Long time readers (yes, yes) will recall the heady days of 2008 when I wrote a not entirely regular column about comics called Comics Are Expensive. Each installment featured a handful of reviews of the books I’d bought that week, covering a wide spread of offerings from the likes of Marvel and DC to [...]
Hey, it’s one of those column things all the kids are so crazy about these days. This one was actually written ages ago, but never made it into the series of tubes on account of Val being all manner of crazy-busy. In an effort to lighten her load (and feed my insatiable need to see [...]
So, where were we?
Apologies for the long absence – summer tends to be completely insane at my day job of making videogames, what with publishers wanting things out the door in time for Christmas, and mine was swallowed whole by work this year. But things have calmed down a bit and I’m back now, filled [...]
I wasn’t going to buy comics this week. Really. There’s still books from NYCC to talk about, after all, and I’m still very, very poor. But I pick up a copy of Buffy the Vampire Slayer for a friend, see, and well…
I managed to get out for under ten dollars, though, so I suppose that’s [...]
I wasn’t ready for Comic Con. I realize that now. Not enough money, not enough sleep beforehand or during, and not nearly enough booze on hand to deal with the sensory overload (though the overpriced food court selling little bottles of wine certainly helped). What I did have was, in hindsight, less of plan and [...]
And back. Sorry about last week – a combination of absolutely no time for anything outside of work and the rather disheartening nature of last week’s intended subject matter conspired against me to result in a lack of column. But now I am returned to you, brimming with wisdom to be shared and a stack [...]
In hindsight, I should really learn to look at the next week’s shipping lists before declaring the subject matter of future columns. Not that this week’s books are bad, mind you, just that, by saying this installment would again be doing the all new books thing, I sorta cheated myself out of the chance to [...]
Ah, the smell of new comics. As promised (or at least, as suggested might happen), this week saw me grab up a number of new titles I’ve never read before in the interest of seeing what else is out there beyond the tried and true mainstays I pick up each month. Lucky for me, it [...]
This column didn’t turn out exactly as intended. The original plan was to use this week’s piece to go over all the books I’m currently reading with a Draconian eye, switching to trades on some and dropping others entirely in the name of cutting out the chaff. With all the new things I’ve started reading [...]
A very busy week this time around, leading to a much longer column than I’d originally intended. Also, a confession: I went over my spending limit of $30 this week after finding the second and third trades (also known as the Good Ones) of Joe Casey and Sean Phillips’ Wildcats runs for $3.99 a pop. [...]