Here’s the link to the new shield series: here

I haven’t read Pax Romana, it looks very unique. FF has some pretty standard superhero stuff going on like alt universes and monsters. There’s also good family stuff going on too. There is a flashback of Reed’s dad and I hear he makes an appearance is Hickman’s upcoming comic: S.H.I.E.L.D. FF is good stuff. I’d start with #570.

Hey, thanks pat514! I’m glad to be back. And yeah, I have to admit it’s all a bit of a shock to me trying to catch up on everything. But in an awesome kind of way, you know? :) I spend my days off reading tons of comics, and I’m loving it. Still have to catch up on DD though. I’ll put that one on my list for the next title. Thanks again!

No problem. Those bookmarks were cool!

Sweet, I read the whole Ennis Punisher run and the generals in the 8 page preview of Punisher MAX #1 are from one of the ennis arcs. Steve Dillion and Jason Aaron, it cant get better (Steve Dillion drew the preacher comic also an amazing ennis tale).

Is boarderlands on 360? I’m waiting for Call of Duty MW2 though, the COD comic looks pretty cool. “The game looks cooler”

I saw Midnight Meat Train a while ago its not bad, Clive Barker wrote the novel and he also did Hellraiser. You should watch a movie called Paranormal Activity. It’s like the blair witch project, but better.

oh, I also read in the back of Batman and Robin #4 that #6 would be a huge change in the DC universe, maybe Bruce will come back, I’m kinda tired of Grayson as Batman.

Hey Pat, I’ve been playing the Uncharted 2 demo so much with my friends that its boring now…:)

The Marvel comics i’ve been reading are Dark Reign Zodiac which is awesome, and Strange Tales (really funny). I’m trying to avoid too much marvel cause of their MAX price increase, but Punisher #75 and Deadpool #900 look too good to pass up.

Also I can’t forget the Punisher #11 Frankencastle arc and the new Max punisher title by Jason Aaron.

I’ve been reading Batman and Robin (sweet art) and Blackest Night also.

You getting any crossovers to Blackest Night? I’m picking up BN: Batman and Green Lantern. I think i’ll pass on the BN: Superman.

Batman Confidential started a cool arc about Batman Fighting Crime in Russia.

Hey Pat,ya the Baltimore comic looks sweet. I got Battlefield 1943 (flying the planes are my fave) and i’ve also been playing Fat Princess (it’s really funny). I have The goon #3-5 (got em back when I started comic collecting) and dethklok vs the goon was great (love the show), it really captured Metalocalypse.

Are you gonna get the Batman Arkham Asylum game? I’m hoping to rent it.

The first and second are really good. I haven’t gotten the third one yet because of my shipping schedule, but a friend of mine says that it’s okay.

Yeah, I’d read that it was gonna be somewhere between 6 and 10, but I wasn’t sure how many. Still, it’s so damned good I was planning to stick with it til the end. It’s got that mythical, magical, endlessly re-readable quality to it.

Just a follow-up to a blurb you wrote me a few months back: I’ve read the first three Pluto books and LOVE THEM. Seriously, it’s probably my favorite book out right now. I’ve also read the first two 20th Century Boys and the first 6 Monsters. I want to keep going, but committing to 24 volumes each…in this economy…I might cave in and read em online like an asshole. Still, thanks so much for the Urasawa recommendation!

Hey pat, I see you are also a 360 gamer, I am too. I used to play every night but have been trying to cut back and comics have helped. lol

I like how you did you bio, I might try to add a gamercard to mine too.

Sorry, but no I haven’t. Apparently, Diamond still hasn’t shipped it out yet. Luckily Andy posted in the forums recently that he acquired some through a “different source” and will be shipping them out this week hopefully. I’ll let you know.

I actually quit playing a a year and a half ago, best decision i ever made, my grades in school got better lol. FOR THE HORDE

Funny, I just ordered the first two volumes of Pluto! All I hear are good things about them, so I’m excited.
I’ll have to look into 20th Century. Thanks for the tip!

It pretty much all starts during the Sinestro Wars. You could pick up those two trades (you could probably skip the Origin story that comes right after it in GL) and that’s where Rage of the Red Lanterns picks up. For GLC you can probably skip the story arc after Sinestro Wars (basically Mongul gets a Yellow Ring) and start off at GLC#29 which starts off Sins of the Star Sapphires. But definately pick up the 2 Sinestro War trades b/c not only is it just plain awesome, it lays the foundation for Blackest Night.

Hey pat514, you still sticking with ubuntu 8.10? Just curious.

Well thank you! It actually turned out pretty well (I hope, anyway. haha). Your input was an incredible help. I ended up using LXG’s Orlando as a pretty crucial transition between mainstream lit and comics. Thanks again for your suggestions, man.

No I was never any good at fighting games, I’m more of a first person shooter type.

