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This Week in Comics – Late Edition!
Blame Laurence…he’s the dumb-ass this time.
Pretty brave of “Wavves” to ditch the fuzzy, distorted sound for their third record in favor of a sound where you can actually hear the lyrics, huh? I think it’s a wise decision. While it’s disheartening to see a band “grow up” a bit and normalize, I wonder how much longer they could have done fuzzy noise without making them look like a one-trick pony. It’s interesting that they did this after imploding on stage in Europe last year. More importantly, I can’t wait to see how Pitchfork reviews the album. I predict one of their famous 0.0 reviews. Personally, I think it sounds pretty good.
Do you even know what I’m talking about?
So welcome to This Week in Comics, where every day is a comic book and some days are fuzzier than others.
MONDAY
First Issues
Batman Beyond #1 (Of 6)
(Adam Beechen/Ryan Benjamin)
DC Comics
I’m sure this is of interest to someone. Not to me, though — Batman Beyond was a cool cartoon but I have no interest in watching it rendered in comic book form by people who’ve nothing to do with the cartoon — which I liked-not-loved to begin with. So, um… Yeah. Batman Beyond.
TUESDAY
Ugh, No Interesting Manga This Week. Instead…
Yours Truly Jack The Ripper #1 (of 3)
(Robert Bloch/Joe R. Lansdale/John L. Lansdale/Kevin Colden)
IDW Publishing
First of all, how badass is that cover? Secondly, how many From Hell comparisons will this book receive? Apparently it’s an adaptation of a pulp novel by Robert Bloch, so hopefully very few. It’s got some serious talent behind it.
WEDNESDAY
Mainstream Superhero Stuff
Wonder Woman #600
(J. Michael Straczynski/Geoff Johns/Gail Simone/George Perez/Phil Jimenez/Joe Madureira/Others)
DC Comics
Wow, a Batman centennial issue, then a Superman one, and now a Wonder Woman issue? The Batman one was good and the Superman one I skimmed just to get to the J. Michael Straczynski story (ugh). As for Wonder Woman? Well, to be honest I forgot they still published Wonder Woman comics.
THURSDAY
Not Quite Friday, but Still Exciting
Action Comics #890
(Paul Cornell/Pete Woods)
DC Comics
Hey, I’m as surprised as you are that Action Comics is relevant enough to peek it’s head into this article. You can thank the new creative team for that. Paul Cornell is the severely underrated writer who gave us Captain Britain and MI:13 as well as some pretty good episodes of Doctor Who. Pete Woods is a talented artist who needs a big break so he can be a household name. Maybe this run will be it. Also, this series is all about Lex Luthor. Yes.
FRIDAY
TGIF(uckin’ finally)
Astonishing X-Men #34/Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island #2
(Warren Ellis/Phil Jimenez)/(Warren Ellis)
Marvel Comics/Avatar Press
Warren Ellis has a lot of unfinished comics out these days — Fell, Desolation Jones, Supergod, Anna Mercury, New Universal, lots more — some thanks to a traumatic computer crash, others due to who knows/who cares. What’s important is sometimes comics don’t go unfinished, and now these two are back for now. I forgot what happened in Astonishing X-Men and Captain Swing was pretty cool. Yay.
SATURDAY
Essential Reading
Shade the Changing Man Volume 3: Scream Time
(Peter Milligan/Chris Bachalo/Bryan Talbot/Mark Pennington/Rick Bryant/Jamie Hewlett)
Vertigo/DC Comics
Shade the Changing Man: it is great. Read it and love it as I do. I’m still ecstatic that they’re finally collecting these, as I am a Peter Milligan #1 “super-fan”.
SUNDAY
I Forgot to Look for Last Issues, So Here’s Another First Issue
Green Hornet Parallel Lives #1
(Jai Nitz/Nigel Raynor)
Dynamite
Dynamite, y’all need to cool it.
Danny Djeljosevic
