogue I have ever read...and its a gay couple! Seriously, someone at Marvel is making gay characters look like normal people, so this is a must read I think)

I'll probably pick up more in the end, but I'm trying to be restrained. It won't last.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35048#Comment_35048 2008-03-31T14:44:38-07:00 2008-03-31T14:44:44-07:00 TechnocratJT http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=558 Giant Size Astonishing X-Men #1 Late May. Giant Size Astonishing X-Men #1

Late May.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35051#Comment_35051 2008-03-31T14:48:15-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 mojojoseph http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1796 @ JTraub Yeah, just decided to go and check...and am now really fuckin' pissed off. I'm usually okay with book delays, as it often ensures a damn nice package end of. But this book has been ...
Yeah, just decided to go and check...and am now really fuckin' pissed off.

I'm usually okay with book delays, as it often ensures a damn nice package end of. But this book has been delayed monthly since about January. It's getting a tad on the ridiculous side.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35053#Comment_35053 2008-03-31T14:51:19-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 TechnocratJT http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=558 But this book has been delayed monthly since about January. It's getting a tad on the ridiculous side. It happens, and I would not call a 4 month delay much of a big deal at all really. It will be ... But this book has been delayed monthly since about January. It's getting a tad on the ridiculous side.

It happens, and I would not call a 4 month delay much of a big deal at all really. It will be about before the first Warren issue, be a good read and look good. I can wait.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35055#Comment_35055 2008-03-31T14:55:11-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 I've read the GA AXM script. It's a big, complex job, and John's had other bigger and more complex jobs to take care of beforehand. Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35056#Comment_35056 2008-03-31T14:55:41-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 Winther http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2913 So many nice comics. And as usual, I'm going to have to wait one painful week before they hit the shelves here in Denmark. Of course, technically I still get them once a month, just like everyone ... out there, and I can't read them, is a killer.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35060#Comment_35060 2008-03-31T15:08:16-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 Egon http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=698 I don't care. I'm totally excited for Secret Invasion. Good to see a lot of quality Indies coming out this week, too. Casanova, Walking Dead, Anna Mercury and AMERICAN SPLENDOR? Didn't realize!
Good to see a lot of quality Indies coming out this week, too. Casanova, Walking Dead, Anna Mercury and AMERICAN SPLENDOR? Didn't realize!]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35062#Comment_35062 2008-03-31T15:09:16-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 mojojoseph http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1796 @ warren and JTraub Yeah, I know, it's gonna be great, and obviously beautiful. Cassaday is a genius artistically. Just having an impatient fan moment then.
Yeah, I know, it's gonna be great, and obviously beautiful. Cassaday is a genius artistically. Just having an impatient fan moment then.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35067#Comment_35067 2008-03-31T15:15:40-07:00 2008-03-31T15:18:45-07:00 TechnocratJT http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=558 @Mojo Just having an impatient fan moment then. With the bad week (month, year, ever) the fanboys are having this is the time for the WC geek-sh crowd, myself and yourself included, to be ...
Just having an impatient fan moment then.


With the bad week (month, year, ever) the fanboys are having this is the time for the WC geek-sh crowd, myself and yourself included, to be doubly careful to not be like them.
Enjoy the work, if the work is not ready yet, enjoy some other thing instead, and so on.

Looking at my DCBS order I seem to have some X stuff on the week too. Trying the first issue of Young X-men to see if I enjoy it as much as I did the New X-men trades despite the change from Kyle/Yost to Marc Guggenheim. For some reason I always feel compelled to support a lawyer who has become a comic writer (and yes I am aware of the controversy surrounding him and I don't think its relevant here).]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35073#Comment_35073 2008-03-31T15:31:25-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 it is quite unanimous that the Iron Man character can not support the sales of two ongoing series It was an exaggeration, and one based solely on Newarama message board comments... ...so, as ...
it is quite unanimous that the Iron Man character can not support the sales of two ongoing series

It was an exaggeration, and one based solely on Newarama message board comments...

...so, as you can see, my usage of the word "unanimous" was wholly warranted.


One of these things is not like the other.

If The Beat says an issue of IRON MAN is doing 36.6K, you can assume it's actually doing at least 40. It's spiked as high as 85K in the last 12 months, and with the movie and the next Marvel uberplot machinations, it is in fact safer to assume that there will be further sales spikes on the book over the next twelve months. More sales spikes, in fact, than were found on PUNISHER when that became a two-book property -- both of which seem to survive handily.

