The Weekly Comics Grind

[James]

The reviews you read of Saga lied. It's a great read and a fantastic starting point for a whole load of promising interstellar awesomeness. Also, $3 for 44 pages in issue 1.

James

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

I reread Hard Boiled. I bet your Saga comes nowhere near its greatness.

[James]

Frank Miller when he wasn't bat-shit crazy and Geoff Darrow going nuts on art. If that level of greatness is your standard, you might as well quit now.

I wish someone would give Geoff Darrow's Shaolin Cowboy a proper oversize collection.

-edit- Looks like there's hope, and even a new Shaolin Cowboy series on the way.

James

[YellerDog]

Geoff Darrow is a nice dude in person and has a sick sense of humor.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

"Art is man-made and should always appear thus. The evidence of a human hand at work is what makes a piece sparkle over the cold, mechanical realism that is so prevalent today."
-Matt Wagner from Mage #2, 1984

If only you knew Matt, if only you knew.

[James]

Pleasant surprise of the week- Frankenstein Alive, Alive! 13 issues of richly detailed Bernie Wrightson mostly b&w art. Preview here.

David Lapham also has a new series out with Dan the Unharmable. I keep thinking he's got something great that he can also complete somewhere inside him, and while I'm not sure this is it, it looks to be a load of gratuitous fun.

James

[Korly]

Mind the Gap came out last week. Interior art from the cover artist of Morning Glories and a mystery dripping with visual clues for just $2.99

[Mzo]

Just read all of Planet Hulk.

It sucked.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

I liked it a lot.
I lost interest early into world war hulk though.
I'm now slowly making my way through Fear Itself. It's so mostly boring.

[YellerDog]

Read 'Jan's Atomic Heart', it's short and rad.