ArtisticallyChill

The Holidays tend to keep everyone busy during the last three weeks of the year. Serena and I have been busy with work, battling colds, and attending family celebrations. I didn’t get a chance to post the pick ups for the two last weeks so I’ll be combining those with this week’s pick up. Lots of great reading as usual and with 2011 just around the corner, it looks like there will be a lot to look forward to, at least on the DC side of things. I haven’t kept up on Marvel’s X-titles since Necrosha but from what I’ve heard, I didn’t miss much. I did start picking up Uncanny X-Force since it’s initial storyline isn’t part of whatever the X-titles are tied into (I think the other X-titles are currently fighting Dracula [LAME]). If I get that bored, maybe I’ll pick up the trades for all the stories after Necrosha.

• ADVENTURE COMICS # 521
• ARTIFACTS # 4
• BATMAN # 705
• BATMAN AND ROBIN # 18
• BATMAN ANNUAL # 28
• BATMAN INC. # 2
• BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM # 18
• BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT # 1
• BIRDS OF PREY # 7
• BRIGHTEST DAY # 16
• DEADPOOL # 30
• DEADPOOL TEAM-UP # 886
• DETECTIVE COMICS # 872
• THE FLASH # 8
• GREEN ARROW #7
• GREEN LANTERN # 60 & 61
• GREEN LANTERN CORPS # 55
• GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS # 5
• GREEN LANTERN: LARFLEEZE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL ONE-SHOT
• JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA # 52
• JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST # 16
• JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA # 46
• LEGION OF SUPERHEROES # 8
• THE MICE TEMPLAR VOL. III # 1
• NEMESIS # 4
• OUTSIDERS # 35
• POWERGIRL # 19
• TEEN TITANS # 90
• UNCANNY X-FORCE # 2 & 3
• UNWRITTEN # 20
• WONDER WOMAN # 605

So many great reads for the last month of the year! Batman, Green Lantern, Powergirl, The Unwritten and so many more!

MY PICKS OF THE PILE:

FROM TWO WEEKS AGO: GREEN LANTERN # 60

Written by GEOFF JOHNS; Art and cover by DOUG MAHNKE & CHRISTIAN ALAMY; 1:10 “DC 75th Anniversary” Variant cover by FRANK QUITELY

BRIGHTEST DAY continues as the truth about the Indigo Tribe members is revealed along with their Entity: the enigmatic Proselyte.

FROM LAST WEEK: GREEN LANTERN: LARFLEEZE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL ONE-SHOT

Written by GEOFF JOHNS; Art by BRETT BOOTH; Cover by GENE HA

It’s BRIGHTEST (CHRISTMAS) DAY! What do you want for Christmas? Orange Lantern Larfleeze wants everything – including Santa Claus himself! And nothing, not even the heroes of the DC Universe can to stop the Orange Lantern from getting what he wants! Plus, you won’t want to miss the strange holiday season shenanigans starring the rest of the Orange Lantern Corps! Superstar writer Geoff Johns and artist Brett Booth team up for an unbelievable sleigh ride adventure!

FROM THIS WEEK: BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT # 1

Written by DAVID FINCH; Art by DAVID FINCH & SCOTT WILLIAMS; Cover by DAVID FINCH; 1:25 Variant cover by ANDY CLARKE; 1:200 Sketch variant cover by DAVID FINCH

Comics superstar David Finch takes full creative control (both writing and illustrating!) on this brand-new Batman monthly series! Joined by the best of the best – Scott Williams – on inks, this new series is sure to be on everyone’s must-read pile! Delving into the more supernatural and esoteric areas of Gotham City, the 6-part storyline explores the horrific murder of one of Bruce Wayne’s childhood friends…and the terrible ramifications the brutal crime has on Batman’s life!

HARDCOVER PICK: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER TALES