Nick Fury, on the other hand, has never sustained remarkable sales or an ongoing series for any notable length of time since Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos. (SHIELD ran forty-odd issues from 89-92 approx, but forty-odd issue runs weren't notable back then. Fucking SLEEPWALKER ran 33 issues...) One reason why people felt they could get away with outright killing the character in the mid/late 90s.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35096#Comment_35096 2008-03-31T16:31:03-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 pi8you http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=628 Anna Mercury #1 Moon Knight #17 New Exiles #4 Young X-Men #1 Looks like another reasonably light week for me, which means I'll probably grab a trade or two out of my backlog as well. As to ... Moon Knight #17
New Exiles #4
Young X-Men #1

Looks like another reasonably light week for me, which means I'll probably grab a trade or two out of my backlog as well.

As to the Astonishing delay, well, we're just shy of 2 years from the initial solicit of Ultimate Hulk vs Wolverine #3...
(in double checking the dates, I see we get Sky Doll in May, excellent)]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35106#Comment_35106 2008-03-31T16:49:47-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 mojojoseph http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1796 @ JTraub Controversy? I wasn't aware of any? I just haven't liked the look of his choice of team, in particular that Blindfol has been made standard superheoine hottie fare now. As for trying ...
Controversy? I wasn't aware of any? I just haven't liked the look of his choice of team, in particular that Blindfol has been made standard superheoine hottie fare now.

As for trying to not be like the rabid fanboys...I think with X-Men and the X-related books on a whole, I think I get a little over-protective. They were the first comics I really got into (which was around the same time as Warren's run on Excalibur btw, still some of my favourite comics of all time (and I know have an urge to pull them out of storage and read again lol)) and they were there for me during a difficult time. An odd phrase to be sure, as how can a comic 'be there for you'?

But as a young gay man coming out, I saw the parallels between the situation of the mutants, and my own. And the stories meant a lot and were comforting to me as a result. It's why now I get overly protective over certain characters and hate when someone just doesn't get the X-Men.

This all sounds gloriously geeky and painfully embarassing, but I dunno, made that personal connection at a young age and its the one book I get rabidly fanboyish over. Which is why I'm glad they have great writers on the books atm or coming up.

Though I would love to write them myself, and I thankfully have friends who tell me when my scripts become too fanboyish lol.

Anyway, I am once again deviating a thread, so I'll finish by saying I'll also be picking up Action Comics #863 as Geoff Johns is the only person who can make me give a crap about Superman (okay, Morrison too, when he releases something) and hunting for The Killing Joke Deluxe Edition, as it looks stunning. And wondering why DC haven't been releasing many books I'm interested in lately.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35107#Comment_35107 2008-03-31T16:51:37-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 TechnocratJT http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=558 Controversy? Its not related to comic books in any way at all. Google him and it should come up, but would be very off topic here. Controversy?

Its not related to comic books in any way at all. Google him and it should come up, but would be very off topic here.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35110#Comment_35110 2008-03-31T16:56:58-07:00 2008-03-31T16:57:46-07:00 TechnocratJT http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=558 This all sounds gloriously geeky and painfully embarassing, but I dunno, made that personal connection at a young age and its the one book I get rabidly fanboyish over. Which is why I'm glad they ... This all sounds gloriously geeky and painfully embarassing, but I dunno, made that personal connection at a young age and its the one book I get rabidly fanboyish over. Which is why I'm glad they have great writers on the books atm or coming up.

I think many people have books, characters, movies that impacted and spoke to them. I would just contend, and this may be unfair to presume, it was the strength of writers like Warren on Excalibur that spoke to you. Like you said, its the great creators which make it work. And keeping that in mind is always key.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35112#Comment_35112 2008-03-31T17:02:09-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 madmatt213 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=761 @warren Well played, good sir. Well played indeed. Of course, I would shut the hell up if Fraction put Tony Stark in an eye patch.
Well played, good sir. Well played indeed.

Of course, I would shut the hell up if Fraction put Tony Stark in an eye patch.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35114#Comment_35114 2008-03-31T17:06:42-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Well played, good sir. Well played indeed. Yeah, sorry if it seems like I came down hard, but I do this for a living, you know? Of course, I would shut the hell up if Fraction put Tony Stark in ... Well played, good sir. Well played indeed.

Yeah, sorry if it seems like I came down hard, but I do this for a living, you know?

Of course, I would shut the hell up if Fraction put Tony Stark in an eye patch.

