Locas is on my wish list, but my kid will probably be in his twenties before I get around to buying it.

Locas is on my wish list, but my kid will probably be in his twenties before I get around to buying it.

Treat yourself before then. Honestly, I couldn't be more familiar with the work, but cracking open the tome of it is just thrilling. Jaime was always talented, even from the beginning. But to see his development, the boldness of his art is stunning. And the stories hold up - even better in one long format.

I will get around to it, I promise. I gotta say, though, as much as I love the Locas stories & art, The Frank Book is slightly higher on my to-buy list. But only a smidgen.

This week's pull list (plus leftovers from last week due to mix-ups at the store):

Nightwing #101 - Year one, pt 1
JLA #110
JSA #69
Detective # 802 - I haven't seen much comment hear about Lapham's take - I found the first issue (and the backup in #800) to be very interesting, if really bleak (but what can you expect?)
Gotham Central #27
Fables #33 - I know Willingham is delenda est in this thread, but I really like Fables.
Green Arrow #46 - I'm worried about the new art team -even though it took me awhile to warm up to Hester and Parks, they sort of define the GA look for me now (they did have a problem distinguishing their women characters, though).
Ultimates vol. 2 #2
The Pulse #7 - I'm kind of expecting to find out what Secret War is all about in this tile before they can ever finish off the mini.
Majestic #1 - I liked the recent 4-issue mini, so I'll give this a glance.
JL Elite #7
The Question #3
The Intimates #3
Firestorm #9
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #187
Action Comics #823

Fables was out this week? Cool. I thought I was having a DC free week.

Not that I've been shopping yet, or anything.

I know Willingham is delenda est in this thread, but I really like Fables.

Don'tcha worry, Jeff, you're not alone. And in your absence, I bullied ita into reading it too.

This week's was pretty cool. I'm a little concerned about the nature of Flycatcher's position. I liked how when he was fired, it was obvious he wasn't happy about it because his job was his life, and he had nowhere else to go. But in this issue, the rationale for keeping Flycatcher is not for his own happiness, but because he does a good job and Fabletown doesn't want to let him go. The psychology involved for Flycatcher is interesting, but I don't like the implication that they're deliberately enslaving him just because they need him.

But I loved the continuity of the seventh child being the little wraith thing. I wonder how long Snow knew about it. And what North'll do when he finds his grandson's an inadvertent murderer.

Ultimates vol. 2 #2

Question: how incestuous are Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch?

Question: how incestuous are Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch?

Bryan Hitch obviously models his drawings of them on Angelina Jolie and James Haven. You do the math.

Detective # 802 - I haven't seen much comment hear about Lapham's take

I remember liking #800 and #801, but #802 made go, "WTF, Lapham?!"

I'd go into detail, but I don't have the issue handy, and I need to go buy comics shortly.

I wonder if Samuel L. Jackson knows he's playing Nick Fury.

SA, as far as I'm concerned, "V for Vendetta" is required comics reading. One of the interesting points for me, beside the political philosophy, is the fact that the artist (David "I Make This Look Gooood" Lloyd) and writer (Alan "Godlike Being" Moore) decided to do the entire thing without use of sound effects or thought balloons. Everything is communicated through the art and the dialogue.

Damn, now I *have* to read this.

So I started Transmetropolitan. Steph, you knew this was coming, but you *have* to read this. Spider Jerusalem is just, damn. Yes.

Is anything beginning this month that I should ask for at the comic book store?

Also, Steph, would you mind ordering something for me from your comic book store that I could pick up when I get there? I'd like the current Batgirl four-parter, starting with #57, I think, and the first (and next, if it comes out before I get back) Green Lantern: Rebirth series. If you please.