“Time, iFanboys? Is it really that... time... again? Comic Anticipaton for 11/21/07 [Archive]

six-gun

11-19-2007, 03:21 PM

This is like the best week for me ever. Halo Uprising, Checkmate and Captain America? I mean come on, this is amazing.

superfriend82

11-19-2007, 03:43 PM

Cap America, Detective comics, the spirt

six-gun

11-19-2007, 04:11 PM

yeah, Detective too, Ras Al Ghul's ressurection story has been awesome

jimski

11-19-2007, 04:21 PM

Hmmm... Invincible, Powers, Captain America... I wanna see where She-Hulk is going... nothing I'm seeing this week makes me go, "Oh, f*** yes!" but everything is making me think, "Hey... yeah."

mikegraham6

11-19-2007, 04:57 PM

urg, pretty shitty week for me, Captain America wins by a long shot, on the DC side it's Action Comics

luthor

11-19-2007, 06:16 PM

Action Comics. ACTION COMICS!

ACTION COMICS!

ACTION COMICS!!!

labor_days

11-19-2007, 06:20 PM

Too early to call. I always get nervous seeing Godland and Walking Dead on the shipping lists until Tuesday night.

But right now? Action Comics and Captain America are equally anticipated.

Also, is it me or did anyone else forget that the Halo comic was still going? Seems like aaagggesss, since the first. Jeeze Lousie.

esophagus

11-19-2007, 06:21 PM

Glad to have your titles back Six.

Ex Machina and Walking Dead are it for me. Oh, and I can't forget Ultimate Vision. =p

conorkilpatrick

11-19-2007, 06:22 PM

Too early to call. I always get nervous seeing Godland and Walking Dead on the shipping lists until Tuesday night.

Yeah, there's very little point to looking at that list until 5pm EST on Monday.

kwok_talk

11-19-2007, 06:24 PM

Also, is it me or did anyone else forget that the Halo comic was still going? Seems like aaagggesss, since the first. Jeeze Lousie.
Makes it seem somewhat irrelevant at this point. But I'm still getting it to look at the pretty pictures...

labor_days

11-19-2007, 06:28 PM

I'm out with Flash this week. I don't like the art and the writing isn't grabbing me. Maybe if it gets good, I'll jump back on. But I'm going to need to hear you dudes talk it up a bit before then.

mikegraham6

11-19-2007, 06:41 PM

I'm out with Flash this week. I don't like the art and the writing isn't grabbing me. Maybe if it gets good, I'll jump back on. But I'm going to need to hear you dudes talk it up a bit before then.
is mark waid on this book indefinitely? i'll probably jump back on when he leaves or when i start hearing some more unanimously positive reviews

six-gun

11-19-2007, 06:48 PM

urg, pretty shitty week for me, Captain America wins by a long shot, on the DC side it's Action Comics

that's weird, this is the best looking week for me in a while. It's odd how that happens

six-gun

11-19-2007, 06:48 PM

labor_days

11-19-2007, 06:53 PM

Don't know how long Waid is on Flash. But recall an interview with Waid where he said his DC commitments were through the end of the year.

six-gun

11-19-2007, 06:57 PM

Don't know how long Waid is on Flash. But recall an interview with Waid where he said his DC commitments were through the end of the year.

Didn't look forward to reading it, so it was dropped

six-gun

11-19-2007, 06:57 PM

Glad to have your titles back Six.

It's like coming home again ;)

dave-accampo

11-19-2007, 10:45 PM

Not a huge week for me this week (good, since I bought Black Dossier last week). I guess I'll mirror the sentiment for Captain America. Hellblazer's been consistently good since Diggle took over, too.

Ooh, and I'm looking forward to the new Hawaiian Dick #1.

labor_days

11-19-2007, 10:52 PM

I'm going to be checking out Hawaiian Dick on the racks. The Word Balloon interview recently has me intrigued.

six-gun

11-20-2007, 12:45 AM

I'm going to be checking out Hawaiian Dick on the racks. The Word Balloon interview recently has me intrigued.

It looks like it could be cool, however if any of my friends caught me reading a book with that title, well I'd get crap for weeks

dave-accampo

11-20-2007, 12:58 AM

It looks like it could be cool, however if any of my friends caught me reading a book with that title, well I'd get crap for weeks

It is a cool book -- you'd be missing out. Don't let your friend dictate what you read! ;)

On a similar note, I have this secret fear that my son, who is 7, will talk about the books that Daddy reads at school one day, and he'll include "American Virgin." And i just know that's going to be tranlsated into "My dad reads a magazine called 'American Virgins."

And oh that will not be good.

Sub-thread proposal: comic book titles that you dont' wanna be caught reading! In the top spot: Giant-Size Man-Thing #1!

itsbecca

11-20-2007, 01:18 AM

Are you kidding me? Walking Dead. Things are about to explode.

