Oh, amy, I loved the Kitty/Emma smackdown. Very cool dynamic going on there.

BWEEHEEHEE!

I got a BIG stack of comics from P-C in the mail for my birthday.

I'm going through them and giggling. (And when I'm done with that, I have to actually drag self to store.)

Yaaay! I'm glad they're giggle-inducing.

My pull list for today (partial):

Astonishing X-Men #2 - The story is really rounding into shape. I found the art a little stiff at times.

Astonishing X-Men #1 (Director's Cut) - A waste of money, for completists only. Xtras included are some character sketches by Cassaday, reprodutions of the "X-Men Reloaded" event, and three pages of Joss' script (the fight between Logan and Scott, pages 11-13). Still included the ads.

Robin #127 - I'm going to take a contrarian point of view and say that I think Willingham is starting to catching on. The Bat-humor was really only on one page, and I feel that Batman has (generally) been "lighter" in the Robin title than is his other titles. There really was a lot of story in this issue, and I like his take on Stephanie, and he's still handling Tim well.

Catwoman #32 - I wish Sean Phillips could continue on the art, but then we wouldn't have Sleeper. This also showed a little bit of a "lighter" side of Bats/Bruce.

Teen Titans #12 - I found it pretty confusing, to tell the truth. Still, Superboy declared that Wondergirl was his girlfriend while he was fighting. That will be a fun development.

Superman #206 - I think that Azzarello's take is very interesting, and Jim Lee on art is the gold standard in comics today.

Wonder Woman #205 - The Joker is on the cover. Wearing WW's bracelets and tiara. Written by Greg Rucka. What more needs to be said?

Queen and Country #25 - Continuing the Greg Rucka theme. Double-sized (and -priced (ouch!)) anniversary issue. Best spy fiction going today.

The Losers #13 - Absolutely, positively the best action comic on the market today. Criminally low sales. This starts a new story arc, so if you get a chance, jump aboard!

30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow #4 - An excellent vampire comic (sequal to 2 previous series). Probably too late for newbies to jump into the series, but the first 2 are collected in TPB (30 Days of Night and Dark Days).

As aforementioned, I picked up Astonishing #2 today, and my love affair with it continues. The first one, it was a gentle glow of like, for there wasn't much there despite, as ita pointed out, quite a reveal. In this one, I have jumped to ready to throw the comic down and insist it take its clothes off... except it's a comic book, so, not so much.

Anyway. I REALLY enjoyed it. More thoughts when I'm not so fuzzy-headed.

And Batsfolks, are you not pleased with my Year One purchase? I am turning to the dark side. And by the dark side, I mean reading ONE DC book.

he's still handling Tim well.

The words are English, yet make no sense.

His handling of Tim has been the worst part of his run.

Wonder Woman #205 - The Joker is on the cover. Wearing WW's bracelets and tiara. Written by Greg Rucka. What more needs to be said?

Hmm. I should get this.

Catwoman #32 - I wish Sean Phillips could continue on the art, but then we wouldn't have Sleeper. This also showed a little bit of a "lighter" side of Bats/Bruce.

Am I the ONLY person who spent the part where Selina wakes up on the couch trying to figure out why she's on the couch and where her clothing went? I mean, there's a perfectly good bed, and the coffee mugs were RIGHT THERE. Sigh.

Jilli claims I'm over thinking that.

Teen Titans: o.0

Teen Titans: That silhouetted panel was Gar and Raven hugging? Please don't make me have to revisit my opinion on his character.

Kiba - I'm very excited that you bought Year One -- now you should get Robin Year One and Batgirl Year One.

Hey -- I see (by the ad on the inside front cover of Astonishing #2) that Spiderman the Cartoon is coming out on dvd next week!

Picked up the following yesterday:

Astounishing #2: Liked it a lot, and agree with about everyone here that the Kitty/Emma smackdown kicked ass. Also loved the return of Kitty's wittle-bitty dragon.

Identity Crisis #1: Didn't read it yet, but I'm spoiled so I paged through for some of the bigger moments. Looking forward to this although I will not be able keep up outside of this series. Can I assume that at the end when everyone disperses except the group with the secret, that their attempts to find the killer are going to leak into the characters own titles? My older brother had a huge stack of Batman/Detective comics, (also World's Finest, JLA, Flash, and Metal Men - I don't think he was so big on Green Lantern/Green Arrow, but I may mis-remember - but he was definitely a MUCH bigger DC fan) when I was kid, and seeing some of these folks again (Dr. Fate!) is like having a serious second childhood. Also, since his run of the Detective had Elongated Man as the back-up story most of the time, I'm actually very sad about Sue, since the stability of the Digby's marriage in the face of super-herodom was one of the running gags back then.

Also, Batgirl: Year One. I got about halfway through and am enjoying it immensly. I love they way they took a lot of her 60s origin and re-vamped it. Also liked the throwaway "Batwoman" reference.

One question, semi-related: when Dick and Babs got together, was she still Batgirl, or was it post-Killing Joke?

Frank, it was post-Killing Joke