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On the Shelves: 5/24/06

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 23, 2006
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Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 5/24/06. The full shipping is list available at ComicList. [NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it. If not, find another one; or try Khepri.com or MidtownComics.com] PICK OF THE WEEK Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness (Vol. 3)ASPEN MLT INC Shrugged #0, $2.50 A: Shrugged; Q: What I did after reading the Fathom TPB? (Bought on deep discount last year via Mile High…

LINK: Free Robot Porn!

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 22, 2006
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[NOTE: Sicko Googlers, move on. It's not what you think!]No, not the political prisoner du jour, but genuine robot porn! FREE!Actually, there's a lot more human-on-human violence and explosions of all kinds than there is robot porn, but if that's your thing, you'll probably enjoy Vaistron, too. It's like everything wrong with America condensed into a heartwarming tale of kidnapping, corruption and headless cult members!Boussourir and Andrew Dabb are sick, sick men, and Vaistron is one sick book, but oddly enough, it’s appealingly sick. It helps to have a strong lead character like Gabby, the mercenary daughter who, as a…

COMMENT: Organizing Comics

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 22, 2006
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Judging by the presence of all seven issues of Jonah Hex spread throughout, among others, it had been at least seven months since I'd filed away any comics, and the stack (as seen here) was growing out control, threatening to topple over onto our bed at any moment. The stack at the back on the left was everything I'd already read, mostly floppies, with a handful of thinner TPBs in the mix. To its right and direct front were TPBs of various dimensions, some read, some not. Finally, the stack closest to me was yet another mix of unread comics,…

Vs. CARD OF THE WEEK: Black Adam <> Teth Adam (DCR-123)

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 18, 2006
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Black Adam <> Teth Adam (DCR-123) I absolutely L-O-V-E the Infinite Crisis expansion for Vs. Seriously. The new teams are all cool, each with challenging mechanics and a variety of appealing cards spread throughout the curve. Also, while I'm not really the best judge of such things, I'd say the primary teams -- JSA, Villains United, Checkmate and Shadowpact -- are all strong enough to go up against any of the previous teams introduced, Marvel or DC, including those frustrating, team attacking Avengers Dan was killing me with for a while. Our last session, featuring fledgling decks built from our…

PANEL: Moon Knight #2

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 17, 2006
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Moon Knight #2Art by David Finch, Danny Miki and Frank D'ArmataWritten by Charlie HustonMay 2006, Marvel

ON THE WEB: Spider-Man

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 16, 2006
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This is by far the best edition of On the Web. Below you'll find the first episode of the Japanese live action Spider-Man TV show. The opening credits are incredibly good. In fact it's hilarious! I have two favorite parts during the show open. The first being the amazing use of freeze frames, and the second is..... Oh I shouldn't spoil it. I beg you to be patient and download the whole show. There are many funny scenes. All you have to do is scan through the episode once it's fully downloaded. I promise you that toward the end of…

LINK: Alan Davis Lays it Down

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 16, 2006
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Via this week's Lying in the Gutters:Alan Davis presented either a cynical or realistic interpretation of the industry, where writers, needing to increase their salary after royalty payments disappeared as the norm, stretched their story ideas into multiple issue arcs, a five issue arc taking less time to write that [sic] five separate stories, so that they could write more titles. And artists demanding that editorial ask writers to give them splash and double splash pages for extra resale value. And editorially driven comics deriving from set plot points, and the writer's job nothing more than finding acceptable ways to…