Thanks for the Logan recommendation man as soon as HI get it in stock ill pick it up.

I might rent SF4, but I’m waiting 7 days for Killzone 2!

Hey dude, the trailer for Tales of the Black Freighter looked cool, I hope it gets implemented into the movie.

I haven’t read Shrapnel yet, but maybe I’ll do that now.

I watch/read some anime and manga, but not a whole lot. I didn’t care for the Berserk anime, but maybe I should try the manga. I’m a big fan of 3×3 Eyes (which Dark Horse canceled), Ghost in the Shell, and Planetes.

If you have a car, I’d go with the Inn. The rooms are fairly nice, and it’s great not having to share a bathroom with half of a floor. However, the bus schedule can be a pain if you don’t have your own transportation.

Hey, dunno when you sent this, sorry if I’m way behind. Anyhow, you could maybe start with issue 19 or maybe 29 if you wanted something more current. 19 picks up after the Sinestro Corps wars ends, 29 starts the beginning of the Sins of the Star Sapphire arc. If you start with 19 you’ll understand all the stuff with Mongol that seems to be ongoing. Just my thoughts. Enjoy :-)

Hey man, sorry I’m getting back to you so super late but since Final Crisis is done. I must say I LOVED it. Truthfully, it’s the perfect love letter to the DC Universe and super-heroes in general. It’s kind of hard to read super-heroes book now cause none will have a message that rivals what FC achieved.

That said, Flash: Rebirth by a long shot. I can’t wait for series.

Monster has made me a big fan of Naoki Urasawa. His storytelling is second to none. He can work the suspense up and have you not be able to put down the book and keep you wanting to know what’s next. See my latest blog post about 20th Century Boys, his next series to be published, starting at some point in February. Looks to be different, yet very interesting. Viz Media will also be starting the releases of another Urasawa series, Pluto, about a world where robots and human share the world. I will be getting that one too and will post something about in my blog post shortly. Reading about Pluto has made me aware of Astro Boy and I may end up checking that one too.

As for Mangas, I can’t vouch for all publishers but my Monster books, published by Viz Media and bought through HeavyInk have all been shipped within almost exactly two weeks of my order dates. At one point, they were unable to get Volume 4 so I got it from Amazon, but it looks like all volumes of Monster are available here for now.

Hmmm. Good question! I really liked I Kill Giants, but it’s done… Four Eyes #1 was great, but the series seems dead… House Of Mystery has been solid, same with Unknown Soldier. Mysterius The Unfathomable #1 was a pleasant surprise, we’ll see how it continues. Still not sure about Shrapnel #1, but it was definitely good enough that I’ll read another issue or two. Less time to read these days, so I need to be reading good stuff!

yea dude Killzone 2 looks amazing, I used to play killzone 1 on ps2, so im excited. I already pre ordered.
I wish there was a Killzone comic, years ago ther was supposed to be one but the publisher closed before they could release it.

Resistance 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4 are also great games for pS3.

Hey Pat, Mr Stuffins does look pretty cool but when I subscribed it only registered the old #2 version instead of the reprint #1 in April, I might wait until more solicitations come out before subing again. I’ll let you know how it is.

Did u mean the Wanted movie or the graphic novel? Cause the only good thing about the movie was Angelina Jolie. :)

I know what you mean about the anime and manga fans. I’m not sure why people separate manga and Western comics so much. I had a hard time getting my roommate to read any comics, but he’d gladly read manga people recommended. I finally got him hooked on Transmetropolitan, but it took a lot of effort.

I’m not sure if I can pick a favorite right now. I really wish I could say one the X-Books, but all of them are fairly disappointing. Ultimate Spider-Man is the most consistently fun book, but it’s not as good as it used to be.

Doktor Sleepless might end up being a classic in the same vein as Transmetropolitan, but I don’t think it serializes very well. Echo and RASL have both been really good, but they don’t come out often enough.

Honestly, I’ve been falling behind on a lot of titles. I’ve been reading a lot more classics. I recently read through about 100 issues of Claremont’s X-Men run, Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle, Daredevil: The Man Without Fear, and Elektra: Assassin, and I can easily see why they’re classics.

Yea man, it was incredible. I’ve been loving the entire series and what Morrison has done to make Darkseid truly the physical embodiment of evil in the DCU, and Batman breaking his one vow to shoot the god of evil was so cool. And his, “Hh gotcha” was just a perfect little quip to send him on his way.

Hey Pat! Thanks for showing THE ACCOUNTANTS some love. Here’s to the Happiest of New Years! Best! -Rob

Hey Pat, there is a new series drawn by Ben Templesmith coming in March from IDW. It’s called Groom Lake based on the UFO encounters in Rosswell.

http://heavyink.com/comic/8309-Groom-Lake-1

I really should update my profile. I actually graduated last year.

