Lapsed
Nothing will distract me more than dropping $1,400 on roof repairs and praying to Metron that my home owners insurance will cover the actual expense. The adjuster came out yesterday and agreed the damages were caused by wind, which is covered under my policy. Now that I know I won’t be eating the paper out of the comics I already bought for dinner over the next two months, I can actually go out and buy more comics.
That said, I’m tempted to go ahead and read reviews of other works. Instead I decided to pick through news and reviews of books I either don’t read, or comic book news in general.
Here is what I read so far:
- Action Comics #1 received solid reviews in Newsarama (linked) and Comic Resource Guide. In particular Francis Manapul received high praise for his artwork in both reviews. It seems Conner has been taken back to basics and retrenched back into the DCU in preparation for future adventures by writer Geoff Johns. Just by reading the reviews I am glad that Conner is back. He and John Henry Irons were my favorite characters to have come out of the whole Reign of Supermen storyline way back when. Conner’s maturing as a character has been fun to watch and I do think he brings something to the table in terms of possible stories with his unique origin.
- The Marvels Project #1. Having read a bit of this in preview form the CBR review of issue one makes this sound like a great book to be following, especially if you love Marvel continuity and want to see its past a little more fleshed out and connections between characters made. This seems to be Marvel’s dawn of the superhero title that will frame much of what already exists in Marvel U from the perspective of an insider, instead of the outside casual observer.
- Thank goodness. It is being reported today that Darwyn Cooke’s The Hunter, which is sold out, is being set up for a second printing by publisher IDW. The Hunter has been on the New York Times bestseller list for two weeks and has received infinite praise from critics, both comics based and more mainstream.
- Yesterday marked the two years since Mike Wieringo passed suddenly. He was a fantastic artist and one of my personal favorites for his unique style of drawing. There are memorials for his passing here, here, and here. Also, Wieringo’s own blog can still be viewed here.
Of course nothing will make me happier than to read my tasty line up of the evil dead rising up in comics this week once I sit down in an easy chair under a non-leaky roof.
