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Aliens Breakout - I dunno if I just didn't pay enough attention but this was hard to read. The fact that all the characters names were changed just adds to how incoherent I found it. Art was good though.

Superior Spider-Man Team-Up vol 1 - Fun book with enough characterization to make me get why some people preferred this to the main book. Art was great. Paco Medina used the eyes being telescopic lenses to great effect, having them zoom in and out. I don't think any of the other artists used this at all, even though it expresses emotion the way classic Spidey's eyes changing sizes did. And Marco Checchetto's just a kickass artist, I've been a fan since his issues during the BND run. Top it all off with covers by Paolo Rivera, and you have a terrific looking book.

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Batgirl 42: TBH, I don't really read this for the story. I read it for Babs Tarr's art, and she's really doing great, especially now that she's doing all of her own layouts. There's some shit with Gordon Batman and teaming up with her dad and LiveWire. I don't give a single shit about that. Though Alysia shows up, which is great, as I know that people were sad that she got thrown to the side.

Wrote my review for TBU yesterday and I pretty much agree with you. She story isn't bad but it's not all that unique. The art is gorgeous from panel-to-panel tho

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Wytches vol 1: Holy fuck. This is probably the best horror series of the year. Facing off against Colder The Bad Seed. CRazy. Jock's art is ON POINT and terrifying as well as heart-wrenching. Looking forward to more if there will be more.

They're Not Like Us vol 1: Pretty good. We've allread it before. The X-Men take-off: teenagers with strange powers understood by no one all come together but one (or two) of them is twisted and it all goes pear-shaped. I like this because it's right up my alley with the psionic powers stuff and it's not out of the realm of a novel I was writing in high school. Thankfully, it's long gone, but this is good.

East of West vol 2: Okay, it looks gorgeous. There's just nothing of character here. It's a weird western and I'm working on a weird western comic right now. This is very different than mine, which makes it a solid read, but it just seems to be floundering. First volume was pretty good. This is a total mess.

Comics: 897

Graphic Novels: 36

Trade Paperbacks: 82

Omnibus: 5

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Nimona: Noelle Stevenson's webcomic that I just managed to miss seeing online right before it went into print. Great blend of science, magic, fantasy, conspiracy, and toxic power structures that are begging to be bought down. I'm not always a fan of Noelle's art style on this, but honestly, you can tell she's finding her legs in the early parts, and she does some really good stuff with action sequences in the later part of the book. This has apparently been optioned for an animated film, and I'd recommend at least paging through it.

Bombshells 2: And now the Amazons get bought into this. YES. Sauvage does great on the art, and Bennett gives the Amazons a great way to be invested in the outcome of the war, and why they're even more protective here.

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Crossed Badlands #81,82: Kicks off an arc written and drawn by Mike Wolfer that begins with 8 pages that might be the most insanely over-the-top psycho the series has ever seen.

Crossed Special 2014: Also sick. Fun though.

1602 Witch hunter Angela #2: Ye Olde Guardians of the Galaxy is an idea much funner than it is in print. Not very good. Half of this issue is a story told in a beer hall that I don't give a shit about and seemingly has nothing to do with the plot. Lame.

Age of Ultron vs Marvel Zombies #2: Fun. I love Western Henry Pym meeting Human Torch, Vision and Wonder Man.

Aquaman #42: Pretty good. Weird. Still not sure if I like it or not.

Archie vs. Predator #4: Wow. Insane and bizarre. Love it.

Archie vs. Sharknado #1: This oneshot was actually terrible. Disappointing.

Book of Death - Fall of Bloodshot #1: Grim. Weird overview of the post-apocalyptic Valiant U that I would have liked stretched over 6 issues.

Cruel Biology: A totally inconsequential small OGN from Dark Horse. Barely remember it.

Cyborg #1: They've tried to give Cyborg a solo series so many times even though it's never worked. It still doesn't. Better get their act together before the movie comics out.

DC Comics Bombshells #1: Ok. Not great. I'm mostly blown away that there are two women comic pros named Marguerite.

E is For Extinction #2: Oof. Done with this.

Famous Monsters Presents Bornhome #1: It was ok, but it didn't knock my socks off.

Famous Monsters Presents Gunsuits #2: Might pick this up in trade.

Comics: 911

Graphic Novels: 37

Trade Paperbacks: 82

Omnibus: 5

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Did a quick watch of Buffy/Angel. So I figured I give the post show comics a go. There sure are a lot.