Do you know who was teaching the graphic novel course? If it was Amit Ray, then I really wish I had signed up to take it, just for fun.

Thanks! I’m thrilled that The Accountants is doing well, but I’m still asking for your vote! Click the Add To Favorites button too! Best! Rob

Hey man, I’ve unfortunitly never read the Ennis run but I hear amazing things. I will pick it up on boxing day. I’ve been reading from #61 and on. It’s really good, so I recommend picking up both the omnibus and the floopies. I’ve also been into the Foolkiller, the last arc had a cameo with the Punisher. If you like the Punisher check out Foolkiller.

Hey Pat, meant to answer your question about ordering posters from HI a while ago.. short answer is “not yet”.

Yeah, I did read Resist…great little book. I’m hoping at this point someday it gets collected with the last few issues of Rucka’s run which were foolishly not traded as part of the Checkmate trades…

thanks – it’s a t-shirt from diesel sweeties!

Hey Pat, glad to hear you are enjoying Preacher. I think the 3rd trade has more issues packed into it, so to save money they used cheap paper, not sure about the other trades.

I read the first 3 and I’m looking for the rest. The 3rd TPB gets very crazy and twisted, in a good way.

The Preacher Reprints have a introduction from writers/celebrities(the ones that I have). I’m not sure if anything else was added.

I usually support Vertigo monthlies because they usually do outstanding stuff. This one is by one of my favorite creators so I am biased. I think it is a little surrealist and that is not for everybody. At this point in the series you dont know what is real or what is imagined by the main characters. That can be offputting to many readers. I cannot tell you that you should go back to the title but maybe you should get the first tpb and see if you are into the surrealist narratives. There is nothing wrong if you do not like it.

I had read about Nightwing, Robin, and Birds of Prey, but not Detective. Do you have a link for that article? Would be interested in reading it.

I live and breathe the Ultimate Universe. The only things I haven’t read are things that I’m awaiting the trades on which is Ultimates 3 and U. Human. I’ve heard bad things about U.3 but I don’t let it get me down, I have very low standards. It only gets even better in Ultimates 2 where it really hits the fan.

Awesome call on the Darth Bane books. I just finished reading them the other day and they were really good. I think it’s the first time I’ve ever read a SW book that focused on the Sith character.

Cool, thanks for the tip. Those books look cool. Once the release date gets a little closer, maybe a Beta or something, I’m hoping to organize some people here to play a bit.

Looks sick, thanks for the recommendation. Did you see Deadspace Downfall. It’s awesome.

Hey Pat, I got to reading Unknown Soldier, and it was decent but not quite as good as I was expecting from the preview I read. I think the main character’s story felt a little bit forced… but there’s definitely potential and I’ll give #2 a shot.

That part does lag a bit but I would keep going especially since that’s only the second (I think) out of seven books. If you’re anything like me, you’ll get hooked on the series and like it all the way up to the last page or two of the last book. Stephen King needs a retcon…

Hey dude, I’ve never read the Dark Tower Novel or the Comic.

I heard great things about the novel. How is the comic?

I think I’m going to start picking up Batman: Gotham After Midnight. Ever read it?

Hey Pat, Saw your Aikido related blurb to FrogMan… I studied Aikido for a short time, and loved it (needed to stop because of an unrelated shoulder injury, never restarted, should…). It’s probably not the martial art most strongly focused on pure self-defense, but it’s great for a mix of that with just generally developing great total-body physical skills. Definitely try it if you get the chance.

Hey man, Taken looks cool. Where did you watch it? It says it come out in Jan of 09.

I saw a movie a few days ago that scared the liveing shit out of me called The Strangers, check it out. Hellraiser is such a classic gorefest, there are about 9 different movies, I’ve seen em all.

The Joker OGN looks sick also. I’ve never really been into Superman, too much of a boy scout for me.

I’ve not formally taken any Aikido classes although we do learn some of it as part of the self-defense part of our kenpo class. I really like it what I’ve seen of it though and it would probably be a style I’d like to learn more about if I had more time.

If you are interested in learning some self-defense, you could do much worse than aikido, that’s for sure…

Are you going to read Unknown Soldier from Dc?

How is the first arc of Criminal? Know any good Batman comics coming out? Something that doesn’t relate to Batman RIP, I’d like to get into a fresh Batman Arc.

I’m gonna check out LBP, I agree with u about platforms.

Max payne was a sick game; loved it. You gonna see the movie? I am.

Some gritty movies with a gritty story like Max Payne in my opinion are: Constantine, From Hell, Gangster no 1,
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (my fav), Trainspotting, Ravenous, Tales from the Crypt Demon Knight, Bully, Dark City, Hellraiser and CHOPPER search these movies on IMDB.com.
All very gritty films.

Some comics would be Impaler, ’76, Cthulhu Tales, Necromonicon, Locke and Key, Preacher, Gravel and Fool Killer.

