Since doomsie's back... THE OFFICIAL COMICBOOK/GEEK THREAD

[doom]

after i gave up comparing the graphic novel to the show, and trudged through the first half of season 2 of The Walking Dead, it got kind of good, and im sort of excited for the third season

[Aaron]

Anyone want to go halfses with me on this? (Or like 99.99%sees on this with me?) http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f0d6/?cpg=47766772&msg_id=47766772&et_rid=507917350&linkid=47766772_image_f0d6


I love how many geek points you would get from it.

[r00]

lol!  "This item does not qualify for free shipping
We can not accept the Iron Price, sorry."

[Aaron]

1800 for it to be shipped to my place. I wonder how much for next day... HMMMM

[doom]

the amount of geek is overwhelming! 

[Aaron]

I think the geek level of that chair would put you over the top. Like there would be non geekier... None.

[Aaron]

http://51morefun.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=289&products_id=965


someone buy this for me. I would love you a long time if you do!


The only bad thing? I know how to solve it with out even owning one. My parity fix would carry over... So all in all it wouldn't be that hard... Just getting 81 little squares all lined up instead of 49 (on each of the six sides.)

[doom]

awesome reads:

Posehn's Deadpool
New Saga
New Batman: Death in the Family
Marvel Now: Thor

[TPD]

haven't read the new saga yet. saving that for work.
i buy a fuck tonne of comics these days so i'ma start posting my pull list for that week.

but first last week:
-bedlam 1: holy fuck this is good. concept so far is, i think, what if a joker heavy crazed villain gets reformed? but it's so much more than that.
it's brutal and nuts. solid writing from nick spencer.
-defenders 12: fraction wrapping up his giant defenders arc/series. i woulda loved to see more of this book, but t just wasn't meant to be. i love fraction but this one didn't totally do it for me. it ended well, and everything tied nicely. the nick fury issue in the middle was hard to top. but i like that every fraction book is different, so i'll give him that much.
-dial h 6: really cool book by china mieville taking the old dial h for hero concept. this issue focused on what happens when the random hero you turn into (plucked from various multiverses and eras) is too offensive for today's times. really meta and fun.
-hawkeye 1, 2, 3: once again by fraction and probably my fave book this year. just get it. amazing. even if you hate hawkeye get it. concept is awesome: what does the non-super-powered avenger do on his day off. LOVE THIS BOOK. AJA'S ART IS CUM1.GIF
-SCARLET SPIDER 11: love this book but this whole micronaut / carnage arc isn't doing it for me. ah well.
-A VS X CONSEQUENCES 4: this mini s probably better than the whole AVX crosssover. really cool. foreshadows some interesting things to come in the marvel u.
-earth 2 #6: james robinson and nicola scott. i love scott. i love james when he's good... too soon to tell. all i know is this is definitely not the earth 2 or jsa i grew up with. not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. still better than johns' jla book.
swamp thing annual 1: didn't read it yet because 'm behind the crossover and swamp thing. usually don't buy the book either but cloonan did art.
-cyber force#1: it was free. and it's 90s image-ish... so i donno when i'll read it. might not. gasp.


okay i think i mighta left some out for last week, so here's this week:
AMAZING SPIDER MAN 697: IT'S SLOT. IT'S SPIDEY. IT'S AWESOME. OKAY?


and that's all i read so far.
i'll post the rest later.

[TPD]

-point of impact 2: well, this issue definitely moves the story ahead but it didn't have the oomph of the first issue. it also went by a whole lot quicker that the first issue did. I don't think I've read Jay faerber's stuff before, but it is entertaining, and i'm cetainly digging this genre (murder mystery / conspiracy / investigative journalism) and there's only 2 more issues to go, so we'll see if issue 3 picks up. I hate judging a story before it's done.
-fantastic four 1: my first marvel now book. a lot of people are slagging fraction's take on the four, but i enjoyed this issue. definitely setting up a lot of stuff to come. I like fraction. I don't always like his work, but I do keep coming back, so he's doing something right. also, bagley hasn't looked this slick in years. i read that's because of mark farmer on inks, and if that's the case that's a good match.
-saga 7: holy shit. i love brian k. vaughan. awesome awesome awesome. grab this book. seriously.
-batgirl 14: this issue was so tense i almost got in trouble at work. was so focused on the story i almost didn't do my job. ha. it's no secret i love simone, but the truth is i haven't been wowed by this book as much as secret six. they're good, but secret six was just soooo goood. well the past 3 or 4 issues have definitely got the ball rolling. love this DOTF arc.
-batman 14: can we keep snyder on batman forever? another tense book full of holy shit moments. kinda scared what direction they're going. and what's the  BIG secret that joker has over bats. kinda worried about some serious retconning weirdness. but snyder hasn't let me down. oh, sure, the owl arc really pissed me off with that big reveal, but that was before i knew it was already knd of canon. and i liked how open-ended he left it. also, snyder is one of the nicest dudes ever. and i was never a fan of capullo before, but holy crap can he draw the hell out of this book.
-saucer country (whatever the current issue is): i don't know if i'm enjoying this book or not. i'm going to give it till the end of the arc and then decide. i did like the whole spin on the MIB.

[individualzero]

If you're a geek and this doesn't make you crack a smile or bust out laughing, hand in your nerd-cards now.
Bowling with Doctor Who, Also Will Wheaton

[doom]

just about to start Transmetropolitan