Another week of summer comics, another staggering bill at the shop. This past week was apparently all about Warren Ellis, as Avatar shipped #1’s of his books Black Summer and Doktor Sleepless, as well as his new graphic novel Crecy (which I bought but didn’t read yet), and even his freakin’ novel came out. I’ll be writing about two of the above four items and I’ll also check in on our ol’ buddy Shou-Lao the Undying.
The theme of the List this week was quantity over quality. My bill absolutely kicked my ass, but honestly most of what I read didn’t leave much of an impression on me. That said, new issues of World War Hulk and Captain America still came out, so I guess it wasn’t all bad.
One of the most packed summers for comics in recent memory rolled along last week. We got our first look at the Sinestro Corps War since the one-shot, we got two entries in the Annihilation: Conquest prologue miniseries… um, series, and we also got new issues of two of my favorite team books going on right now, New Avengers and Justice Society of America. My favorite read this week wasn’t really a surprise, because I was expecting it to be awesome, but it was definitely lower profile than the above-mentioned titles. What book am I referring to? Clicky.
Alright, I didn’t go broke for a change this past week, but there were still some noteworthy books on the stands. Thor is finally back, Ant-Man is back in SHIELD custody, the Avengers are hanging out with the Autobots… and oh yeah, Captain America’s still dead. I think some other companies besides Marvel still put out comics too.
I figured I would post this before this one gets taken down too.
Alot of people are really interested in the preview before the Transformers movie (review coming from our resident geek-oriented film reviewer Wolfman eventually, I’m assuming) and all anyone knows about it is that it is produced by the same guy that produces hit “Nothing ever fucking happens” TV show LOST and that the code name for the battle is Arrowhead Ripper…
Er, I mean Cloverfield.
Speculation is pretty much running as rampant as speculation can possibly run, but until I can find a better quality trailer I’m going to say that it is for a Voltron movie based on the fact it kind of sounds like someone yells “That lion, its huge”. Also, even though I know that isn’t it, I’m just going to keep saying it is a Voltron movie until the internet thinks it is… because that is what I want.
There are also a few camps of people saying that it may be some sort of LOST tie in, which interests me as little as something could possibly interest me.
Edit: It got taken down, but now it is rampant across the internet. Apparently there is a huge, ongoing ARG in relation to the movie, but I never have the patience for those things.
Posted under Movie Previews, MoviesThis week’s List was absolutely massive, and despite the fact that my books dropped the hammer on my wallet, this week’s List was also pretty high-quality. A couple of my favorite monthlies shipped new issues, the World War Hulk tie-in minis started shipping, and I’m seriously going broke. The best read this week though was a book I didn’t even remember whether or not I ordered. Also, if you didn’t read the Sinestro Corps special and you care what happens in it, I’d suggest you read this post after you’ve read the issue.