ArtisticallyChill

Didn’t pick up much today because I might have another car repair bill this weekend. So, I am saving all the Bat-family titles for next week’s pick up along with some graphic novels I’ve been meaning to pick up. Still, there’s definitely some great reading to be had this weekend!

• BOOSTER GOLD #43
• FABLES VOL. 15 ROSE RED
• THE FLASH #10
• GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS #8
• JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST #23
• TITANS #34

MY PICK OF THE WEEK: THE FLASH #10

Written by GEOFF JOHNS;; Art and cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL; 1:10 Variant cover by SCOTT KOLINS

The prelude to next summer’s FLASHPOINT event continues! The new speedster known as Hot Pursuit has arrived on his Cosmic Motorcycle, but what terrible warning has he brought with him? The FLASHPOINT is closing in, and it looks like no one will be safe!

SERENA’S GRAPHIC NOVEL PICK OF THE WEEK: FABLES Vol.15 – ROSE RED

Written by BILL WILLINGHAM and MARK BUCKINGHAM; Art by MARK BUCKINGHAM, STEVE LEIALOHA, ANDREW PEPOY, CHRISSIE ZULLO, JOAO RUAS, ADAM HUGHES, J.H. WILLIAMS III and DAVE JOHNSON; Cover by JOAO RUAS

The next volume in the New York Times best-selling series, collecting issues #94-100!

Rose Red, sister of Snow White, has finally hit rock bottom. Will she stay there, or is it time to start the long, tortuous climb back up? The Farm is in chaos, as many factions compete to fill the void of her missing leadership. And there’s a big magical fight brewing down in the town square, right under her window.

HAPPY READING!

~ LoneWolf

We ventured out into one of this summer’s hottest days to pick up most of what we still had waiting for us post-SDCC as well as saving most of this week’s titles for next week’s pickup. This will probably be the one of those few times that our pull is Marvel heavy. We picked up all of our Deadpool comics we had waiting for us. That’s pretty much the only title we’ve been picking up from Marvel as of late since it hasn’t crossed into any of the X-titles and their hard to follow mega story arcs and neither has it crossed into any of the Avengers titles, both old and new, so far. I did pick up the Teen Titans and Legion of Super-Heroes comic books I held over from last week. So next week will be all about BRIGHTEST DAY as I have set aside all of this week’s tie-ins for next week’s pickup! Hopefully I’ll have time to read them all as Serena and I are attending Chicago Comic-Con next week beginning Thursday night.

• DEADPOOL # 25
• DEADPOOL # 1000
• DEADPOOL: MERC WITH A MOUTH # 13
• DEADPOOL TEAM-UP # 891
• LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES # 3
• MADAME XANADU: DISENCHANTED (TPB)
• SKYDOLL: LACRIMA CHRISTI COLLECTION # 1
• TEEN TITANS # 85

PICK OF THIS WEEK’S PILE: DEADPOOL # 1000

COVER BY: Dave Johnson
WRITER: PETER BAGGE
CHRISTOPHER GIARRUSSO
ADAM GLASS
HOWARD CHAYKIN, INC.
DAVID LAPHAM
FREDERICK JAN VAN LENTE
RICK REMENDER
ROB WILLIAMS

PENCILS: PETER BAGGE
PHILIP BOND
CHRISTOPHER GIARRUSSO
HOWARD CHAYKIN, INC.
DAVID LAPHAM
PACO MEDINA
JEROME OPENA

INKS: PETER BAGGE
PHILIP BOND
HOWARD CHAYKIN, INC.
DAVID LAPHAM
JUAN FRANCISCO VELASCO

COLORED BY: PETER BAGGE|TOMISLAV TIKULIN

THE STORY:
Has it really been 100 issues since Deadpool #900? Who cares! Some of comics’ top creators take aim at the Merc with a Mouth in this massive 104-page special that pits the Deadpool against a cavalcade of baddies – including urban cannibals…underage hit men…mimes from outer space…and Lady Luck herself.

SERENA’S TRADE PAPERBACK OF THE WEEK: MADAME XANADU Vol 1 – DISENCHANTED

Written by Matt Wagner; Art by Amy Reeder Hadley and Richard Friend; Cover by Amy Reeder Hadley

“The fast pace [is] instantly immersive, as is Amy Reeder Hadley’s finely detailed, complicated art, which is almost shockingly pretty. B+”– The Onion “This features lots of the fairies, magicians and medieval-style witchcraft in a style that evokes at least a little bit the classic Midsummer Night’s Dream issue of THE SANDMAN. The book looks lovely and reads well.” – Variety

The first ten issues of the hit series from writer Matt Wagner and rising star artist Amy Reeder Hadley are collected in this new trade paperback! Madame Xanadu’s powers of sight can change the course of human history, but her vision is clouded when she looks into herself. Thrown into worlds of war and men, she encounters a dark stranger who knows both her past and future. This debut volume reveals Madame Xanadu’s centuries spanning origin from Camelot to the court of Kubla Khan to 1940s New York City and beyond… Featuring an introduction by James Robinson (STARMAN).