Spike: Into The Light - A rather nothing GN that is set before Buffy S7. It was the first thing I read and I barely remember it.

Buffy: Season 8 - Yesh. Don't think I liked most of where the story goes. The bad kinda outweighs the good by a pretty good margin. Not entirely sure I understand what happened at the end either. And the art is a problem at times, at times I cannot tell who is who. Main issue is that this never felt like 'Season 8'. I never felt connected to the show.

Angel: (Smile Time/A Hole In The World/Not Fade Away) - Pointless. More of less shot for shot recreations of the episodes. I can understand Not Fade Away being a sort of 0 issue for the main series, but even then, I doubt many non fans would be picking up an Angel series.

Angel: After The Fall - I liked this run the most of the main series. For whatever reason, I am able to buy 'LA in Hell' as an actual continuation of the show in a way that I couldn't with Buffy. A bit of a 'convenient' ending, but whatever.

Angel: Aftermath - New status quo established. Kinda like it. New characters. Let some others rest for a while. Freshens things up.

Angel (The Rest of it) - Blah. No consistency. That new status quo I liked, never happened. Plus too much random side stories, backups, and well, shit. And the art goes downhill. That last trade is embarrassing.

Angel: Last Angel in Hell - The entirety of After the Fall told as a Nic Cage movie. Which was funny as a two page joke in one of these issues, but wears out its welcome as an annual.

Angel (The IDW Minis) - I liked these much more than the series proper. More focused. Felt like these could have been episodes. Filler episodes, but still fill in place.

Spike (Main Series & Minis) - Best of the IDW run. Yeah, I like the character. But these have something that the others missed. They created characters that don't suck and didn't forget about them.

Got both season nines sitting here. Think a break is needed before I hit those.

Comics: 361
Digital First Comics: 59
Graphic Novels: 19

Trades: 114 (611)(4)(144)

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Godzilla in Hell #1 - Pretty fricking spectacular. The other creative teams have a tough act to follow but I'm hopeful.

Wolverine Get Mystique - Fun action story. The stuff between Logan and Mystique was pretty predictable though. Great artwork by Garney as always.

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Fight Club 2 #3: Fuck. This is so great. I can't believe it.

Frankenstein Underground #5: the story's beginning to speed up which is nice.

Future Imperfect #3: Technically, this issue goes nowhere between the cliffhanger of issue 2 and the end of this issue, but it's still fun, an beautiful.

GI Joe ARAH #216: Eh...it's alright.

God Is Dead #39.40: Out. Fucking. Standing. This might be the best comic on the market today.

Ivar, Timewalker #7: so fucking fun.

Lobster Johnson- a Chain Forged in life: a fun little oneshot.

Ninjak #5: I think this is the first issue of this series where I ended the issue and went "whoa!" I'm stoked for the Shadow War.

Old Man Logan #3: I am still liking this. Not lighting me on fire, but I'm enjoying it.

Rasputin #7: I missed this series in the few months it was gone. This is great.

Sensation Comics #44,45: End to a terrible arc and the beginning to another (so far) terrible one. Might hop off of this from now on.

Shrinking Man #1: Man, this is awesome. Great adaptation of Matheson's novel so far.

Sons of the Devil #3: Kickass.

Comics: 926

Graphic Novels: 37

Trade Paperbacks: 82

Omnibus: 5

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The Immortal Iron Fist vol 1 - My first Iron Fist story. Really engrossing. All the different art styles work well together, a feat considering there's about 4 different teams that handle different segments. I only really recognized Travel Foreman's work when I checked out the credits, I thought it was just Hollingsworth shifting his coloring style on Aja's work.

Daredevil 17 - A twist or two's been added, but most of it's action. I'll see how it works out in the end, but right now I'm left thinking "That's all? Hmm."

Darth Vader 6 - Not really sure of the point of the first half, but the second was pretty powerful.

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WicDiv 13: I knew this was going to be centered around Tara, the goddess we've not yet seen hide nor hair of. What I wasn't expecting was for the story to be about Twitter culture and basically an indictment of certain aspects of fandom that leaves you feeling dirty and complicit. And as a woman who had something similar to what Tara had happen to her when she was that young, yeah, this story hit hard. And Tula is a perfect fucking fit for the WicDiv aesthetic, I feel way better about the guest artist arc than I did last month after Kate Brown. McKelvie and Wilson's backup drives the point home and destroys, as does the back quote.

