In the week of my big summer convention, it’s a somewhat small week at the comic shop. Ah well, plenty of stuff to still get at the con.
- Wednesday Comics #5– Almost halfway done. I can’t quite figure out why I’m not getting into this series the way I think I should be.
- Agents Of Atlas Dark Reign HC– Solid Jeff Parker writing but this series misses some of the verve that the first miniseries did. Maybe it’s my general apathy towards all things “Dark Reign” at this point. I’ve really liked how thisseries has made use of its multiple artists.
- Warren Ellis Frankensteins Womb TP– Someday I’ll catch up on all of the Ellis Avatar stuff. I still haven’t read the last one shot that he did.
- Abstract Comics Anthology HC– This is a book that I’ve been looking forward to for a while now. I don’t really have any idea of how to describe it other than to point you to this site and show you want this book may be like.
- Locas Vol 2 Maggie Hopey & Ray HC– I can’t wait to get this book (maybe this weekend at the con) and spend all of Sept or Oct immersed in the world of Maggie and Hopey.
- Tezukas Black Jack Vol 6 TP– It looks like there are 17 Japanese volumes of Black Jack but I wonder how long my interest in this series will last. Don’t get me wrong– it’s great fun with solid but very straight forward storytelling by Osamu Tezuka. Since there’s no overall, long form storytelling going on here, each volume is episodic and some of the stories are already starting to run together in my mind. I’m sure I’ll forget all about that when I finally get the chance to read this volume.