Sinister Monday #11

and just barely. as i write this its 11.12pm. damn close to being a sinister tuesday. Alas.


say it with me brothers...

Three!

(budda budda budda)

Sentence!!

(budda budda budda budda)

Howls!!!
*deafening cheer*


Justice Society of America #7
Johns scribing, Eagleton scratching.
What it means to be family. Legacy. More of the same?
Rating: Gimli


X-Factor #21
Writer: Peter David
Interesting how a guy who can multiply himself at will gets so damn lonely. Enter the Isolationist and host of mo' money, mo' problems (mo' babies?). Layla's acting all freaky too.
Rating: Gimli


World War Hulk #2
Pak and Romita Jr.
Hulk is getting the shaft every which way. If people only came up to him honestly instead of all this disingenuous postering and tricksterism. Maybe Mr Fantastic IS a Skrull.
Rating: Starscream.


New X-men #40
Kyle and Yost (a.k.a. the grim reapers of childrens)
Once again i go in kinda sorta hoping this would suck (okay not really but whatevs) and once again this series comes out, if not quite at the tip-top, then right there near the summit of a healthy buy pile. I think the new x-men must be a blast to write seeing as you can use familiar archetypes, framing, and toys but these still are your own creations and characters are still so malleable... you can kill them or spin them in any which way. The use of Colossus sister is a perfect example--girl's bad news.
rating: Snake-eyes.


Justice League of America #11
Brad Meltzer: writer
Gene Ha: artist
A House of Leaves style comicbook experiment. I've seen things like this go bad in a hurry. Good thing this one shines on and on.
Rating: Voltron (you have to see it to believe it. Also, you'll either love it or hate it, one of those)


The Order #1
Matt Fraction and Barry Kitson
Like the new x-men, here are some brand new toys. Mixed results, though they do get points for 'killing' off so many newbies right in the first issue. Sorta like the balls Lost had when it still thought killing Jack off in the first episode was a good idea.
Rating: Gimli (but unlike Lost, this likely won't get by on charm, hype, good luck, and plain old hot-shit writing)


Madman Atomic Comics #3
Mike Allred. Mike Allred all the time.
This is a comicbook dressed up like philosophy. Never wanted to read Preacher/100 Bullets/the Punisher/Scalped so much in my life. A visual experiment every bit as much adventurous as JLA #11 (perhaps more so) but much less successful--hmmm maybe its because the latter actually had a plot.
rating: Starscream