I’m a big movie buff; Sci-Fi, Horror, Crime, Thriller etc..

I’ve been waiting for Dead Space and Brothers in Arms to be returned back to blockbuster for over a week now. I have Oblivion and I hate it. Fallout 3 looks cool but it seems a little silly for me.

I gave up on Star Wars after Episode 2.
Too much Lucas psycho babble. I always loved the episode 4,5,6 trilogy, that oldschool vibe.

I’m thinking about getting the new Call of Duty World at War game but the one that is a definite buy will be Killzone 2 in Feb.

Fable 2 has a cool premise, you can grow as a good or bad guy, but I’m a PS3 player so I don’t know much about it further than that.

I used to play warcraft III back in the day then got addicted to diablo 2. I have a few buddies that play WoW, they love it. I just play PS3 now, can’t afford to get addicted to WoW. The monthly fees to play are bullshit.

Yeah, the South Park episode was funny but I thought not as funny as previous ones.

Did you play Dead Space yet? I’m still waiting for the shithead to return it to blockbuster. That and Brothers in Arms: HH, blockbuster canada is the worst for renting games.

I should start renting online.

yo man, they say Dead space will have that jump out of your seat suspence unlike the new silent hill game. I saw SH got a bad review for repetive gameplay and trying to be scary.

I played Bioshock at a friends house, I thought it was awsome, very unique but I usually buy games for online so i’ll probably rent it.

I’m still deciding if I want to purchase Dead Space or rent it. I know I’ll only play it through one time.

Did you see the new South Park episode?

I haven’t yet received my copy of DC decisions yet, but I should soon, I’ll let you know if it’s any good, from what I hear people who’ve read it like it and people who haven’t, don’t.

As for Action Comics I haven’t got that either I only just started my sub. But I’m quickly finding I love anything with Geoff Johns, I have a total man crush on him.

I haven’t read the Prodigal Sons yet. I am waiting for the final issue and then I will read them all at once. But I hear they have been great. I really love crime/horror comics. So I am sure they will be as good as the previous series.

Pristeen 16 has not come out yet. The first issue is due this week, so we will have to see.

Yeah I kind of have an eclectic taste in comics and music. So I typically don’t go much for the mainstream unless I hear good things about the series.

Hey man did you play Mercenaries 2? If you didn’t don’t bother, it’s repetitive, glitchy and the online is just co-op. Overall it’s a waste of money and time, even renting it as I did made me want my money back.

Invincible Iron Man has been great, I really love it. It’s good Fraction writing and while some might not like Larocca’s realistic art, I find it good enough not to be disruptive in my reading. I’m definitely looking forward to every issue coming out.

Heck yeah I am. DnA are doing an amazing job with the Marvel Cosmos. I’m also a big fan of Cosmo. Something about telepathic dogs with Russian accents are just too awesome.

yeah, I dropped it after #5 shipped. I still have not read #4 but knew the arc was ending at #5 and it wasn’t really doing anything for me… Plenty to pick from to spend my money on anyway ;)

yea man the roberts is about the boston strangler and the zodiac killer during their old age metting eachother in a retirement home. Its 48 pages B&W reads like a movie, great writing and the art grows on you. Pick it up.

I was surprised with my enjoyment of Action Comics. I’ve never really been a superman fan. The Christopher Reeves movies and Smallville, I always liked, but the comics seemed too cheesy and/or boring to me. I also have all the current All-Star Supermans though. I really liked the beginning and now the end of the run, but a lot in the middle were pretty unimpressive to me. In fact I’m not even sure why I started reading Action, but I’m glad I did.

As far as Deadpool goes. #1 doesn’t come out till September 3, so I’m anxiously waiting. I don’t expect the writing to be all that impressive, but Deadpool is always a fun character for me to read no matter who’s doing the story, and this one has the ability to be better than normal, so we’ll see.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F3854A4AE0DA2E6B

here’s my animation playlist from youtube check it out. I have Jin-Roh on DVD (special 3 disc edition) awesome movie, Ninja Scroll and Akira are good also.

Hey pat, oh man I picked up Welcome to Hoxford, its great and gory. Templesmith is doing a 10 star job, the covers and art are sick. The first issue is basically about a crazy guy who like biting people, he gets sent to a facility runed by private russian military with a bunch of other psychos and it seems really shadey. Definitely pick this one up! Are you into animation like spawn, vampire hunter d or animatrix?

I just read the newest issue of the Boys and it was probably one of the best issues so far. Probably my favorite series going on right now.

I’m still trying to finangle a copy of the trade. But it definately looks like a good series that I want to get into.

Thanks for that movie idea. Good foreign movies are always fun.

Ive read the nightly news actually, but thanks for the suggestion. I agree with ya, Pax Romana is pretty damn good, I love Hickmans work. I have his Pilot season “the core” coming, interested to see how that is.

