Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Comics for November 18, 2009

Lots of late book entries )

   Dave Van Domelen, "Oh my! So nudism DOES run in the family." - Ma Hunkle to Wildcat Jr.
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Comics for November 11, 2009

No Books of Note. )

   Dave Van Domelen, "So that's Venus' old boss? At least the ancient freak speaks perfect English." "It speaks 'god.' Everyone can understand it." - Ken Hale and Namora, Assault on New Olympus Prologue
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Comics for November 4, 2009

No books of note or other-media )

   Dave Van Domelen, "RUN, GINA! RUN! IRONY IS COMING FOR YOU!!!" - Peegi, Peebo Tales #6
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Comics for October 28, 2009

Book of Note: Hercules #137; Other-media: Astro Boy (2009) )

   Dave Van Domelen, "I think the little girl's creeping me out." "That's only 'cause Layla was before your time." - Darwin and Madrox, X-Factor #50
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Comics for October 21, 2009

A LOT of late books, mostly Middleman. No books of note. )

   Dave Van Domelen, "You have to admit...my plan is sheer ELEGANCE in its draconian complexity." - Manservant Neville, The Middleman: the Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Comics for October 14, 2009

Nothing of note, but a lot of decent stuff. )

   Dave Van Domelen, "We're floating here. Just hoping for clues to jump out." "True, but it's not like we're following after somebody sneaky, like Wolverine or Spider-Man. This is Hercules. He leaves a trail." - Beast and Spider-Woman, Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #16
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Comics for October 7, 2009

Book of Note: Atomic Robo v3 #4 )

   Dave Van Domelen, "She's a bad guy, folks. You should stop giving her attention and use the internet for what it was intended for." "Viral marketing and online commerce?" "Nope. Using the googles to find Norman Osporn. Everybody knows that." "Obviously, you haven't checked out the age-restricted pages on my site." - Spider-Man and Screwball, ASM #608

   Bonus Quote: "When you return to your unobservable but empirically determined dimension of origin -- tell them CARL SAGAN sent you." - Carl Sagan, Atomic Robo Shadow from Beyond Time #4 (of 5)
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Comics for September 30, 2009

Book of Note: Cthulhu 101 )

   Dave Van Domelen, "And the ironic phrasing just keeps comin'." - Guido, X-Factor #49
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Comics for September 23, 2009

No books of note or other-media )

   Dave Van Domelen, "Black Cat. Take it the ol' 'bad luck' powers are back?" "From where I'm sitting they're the 'hilarity ensues' powers, but yeah, they're back." - Spider-Man, Black Cat, ASM #606
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Comics for September 16, 2009

Lots of stuff in the Late Books section. New books of note: Spider-Man #605, Atomic Robo v4 #5 )

   Dave Van Domelen, "Kids, don't try this at home. I am a trained damsel in distress." - Mary Jane Watson, The Amazing Spider-Man #605

   Bonus quote: "Computers that solve problems don't look like this. They're unassuming boxes on a desk. They're refrigerators without the exciting brand names. Computers that are evil have all kinds of unnecessary ornamentation. This thing's VENTING STEAM! Why's it doing that?" - Atomic Robo
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Comics for September 10, 2009

Books of note: Halo and Sprocket vol 2, Incredible Hercules #134 )

   Dave Van Domelen, "You're giggling at his attempt to not starve to death." - Sprocket, Halo and Sprocket vol 2
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Comics for September 2, 2009

Book of Note: Transformers the AllSpark Almanac; Other Media: Handful of Heroes figures. )

   Dave Van Domelen, "In truth, none of the warrior scholars check on my work anymore." "This may sound a little out there, but maybe it's because YOU FIRE ON EVERYONE who approaches." - Dr. Zu, Ken Hale, Agents of Atlas #10
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Comics for August 26, 2009

Book of Note: Avengers the Initiative #27. Icon chosen for irony, as the only new addition to the Diamond Hates Comics Stores list for me is the Domo GN )

   Dave Van Domelen, "For starters, that's a butter knife. You can't stab a guy with a butter knife. It's ridiculous." "Not to mention TREYF." - Logan and Kitty, Wolverine First Class #18
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

What comics Diamond would deign to sell me, August 19, 2009

Books of Note: Super Stupor #2, Empowered vol 5. No Atomic Robo or Middleman shipped to my store. )

   Dave Van Domelen, "This is APPALLING GEEKERY, baby." - Thugboy, Empowered vol 5, discussing how many hit dice Willy Pete should have as an Elemental.
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Friday, August 14th, 2009

Comics for next week

Blerg, I won't have much time on Wednesday, so of course it'll be a rather heavy week (if everything comes in). Brave and the Bold #26 (maybe), JLA #36, Transformers All Hail Megatron #14, Transformers Animated Allspark Almanac, Invincible #65, Amazing Spider-Man #603, Mr. Negative #3, Marvel Adventures Avengers #39, Mighty Avengers #28, Ms. Marvel one-shot (maybe), X-Factor #47, Ninja High School #171 (hey, #172 may have come out two weeks ago, but 171's on the shipping list), Doktor Sleepless #13 (maybe, waffling on dropping the book), Farscape Gone and Back #2 (maybe, considering giving up on Boom's licensed lines entirely, as it's too much hassle to get my hands on them and they're not THAT good), Atomic Robo the Shadow out of Time #4, Middleman GN.
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Comics for August 12, 2009

Books of note: Larry Marder's Beanworld book 2, Love and Capes #11 )

   Dave Van Domelen, "You may worship me by whatever name you choose. But I prefer ZEUS. And I just found out I control the WEATHER. Which is AWESOME." - Kid Zeus, The Incredible Hercules #132
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Comics for August 5, 2009

No items of note, no late books, but some chibi action figures. )

   Dave Van Domelen, "TELL me you got a plan." "Stand here and try not to BLEED on her, I guess." - Deadshot and Catman, Secret Six #12
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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Comics for July 22, 2009

Books of Note: Amazing Spider-Man Annual #35, Atomic Robo v3 #3 )

   Dave Van Domelen, "Robo. Do you KNOW this rock?" "And how much does it hate you?" - Atomic Robo Shadow from Beyond Time #3 (of 5)
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Comics for July 15, 2009

No items of note. )

   Dave Van Domelen, "Harry...really. The grown-ups are talking. Go to your room so I can finish murdering Spider-Man, or I'm going to break your DAMN NECK." - Iron Patriot, The Amazing Spider-Man #599
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Comics for July 8, 2009

Other-Media: Super-Hero Squad Deathlok/Iron Man 2020; Book of Note: Gold Digger v3 #108 )

   Dave Van Domelen, "As long as you stay inside the white tape you're perfectly safe from any and all ANCIENT DEATH RELICS!" - Gina Diggers, who could probably write a full-sized book of nothing but her own Famous Last Words, Gold Digger v3 #108.
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