Siege 2: Combination of various dpses that serve as flashback/exposition, and Andrade in the present. Great for the small moments throughout, and looking forward to seeing what the next two issues do. Kitty Pryde as lying cat, motherfuckers.

8House Arclight 2: Just as beautiful as the first issue, and have a bit better idea of the rules of the world. Looking forward to what Graham and Churchland throw at us next month.

The Spire 2: Screw you Des, this is one of the best minis of the year. Stokely does amazing on the art, and we get a combination of the past coming home to roost and current events unfolding. Basically fantasy noir, and I love every second of it.

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Different strokes, etc etc etc. I reiterate the need for a you and I get drunk and affectionately argue about various topics segment.

Ms. Marvel 17: The Carol/Kamala team up we've all been waiting for. YAS. Set in the background of Secret Wars 1. There's apparently one more issue before the new number one to wrap this all up, and they're on track to do it well. I can't wait.

Giant Size A v X 3: Continuing comic mayhem, cute, doesn't really need to be anything more than that.

Darth Vader 8: Focuses more on Dr. Aphra, the murder droids, and bounty hunters leading a heist. Pretty fantastic. I need a pair of murder droids in my life, badly. Lots and lots of Imperial intrigue.

Bucky Barnes 10: the continuing acid trip that is this comic careens towards something resembling a conclusion. Worth reading for Marcio Rudy's paintings and panel work alone.

Kaptara 4: Continuing Zdarsky brand space hijinx, and Kagan McLeod doing crazy stuff on art (like sneaking Chip into each issue at least once). Fun, cute, will probably pick up the trade here and there.

Grindhouse: Drive In, Bleed Out 7: What is basically an interstellar porn comic that veers toward horror at the end. This is gonna be FUN. Bless, DeCampi. Bless. Also has a real hot Manara alt cover.

This Damned Band 1: Cornell thing that I didn't know was coming out. Best way of describing it is framed like Spinal Tap, only the band has a satanic act for show - except that it turns out that they're actually worshipping Satan. Whoops. The art on this is fantastic - evokes a real 70s feel to it, and when it goes into the trippy portion, pulls ahead amazingly. Going on the pull list.

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Squarriors #3: Fuck, I love this book.

STar Wars #7: a tale of Obi Wan on Tattoine meeting a very young Luke Skywalker. It's alright.

Superman #42: ugh.

TMNT Casey & April #2: Tonally very different form the regular series. Still pretty good.

TMNT #48: I feel like this battle's been going for like 12 issues and I'm okay with it.

The Tithe #4: this was really good. Unlike anything I've ever seen in comics. Looking forward to the second arc.

The Flash #42: Mediocre.

Thors #2: Not a lot going on here, but it's pretty.

Weirdworld #2: I remember nothing of this. That's not a good sign.

Comics: 935

Graphic Novels: 37

Trade Paperbacks: 82

Omnibus: 5

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X-Factor, vol. 1 (1985) #1-12: First of all, I have to admit that I have a huge soft spot for this series. Even thirty years ago, the X-titles and the rest of the Marvel Universe were generally kept at arms' length from each other, and very rarely intersected, and because I grew up reading Marvel superhero titles, I was aware of but unfamiliar with the X-Men until I read my first issue of X-Factor back in the day because I was such an Iceman fan. As such, I'm re-reading this title with that kind of fuzzy nostalgia going in.

Created by Bob Layton and Jackson Guice, the first few issues of X-Factor are fairly straightforward late-Bronze Age action stories. The original X-Men reunite to pose as Mutantbusters (this was a year after Ghostbusters came out, remember) and pretend to capture/eliminate mutants, but secretly bringing them back to their training facility to teach them how to safely use their powers the way Professor Xavier had done with them as kids. Anti-mutant hysteria is at an all-time high at this point, and they feed into this (and delight in charging anti-mutant bigots for their services). There are some soap opera elements: Cyclops' abandonment of his wife and son to run after a newly-resurrected Jean is handled about as poorly as it can be, Warren's identity as the Angel is public knowledge at this point and has to hide his connection to X-Factor, the Beast loses his fur a handful of issues in and goes back to his Silver Age power levels. However, the first few issues are very much a series of bad mutant rolls in, X-Factor fights them, maybe they pick up a young mutant to train, maybe they don't. Not spectacular, but not terrible either. I do have to say that I love Butch Guice's work here. With the exception of the Beast, he draws everyone as being fit but thin. They're in good shape but not bulky. His Cyclops is very graceful, and he does a hell of a job on the Angel, who's a deceptively difficult character to get right.