I think the publisher’s having some problems – if I remember correctly, one of the owners wants out and they’ve been looking for someone to buy his share of the company or something, and it’s caused them to delay printing any new books… and thanks for the tip, I’ll definitely check out the movie.

Hmm, wow. That’s tough because there are some things about to come out I’m really psyched about. But if I had to choose five titles right NOW that I couldn’t live without, besides Bat-books natch, they’d be “Conan”, “Walking Dead”, “Punisher”, “Wolverine”, and “Jonah Hex”.

Start with #855 or #858. Pretty darn solid and fun since then.

Not this year, but maybe next year!

I think it’s quite fitting that you got the Monarch result on the Venture Brothers quiz.

Thanks Man!!

Which wormwood? the gentelman corpse title one or the one just called wormwood from avatar? Ne ways the both looked interesting to me.

I played MGS4 at my friends house, the controls take some getting used to but the cutscenes are amazing. Some scenes are like an hour long. I pre ordered Battlefield Bad Company instead of getting MGS4.

I began to play more FPS games like Killzone, Call of Duty and Brothers in Arms, in my late teenage years, but before that it was all about tekken 3.
I like fighting games for PS3 like Fight Night Round 3 and the UFC game coming out in 2009 looks pretty sweet. My buddy really likes Soul Caliber, especially the new one with yoda on X360 and Darth Vader on PS3, seems cool.

Idono if u read Red Mass for Mars yet but its pretty cool, awesome art and colour in it! Kind of vauge at first but half way into it things becomes clearer. There is a part that seems really REALLY stupid, but might play out better in upcoming issues. It’s where a sorcerer dude demands everyone to speak english all over the world and kills off people and countries for opposing his ways, they could have left that part out. It’s basically Hickmans version of superhero’s saving the earth.

God of War 1 and 2 are great games, I want to play # 3, when it comes out next year.

That’s a very good question. I’m thinking about dropping an email towards customer service to ask that.

>Have you heard anything new on the book, or what the heck happened?

Heh, heck if I know. All I know is that this title looks interesting and it’s a pain to find.

You think Northlanders is getting better? I think its just the tip of the iceberg, but if it isnt i’ll be disappointed.

Skaar’s looking great!

Here’s a better link

>Oh man!!! Have you been keeping up with the killer? I loved the two issues I got #5 and 6, but it’s been impossible to find the first trade.

What the…? O_O

I have no idea when HI got this in stock. They need to tell us when stuff like this happens!

check out the Marvel Max titles. Let me know what you think of A Red Mass For Mars #1.

Aaron is rocking Ghost Rider. GR’s always been a fave of mine. One of my first comics was #1 from the 90s. Bought it on a spinner rack at a drugstore! Don’t see those anymore…I can’t wait to see what Aaron does with some of the old GR baddies! Hellboy is awesome, dude! I actually started with the last mini, and loved it. I’d say start at the beginning with Seed of Destruction. I also just picked up Hellboy The Companion book at Barnes/Noble for $15. It’s awesome with lots of info, character profiles for the BPRD, a time line, and folklore. Check those out, see what you think, and go from there!

O and Ben Templesmith has a new comic series called Welcome to Hoxford, [horror!] it’s from IDW publishing will be released in August.

XXXombies is no good, trust me pick up Walking Dead. You wont regret it. I am going to pick up Preacher in the near future, I read a few pages of the 1st TPB, its my kind of comic.

I like hellboy, but I don’t collect much, a few comics here and there, I have an early issue of The Goon where Hellboy makes a cameo, from when I first started getting into comics. Lobster Johnson just appealed to me, I enjoyed it, I would get a Hellboy series if they made it more mature. I own the first hellboy DVD, i’ll probably going to buy the second.

yea the scene between their miltary force and the roman soldiers was cool. Oh man must haves….
There are so many, im mostly into horror and mature comics, mainly horror. Must haves are Walking Dead (amazing zombie comic pick up the trades), Cthulhu Tales from boom-studios (the art is amazing, dark H.P Lovecraft horror tales about a dark squid/man god that messes up norman peoples lives), also check out Fool Killer by Marvel (hes like the new punisher). Check out my Horror list and my Graphic Novel list. How are you finding Young liars? I read a few pages in my local shop but decided not to commit.

I totally agree wqith you about Pax and Transhuman. I love Hickmans art in Pax, and Trans human was supposed spotlighted for its humor and its has none. I eanna see what A Red Mass For Mars is gonna be like. I really enjoyed lobster johnson and the iron Prometheus, its set in the 1930’s, the tale follows the still-living Johnson as he and his allies face the Nazi threat as well as cannibals and yeti. Dr. Fu Manchu isnt in it.
Its about a guy with a special weapon suit, lobster johnson has to protect him so it doesn’t fall into nazi hands, filled with paranormal, sorcery, and pulp fiction.

