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This Week in Comics: 12/02/2009

Like a blob suddenly grow a skeleton, this column found a structure. So welcome to The All New, All Different This Week in Comics, where every comic corresponds to a day (with sometimes-helpful descriptions of what each day means).

MONDAY – First Issues

Existence 3.0 #1 (of 4), $3.50

(Nick Spencer/Ron Salas)

Image Comics

Despite having never read the previous series, Existence 2.0, I’m a bit interested in Existence 3.0. It’s a sci-fi comic (not nearly enough of those) published by Image Comics (who publish lots of quality comics) and features something called “consciousness transfer technology.” To become a better writer, I need to come up with about a dozen alternate ways to say “SOLD!”

TUESDAY – New Manga Day

Slam Dunk Volume 7

(Takehiko Inoue)

Viz Media

There’s not a lot of sports manga that makes it to the states even though there’s tons of it in Japan, so let’s take a look a Slam Dunk, one of the classic sports manga. Slam Dunk, as you might have guessed, is about basketball. Perfect for sports fans!

WEDNESDAY – Mainstream Superhero Stuff

Uncanny X-Men #518, $2.99

(Matt Fraction/Terry Dodson/Rachel Dodson)

Marvel Comics

Uncanny X-Men #517 was my favorite fight comic of the year–a battle between the X-Nation and the Predators that had like a dozen cool moments and Fraction’s trademark clever writing. I’m still gushing about the coolest use of Rogue’s powers in… ever. Anyway, the next issue is coming out and I couldn’t be more stoked. I can’t believe I’m this excited for an X-Men comic.

THURSDAY – Not Quite Friday, but Still Exciting

Supergod #2 (of 5)

(Warren Ellis/Garrie Gastony)

Avatar Press

How killer was the inaugural issue of Warren Ellis’ Supergod? Didn’t it make you want to cry for ever dreaming a man could fly? Every night, before going to sleep with several women wearing lingerie made of money, I pray that Supergod finishes what Watchmen started: ruining superheroes for everyone. After Supergod is over, no one will want to read Green Lantern ever again. Ha ha ha–

FRIDAY – TGIRocknRoll

One Model Nation

(Courtney Taylor/Jim Rugg)

Image Comics

Hey, we reviewed that!

It’s a great rock ‘n roll comic, so you should read it. Buy this comic, crank some Neu! or Kraftwerk or something, and get cracking.

SATURDAY – Essential Reading

Unthinkable

(Mark Sable/Julian Totino Tedesco)

BOOM! Studios

Unthinkable is a great high-concept thriller about high concepts and how they can be applied to dangerous real-world situations. It’s a thriller so huge in scope and so globetrottery that it could only work as a comic book, where budgets are hardly an issue. As a movie, it couldn’t afford to have such smart characters or so many explosions. As a Tom Clancy or Dan Brown novel, you’d have to trudge through shitty prose to appreciate the thrils, chills, spills, and so on.

So I guess what I’m saying is that comics are better than prose.