ArtisticallyChill

I’ll be catching up on a lot of the Batman family titles this week. After hearing about all the reboots going on in 2 months from Keith at Keith’s Komix, I must decide whether or not to even buy comic books from DC these next 2 months and then further contemplate whether or not to even pick up the new reboots. Maybe I’ll just cut DC out all together and go indie. Decisions like these tend to keep me up all night. It’s a good thing I have a lot of comic books to read.

• ASTONISHING X-MEN #39
• BATGIRL #22
• BATMAN #711
• BATMAN AND ROBIN #24
• BATMAN BEYOND #6
• BATMAN INCORPORATED #6
• BIRDS OF PREY #13
• DETECTIVE COMICS #877
• GREEN LANTERN MOVIE: KILOWOG
• JUSTICE LEAGUE #56-57
• JUSTICE SOCIETY #50-51
• MARK SCHULTZ – VARIOUS DRAWING VOL.5
• POWER GIRL #25
• RED ROBIN #24
• THE SCOURGE #4
• SOULFIRE #1
• TEEN TITANS #96
• UNWRITTEN #25
• WONDER WOMAN #611

MY PICKS OF THE WEEK:
BATMAN AND ROBIN #24

Written by JUDD WINICK; Art and cover by GUILLEM MARCH

The Red Hood is out! But the bigger mystery is who broke him out of prison – and why? His liberators seem to have plans for him. Plans that Jason wants no part of. It’s a street brawl, and unlikely allies come together! Batman, Robin and The Red Hood must fight alongside one another in a knockdown, drag-out battle, taking on the people who sprung Jason Todd.

BATMAN #711

Written by TONY DANIEL; Art by STEVE SCOTT and RYAN WINN; Cover by TONY DANIEL

Batman acts on his suspicions of a newly elected political figure in Gotham City and finds himself in deep water. With piranhas. Meanwhile, Two-Face fights his way back from the brink of death to find an unlikely ally who will show him that there are two sides to every story.

SERENA’S PICK OF THE WEEK: MARK SCHULTZ – VARIOUS DRAWINGS VOL.5

This fifth volume of Various Drawings showcases a generous selection of private art and commissions, along with a smattering of previously published pieces, all created by Mark Schultz over the past two years. A wealth of sketches, preliminaries, studies and finished art, this new installment will appeal to longtime fans of Mark’s work, as well as those discerning souls who seek only the best examples of modern imaginative illustration to add to their personal collections. Despite being an acknowledged modern master of pencil and brush and ink, Schultz has never stopped expanding his visual vocabulary, never shied away from experimenting, never slowed in his relentless pursuit of graphic Nirvana. Nor has he forgotten his first loves and obsessions: pulp and noir-fueled dames, otherworldly SF and fantasy pinups, slavering dinosaurs and fearsome women, gleaming spaceships and alluring cosmic femmes. Schultz brings all of them-even entire worlds-to pulsing life with his pencil or brush, the slightest nimbus of tint, a revelatory breath of dry brushstroke upon the page. Herein reside Hannah Dundee of the Xenozoic age, the bravos featured in the forthcoming Storms at Sea, a glorious 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea centerfold, and stranger vistas still.

Mark Schultz has been cartooning, illustrating, and writing for over twenty years. He is best known as the creator of the award-winning speculative adventure comic book Xenozoic Tales, which has been adapted to television as the animated series Cadillacs and Dinosaurs. Schultz is the recipient of five Harvey Awards, two Eisners, an Inkpot, a Spectrum, and three Haxturs (the last from the Salon Del Internacional Comic del Princapado de Asturias). Currently, he writes the Prince Valiant newspaper comic strip. In addition, Schultz is working on his new book, Storms at Sea.

Formerly a teacher of composition and Renaissance literature, he currently writes and edits technical documentation for a large software company and has edited numerous volumes of theory and conversation about comics illustration. He wrote Modern Masters Volume 15: Mark Schultz from TwoMorrows Publishing and is working on a novel, The Night’s Tale.

HAPPY READING!

~ LoneWolf

Two weeks later and we are still having trouble keeping up with our books. This means we might have to trim off a few titles that just aren’t as interesting as they were before. It’s always difficult for me to decide what to keep going and what to cut loose. Also these ridiculous ‘meh’ga-story arcs are starting to get on my nerves. I cannot afford to buy tie-ins but I don’t wanna feel out of the whole loop of the story i.e. FLASHPOINT.

