Last Wednesday was kind of special at Ye Olde Big Monkey Comics. See, a couple of us had the bright idea to take advantage of it being Halloween and come in costume.
Hey gang!
Looks like I'll be shelling out today. Here's what I have on my list for must-buy/maybe-buy this week:
And... is it me or is anyone else getting a little tired of the zombie variant covers on EVERYTHING? Don't get me wrong, I love Arthur Suydam's work... but I'm seeing it all over the place these days, and ubiquity is not engendering affection. In a way, it'll be a good thing when MARVEL ZOMBIES vol 2 is over--the zombieverse needs to go away for awhile. (Or maybe zombies are just monstrously overused in horror films of the last six or seven years. I know I'm not eager to see any more shambling corpses on the silver screen.)
Your mileage may vary.
Here's the rundown on what I'm reading today. The stuff in italics is either "on the bubble" (meaning I'm pretty close to dropping it) or entirely new and untried (the one on this list would be Highwaymen, which I haven't read yet).
BOYS #11
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #7
COUNTDOWN #28
DEATH OF THE NEW GODS #1
HIGHWAYMEN #5
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #14
MARVEL ZOMBIES 2 #1
SHADOWPACT #18
SUBURBAN GLAMOUR #1
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #47
ULTIMATE X-MEN #87
Of what's out this week, I'm really looking forward to Marvel Zombies and Ultimate Fantastic Four. I reviewed the first issue of Marvel Zombies for Big Monkey Comics way back when, and think it's probably the most fun book Marvel's put out in a long time. UFF is written by Mike Carey and darned if I won't read just about anything the man writes.
(BTW, Mike, if you read this-- Kat absolutely LOVED "Confessions of a Blabbermouth"! She thinks Louise is a terrific writer and that the themes you delve into are things she'd never seen tried in comics before. Kudos!!)