Gemini was pretty good, definitly has me hooked for future issues. Hope its just as good as Faebers other series.

That second cover does look awesome. I dunno. I’m definately going to read it, but I usually wait for the trade to come out for Ultimate series. I’ve only broken that once when I read a couple issues of U. Iron Man II but then I stopped and decided to read them all at once in the trade.

what do u think of johnathan hickmans comics?

No I actually haven’t read it yet, but I can’t wait to get a hold of a copy

I haven’t read “V” or “League”… yet. Probably cause I watched the movies?? I picked up League a couple of years ago, but haven’t got to it yet. I have been eyeballing Black Dossier.

If you want to check out a cool TPB, not for the writing, but the artwork, get Batman, Arkham Asylum – the art is done by Dave McKean (Sandman Covers, Wolves in the Walls, MirrorMask [DVD], etc.), check it out… Nice diversion from typical comic cell art. Right now, I am sort of immersing myself in some older Kirby & Ditka stuff, right now… These are the Gods (along with Stan Lee). I just read the first “House of Mystery”, that looks like a promising series, too.

Bottom line is that I find it very hard to put my finger on what is good. Stuff I discard as cheese or fluff or shallow speed-volume production noise, I can come back to with some insight or epiphany and really enjoy. Then, there is a lot material that will just never be redeemable on any aesthetic plane.

I started reading Tank Girl: The Gifting, art by Ashley Wood (a favorite of mine) and I thought it absolutely sucked. The writing was gutter trash and art was on the hyper-cheap… I picked it up again and thumbed through it slowing, just looking for any kind of handle to explain why such garbage would printed and distributed… And, I found myself laughing and really enjoying all the screened, pixelated, scribbled artwork. The writing was so over-the-top irreverent… and I was laughing. What can I say? It was a great mini-series, that just took me awhile to warm up to.
So, last parting shot… Did you read and follow the “Y: The Last Man” series? That was SO damn good. And, those JG Jones covers… Damn.

Comics. It’s a big world. And, they are no longer fringe entertainment, that’s for sure.

Gotta run.

I have ps3 :(, I saw the animated version b4, it’s good but the voice over actors could use a little work. It starts getting more gorey in issue 3. Brian Templesmith also did the cover for POGROM #1, one of the series I’m reading. I’ve played Bio Shock at my buddies house b4 it’s awesome. Have you seen the movie The Thing? If not you should watch it. Its like Dead space but in the Arctic.

Dead space is pretty cool i’ve always been a fan of horror/sci-fi. The comic is a prequel to the game, reminds me of John Carpenters remake of The Thing. Do you have 360 or PS3?

Hey, the pilot series are TopCows yearly contest, although I think this is only the second year. readers vote on which ones they like best, and whichever comic wins gets made into a series. Hope its good.

I havent actually read scalped yet, I hear so many good things about it though. Currently im signed up for the 18th issue and on, the 18 is a contained story so i figured that would be a good starting point. And yea, i love aarons writing too.

hey patk, the Pilot Season books are a series of six one shots of six new series by six different writers released by Top Cow at the rate of two per months in May, June and July. Once these books will be all out, they will open some sort of voting booth on their Myspace page and the top two vote getters will be released as a mini series or an ongoing new series.

I’ve been hunting some links and I’ll feature them on my miniblog soon…

Sorry about the flaky issues you were seeing for a while there. I left a bug in the List deletion code. It’s fixed now. Thanks for being a guinea pig!

Sorry I can’t offer any opinions…I have the first trade, which I actually read in floppies and loved, and now I have the second in my “to read” pile (after re-reading the first). In general, though, I have to say—Jason Aaron is one of my favorite new writers. I’m gonna pick up his runs on Wolverine and Ghost Rider in trade, in fact.

juts read Young Liars #1 and what a fantastic first issue that was. I’d call it a “textbook first issue” in that it had the good setup of who were going to be the actors in the drama, where the drama was going to come from and where it might be going at.

I love your minty-fresh avatar!

It’s from Vagabond

I’ve given it three issues. I don’t think I’m going to give it any more. I think I might enjoy it more if I wasn’t spoiled by Greg Pak’s run.

It’s cool. I think Maleev’s a great artist, but the things he would be really good at (darker, more realistic non-superheroic titles) just isn’t my cup of tea.

Hmm… I’ve never read New Frontier, but I would definitely get the Watchmen edition if you’re thinking of splurging. Then again the normal edition is probably just as good. I was thinking about getting the Special Edition of the hardcover Hellboy, but I was looking at the stuff inside and decided that the extra stuff wasn’t worth the extra money so I decided to just get the paperback trades. Now if I were to splurge on something, it would be on those bookends that I have posted on my blog. Drool. Heh. I would definitely pick up the volumes of The Ultimates; I love those.

