ArtisticallyChill

Been busy last week with helping my cousin prep his house for new paint and new flooring, but we did manage to make it out to the comic book store last week Thursday. Not only did we pick up a few comics but I also grabbed several short boxes for my cousin who had all his comics sorted and spread out amongst two small tables. Keith has been a great guy to us as of late. He knows our finances are limited right now and he doesn’t mind it we only pick up a few comics a week and throw the rest in our hold box. Eventually, as soon as certain storylines finish up, I’ll be dropping those titles as I’ve said before. Keith says I should just pick up my favorites and anything else that’s not priority, should be picked up in graphic novel form. That’s what I’ll probably be doing for most of the Marvel storylines I skipped and will be skipping in the future.

• BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM # 9
• BLACKEST NIGHT: THE FLASH # 3
• GREEN ARROW AND BLACK CANARY # 29
• GREEN LANTERN # 51
• GREEN LANTERN CORPS # 45
• JOE THE BARBARIAN # 2
• JSA ALL-STARS # 3
• MASS EFFECT # 2
• THE MICE TEMPLAR # 7
• X-MEN: PIXIE STRIKES BACK # 1

PICK OF THE WEEK: GREEN LANTERN # 51

Written by Geoff Johns; Art and cover by Doug Mahnke & Christian Alamy; Variant cover by Greg Horn

The most epic battle in BLACKEST NIGHT yet comes to a shocking conclusion as Hal Jordan makes the ultimate move to take on the Black Lantern Spectre. But what price comes with the unleashing of Parallax? And what does this mean for the future of the emotional spectrum’s avatars?

SECOND PICK OF THE WEEK: GREEN LANTERN CORPS # 45

Written by Peter J. Tomasi; Art and cover by Patrick Gleason & Rebecca Buchman; Variant cover by Greg Horn

The battle for the Green Lantern Battery on Oa comes to a bloody end as the new front in the War of Light emerges!

SERENA’S PICK OF THE WEEK: X-MEN – PIXIE STRIKES BACK! # 1

COVER BY: Stuart Immonen
WRITER: Kathryn Immonen
PENCILS: Sara Pichelli
INKS: Array
COLORED BY: Christina Strain
LETTERED BY: Robert Steen

THE STORY:
Pixie, X-23, Armor, Mercury and Blindfold face a new kind of hell: high school! Things get even worse when Pixie’s mother shows up on Utopia demanding to see her daughter. Discover the truth about Pixie, inculding the answer to something even SHE doesn’t know: the identity of her father- one of the most dangerous X-Villains ever!

Happy Reading!

~ LoneWolf

Been pretty busy these last few days with X-mas being right around the corner. However, we still made it to the comic book store last week to pick a hefty stack of comics to read before the holidays take up most of our time. Also, I finally got to test that special item Keith’s friend Jim brought in for me. That item being a BETA tape player. I brought it to my dad’s house and told him it was an early x-mas present if it worked properly. After letting it sit for a half hour, my dad dug up one of our old vacation tapes and we powered up the Beta player. We fast-forward the tape to the end and rewound it back to warm the player up. When we hit play, the picture was a bit odd at the start but after that it was crisp and clean. It was like looking into a window of my past as I saw my 10 year old self on a road trip to Niagara Falls with my family. Times definitely were simpler then.

With the successful test of the Beta player, I have brought my dad one step closer to getting the tapes transferred and preserved on DVD. All he needs now is a TV tuner card on his PC. When he asked me where I got it, I told him I had a good friend at Keith’s Komix (Keith) who had a friend (Jim) that had a player sitting around and I told my dad that if it worked fine, he’d sell it to me. Thanks Keith and Jim for making this X-mas a special one for me and my dad.

So this week we have:
• ASTONISHING X-MEN # 33
• BATMAN # 694
• BATMAN 80-PAGE GIANT
• BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL # 39
• BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM # 7
• CABLE # 21
• DEADPOOL: MERC WITH A MOUTH # 6
• GREEN LANTERN CORPS # 43
• JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA # 40
• KOOKABURRA K # 2
• THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ # 2
• THE OUTSIDERS # 25
• POWER GIRL # 7
• X-FACTOR # 200
• X-FORCE # 22

PICK OF THE WEEK: GREEN LANTERN CORPS # 43

Written by Peter J. Tomasi; Art and cover by Pat Gleason and Rebecca Buchman; Variant cover by Ladrönn

Red rain falls! As the Black Lanterns continue their reign of terror and chaos on Oa, things go from bad to worse when a horrible loss for the Green Lantern Corps results in Guy Gardner becoming so enraged that he becomes a Red Lantern! And hell breaks loose as the Central Power Battery faces an attack from the newly arrived Black Lantern Corphans!

From the list above, it looks like I’ve got a lot of reading to be done before X-mas Eve. BLACKEST NIGHT has been full of awesomeness since it first started and looks to keep going strong and finish with a bang. Kyle Raynor is dead! What happens when Guy Gardner becomes a Red Lantern?! I can’t wait to read this issue! I will probably read this one first cause I know I won’t be disappointed.

~ LoneWolf

Lots of great DC titles this week. On top this week’s pull, Serena picked up ALEX ROSS: A PERSONAL COLLECTION HARDCOVER. She had put it on hold since last week when she saw it on the shelf. Published by Wizard Entertainment, this hardcover presents the reader with the ultimate guide to artist extraordinaire, Alex Ross. This book contains all of his works, never-before-seen paintings, and secrets of his techniques that have made him one of the premiere artists of the comic book industry.

What makes this book even more awesome is that Keith was able to get the book personalized to Serena by Alex Ross himself!

Thanks Keith! You’re best around!

This week we have:
• ALEX ROSS: A PERSONAL COLLECTION HARDCOVER
• ANGEL # 27
• BATGIRL # 4
• BATMAN # 693
• BATMAN AND ROBIN # 6
• BATMAN/DOC SAVAGE SPECIAL
• BOOSTER GOLD # 26
• CABLE # 20
• DEADPOOL # 17
• ECHO # 16
• GREEN ARROW AND BLACK CANARY # 26
• GREEN LANTERN CORPS # 42
• R.E.B.E.L.S. # 10
• RED ROBIN # 6
• SKY DOLL – DOLL FACTORY # 1
• TITANS # 19
• THE UNWRITTEN # 7
• X-FORCE # 21

PICK OF THE WEEK: GREEN LANTERN CORPS # 42

Written by Peter J. Tomasi; Art and cover by Patrick Gleason and Rebecca Buchman; Variant cover by Greg Horn

BLACKEST NIGHT intensifies! The Green Lanterns’ epic fight to preserve Oa and the Central Power Battery from being consumed by the Black Lanterns continues. While the Corps faces the most desperate moment in its entire history, a new threat materializes that will shake them to their very souls.

SERENA’S PICK OF THE WEEK: SKYDOLL – DOLL FACTORY # 1

Fans and true believers, rejoice! An awesome treasure chest is finally at your disposal, filled to the brim with drafts, sketches, roughs, illustrations and all the painstakingly collected research material which allowed Barbuci and Canepa to raise the Space Fantasy saga to an all new level. Creating their own blend of drama and fun, mixing sci-fi and cyber culture with religious concepts and elements of design from the ‘60s, they have created a universe to dive into and delight in! So, raiders shift your gears to plunder and set your sights on the sexiest bounty in the comic book universe! Pages and pages of exclusive and previously unreleased magic can be found in this collector’s issue! Including a 10 page exclusive never before seen file on the birth of Noa!

~ LoneWolf