Oh fuck. I hope he doesn't read this.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35198#Comment_35198 2008-04-01T01:16:01-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 St.Wanger http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2792 Oh, I think I'll buy the Punisher War Journal TPB. Enjoyed the first one very much, although it was tied very strong into that whole civil war thing ... maybe I'll check on Anna Mercury, too ... Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35202#Comment_35202 2008-04-01T01:57:38-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 Simon Jones http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2926 What type of release schedule is Scalped on? Because it seems like an issue came out just a couple of weeks ago. It could be I'm just no longer used to titles I like coming out on a monthly ...
It could be I'm just no longer used to titles I like coming out on a monthly schedule, but it does feel a little odd.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35207#Comment_35207 2008-04-01T02:19:02-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 mojojoseph http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1796 @JTraub I would just contend, and this may be unfair to presume, it was the strength of writers like Warren on Excalibur that spoke to you. Like you said, its the great creators which make it ...
I would just contend, and this may be unfair to presume, it was the strength of writers like Warren on Excalibur that spoke to you. Like you said, its the great creators which make it work.


I would have to agree. When I look back at that time, I realise that some of my favourite writers and artists were working on the comic books at the time. In my head, the connection is still as much with the characters as the writers, but obviously if I hadn't found the characters voices so compelling, there would never have been that connection at all.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35264#Comment_35264 2008-04-01T07:21:25-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 Jamie Mckelvie http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1535 Fraction tried to get ME to wear an eyepatch for a fucking week, so you can bet he'll try it with fictional characters. Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35277#Comment_35277 2008-04-01T07:53:02-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 mojojoseph http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1796 Hmm, I have found that eyepatches always look awesome on fictional characters, but put 'em on real people and they look like numptys. Of course, if anyone has an image of a person who looks cool ...
Of course, if anyone has an image of a person who looks cool with an eyepatch, feel free to share...though maybe not in this thread.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35287#Comment_35287 2008-04-01T08:38:01-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 madmatt213 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=761 @mojojoseph I think you are forgetting the most obvious example, and it works perfect for this thread (at least for how it has devolved [all because of me])...
I think you are forgetting the most obvious example, and it works perfect for this thread (at least for how it has devolved [all because of me])...

Nick ]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35290#Comment_35290 2008-04-01T08:40:51-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Fraction tried to get ME to wear an eyepatch for a fucking week, He was right, too. Fraction tried to get ME to wear an eyepatch for a fucking week,


He was right, too.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35293#Comment_35293 2008-04-01T08:44:09-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 mojojoseph http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1796 @ madmatt213 Hmph, I stand corrected. Well, I sit corrected actually, but you get the idea...
Hmph, I stand corrected.

Well, I sit corrected actually, but you get the idea...]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35297#Comment_35297 2008-04-01T09:05:29-07:00 2008-04-01T11:34:49-07:00 twitch_ramirez http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2478 damn, i live in backwater usa. anna mercury will not get to my book seller of choice until the end of april. grrrrr! EDIT my 'brick and mortar' store just called and said they made a mistake. ...
EDIT my 'brick and mortar' store just called and said they made a mistake. Anna will arrive at 11:00am local time tomorrow morning. i am officially happy now.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35355#Comment_35355 2008-04-01T10:33:25-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 The Rascal King http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2609 Brit The Walking Dead Buffy The Boys Anna Mercury I love weeks full of indipendant titles. The Walking Dead
Buffy
The Boys
Anna Mercury


I love weeks full of indipendant titles.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35368#Comment_35368 2008-04-01T11:01:57-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 David Lafuente http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2221 Anyone reading the Omega maxi? how is it? Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35379#Comment_35379 2008-04-01T11:26:45-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 madmatt213 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=761 @David I've been picking up Omega every month. I absolutely love it. It's always the first comic I read from my pile the week it comes out. Each issue just keeps getting weirder than the last. I ...
I've been picking up Omega every month. I absolutely love it. It's always the first comic I read from my pile the week it comes out. Each issue just keeps getting weirder than the last. I can't imagine what issue ten will be like.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35404#Comment_35404 2008-04-01T12:20:58-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 casret http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2938 Anna Mercury Boys Buffy New Dynamix Angel Casanova Walking Dead Damn good week. Boys
Buffy
New Dynamix
Angel
Casanova
Walking Dead

Damn good week.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35425#Comment_35425 2008-04-01T13:19:37-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1173 Oh, I think I'll buy the Punisher War Journal TPB. Enjoyed the first one very much, although it was tied very strong into that whole civil war thing it gets much better the further removed from ... Oh, I think I'll buy the Punisher War Journal TPB. Enjoyed the first one very much, although it was tied very strong into that whole civil war thing

it gets much better the further removed from civil war you get. one of marvels best books, hands down.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35479#Comment_35479 2008-04-01T15:27:08-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 Doctor Pockets http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=66 And Howard Chaykin's drawing it now. So, you know, EXTRA AWESOME. Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35570#Comment_35570 2008-04-01T18:19:53-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 Willow Bl00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=604 Picked up a number of things, but Transhuman is the only one I've been able to read yet (damn you, two full time jobs). Thus far the art is substantial without being distracting, and the dialouge is ... Transhuman is the only one I've been able to read yet (damn you, two full time jobs). Thus far the art is substantial without being distracting, and the dialouge is intelligent without being TLDR. It also brings up an interesting debate between the genetic and cybernetic branches of Transhumanism which I'll start a discussion on in Mad Science.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35597#Comment_35597 2008-04-01T19:30:49-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 Corey Waits http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=453 dnwilliams i'll pick up the trade (an amazing £8!) but is #13 a decent jumping on point, anyone know? NO! DO NOT JUMP ON AT #13! I think madmatt was being a little subtle, so I'm being very ... dnwilliams

i'll pick up the trade (an amazing £8!) but is #13 a decent jumping on point, anyone know?