• ASTONISHING X-MEN #37
• BATGIRL #21
• BATMAN #710
• CARBON GREY #3
• ECHO #30
• THE FLASH #12
• GREEN ARROW #12
• GREEN LANTERN #65
• GREEN LANTERN CORPS #60
• GREEN LANTERN EMERALD WARRIORS #10
• JSA ALL-STARS #18
• KIRBY: GENESIS #0
• THE MICE TEMPLAR Vol.III #4
• POWER GIRL #24
• RED ROBIN #23

SUPER DINOSAUR #1

SUPER DINOSAUR #2

• SUPER DINOSAUR ORIGIN SPECIAL #1
• TEEN TITANS #95

 

PICK OF THE WEEK: TERRY MOORE’S ECHO #30



By Terry Moore
This is it – the Final Issue of this award-winning series! Julie and Annie, sharing the same Alloy618-covered body, must fight their way through an army to stop the Phi Super-Collider from making a black hole that will consume Earth. Don’t miss the adrenaline charged conclusion of Terry Moore’s sci-fi thriller!

~ LoneWolf

Playing ‘catch-up’ these next two weeks since we had to put getting our weekly fix on hold due to car repairs. This past week was a light week so we looked through the pile of books we had on hold at Keith’s Komix and decided which ones to bring home this past Wednesday. Yes, this post is a bit late but we’ve had quite a busy week with work, THOR, and more work. Hoping have a few thoughts on THOR in another post some time soon. Anyway, let’s take a look at what we brought home.

• BATGIRL #20
• BATMAN #709
• BATMAN AND ROBIN #22
• BATMAN BEYOND #5
• BATMAN INC. #5
• BIRDS OF PREY #11
• BRIGHTEST DAY #24
• CARBON GREY#2
• DETECTIVE COMICS #876
• THE FLASH #11
• GOTHAM CENTRAL BOOK THREE: ON THE FREAK BEAT
• GREEN ARROW #11
• JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST #24
• OZMA OF OZ #6
• POWER GIRL #23
• RED ROBIN #22
• TEEN TITANS #94
• THOR #621

MY PICKS OF THE PILE:
BRIGHTEST DAY #24

Written by GEOFF JOHNS and PETER J. TOMASI; Art by IVAN REIS, PAT GLEASON, ARDIAN SYAF, SCOTT CLARK and JOE PRADO; Cover by DAVID FINCH; 1:10 Variant Covers by IVAN REIS

In the extra-sized issue #24, a new age for the DC Universe begins! A long shadow is cast across the world in a finale that will have everyone talking! Twelve heroes and villains were resurrected, but that doesn’t mean it will remain that way as the new champion of Earth is chosen!

JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST #24

Written by JUDD WINICK; Art by AARON LOPRESTI; Cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN; 1:10 Variant cover by KEVIN MAGUIRE

In the extra-sized issue #24, the final battle is here! But who will be the victor?

SERENA’S PICKS OF THE PILE:
OZMA OF OZ #6

By: Eric Shanower and Skottie Young

When Ozma asks the Nome King to release the Royal Family of Ev, he proposes a guessing game that seems easy enough to win. Ozma and her followers agree to play.
But as the Oz people begin to disappear, Dorothy realizes that the Nome King has stacked the deck against them. She and her friends have little hope of escaping the Nome King’s sinister underground palace.

Loved by both critics and fans, Ozma of Oz triumphs as another wonderful Frank L. Baum adaptation!

CARBON GREY #2

story HOANG NGUYEN, KHARI EVANS, PAUL GARDNER & MIKE KENNEDY, art & cover HOANG NGUYEN, KHARI EVANS & KINSUN LOH
The General moves to arrest the sisters, as the twins turn to their mentors. The Baron has a hand in Pepper and Dina’s escape, and Howard is convinced he is blessed. As the Greys search for Giselle, Eva becomes concerned about her sister’s allegiances. Who is manipulating the Kaiser’s legacy?

GRAPHIC NOVEL PICK OF THE WEEK: GOTHAM CENTRAL BOOK THREE: ON THE FREAK BEAT

Written by GREG RUCKA and ED BRUBAKER; Art by MICHAEL LARK, JASON ALEXANDER and others; Cover by CLIFF CHIANG

Detective Renee Montoya investigates the disappearance of evidence amid a gang war and travels to Keystone City in an attempt to unveil the truth about a fellow officer’s strange mutation in this collection featuring issues #23-31 of the award-winning series. Plus, the dead body of Robin, the Boy Wonder, is found on the streets, forcing the detectives to solve the case while dealing with Batman and The Teen Titans.

HAPPY READING!

~ LoneWolf