Buzzscope Reviews: 9/14/05
Remember when I used to post 3-5 of these every week? Between school cutting into my leisure reading time – what, you thought I got paid for this stuff? – and not wanting to review anything I’ve previously covered (with purely subjective exceptions), it’s been pretty tough to write up the longer reviews recently. Add
Old School, Baby!
You’re Bob Kane’s Batman. You’re a dark, mysterious vigilante who often kills his villains, and uses a gun. Your girlfriend’s Julie Madison, an aspiring actress who thinks you’re nothing more than a playboy millionaire. At this stage, you’re fighting foes such as Dr.Death and the Monk, but they’re only the beginning. What kind of Batman
Good times.
In other news, for those paying attention: Salomé revealed. Read #21 for everything you might want to know about India’s autism that I haven’t been able to communicate.
More later, perhaps…
The Baltimore Comic-Con was mostly worth the last-minute trip. Well, as worth it as a day that starts with me on roller blades for the first time in 5+ years at 7am could possibly be. Put a few faces to names, including AdHouse‘s Chris Pitzer (who comped me a copy of Hope Larson’s attractive Salamander
INFO: Baltimore Comic-Con *UPDATE*
UPDATE: Turns out I’ll be heading down for this after all, albeit only for Saturday, so the end of this post still applies. I doubt I’ll hit any of the panels, except for the DC Comics: A Look Ahead at 12pm, but I’ll definitely be wandering the floor, looking for interesting comics and passing out
The Stars are Aligning, Perhaps?
My horoscopes this week seem to be trying to tell me something. But what, exactly?!?! Hello Guy,Here’s your Sept 14 horoscope.If you have been thinking about making some big changes in your career, Guy, today you are likely to receive some real insight into what you should do. You may discover that you do not
Moon Knight: Silver and Black
Via the extremely adorable spiderspawn.com.
INFO: The Losers go Hollywood
One of my favorite comics – check the Top 10 over in the left column – is coming to a movie screen near you! (via Andy Diggle, via Variety) ‘The Losers’ wins its way to WB Berg to pen screenplay, co-produce By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK DC comic ‘The Losers,’ about a rogue CIA unit, will get
On the Shelves: 9/15/05
Support GOOD Comics! Try NEW comics! The column formerly known as “Try Something Different” has become something different. Instead of listing every single comic book shipping each week, the newly rechristened “On the Shelves” will instead take a look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 9/15/05. The full shipping is list available at ComicList.
CBC Quickees: 9/8/05
No Buzzscope reviews this week as my both of my kids started school last week and I started today (online), so free time has been scarce. The past two weeks’ lessened output have been an unexpected but refreshing break as every now and then it’s nice to simply read comics for the pleasure. On that