ArtisticallyChill

Hitting the top of the list as a ‘MUST-READ’ once it’s paid for and rightfully yours, we have GREEN LANTERN # 52. Aspen Comics is making Serena happy as SOULFIRE # 3 hit the shelves today. And I get suckered by Mark Millar and picked up NEMESIS # 1, in which the cover says in bold white letters “MAKES KICK-ASS LOOK LIKE $#!T”. To my surprise Serena also picked up THE GUILD # 1. She’s only seen a few episodes of the web series. Now I’ve got a reason to buy the seasons on DVD. Hung out at Keith’s Komix for a bit before checking out just to catch up with the regulars. Discussions included: Theories on who is the Red Hulk, The Awesomeness of The X-files, Millennium, and Supernatural.

• BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM # 10
• BREAKING INTO COMICS THE MARVEL WAY! # 2
• DEADPOOL # 21
• GREEN LANTERN # 52
• THE GUILD # 1
• NEMESIS # 1
• POWER GIRL #10
• SOULFIRE # 3
• X-FACTOR # 203
• X-MEN ORIGINS: NIGHTCRAWLER # 1

PICK OF THE WEEK: GREEN LANTERN # 52

Written by GEOFF JOHNS; Art and Cover by DOUG MAHNKE and CHRISTIAN ALAMY; 1:25 Variant Cover by SHANE DAVIS and SANDRA HOPE

BLACKEST NIGHT’S penultimate chapter is here, and you do not want to miss this issue. Trust us on this one.

Pretty short description isn’t it? The cover pretty much says it all. BLACKEST NIGHT is coming to a close and it looks like this story will keep peaking until its end. Let’s just hope that BRIGHTEST DAY can do the same and deliver an amazing story worth investing in.

SERENA’S PICK OF THE WEEK: THE GUILD # 1

Writer: Felicia Day
Artist: Jim Rugg
Cover Artist: Dan Jackson, Georges Jeanty
Genre: Humor, Fantasy

Internet phenomenon The Guild comes to comics, courtesy of series creator, writer, and star Felicia Day (Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog)!

Chronicling the hilarious on-and offline lives of a group of Internet role-playing gamers, the Knights of Good, The Guild has become a cult hit and is the winner of numerous awards from SXSW, YouTube, Yahoo, and the Streamys. Now Day brings the wit and heart of the show to this three-issue miniseries. In this origin tale of the Knights of Good, we learn about Cyd’s life before joining the guild, how she became Codex, and how she began to meet the other players who would eventually become her teammates. This storyline fills in details never before revealed on the web show, making it a delightful new chapter for existing fans as well as a perfect jumping-on point for new fans!

HAPPY READING!

~ LoneWolf

Pretty light pick up today and I’m thankful for that because last week’s pick up was a killer of funds. This week’s pile is full of worthwhile reading even though there are no BLACKEST NIGHT tie-ins. I don’t really have any real complaints about any title, although Serena’s complaint about how she wished the cover artist of this month’s CABLE, Dave Wilkins, also did the interiors. His portrayal of Hope looks about right whereas the Hope in the interior art looks less like a child and more like a little woman with barely an A-cup. It’s like a woman’s head is drawn a sexless body. I know time-traveling can be confusing but I’m pretty sure it doesn’t age or de-age the the traveler when you can only go forward.

DEADPOOL’s last story arc felt a bit shallow. The title started off full of awesomeness battling Skrulls and then reaching higher levels with the THUNDERBOLTS crossover, MAGNUM OPUS, and then just blowing my mind with the whole battle of wits and the witless with HAWKEYE (aka BULLSEYE). This last arc with the whole pirate motif felt a bit lackluster. With a new arc starting up in this week’s issue, let’s just hope the last story was a calm before the ‘AWESOME’ storm.

And here we go:
• BATMAN # 690
• BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL # 33
• BUFFY SEASON 8 # 28
• CABLE # 18
• DEADPOOL # 15
• MICE TEMPLAR # 2-3
• WEDNESDAY COMICS # 9

MY PICK OF THE PILE: BUFFY SEASON 8 # 28

Oh, hello there, gentle viewers . . . This month we revisit Team Buffy and her army of Slayers at Oz’s temple in the mountains of Tibet. Among the yaks, the Slayers and Wiccan troops attempt to suppress dangerous Magicks through meditation and hard labor. Buffy embraces this new lifestyle, but not everyone is convinced that leaving Magicks behind will solve any problems: among them, a resistant Willow, a doubtful Andrew, and a concerned Giles.

For Buffy, the world has not been so peaceful . . . so honest . . . so full of feeling . . . in a long time — too bad it’s not going to stay that way!

I love Jo Chen’s cover artwork. Dark Horse, please put all these fantastic covers in one oversized hardcover filled all kinds of cool extras with an awesome forward by Joss Whedon. I would <3 you 4EVAR!

~ LoneWolf

It’s a pretty light week, which is good. It gives me a chance to catch up some reading and organizing the comics from last month. Seriously, I gonna organize this pile this week! I really enjoyed FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS so far. It has been rather epic as the 3 Legions of Superheroes ban together to stop Super[EMO]boy Prime’s latest temper tantrum. If he doesn’t die at the end of this story arc, I will be really disappointed in DC. I hate this character more than any C-list villain or hero in the DCU. DEADPOOL continues to win my favor even though he will be poorly represented by Ryan Reynolds in the upcoming WOLVERINE: ORIGINS movie. CABLE keeps jumping forward into time and the artwork still doesn’t seem to get better in the future as well. MAGNETO TESTAMENT was a well written yet somber tale of who Magneto was before he donned the cape and helmet. TRINITY keeps building up to something but I’m starting to get bored with the whole 2 stories in one book format. X-MEN FIRST CLASS FINALS… wait, I thought I took this off my pull list? Doh! At least BUFFY SEASON 8 never disappoints.

• BUFFY SEASON 8 # 22
• CABLE # 11
• DEADPOOL # 7
• FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS # 3
• TRINITY # 36
• X-MEN: FIRST CLASS FINALS # 1
• X-MEN: MAGNETO TESTAMENT # 5

~ LoneWolf