News for the Week of November 12, 2008
Rick’s Writin’s
Rick is at the Portland Comic Book Show today. Why aren’t you there?
Paula’s Picks
It’s a shame that Rick is in Portland today because there’s
lots to talk about!
We’re getting in a new Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 trade paperback.
This is volume 3 titled Wolves at the Gate. Buffy and her crew are attacked
in Scotland and go out to find the attackers and the only one that can
help them is Dracula and the only one that can bring him out is Xander.
I thought the Dracula episode on the series was hilarious! It was great
to see Dracula and Xander back together again.
Fables #78 comes out this week. It focuses on a mysterious box and its
travels from the former Empire and back to Fabletown. Mysteries abound!
We’re also getting a Fables: Covers by James Jean hardcover. This
large book contains covers of Fables by James Jean including annotations
and vellum sheets.
Who’s been waiting for the next part of Old Man Logan? You have?
Well, the wait is over! Wolverine #69 finally ships this week! It continues
the story of Logan and Hawkeye’s dangerous trek across future apocalyptic
USA.
Kevin Smith is coming out with a new Batman mini-series called Cacophony.
It features a Kevin Smith creation: Onomatopoeia. He really likes to put
out things with hard to pronounce words. This 3-part mini-series has art
by Walt Flanagan. It’s been a while since Kevin Smith has put out
any comic books, so it’s nice to see him back! Also from DC, we’re
getting the JSA Kingdom Comic Special: Superman #1. This book is written
and drawn by Alex Ross. It continues the storyline “One World, Under
Gog” that wraps up in JSA #22. We’re also getting a Watchmen
hardcover. This book is in the standard size of the regular Watchmen,
but has a nice hard cover and features new colors by John Higgins.
Stephen King takes over the shelves this week with Dark Tower: Treachery
#3 and The Stand: Captain Trips #2.
We are also finally getting a JLA/Avengers trade paperback. You may remember
this series from about 3 years ago. This is the first time this popular
story has been collected.
Yesterday, I went shopping with Amanda; some of you may know her. We spent
7 hours shopping. 7 hours! I usually hate to shop, but I have fun hanging
out with her. I got some new shoes. They are pretty cool. They're by a
company called Simple and they're made from recycled and environmentally
friendly materials: car tires, inner tubes, organic cotton, etc. They
are so comfortable! The most comfortable shoes I've ever had. They also
have tire treads on the bottom. Neato!