ArtisticallyChill

I had a great time hanging out at Keith’s Komix today. I helped him organize all his Monsterpocalypse stuff so that he has easy access to his monsters and units whenever he plays on Game Night. Tonight’s pick up is loaded with great reading from DC Comics. After listening to Sidney’s serious, and rather explicit, rant about how Marvel’s creative team on Black Panther: The Man Without Fear sucks, I’m glad I left DareDevil when I did. It would have been a waste of time and money to have stuck with the title with the ‘it will get better’ attitude and witness the horrible changes leading up to Black Panther Kitten moving into Hell’s Kitchen.

The rest of the evening was pretty awesome. Serena stopped in after she got out of work and brought me a Frosty from Wendy’s. Sidney and I played a great game of Monsterpocalypse which came down to the wire as my Lords of Cthul battled his G.U.A.R.D. army. I had the match in hand but my Cthulabite units failed to land the finishing blow on the Ultra Laser Knight, giving Sidney the opportunity to finish me off with his G-1 Strike Fighters.

This week we have:
• AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #651
• BATGIRL #17
• BATMAN AND ROBIN #19
• BIRDS OF PREY #8
• BOOSTER GOLD #40
• DEADPOOL #31
• GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS #6
• JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST #17
• RED ROBIN #19
• TITANS #31
• THE UNWRITTEN #21
• WONDER GIRL ONE-SHOT

PICK OF THE WEEK: GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS #6

Written by PETER J. TOMASI; Art by FERNANDO PASARIN & CAM SMITH; Cover by RODOLFO MIGLIARI; 1:25 Variant cover by FELIPE MASSAFERA

Now that Guy Gardner’s comrades have discovered the secret blood pact he began with Ganthet and Atrocitus, will they remain at his side – or will Zardor’s recruits grow in rank against the Emerald Warrior? Sodam Yat may not be able to handle the fallout! Meanwhile, Red Lantern Bleez works to find out why she’s so important to Zardor’s plan…

SERENA’S PICK OF THE WEEK: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #651

Writer: Dan Slott, Penciller: STEFANO CASELLI, Artist: Humberto Ramos
The Story: (hide) The HOBGOBLIN’S fight for power continues! Which side will SPIDER-MAN and the BLACK CAT be on… and why? Also: a surprise for AUNT MAY, and the SPIDEY versus KINGPIN rematch you’ve been dying to see! Included in this issue: an 8 page story featuring the return of Mac Gargan… as THE SCORPION!

HAPPY READING!

~ LoneWolf

With Serena having such a successful appearance at Wizard World Chicago Comic-Con 2010 this past weekend, we decided to get caught up with our comic books and pick up a huge stack waiting for us this past Monday. Keith wasn’t there to greet us, but his friend, Jim, was more than happy to get put to work and retrieve the stack we had waiting for us.

• A SKELETON STORY # 1
• BATGIRL # 13
• BIRDS OF PREY # 4
• BRIGHTEST DAY # 8
• GREEN LANTERN CORPS # 51
• GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS # 1
• JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST # 7
• JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA # 42
• THE LIGHT # 5
• POWER GIRL # 15
• TITANS # 26
• WONDER WOMAN: LOVE AND MURDER (HARDCOVER)

PICKS OF THE PILE:

BRIGHTEST DAY # 8

Written by GEOFF JOHNS and PETER J. TOMASI • Art by IVAN REIS, PATRICK GLEASON, ARDIAN SYAF, SCOTT CLARK and JOE PRADO • Cover by DAVID FINCH • 1:10 White Lantern Variant covers by RYAN SOOK, FERNANDO PASARIN and JOEL GOMEZ

Don’t miss the hottest event in comics as BRIGHTEST DAY continues!

There can be only one who wields the White Lantern…but is it truly Deadman? And what will happen when he attempts to charge the white ring? Meanwhile, Ronnie Raymond risks everything for Firestorm, Martian Manhunter uncovers more clues about the bizarre string of murders stretching across the country, Aquaman searches for the key to the ocean’s survival and the Hawks come face-to-face with the evil that lurks within the strange land known only as Hawkworld!

GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS # 1

Written by PETER J. TOMASI• Art by FERNANDO PASARIN • Cover by RODOLFO MIGLIARI 1:25 variant cover by LEE BERMEJO

BRIGHTEST DAY! A whole new chapter in the epic GREEN LANTERN saga gets under way as Guy Gardner begins his secret mission for Atrocitus, bringing him into conflict with Hal Jordan with massive repercussions for the Green Lantern Corps!

Guy takes fellow Emerald Warriors Kilowog and Arisia along as he explores the Unknown Sectors — but what happens when they discover his mission and what’s waiting for them in the unpatrolled darkness?

CATCHING SERENA’S EYE: A SKELETON STORY # 1

Plot/Environment: Alessandro Rak
Layout: Alessandro Rak, Andrea Scoppetta
Pencils: Alessandro Rak
Colors: Alessandro Rak, Andrea Scoppetta
English Translation: Andrea Plazzi, Adam McGovern
Letters: Studio Blue
Editor/President: Giuliano Monni
Publisher: GG Studio

“A Burtonesque noir fairy tale… Will Musil, Burma, Scarlett, Jack, and John are no longer tenants of the world of the living. They’re dead. While each faces their role in the afterlife differently, Will seeks his own redemption in the underworld as a detective, at the service of the ‘Old Lady.’ A wonderful opportunity presents itself one day when two unwanted guests crosses the border between worlds: a little girl and her cat… “

SERENA’S HARDCOVER OF THE WEEK: WONDER WOMAN – LOVE AND MURDER

Written by Jodi Picoult; Art by Terry Dodson, Drew Johnson and others; Cover by Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson

Best-selling author Jodi Picoult (Nineteen Minutes, The Tenth Circle, My Sister’s Keeper), takes Wonder Woman on a collision course with the Amazons in this hardcover volume collecting WONDER WOMAN #6-10!

The action begins when Wonder Woman, in her disguise as Special Agent Diana Prince of the Department of Metahuman affairs, is assigned to capture Wonder Woman. How can she accomplish this impossible job without revealing her secret identity? This is just the start of the Amazon Warrior’s problems as Diana must relearn how to exist as a human being while a deadly foe begins to close a net on her, leading to a catastrophic outcome!

We’ll still be picking up new comic books for this week and we should be all caught up by the weekend!

HAPPY READING EVERYONE!

~ LoneWolf