Archive for April, 2006

July 2006 Solicitations

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

I’m just going to post the covers to the trades that really caught my attention. Hopefully a more meaningful discussion regarding the latest Previews will be forthcoming, however I’m not going to promise anything, enjoy.

Ex Machina | The First Hunderd Days

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

We’re in a golden age for good comic book series. I’m talking about classic series that are very well written and amazingly illustrated. Ex Machina continues that trait as Tony Harris gets down and dirty and gets stuck into a sequential story after playing around in the DC University on books like JSA and some [...]

Superman | Red Son

Monday, April 17th, 2006

A few months ago I was reading a lot of Superman stories. It felt very strange because I hadn’t read a superman story since I began reading superhero comics during the death of Superman storyline from the early 90s. What happened was the the likes of Mark Waid, Kurt Busiek and Mark Millar all decided [...]

Fables Volume 1 | Legends in Exile

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

Currently one of the best (and most popular) titles being published by Vertigo Comics, Fables is something unique in the graphic novel landscape, it gets better with every additional volume. Traditionally (at least for the past few years) Vertigo Comics tends to publish new titles in bulk. What I mean by that is that they’ll [...]

GN Release – 12th April 2006

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

This one was a quick turnover but lots of very good stuff coming out that you could get into so without further delay…

GN Release – 5th April 2006

Sunday, April 9th, 2006

Yes I know I’m playing catch up regarding these lists. Christopher Butcher is a lot better at it than me (then again he has been doing it for a lot longer I guess). I do aim to be more productive with this site in the future and start sorting out the lists on a timely [...]

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