After a few issues, Louise Simonson takes over as writer, and things change very, very quickly. She spends two issues quickly fixing a lot that's wrong with the series, primarily that Scott's behavior has been absolutely atrocious (and the other men on the team haven't been much better - Scott's been lying to Jean this whole time, but Warren, Bobby, and Hank all knew the truth, and none of them thought to talk to Jean, either) and laying down the seeds for making actual progress on the situation. But even more importantly, she spends time laying down the reasons why X-Factor's entire operation is incredibly stupid and dangerous. With anti-mutant hysteria as inflamed as it is, going around pretending to hunt down all the dangerous mutants swarming over your community is irresponsible and making the situation much, much worse. This will lead to bigger things in the near future, but at the same time Simonson introduces Apocalypse, who's not terribly impressive at this point, but will of course go on to play a much bigger role pretty shortly. The tone changes pretty quickly, and almost overnight X-Factor feels less like Bronze Age, disposable Marvel and more like Copper Age, Claremontian, everything is dark and filled with anguish and the seeds are being laid for stories to be told years from now, and the sudden shift gave me whiplash. Guice leaves an issue or so after Layton, and after a couple of fill-in issues from Marc Silvestri (who I'm not an especially big fan of but who did good work here) the art chores go to Weezie's husband Walt Simonson. As a kid, this is when I stopped reading, because I couldn't stand Walt's art (blasphemy, I know), but even now, as an adult, I look at this amazing, talented, genius storyteller and still think X-Factor is not the book that suits his talents. It's not nearly epic enough, and Walt's action doesn't lend itself well to such small-scale doings.

All in all, a reasonably fun if not hugely memorable experience.

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The Copper Age? Like, the Dark Age?

Yeah, the mid 80s-90s. People are still figuring out what to call whatever came after the Bronze Age. "Copper Age" is what Overstreet/eBay have settled on (that was what led to people finally agreeing that the Bronze Age was even a thing a decade or so ago), so it's the term I tend to use even though I don't especially love it.

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Read latest Ms. Marvel.

I really like it when they include aspects of the Muslim faith's teachings into Kamala's thought process. I do not like it when Minority characters are put into a work, then made to be written as model minorities by essentially rejecting their heritage. It goes back to the first issue where Kamala during the origin sequence realized how that one girl Zoe was completely condescending her and her family. So far G. Willow Wilson is maintaining the case for more diverse writers for these characters, and keeping Kamala authentic.

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Angela's Hunt: Miniseries by Gaiman and Capullo. I've only read one issue of Spawn before this. (Paul Jenkins' first) This was...eh. Overall plot was simple, there's only the occasional Gaimanism, and the writing style grates a bit. Capullo's not yet there as an artist, but it still looks pretty good. I got the book cheap and I'm glad for that.

Batgirl 42 - It's fun. Still not sure how to regard Tarr's work, since she's only done one issue(?) doing full pencils by herself.

Detective Comics 41 - Bullock continues to be really awesome. Art was surprisingly not disappointing, considering it's not Manapul drawing.

Sensation Comics 12 - The Poison Ivy arc was kickass. The story with Batman left me a bit cold.

ASM 19.1 - I'm liking Watanabe. The fight with the Circus of Crime was really fun. I'm disposed to love any action scene doing the multiple Spideys in a panel trick.

Black Widow 20 - Left me wanting a bit more. Gonna miss the monthly dose of Noto art.

Spider-Woman 9 - The road trip was enjoyable, the latter half was eh.

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The Muppets Omnibus: collects The Muppet Show (2009) #1-4, The Muppet Show Comic Book: The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson #1-4, The Muppet Show Comic Book #0-11, and The Muppets (2012) #1-4.

So good, you guys.

Tie-in books are awful. That's basically a fundamental law of the universe. Even if the story is okay and the art works, it's next to impossible to capture whatever that quality is that defines a property, especially a property as quirky and weird as the Muppets. However, Roger Langridge (Thor: The Mighty Avenger) might as well have been in the writers' room of the original Muppet Show. This looks and feels exactly the way the Muppet Show should look and feel. Every issue has its running gag, interspersed with the sketches everyone remembers (Pigs in Space, Muppet Labs) along with more obscure ones, plenty of songs, and all the backstage goofiness. His art is perfect: it's expressive in a way that felt puppets generally aren't, but nevertheless feels exactly right. The characters are spot-on, and the humor is legitimately funny. Some issues are drawn my Amy Mebberson, and those issues are less cartoony and closer to being "on-model", and they are also gorgeous. Just incredible work all around.