NO! DO NOT JUMP ON AT #13! I think madmatt was being a little subtle, so I'm being very unsubtle. Issue #12 was possibly the biggest issue of the series thus far, and missing out on the kick-in-the-nuts that was #12 would be a big mistake.
You really want to try and collect all the floppies if you can.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35599#Comment_35599 2008-04-01T19:32:28-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1173 yeah, i have to second that. casanova is amazing issue to issue, but after #8, there isnt really a concise jump on. its best to go back to that one in order to get the full value out of the story. Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35652#Comment_35652 2008-04-01T22:44:35-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 HumphreyLee http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=465 Abe Sapien The Drowning #3 (of 5) Buffy The Vampire Slayer #13 All New Atom #22 American Splendor Season Two #1 (of 4) Detective Comics #843 Nightwing #143 Scalped #16 Trials Of Shazam ... Buffy The Vampire Slayer #13
All New Atom #22
American Splendor Season Two #1 (of 4)
Detective Comics #843
Nightwing #143
Scalped #16
Trials Of Shazam #12 (of 12)
Casanova #13
Walking Dead #48
Logan #2
Omega Unknown #7 (of 10)
Twelve #4 (of 12)
Young Avengers Presents #3 (of 6)
Angel After The Fall #6
Anna Mercury #1 (of 5)
Boys #17]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=35671#Comment_35671 2008-04-01T23:51:15-07:00 2008-04-01T23:51:35-07:00 tedcroland http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2106 Neither BOYS nor WALKING DEAD are on Diamond's final list. I've never expressly checked how accurate that list is, so they might still be left off. I guess I'll find out tomorrow morning when we ...
I guess I'll find out tomorrow morning when we go get the books...]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=36160#Comment_36160 2008-04-03T09:49:46-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 Winther http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2913 I need to talk to the guys at my local (well, nearest) comics store about Avatar comics. They get the trades, but not single issues. And it's not because they only carry superhero comics, they've got ... Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=36193#Comment_36193 2008-04-03T11:43:31-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 lamuella http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=676 Anyone who is thinking about getting Punisher War Journal: do it. It's a brilliant book that manages to celebrate the seriousness and ridiculousness of having a character like The Punisher in the ...
Plus, it gave us a gun that shoots swords. For that alone it is a work of high art.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=36255#Comment_36255 2008-04-03T14:40:49-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 madmatt213 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=761 @Iamuella I second that! Did you read #18? Fooking brilliant, and I'm really warming up to Chaykin penciling the book, too.
I second that! Did you read #18? Fooking brilliant, and I'm really warming up to Chaykin penciling the book, too.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=36450#Comment_36450 2008-04-04T06:10:17-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 adam blacksmith http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3011 excuse me, does anynoe know if there any Red 5 comics released this week? Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=36456#Comment_36456 2008-04-04T07:16:20-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 madmatt213 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=761 @adam Doesn't look like it, according to their website (look on the right-hand side), but the only book of theirs I follow is Atomic Robo (which has a new 1/2 issue on Free Comic Day!).
Doesn't look like it, according to their website (look on the right-hand side), but the only book of theirs I follow is Atomic Robo (which has a new 1/2 issue on Free Comic Day!).]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=36471#Comment_36471 2008-04-04T08:32:31-07:00 2013-06-19T08:04:24-07:00 Insect King http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1357 Jenny Finn: Doom Messiah TP. Finished at fucking last. I've been following this damn title since the beginning and it has been trying to shake me off all the time. Cheers, Chris.
Finished at fucking last. I've been following this damn title since the beginning and it has been trying to shake me off all the time.

Cheers,

Chris.]]> Comics On Release This Week (2 April 2008) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1618&Focus=36512#Comment_36512 2008-04-04T10:32:52-07:00 2008-04-04T10:34:48-07:00 adam blacksmith http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3011 matt you should read at least one of their comics, which i liked. neozoic its catchy like a fire in a dry field you should read at least one of their comics, which i liked.
neozoic
its catchy like a fire in a dry field]]>