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Post by DubipR on Jul 30, 2024 9:50:18 GMT -5
Captain's Log 07312024 Today's mission is to beam down to a place inhabited by pop culture enthusiasts. We are here to study what everyone is picking up this week on their pull lists.  |
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Post by DubipR on Jul 31, 2024 9:59:26 GMT -5
Nothing for me this week, which is okay with me. I have novels and graphic novels to catch up on
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jul 31, 2024 18:37:45 GMT -5
Nothing for me this week, which is okay with me. I have novels and graphic novels to catch up on Lighter week for me too I just picked up the Super-Pet's Special and William of Newbury. Like any anthology there were good stories among the bad, I loved the Bite-Wing and Justice League of Pets story by Tony Fleecs; it had the right balance of humor and genuine pathos that made it well worth reading despite the patently absurd concept of super hero animals. The Starro feature and the Watchmen spoof though? I don't know how either feature got past editorial. And while not as good as the Bitewing story the Dex-Tar feature by Watters was decent enough, though I think it would have been better if it wasn't all told in a flash back by a child narrator as it made the action seem totally unimportant and because of that the twist at the end didn't really work as well as it should have. The Damian's Pets story had a similar issue in that the ending didn't really work neither Damian or his pets could seem to understand one another and they didn't seem to get that he was sorry for neglecting them. As realistic as that is given they're animals that realism was contrasted by the fact that prior to meeting Damian again they were completely anthropomorphized and could all understand each other despite being different species. Still and all, it was a fun book and well worth picking up. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Aug 1, 2024 7:02:11 GMT -5
Michael Avon Oeming's William of Newbury continues to be a great book. I was initially disappointed because I saw Oeming's name and Anthropomorphic characters and thought it a continuation of Mice Templar, but once I got over the shock of my unrealistic expectations I really started to enjoy it for what it was: A slightly spooky story set during the "Anarchy" period in England's history after the reign of William the Conqueror. It plays more to the supernatural than William's actual History of English Affairs(which is surprisingly a good read given its age) but there's enough of the reality of the situation in the trappings to give it a feeling that it's real...which is surprising given that it's being told by talking animals. Definitely worth picking up.
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Post by senatortombstone on Aug 27, 2024 21:49:01 GMT -5
I bought Final Fight #1 by Udon Comics a couple weeks ago and I think it came out in July. Hard to believe that this is the first time the Final Fight story has been adapted into comics. I played this game and its two sequels a ton back in the 1990s and still usually make a run of it every year or so, so of course I had to buy the comic. I just wish I could have obtained a copy of the Streets of Fire cover variant.
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