Shopping list - 5/28/09

New comics not arriving until THURSDAY this week due to the Monday holiday. *sigh*

Kind of a big week for me. 8 floppies, 1 graphic novel, and a Previews catalog. I am most looking forward to Jan's Atomic Heart and Rapture #1. I read an advance review of Jan's Atomic Heart and it sounded very good. I know absolutely nothing about Rapture #1 except that it is a Michael Oeming creation. I have not read anything he has written, but I love love love love his art in Powers. That's enough to get me pretty excited about that book. A lot more excited than I am about another Spider-Man comic anyway ;-)

• Amazing Spider-Man #595
• Avengers Invaders #11
• Green Lantern #41
• Ignition City #3
• Jan's Atomic Heart
• Justice League of America
• Justice Society of America
• Rapture #1
• Runaways 3 #10
• Previews #249 (June 2009)

(You can always get the full shipping list of comics from Diamond's website every Monday)

Shopping list - 5/20/09

Dracula is by far the thing I am most looking forward to this week. Followed not so closely by Battle For The Cowl #3.

• Amazing Spider-Man #594
• Batman Battle For The Cowl #3
• Invincible #62
• World of Warcraft #19
• Ben Templesmith's Dracula Hardcover

(You can always get the full shipping list of comics from Diamond's website every Monday)

Shopping list - 5/6/09

Groom Lake #2 is coming out this week!!!! Woohoo!!! I can't wait! Ben Templesmith and Chris Ryall hit a home run with the first issue! So excited! Can you tell???

• Amazing Spider-Man #593
• Batman Battle For The Cowl: The Network #1
• Flash Rebirth #2
• Groom Lake #2
• Irredeemable #2
• Power Girl #1 (maybe)

(You can always get the full shipping list of comics from Diamond's website every Monday)

Shopping list - 4/29/09

Not much coming out this week for me. I think I'm most looking forward to flipping through the Previews catalog... that's pretty sad, isn't it?

• Batman Battle For The Cowl: The Underground #1
• Green Lantern #40
• Justice Society of America #26
• Madman Atomic Comics #15
• Runaways #9
• Previews #248 - May 2009

(You can always get the full shipping list of comics from Diamond's website every Monday)

Blackest Night #0

I got an advance copy of Blackest Night #0 and I must say, I am very excited about Blackest Night now! This issue will be available FREE next Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 at your local comic shop during Free Comic Book Day. I will be going to Tony's Kingdom of Comics here in Keizer, Oregon.

Anyway, back to this comic. I loved it. Geoff Johns is a brilliant writer and what he has done for Green Lantern has been incredible. Green Lantern is currently the best on-going superhero story in print. This issue takes what he has done with Green Lantern, combined with what has been going on in the Batverse, and launches a potentially epic event.

Among the new ring-bearers are the Black Lantern Corps. Little is known about them now, but this page gets me excited! It appears that the Black Lantern Corps are going to be comprised of dead heroes brought back to life. Will Batman be a Black Lantern?!

In August, there will be a Blackest Night: Batman #1 of 3 coming out... Is this Bruce Wayne? Brought back as a Black Lantern maybe? We'll have to wait and see! Man... this is killing me now!

So, go to your local comic shop next Saturday and pick up this issue FREE! It's a great read and sets up the Blackest Night event that will be coming out later this summer and fall.

Sin City 2 movie rights?

Has Dimension Films lost the rights to make the sequel to Sin City?! Does this mean it won't be a Robert Rodriguez film?! Please say it ain't so! Sin City was an incredible movie and I have really been looking forward to the sequel. I love the comics by Frank Miller and Rodriguez's adaptation to film was simply brilliant. The best adaptation of comic to film I've seen. But this article from Hollywood Reporter sure makes it sound like rights to the movie are up for grabs:

The sequel rights to "Sin City," Frank Miller's popular noir comic, are being shopped around Hollywood, in what appears to be a sign that Dimension Films has lost rights to the property.

The Weinstein Co./Dimension continue to maintain that they hold the rights to any sequel for the Robert Rodriguez film, which grossed $159 million worldwide when it came out in 2005.

But producers say they have been shopped the rights by reps for Miller's estate, who they say are seeking a new place to set up a potential follow-up.

Wait a minute... "Miller's estate"?! Frank Miller is still alive! Hopefully this is all just "hogwash" like the TWC attorney says. Time will tell.

Say a prayer today for Sin City 2.

Shopping list - 4/22/09

Okay, LOTS to look forward to reading this week! Wow! First off, Kick Ass #6. If it hadn't been 4 months since an issue came out, I would be even more excited. I'll have to dig out my back issues and refresh myself of where we are. But, I am very excited about a new Mark Millar & John Romita Jr. issue! Good stuff always there! Next is Viking #1. Heard lots of good things about this and it looks to be very different. I am really looking forward to checking it out finally and seeing what it's about. Warren Ellis's latest project, Ignition City, is another one to look forward to. I really enjoyed the first issue and unlike Kick Ass, Ignition City #1 only came out 2 weeks ago, so the story is fresh in my mind! Imagine that! Neil Gaiman's part 2 of his Batman story comes out this week also in Detective Comics #853. I wonder if there is an Alex Ross variant for this issue as well... does anyone know?

• Amazing Spider-Man #592
• Batman Battle For The Cowl Arkham #1
• Detective Comics #853 (issue 2 of 2 in the Neil Gaiman Batman story)
• Ignition City #2
• Kick Ass #6
• Marvels Eye of the Camera #5
• Viking #1

And then possibly these 2 trades:

• BPRD: The Warning
• Freakangles #2

(You can always get the full shipping list of comics from Diamond's website every Monday)

Free Comic Book Day is coming!

Come and join us at Tony's Kingdom of Comics in Keizer, Oregon on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 for Free Comic Book Day!!! Enjoy free comics, artists, creators, and a whole slew of costumed people to have your picture taken with. 10AM to 7PM! Be there!