comickal: upcoming this week, 4/16/2008

At least last week was light, for me. Doesn't look like this week will be, although that depends on what sells out, and whether or not I remember to look for it.

- DC Wildstorm Dream War #1 (of 6), $2.99 (...maybe. Probably not, though. I really couldn't care less about the Justice League finding itself accidentally in the Wildstorm Universe, in a title that looks to be non-continuity for both universes. On the other hand, watching the sometimes excessively ethical Superman fighting against the sometimes ethics-free Midnighter could be vastly entertaining, in an amazingly gory sort of way.)
- Dorothea Vol 01, $12.99 (looks interesting, if weird. And also apparently mislisted for this week, when it comes out next week.)
- Faker TP, $14.99
- Suicide Squad Raise The Flag #8 (Of 8), $2.99 (Because this title is awesome like an awesome thing, and I want to see just what the Wall is going to do once she gets control of this situation)
- Crawl Space Xxxombies #4, $2.99 (Porno zombies can be fun! who knew?)(OK, probably not, but it really is a weirdly fun read.)
- Johnny Delgado Is Dead #1 (Of 2), $3.99 (...OK, look. I get that people publish miniseries, in defiance of sanity and economic viability and all that. But a two-issue mini? Really? Why not just publish the first issue as a tease and then go straight to the big book a couple months later? Or better yet, skip the single issue altogether? Two issues is just silly. And this comes from one of the few people who actually bought [and thoroughly enjoyed, one should say] both issues of Meltdown, only to have the collection appear a couple months later. I don't regret it, but it was a powerful object lesson in waiting for the trade for short-run miniseries.)

- Badger Saves The World 5, $3.50 (Not that I'm complaining, but didn't issue 4 just come out maybe two, three weeks ago?)
- Captain Action #0 (...yeah ... yeah, I just don't think so. Dan Dare fills all my nostalgia needs at the moment.)
- Doctor Who 3 (this series is actually more fun than I thought it would be. For the moment, I'm skipping the "Doctor Who Classics" individual issues; those really do reflect the series' serial organization, and ending an old-style Doctor Who adventure in mid-action is, not surprisingly, just as annoying as it was in the old serial.)
- Jim Butchers Dresden Files 1 (Because it looks like fun. Tragically, the character design doesn't look much like Paul Blackthorne, but one makes do.)(...What? What? Hey, I just like the guy, OK? Plus, since he's the only one I've seen, it's sort of what Harry looks like in my head. Man does have the most ... INteresting fans, though.)
- Pigeons from Hell #1 (...maybe. Looks interesting.)

- Perhapanauts #1, $3.50 (I thought this came out more than a month ago. Resolicited, maybe? If so, cool! I love this series, and missed issue 1, which sold out at my store.)
- Sword #7, $2.99
- Wonderlost #2, $5.99 (...maybe.)

- Powers Annual 2008, $4.95 (only about eight or nine months late, I think. Probably not, though, unless there's a chance it won't make it into the next collection. Said collection having been advance-solicited for this August, I wouldn't expect to see it before December or so, and even that is dependent on there being another 2-3 issues published before then.)

- Damned Prodigal Sons #1 (Of 3), $3.50 (I might pick this one up to see what the story looks like. More likely that I'll give it a pass until the collection comes out, since I already know that I like the way the writer handles the story.)

- Econauts One Shot, $6.99
- Sadhu TP Vol 02 Silent Ones (resolicited), $14.99 (...possibly. Probably not, though. In the first volume, the Sadhu struck me as a uncommon stupid hero; not because he was written badly -- I actually thought he was written fairly well, for the most part -- he was just written to be headstrong and periodically stupid. We know that eventually, he grows a few brain cells, because we know where he winds up, but I don't especially care to watch him get there.)

comickal: give me kid liberty or give me THINGS NOT SAFE FOR WORK

Poor Kid Liberty. He's just had the most interesting time of it recently, one way or another. Yes, quite the most interesting NOT QUITE SAFE FOR WORK time of it. To be fair, the poor guy really is trying, but alas, the world just isn't playing along. (Also, I'm sure that DC would not be not amused.)

No, really. DC may be sending out the lawyers momentarily. (Also, regarding the entry text below the comic: if it were the Alfred of All Star Batman and Robin, I would beg to differ, sir.)

Many people second that emotion.

I believe if I ever saw a photograph of my mother even vaguely similar, I would immediately undertake the Official Clawing-Out of the Eyeballs. First those of whoever showed me the picture, and then my own.

Well, yes. Exactly.

And suddenly, it actually makes sense... (Well, sort of.)

Not just for booksellers. There are many many many MANY reference librarians who feel her pain.

Is it wrong of me to want to say, "Dude! It was a couple gray hairs! Calm down already!" ... Ooops. too late. (Apparently, the hair thing is much on people's minds these days.)

Huh. Sweet. Weird, but sweet nonetheless.