Otherwise, 52 vol4 and Umbrella Academy.

six-gun

11-20-2007, 03:03 AM

It is a cool book -- you'd be missing out. Don't let your friend dictate what you read! ;)

On a similar note, I have this secret fear that my son, who is 7, will talk about the books that Daddy reads at school one day, and he'll include "American Virgin." And i just know that's going to be tranlsated into "My dad reads a magazine called 'American Virgins."

And oh that will not be good.

Sub-thread proposal: comic book titles that you dont' wanna be caught reading! In the top spot: Giant-Size Man-Thing #1!

Slightly related: My mom flipped through my The Other Side trade and blew a gasket

cormano

11-20-2007, 03:11 AM

Really small week for me, thankfully. For this week, New X-Men is my most anticipated, however, I missed a few issues last week and New Avengers is overall what I'm looking forward to most.

paper

11-20-2007, 03:26 AM

There is literally nothing I'm looking forward to this week, comic book wise. I'm dropping the Spirit this week. It hasn't been all that interesting in a while.

kahunablair

11-20-2007, 03:27 AM

Walking Dead or New X-men here.
Isn't someone supposed to die in this New X-Men?

kwok_talk

11-20-2007, 03:30 AM

Isn't someone supposed to die in this New X-Men?
Doesn't that happen in nearly every issue of it? ;)
Sounds cool. Looking forward to this issue too

dave-accampo

11-20-2007, 03:31 AM

There is literally nothing I'm looking forward to this week, comic book wise. I'm dropping the Spirit this week. It hasn't been all that interesting in a while.

Cooke's only got 2 more issues, right? 11 and 12? I'm gonna ride it out. Even though it's not a book that I really consistently "look forward to," there's always a level of skill there that I appreciate.

kahunablair

11-20-2007, 03:32 AM

Doesn't that happen in nearly every issue of it? ;)
Sounds cool. Looking forward to this issue too

Haha good point.

dave-accampo

11-20-2007, 03:34 AM

Doesn't that happen in nearly every issue of it? ;)
Sounds cool. Looking forward to this issue too

Yeah, I gotta admit -- I haven't been a regular X reader in a while (I'm sporadic whenever I like the creative team), but I decided to commit to the whole 13-part cross-over just for the hell of it. Now I'm kinda looking forward to it, in a summer blockbustery kinda way.

esophagus

11-20-2007, 03:38 AM

I don't think you guys understand how huge the reprucussions of this weeks Walking Dead could be. Anyone reading the letters columns knows exactly whats going to happen though.

six-gun

11-20-2007, 03:40 AM

Yeah, I gotta admit -- I haven't been a regular X reader in a while (I'm sporadic whenever I like the creative team), but I decided to commit to the whole 13-part cross-over just for the hell of it. Now I'm kinda looking forward to it, in a summer blockbustery kinda way.

I'm excitedly waiting for the trade

jo11ypenguin

11-20-2007, 06:14 AM

I wont get books intill friday because of the holiday :(
but i will buy at least 2 trades for the trip

cant wait for new x-men
I am totally in for the X event! its just feels right so far.

itsbecca

11-20-2007, 12:24 PM

I don't think you guys understand how huge the reprucussions of this weeks Walking Dead could be.

It's going to be another fighting with my fiance on who gets to read it in the car ride home this week. Last week I won, because he already read half in the store, but this week is definitley a toss up. Pray for me.

kwok_talk

11-20-2007, 01:13 PM

mikegraham6

11-20-2007, 03:47 PM

urg, pretty shitty week for me, Captain America wins by a long shot, on the DC side it's Action Comics

I take back this post. I failed to notice that POWERS!!!!! was on the shipping list! f*cking hell i love that book

mikegraham6

11-20-2007, 03:49 PM

Sub-thread proposal: comic book titles that you dont' wanna be caught reading! In the top spot: Giant-Size Man-Thing #1!

That's got to be the best title for a comic I've ever read!:D

cam-

11-20-2007, 04:00 PM

GRENDEL BEHOLD THE DEVIL #1 (OF 8) $3.50

Oh yeah baby...

paper

11-20-2007, 05:00 PM

Can I pick up the Grendel this week, having never read a Grendel book before?

cam-

11-20-2007, 05:27 PM

Can I pick up the Grendel this week, having never read a Grendel book before?

Absolutely, my understanding is that this is a self-contained story about Hunter Rose, the first Grendel. So there won't be a lot of back story to worry about.

All you need to know is that Hunter Rose is a professional criminal with a james bond mystique.

cam-

11-20-2007, 05:42 PM

Ugh, james bond mystique, what the hell am I on about? That doesn't do Grendel justice at all!

dave-accampo

11-20-2007, 05:48 PM

Personally, I'd at least pick up Grendel: Devil by the Deed, if you've got the funds. It sounds like the new mini can be read alone, but I'd start with the original tale of Hunter Rose -- just so you can see how it all started.

Devil by the Deed is pretty slim, too. List price is what, maybe $10-12?

jgg0610

11-20-2007, 06:27 PM

This week there is little doubt about it: Goon: Chinatown. Even though this is an ogn and not a comic, it wins hands down.