HAPPY READING!

~ LoneWolf

Spent a good time at Keith’s Komix this past Wednesday updating our pull list. Lots of titles got cut (nearly all of Marvel) and I added a just a few titles I started picking up regularly but will most likely get cut when there’s a change in the creative teams. One of those titles is Power Girl. I’ve been loving Amanda Connor’s art and when I heard she was moving on after issue 12, as well as the rest of the creative team, I was a bit disappointed. We also decided to pick up the rest of the stuff we had on hold.

This week we have:

• BATGIRL # 8
• BATMAN # 697
• BOOSTER GOLD # 30
• DEADPOOL: MERC WITH A MOUTH # 9
• EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS # 4
• GREEN LANTERN CORPS # 46
• JOE THE BARBARIAN # 3
• MERCY THOMPSON – HOMECOMING (HC)
• RED ROBIN # 10
• TITANS # 22 and 23
• WOLVERINE ORIGINS # 45

PICK OF THE WEEK: GREEN LANTERN CORPS # 46

Written by PETER J. TOMASI; Art and Cover by PATRICK GLEASON and REBECCA BUCHMAN; 1:25 Variant Cover by RODOLFO MIGLIARI

Blackest Night comes to its epic and stunning conclusion in this over-sized issue as the Green Lantern Corps descends on Earth to make their final stand against Nekron and the Black Lanterns!

SERENA’S PICK OF THE WEEK: EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS # 4

Created by David Wohl, Brad Foxhoven & Michael Turner
Written by David Wohl
Art by Eduardo Francisco
Colors by John Starr

The exciting fourth issue of Aspen’s newest action adventure series, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: IRIS takes a look at Iris¹s dark past and what led her to become the deadly assassin she is today! Iris learns old wounds never truly heal as she revisits her youth and the brutal lifestyle she once inhabited in China. With revenge in her heart and tragic memories still
burning inside her, Iris sets out on a mission to bring justice to the man responsible for her broken path–and now cloudy future. And in the process, she could potentially save the lives of many other young girls headed down the same road she took.

From the creative minds of David Wohl and Michael Turner, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: IRIS delivers the thrills unlike anything you’ve ever seen!

GRAPHIC NOVEL SPOTLIGHT: MERCY THOMPSON – HOMECOMING

ABOUT THIS BOOK
Mercy Thompson is a walker, a magical being with the power to transform into a coyote. She lives on the fine line dividing the everyday world from a darker dimension, observing the supernatural community while standing apart.

When Mercy travels to the Tri-Cities of Washington for a job interview, she quickly finds herself smack-dab in the middle of a gang war between rival packs of werewolves. And as if fangs and fur weren’t bad enough, Mercy must deal with the scariest creature of all: her mother, who is convinced that Mercy is making a mess of her life and determined to set her daughter on the right course.

The thrilling adventures of Mercy Thompson–Moon Called, Blood Bound, and Iron Kissed–have topped the New York Times bestseller list. Now Mercy makes her comics debut in an exclusive new story created by Patricia Briggs. Mercy Thompson: Homecoming is sure to please longtime fans and capture new ones with its mix of unforgettable characters and thrilling supernatural intrigue.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Patricia Briggs is a #1 New York Times bestselling author who has written more than a dozen novels, including the first three books in her hit series about Mercedes “Mercy” Thompson, a VW mechanic who also happens to be a shapeshifter in touch with the strange, unseen world of vampires, werewolves, ancient fae, and other mystical creatures. Briggs lives in Washington.

Francis Tsai is a freelance illustrator and concept designer. His clients include Marvel Comics, Dabel Brothers, Devil’s Due Publishing, Top Cow Productions, Warner Bro., Wizards of the Coast, Rockstar Games, High Moon Studios, and ImagineFX magazine. He lives in San Diego.

Amelia Woo is a Brazilian artist who has worked for Dark Horse and Marvel Comics, as well as a variety of smaller publishers.

MINI-SERIES AWESOMNESS: JOE THE BARBARIAN # 3

Written by GRANT MORRISON; Art and Cover by SEAN MURPHY

What menace lurks within the midget submarines of Crater Fjord? What is the shocking secret of The Dying Boy? And what part must Joe play in the prophecies of the threatened Kingdom? All this and Smoot, the world’s biggest dwarf, in the latest chapter of this epic adventure of a boy and his rat.

Happy Reading!

~ LoneWolf