Thanks, Tom!
Just a correction, here. Since Willingham took over Robin, its sales are better than they ever had been, at least since 2001 (excluding Bruce Wayne, Murderer?/Fugitive crossovers). Of course, this has been helped by some major stunts (Tim quitting, Stephanie taking over as Robin). Since War Games, the sales have been slipping, but that is true for all of the Bat-books.
Huh. At almost every store I've been in locally, they've seen steep drops, but that may be just post-WG. (Which is when I dropped it.)
I'm with you on dropping GK. Right now, it seems like only Batman and Batgirl are really readable in the Bat titles. I've already dropped Catwoman.
Jeff, what would I need to catch up in Captain America? With Brubaker now a Marvel-only man, I'm trying to decide if I should start reading it.
At the comic store yesterday they had the Return of Donna Troy, and a new Teen Titans (and a new TT TPB) and new Outsiders. I guess this is all old news as of last Thursday, but it waas interesting jumping around in those particular titles which were all interwoven.
I bought Emmett a new Calvin & Hobbes, and got the first two Transmet books for me and JZ.
I was skimming through Jim Lee's blog, and found this pic that Plei and/or others may find appealing.
Quasi-related (at least, the thought train went RIGHT there), Matt, have you seen the picture of Anderson Gabrych shirtless with a Batlogo across his chest from the '04 Prism LGBT comics guide? If not, you want I should scan it in for you?
I haven't seen it, and would love to if it's not too much trouble.
Jeff, what would I need to catch up in Captain America? With Brubaker now a Marvel-only man, I'm trying to decide if I should start reading it.
Brubaker's run has been fairly independent of what recently went before, but it does reference quite a bit of the history. Fortunately, I think he explains most of it fairly well. I myself am not that steeped in Cap's history, but I've been able to keep up OK. I'm sure I'm missing many references, but the main storyline is fun to follow (I'd say easy, but it definitely has Brubaker's twists in the story, so that wouldn't be accurate). I've been able to pick up some of the references from the reactions posted on the boards.
At this moment, there are 6 Brubaker issues available. The series has missed a few deadlines already, and the next issue is due on 6/15. The hardcover collection of the first 6 issues is due on 7/13 (I haven't seen a solicitation yet for a TPB). I think the next arc is going to be somewhat interrupted by the
House of M
crossover.
Keen. I'll probably wait until I've had a chance to flip through the collection before deciding if I'm going to start reading it.
Did any of you catch Judd Winick's new cartoon on the Toon network?
I just read about it in EW last night.
(Here is an interview with Judd Winick about his new cartoon.)
I've seen commercials for it (since it seems that Cartoon Network is the only channel I watch these days), but I didn't realize it was a Winick creation, and I haven't seen the actual show yet.
