I was up way too late last night watching the election coverage. For my quick political message, I’m relieved and cautiously optimistic. Obama’s rhetoric the last 18 months has been what people obviously wanted to hear (myself included) but now I’m stuck waiting for the proof of concept to what he’s said. Can it all work? In some weird way, the last Democratic President to me was Josiah Bartlett on The West Wing. His Presidency was full of ideals and gumption but often seems stuck spinning its wheels, at least on TV. The last real President I was excited for was Clinton in 1992 but in the end, he let a lot of us down on certain levels and was hardly a man to really look up to.
Ah well, onto comics…
BPRD Vol 9 1946 TP (DCBS)– I still haven’t read the Abe Sapien collection. These BPRD trades are coming fast and furious lately.
- Final Crisis Resist #1 (LCS)– I’m torn on whether or not I’m looking forward to this book. One one hand, it’s Rucka doing a Final Crisis tie-in and his Revelations mini has had some good ideas but the execution has been lacking. But this is also Rucka and co-writer Greg EricTautman returning to and maybe tying up Checkmate which is an excellent proposition. A preview on Greg Eric Tautman’s blog looks excellent though.
- Justice Society Of America Vol 3 #20 (LCS)– One of DC’s most rugged and steady books by my accounts.
- Sandman Dream Hunters #1 (LCS)– The novella Dream Hunters, illustrated by Yoshikata Amano, is a nice little work but I’m not too sure why DC feels the need to produce a comic adaptation of it other than seeing P. Craig Russell’s artwork, which is actually reason enough for me to buy it.
- Absolute Sandman Vol 4 HC (future purchase)– The final tome. Now I’ve got to see if I can off load my old hardcovers on Ebay.
- Ultimatum #1 (LCS)– For some reason, I think I have a superhero itch that this book may scratch in a way that Secret Invasion and Final Crisis aren’t.
- Notes Over Yonder HC (DCBS)– I’m always happy to get a new Scott Morse book.
- Freakangels Vol 1 TP (DCBS)– For some reason, my mind still isn’t wired for webcomics so even though I’ve read a large chunk of Freakangels, this book will contain a lot that I haven’t read yet. Ellis’s Avatar work lately has been pretty good and, from what I have read, I think this may be his strongest work, avoiding some of the cliches and pitfalls that usually crop up in his writing.
“But this is also Rucka and co-writer Greg Tautman returning to and maybe tying up Checkmate which is an excellent proposition. A preview on Greg Tautman’s blog looks excellent though.”
Hope you enjoyed the issue.
(Um, my name is ERIC, though. “Eric Trautmann.” Greg’s the other one.)
Thanks!
-E