Monday, January 14, 2008

My Top Ten Favorite Avengers

01.14.2008

I originally published this on another blog, in October of 2006. I haven’t updated it since then. Okay, one more post before I go to bed. My Top Ten Favorite Avengers of All-Time (in order). Mind you, this list really only goes through issue 300 of the original series and West Coast Avengers number 50 [...]

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R+B: 1.14.08

01.14.2008

Reading + Blogging: 1.14.08 I’ve got somethin to say about this stuff. JLA Classified #50 John Byrne! JOHN BYRNE! Do you like John Byrne? I love me some John Byrne, his art anyway. It’s what super-hero comic books should look like, as far as I’m concerned. We can debate his writing techniques later, for now, [...]

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Everyone Should Read Johnny Hiro

01.14.2008

Don’t you like fun? Well, Johnny Hiro #1 was so fun I almost cried. Seriously, I could have died and gone to heaven, happy to have had such a lovely 20 minutes of pleasure on this earth. It was definitely the most fun comic I’ve read recently. (For the BEST, click here.) How did Fred [...]

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The Avengers suck / I love the Avengers

01.14.2008

The Mighty Avengers #5, 6I’m the world’s biggest Avengers fan. I don’t, however, buy New Avengers anymore, I won’t go near The Initiative, and I’ve been really, really close to dropping this book every month. It started to hit it’s stride with these last couples issues, though. Bendis is finding a better balance with his [...]

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Ultimate Power #9: The Conclusion

01.14.2008

This series has taken for-EVER to come out. I hope it’s been worth it. Not much actually seems to have happened. It’s one of those books with lots of big panels and giant fight-scenes. I really like the idea that the “real” Squadron Supreme could meet up with the Ultimate Squadron Supreme, but this issue’s [...]

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