Happy birthday dude.

Hey dude, happy future birthday! Mine is actually tomorrow, so we can celebrate together. :) I’ve actually stayed away from the Absolute Editions of stuff, though the Batman ones are SO tempting. What I did splurge on was the Captain America OmniBus that came out late last year. It was awesome. And I don’t just mean the stories. The large hardcover book was just great to read. It was certainly a different type of experience than reading the floppies it contained. I loved it. I haven’t read Kingdom Come yet, but I have it. New Frontier is a MUST read if you haven’t yet, as is Justice. I have the Justice hardcovers. In my opinion, you have to like the character, the writer, and the artist to make the purchase worth it. So you’ll have to determine that for yourself. But you should read this review of Kingdom Come.

While I consider New Frontier a must for any DC fan, the hardcover is not IMHO. Just go with the two volume trades. So here’s what I would get:

1) Absolute Kingdom Come
2) New Frontier Vol. 1
3) New Frontier Vol. 2
4) Justice Vol. 1
5) Justice Vol. 2
6) Justice Vol. 3
7) The Ultimates Vol. 1
8) The Ultimates 2

In that order. What can I say, I’ve always been a DC guy. :) Enjoy!

Can’t say much about Young Liars so far because even though it’s not listed among the latest addition to my pull list, it’s a fairly recent one. I’ve not even recieved one issue of it, only read a preview in Hellblazer #243. I’d read good reviews about it and that 8 page preview was enough for me to give it a shot. Art is a bit similar to Y: the last man.

Other than Y: The last Man, which I’m slowly working my way through via trades, my Vertigo titles are all recent additions to my pull list. Hellblazer is the all-star title. I’m a big John Constantine fan and #243 was a great issue.

House of Mystery and Madame Xanadu are my only other Vertigo regulars, but House only starts in May and Xanadu in June, so I’m only expecting good things, nothing real concrete as of now.

Hi patk514. That’s great that you want to try out Linux. I too am very new to it though. Actually, the people that got me started on it are Tyler and daynah, right here from HI. :) They are much more experienced at it. But anyway, I would go with Ubuntu, and you might as well go with the latest release, 8.04. It has a feature that allows you to install it without affecting your current setup. It also comes with a handy uninstall feature. So it’s pretty much risk free. Just one note from experience, I had to install it in SAFE mode, as my graphics card is not supported by the default setup of Ubuntu. I have to then update the driver after Ubuntu is installed. (Well, actually, what I did was install 7.10 then upgrade to 8.04 because I did it when 8.04 first came out and I couldn’t contact the server to download the full version as it was too busy at the time. So as far I as I know, 8.04 could have supported the graphics card by default.) Anyway, good luck! Any questions, feel free to let me know. I have a huge book on Ubuntu that I use for reference. And Tyler and daynah have been great for questions too. Hopefully they won’t mind me volunteering them for service! LOL

Hey! Im new to comics actually, only started reading within the last few months or so. I havent really gotten into the DC/Marvel universes yet, although I did read the first volume of The Sincestro Corp war (which was pretty good, I really took to the art). How do you like 12? Look s awesome but I missed out on it.

Black Summer is pretty good; the art is nuts, so much detail, and the story is intense, cant wait for the next one. Id really suggest hitting up Ebay for the back issues, although if you read some summaries im sure youd still get a kick out of the ones you can still get from heavy ink.

Sin City is one of the best series out there. It’s so good, I’m glad I saw the movie first before I read the comics because I think I enjoyed the movie much better that way. All of them are good which makes it a little painful to deal out that cash for 7 trades (some of them are kinda short and they are mostly all in black and white which makes it a little easier on the wallet).

hey, I had this reply all typed up for you the other day but then the internet ate it when I clicked the “post” button. I’m back now…

Re final crisis: well my first answer was “no I don’t plan on getting it” but now I’m not so sure. To be honest, I don’t know much about the DC Universe and that frightens me a bit. Don’t know much about what’s involved in this Final Crisis and I fear I’ll be lost if I simply pick up the Final Crisis mini series. I’m thinking about picking up the Batman RIP story arc (starts at #676) as I really like Batman. Will be picking up the cheapo DC Universe Zero issue though, might help me make up my mind.

About Sin City, nope, never read any of them. They’ve been on my wish list for some time, but there’s always some other thing to spend my money on… :)

Hey thanks man. I recently picked up the first two issues of Long Road Home, and I definitely am enjoying the extra ‘lore’ that they put into the individual issues. When I wrote my review I had borrowed the hardcover from a friend and didn’t realize that it ommitted that extra content from the books. I will definitely have to look into picking up the individual issues.

I have to disagree. Not a fan of Maleev’s art, especially not on a title like Mighty Avengers. After having some great stuff from first Cho, then Bagley, the art’s taking a downward trend with Maleev.

