Post by Deleted on May 7, 2022 21:41:25 GMT -5
I picked up 26 freebies form my local shop (though a couple may have been from previous years).
I read the first batch this evening, consisting of 10 comics from various publishers...
Neverlanders by Tom Taylor and Jon Sommariva from Penguin-Random House-preview of a YA OGN that's a twist on the Peter Pan/Neverland mythos. Quite entertaining, I may seek out the OGN. This is the first thing form Taylor I have read that I actually liked.
Jonna and the Unpossible Monster by Chris and Laura Smanee from Oni Press-another kids/YA preview of a book done by Chris Samnee and his wife during the pandemic while at home raising their kids-it is not only for their kids, but two of the protagonists have personalities inspired by their kids; a young girl sees her younger sister disappear when the monsters appeared and sets out on a quest to find her...I love Chris Samnee's art and I enjoyed the story, so will keep an eye out for this...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Tom Walt and Sophie Campbell from IDW-new 10 page story that homages the original TMNT #1 and a partial reprint of that issue setting up a new TMNT storyline by Walz and Collins. I keep hearing good things about the new TMNT series and I've enjoyed the bits of it I have read, I really need to buckle down and get and read those trades...
The Bone Orchard Mythos Prelude by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino from Image Comics-I've dug everything I have read from the Sorrentino/Lemire team, who have been making comics together since they first collaborated on Green Arrow in 2012, so a decade of work together. The Bone Orchard Mythos is their new horror setting they have a number of disparate by connected stories and projects planned for over the next couple of years, some minis some OGNs, all from Image. If this prelude is any indication it will have the right balance of character work and creepiness that I like in horror books. I think I am on board for this ride.
Red Sonja from Dynamite, containing 2 reprints. Marvel feature #4 and Red Sonja #1973 (a silent story written by Cullen Bunn). I own and have read the Marvel Feature story several times. It's an ad for their collected editions of classic Sonja. The Bunn silent story was meh, essentially an 8 page fight scene that too 10 seconds to read. The art was pretty but wasn't dynamic and engaging enough to get me to slow down to take it in. Meh.
Bloodborne by Cullen Bunn (again) and Piotr Kowalski from Titan Comics-preview of the new volume continuing their comic series based on the video game. Not familiar with the game, but the art is fabulous and this is the right kind of creepy to bring out the best in Bunn, who is very hit or miss for me. The first three volumes were written by Ales Kot not Bunn and Kot is more miss than hit for me, so not sure I want to check it out, but Titan does have a lot of stuff on hoopla, so I might if its available there.
Barbaric #1 from Vault Comics by Michael Moreci and Nathan Gooden-over the top sword and sorcery barbarian stuff that verges on parody. Not sure how I feel about this one-I like the setting and supporting cast, can't stand the protagonist, his axe or the tone of the book when he is narrating (though the underlying plot and setting are interesting). A barbarian who lived to fight, drink and f**k is cursed by a trio of witches to do good and aid every person who asks him for help, and his axe is possessed by the spirt who is the arbiter of who he can and cannot rightfully kill...I just don't know. It feels like a bad Conan parody, but there's some elements that intrigue me underneath it all. Another I might check out if it hits hoopla or some other place I can legally check it out without plunking down for it since I am not sold on it yet.
Walt Disney's Donald Duck-by various from Fantagraphics-collection of reprints a Scrooge/Donald story, a SuperGoof story, a solo Donlad story and a Big Bad Wolf story; all decent non spctacular. No Barks or Rosa reprints this time, which is disappointing, but it was some fun Disney shorts, so can't complain
Nottingham by David Hazan and Ander Mutti from Mad Cave Comics; violent alternate take on the Robin Hood mythos; intriguing but not quite sold on it
Dark Crisis Special Edition by Joshua Williamson and Jimmy Cheung from DC Comics; ho hum another Crisis; well drawn and Williamson's integration of all the Crisis events into his history of the multiverse segment was at least thoughtful, but these big universe spanning super-hero events don't appeal to me much anymore unless I am in a very specific mood, I wasn't in that mood when I read this and it wasn't good enough to put me in that mood.
