What, you were expecting Spiderman?A new year is upon us and since most of the short run books that were a major part of my pull list have run their course it is time to take a look at the core titles in my pull file and perhaps see if there's anything of interest I might consider adding or subtracting to it.
B.P.R.D. I can't imagine not reading this title right now. 1947 was as good as a comic book can get and I can't wait to see what new directions Mike Mignola and his merry band of co-creators have in store for this band of characters.
Hellboy Everything foretold about the future of Hellboy is coming to pass right in front of my awed eyeballs. Destiny is being fulfilled, but will it be one so many hope to manipulate towards their own ends or will Hellboy at long last free himself from the shackles of predestination and set off on a new path of his own making? Bring it on!
R.E.B.E.L.S. Blackest Night is coming to an end and with it the intrusion will too pass and Tony Bedard can return to crafting one of the most enjoyable reads of 2009. Be gone foul Lanterns! Return to your rainbow bright worlds and leave good characters to their own devices. I really like this book... (It will be nice to have it back in 2010.)
Criminal Yeah, I'm a bad boy. A very bad, bad boy... Only this time it isn't Wonder Woman and her magic lasso in my fantasies. This time its gangster molls and back alley bars with strippers and carnal trysting where the climax might peak in gunfire and possible death. These are big boy tales with grownup themes and adult illustrations. Sometimes the stories are so good, I have to have two cigarettes afterwords...
The Unwritten Dear Mr. Fantasy play us a tune...
Greek Street He got drunk and did what with his mama!? Then he killed her!? And you're telling me the story only gets weirder from there. No way! You're telling me the whole thing is narrated by a stripper? Dude, I got a wife and kid. I'm not sure I should be reading this book being a family man and all. Based on a classic you say. Well, I guess its alright if you say its based on a classic...
Well, that's about it. Remember, I'm on a twenty dollar a week budget. I do like to leave a little budgetary space for the occasional miniseries so I'm pretty picky about what I add to the pull file.
I'm already looking at Solomon Kane and of course, there's that one shot Conan that looks pretty tasty...
I have a feeling its going to be an interesting year.
B.P.R.D. I can't imagine not reading this title right now. 1947 was as good as a comic book can get and I can't wait to see what new directions Mike Mignola and his merry band of co-creators have in store for this band of characters.
Hellboy Everything foretold about the future of Hellboy is coming to pass right in front of my awed eyeballs. Destiny is being fulfilled, but will it be one so many hope to manipulate towards their own ends or will Hellboy at long last free himself from the shackles of predestination and set off on a new path of his own making? Bring it on!
R.E.B.E.L.S. Blackest Night is coming to an end and with it the intrusion will too pass and Tony Bedard can return to crafting one of the most enjoyable reads of 2009. Be gone foul Lanterns! Return to your rainbow bright worlds and leave good characters to their own devices. I really like this book... (It will be nice to have it back in 2010.)
Criminal Yeah, I'm a bad boy. A very bad, bad boy... Only this time it isn't Wonder Woman and her magic lasso in my fantasies. This time its gangster molls and back alley bars with strippers and carnal trysting where the climax might peak in gunfire and possible death. These are big boy tales with grownup themes and adult illustrations. Sometimes the stories are so good, I have to have two cigarettes afterwords...
The Unwritten Dear Mr. Fantasy play us a tune...
Greek Street He got drunk and did what with his mama!? Then he killed her!? And you're telling me the story only gets weirder from there. No way! You're telling me the whole thing is narrated by a stripper? Dude, I got a wife and kid. I'm not sure I should be reading this book being a family man and all. Based on a classic you say. Well, I guess its alright if you say its based on a classic...
Well, that's about it. Remember, I'm on a twenty dollar a week budget. I do like to leave a little budgetary space for the occasional miniseries so I'm pretty picky about what I add to the pull file.
I'm already looking at Solomon Kane and of course, there's that one shot Conan that looks pretty tasty...
I have a feeling its going to be an interesting year.
Love the kind words for DH books. Came here after I saw the comment on the Robot 6 piece I helped put together. Drop me a line, amigo! jimg@darkhorse.com
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