A lot of the stuff on my pull list is fairly recent stuff, many of them still only at the 2nd or 3rd issue. Off the stuff I’ve been reading longer, I’d say Immortal Iron Fist is absolutely brilliant. I like the writing, the art, the martial arts feeling behind it.

I also like Ex Machina a great deal.

I’m making plans to follow Secret invasion and its tie-ins pretty closely. Very, very interested in seeing where it’ll go too…

I had not seen the preview until now as I try to stay away from stuff I will definitely pull but I just checked it, interesting stuff. Can’t say I have an opinion on Maleev though. I know the name but have not read many of the books he’s worked on.

1. looks to be certainly a good jumping on point, as they kick off the tie-ins with Secret Invasion after ending the arc pencilled by Mark Bagley.

Interesting though that the preview I saw (from Make Mine Marvel) had Daredevil in it. DD has never been in the Mighty Avenger before… Looking forward to it very much. :)

Your enthusiasm for DD is one of the things that convinced me to jump on board and pull DD. I started with The Annual and #106…

Red Mass for Mars is an odd duck… it was solicited, but then cancelled, supposedly because “it’s such a great book that we really need to promote it more”, so it’s going to be solicited again some day… in fact, issue #1 doesn’t exist yet! It might be out in another two months… and issues #2 and #3 haven’t been resolicited yet. I should mark them as available, so people can still subscribe…

I’m waiting for the trade. The whole idea sounds really interesting.

That does sound like a fun game. Makes me wish I had more free time. I haven’t been able to turn my DS on in over a month.

Hey, thanks for writing!

Well, I can give reviewing Thor a try. I’ve never reviewed anything on HeavyInk before, oddly enough. I have issues 3-6 in front of me, but I’m still on my Cap catch-up run. I’m about to start 18 and I’m reading through to 21 then I’ll take a break from that. I’ve heard nothing but good things about The Twelve. I really must check that out.

hey, I just saw your comment on my blog re: Locke & Key. Thanks for the link to G4TV, that was a good review and pretty accurate of what that first issue was like. I’m also pretty new to the comics scene but I gotta say, Locke has a feel like not many other books I’ve read…

One of my favorite parts of Planet Hulk was when the bug metamorphed into the giant warrior guy. I really liked the art on that guy after that.
I’m really looking forward to World War Hulk. I know it’s been out in issues for a long time, but I prefer reading things in trades. I think there’s about four or five trades coming out for WWH soon, and I have 3 of them on pre-order (I really couldn’t care less about Gamma Corps :P).

Thanks for showing me that Venture art, that was pretty neat. I wish that guy had one of Hank and Dean doing “Mecha-Shiva!!”

By the way, I love your profile picture.

“What the hell are we supposed to do with this crap? Make them laugh so hard they blow malt liquor out of their noses?”

“No, I think you’ll have that covered when you storm the room in butterfly costumes.”

Thanks for the suggestion. ^^ I’ve not read any, yet, but I’ll be sure to scan thru it next Im out at the local shop to see if it catches my eye!

Wait, I just re-read your message and realized that I missed something the first time. Just how long is Kick-Ass going to be?

I’m waiting to receive Kick-Ass #1 as I type this. Cannot wait!! And as far as appearance goes, the kid does remind me of Matt Murdock. I’ve read the first TPB of Immortal Iron Fist and am impressed. Might read some more soon.

Thanks, patk514. Green Lantern is both a big adventure and kind of dark and intense at times. Sinestro is Lecter in this run, and I can’t tell in words how frakking cool that is.

All the Batman books have been awesome as well.

hey, thanks for your suggestions. I had completely forgotten about Ronin, but you are right. I remember reading about it, thought I had added it to my wish list, but seems I simply forgot. Same thing with Daredevil and Elektra, both well versed in martial arts. Maybe more so Elektra, but Daredevil’s got the moves that are very martial artish (just made up the word here, heh)…

I don’t watch much samurai movies so I couldn’t comment on your picks, sorry.

I’ve taken note of the Thor recommendation. Might pick up a trade at some point.

Ultimates 3 is definitely on the list to be reviewed, I just need to wait for the trade to come out first (that’s how I prefer most comics). My ‘reviewing project’ is something I have a lot of interest in, but unfortunately cannot put the time into it right now. This is something I don’t want to half-ass. Thanks for showing an interest.

Thanks for the heads-up…I do read Scalped in trade and enjoy it greatly. I’ll probably check out Aaron’s stuff at Marvel in trade, especially his Wolverine, as I’m already reading that series in trade (I loved Marc Guggenheim’s recent work on the title).

I got the 2nd issue of the Twelve and really like it. I think I’ll keep reading it for awhile. Check out the TPB of the new Spirit. It includes a great Batman team-up. I haven’t read any of the new Aragones issues yet, but I loved him on Groo, so I’ll give it a chance.