I've still got a pile to get to.
What did you get?
-M
I read the first batch this evening, consisting of 10 comics from various publishers...
Neverlanders by Tom Taylor and Jon Sommariva from Penguin-Random House-preview of a YA OGN that's a twist on the Peter Pan/Neverland mythos. Quite entertaining, I may seek out the OGN. This is the first thing form Taylor I have read that I actually liked.
Jonna and the Unpossible Monster by Chris and Laura Smanee from Oni Press-another kids/YA preview of a book done by Chris Samnee and his wife during the pandemic while at home raising their kids-it is not only for their kids, but two of the protagonists have personalities inspired by their kids; a young girl sees her younger sister disappear when the monsters appeared and sets out on a quest to find her...I love Chris Samnee's art and I enjoyed the story, so will keep an eye out for this...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Tom Walt and Sophie Campbell from IDW-new 10 page story that homages the original TMNT #1 and a partial reprint of that issue setting up a new TMNT storyline by Walz and Collins. I keep hearing good things about the new TMNT series and I've enjoyed the bits of it I have read, I really need to buckle down and get and read those trades...
The Bone Orchard Mythos Prelude by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino from Image Comics-I've dug everything I have read from the Sorrentino/Lemire team, who have been making comics together since they first collaborated on Green Arrow in 2012, so a decade of work together. The Bone Orchard Mythos is their new horror setting they have a number of disparate by connected stories and projects planned for over the next couple of years, some minis some OGNs, all from Image. If this prelude is any indication it will have the right balance of character work and creepiness that I like in horror books. I think I am on board for this ride.
Red Sonja from Dynamite, containing 2 reprints. Marvel feature #4 and Red Sonja #1973 (a silent story written by Cullen Bunn). I own and have read the Marvel Feature story several times. It's an ad for their collected editions of classic Sonja. The Bunn silent story was meh, essentially an 8 page fight scene that too 10 seconds to read. The art was pretty but wasn't dynamic and engaging enough to get me to slow down to take it in. Meh.
Bloodborne by Cullen Bunn (again) and Piotr Kowalski from Titan Comics-preview of the new volume continuing their comic series based on the video game. Not familiar with the game, but the art is fabulous and this is the right kind of creepy to bring out the best in Bunn, who is very hit or miss for me. The first three volumes were written by Ales Kot not Bunn and Kot is more miss than hit for me, so not sure I want to check it out, but Titan does have a lot of stuff on hoopla, so I might if its available there.
Barbaric #1 from Vault Comics by Michael Moreci and Nathan Gooden-over the top sword and sorcery barbarian stuff that verges on parody. Not sure how I feel about this one-I like the setting and supporting cast, can't stand the protagonist, his axe or the tone of the book when he is narrating (though the underlying plot and setting are interesting). A barbarian who lived to fight, drink and f**k is cursed by a trio of witches to do good and aid every person who asks him for help, and his axe is possessed by the spirt who is the arbiter of who he can and cannot rightfully kill...I just don't know. It feels like a bad Conan parody, but there's some elements that intrigue me underneath it all. Another I might check out if it hits hoopla or some other place I can legally check it out without plunking down for it since I am not sold on it yet.
Walt Disney's Donald Duck-by various from Fantagraphics-collection of reprints a Scrooge/Donald story, a SuperGoof story, a solo Donlad story and a Big Bad Wolf story; all decent non spctacular. No Barks or Rosa reprints this time, which is disappointing, but it was some fun Disney shorts, so can't complain
Nottingham by David Hazan and Ander Mutti from Mad Cave Comics; violent alternate take on the Robin Hood mythos; intriguing but not quite sold on it
Dark Crisis Special Edition by Joshua Williamson and Jimmy Cheung from DC Comics; ho hum another Crisis; well drawn and Williamson's integration of all the Crisis events into his history of the multiverse segment was at least thoughtful, but these big universe spanning super-hero events don't appeal to me much anymore unless I am in a very specific mood, I wasn't in that mood when I read this and it wasn't good enough to put me in that mood.
I've still got a pile to get to.
What did you get?
-M