Seriously amazing stuff.

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Buffy: Season 9 - I'll ignore the elephant in the room. What the hell? This is all over the place. No one feels right. I have no idea what they did to Xander. Characters are added and never really given a chance to become characters. Illyria shows up (awesome) but all the momentum from IDW is gone (not awesome). And the ending is a reset button to undo Season 8.

Spike: A Dark Place - Best of the bunch. Given all the things they chose to ignore about the IDW run, Spike on a spaceship with alien bugs is kept. That amazes me. For whatever reason, Spike seems like the only character to feel right.

Angel & Faith: Season 9 - So, this was 25 issues trying to undo Season 8. Sounds familiar. A Season 8, mind you, that this book constantly points out was stupid. Better than Buffy, but only slightly. Angel's characterization has just been a mess since the jump to Dark Horse.

Willow: Wonderland - Read this last so I knew how this played out. I was alright. Still, instead of making new characters we go back to a guy who showed up in that one episode that one time.

Buffy: Tales of the Vampires - Anthology book filled with short stories about random vampires. I liked this a lot more than expected. Two were standouts and the framing story was nice. The Sean Phillips art was the best of the lot.

Buffy: Tales - Collects a bunch of things, including the above trades. The Tales of the Slayer portion was much of the same. Some hit, some miss. Enjoyable overall. Get Gene Colan on art for two stories (Yes, thank-you. More please).

Mr. Mendoza's Paintbrush - Hey something unrelated to vampires! And it sucked. Over my head or under my feet. Either way, I didn't get it.

Comics: 361
Digital First Comics: 59
Graphic Novels: 20

Trades: 128 (685)(4)(144)

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Crossed +100 #1-6: Alan Moore is basically given carte blanche at Avatar. He can do anything he wants. Literally. In Crossed, there is no moral code to adhere to. There is no story structure one has to adhere to. There is no framework for anything. And still, he manages to write the most boring thing on planet fucking earth. Fuck Alan Moore, man.

Crossed: Wish You Were Here vol 1: The first of four ominbi covering Si Spurrier's webcomic that tells one long story. It's pretty good.

Crossed: Wish You Were Here vol 2: Still kind of amazed how long they're drawing this out.

Gold Key Spotlight featuring Tragg and the Sky Gods #9: One missing from my Tragg collection. Makes me want to reread the series, because it's better than this if I recall.

Airboy #3: Fucking astoundingly good.

Baltimore Cult of the Red King #4: Getting intense.

Behemoth #3: I like this series a lot.

Bloodshot Reborn #5: So weird. Must be impenetrable for someone who hasn't read Bloodshot or The Valiant, though.

Captain Canuck #3: Ugh. What a waste. I'm done.

Civil War #2: Not as good as the first issue, but still pretty good.

Clown: A sad graphic novel. Not very good either.

Bombshells #2: Starting to snooze on this one.

Darth Vader #8: More of the same.

Deviant Virtues: An erotic GN mix of prose and poetry and comics. Interesting.

Future Imperfect #4: Fucking awesome. Planet Hulk is getting all the kudos (deservedly) but this, 2099, Red Skull and Infinity Gauntlet are as good or better.

Gregory Suicide: I've forgotten this oneshot.

Guardians of Knowhere #2: Pretty good.

Imperium #7: Bonkers.

Infinity Gauntlet #3: Perhaps the best series Marvel is publishing right now.

John Flood #1: Guh.

Mad Max Fury Road Max #2: decent ending.

Marvel Zombies #2: Okay.

Midnighter #3: Pretty awesome.

Miss Better Living Through Crime vol 1: Snoooooooze.

Project Superpowers Blackcross #5: Aawesome.

Pussycats #1: Terrible.

Red Skull #2: Awesome. Weird switch in storytelling. I like it.

Sensations Comics #46: Still not very good. One more issue in this arc.

Siege #2: I'm done.

The Shadow #1: I'm done with Shadow comics too.

This Damned Band #1: So cliched it hurts. Doesn't help that I just read The Five by McCammon which does the cursed band idea so much better.

UFOlogy #4: Great.

Ultimate End #4: Don't understand why this needed to be made. What a lame ending.

We Stand on Guard #2: Gah! I want to like this so much, but it's just not very good.

Comics: 968

Graphic Novels: 40

Trade Paperbacks: 82

Omnibus: 7

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