Storm Rider

More people really need to watch Bubba Ho-Tep. Again....and again.....and again. It's brilliant on every level and Bruce Campbell shows an incredible range as an actor in his role as Sebastian Haff. The guy really CAN act, and this role proves it. Evil Dead may be the more well known of the group, but Bubba Ho-Tep is a cinema masterpiece. 
 
Watch it or I'll have the little Sebastian Haff figure on my bookshelf come and use his stuff on ya, baby! 

Hardcovers are great, but not as kind to my wallet. If it's a book I really want to keep, re-read, and put on the shelf, then I spring for the hardcover. If it's just something I kind of want to read, or something I'm buying just  to catch up on a series, then I go softcover. Unwritten is an example of that; I caught onto the series late and had to pick up the trade to get caught up. I don't think there was a hardcover edition released, but even if there was I'd have gone softcover. 
 
Interestingly, BOOM! Studios head Ross Ritchie recently mentioned on their message board that they had discontinued their hardcover program because they were losing money on the deal since most people prefer to wait and pick up the softcover versions.

Moving too slowly is relative, I suppose. The problem may not be so much the pacing, as it is with the "economy of the storytelling". For instance, Brightest Day number 4 had two double page spreads (for a total of 4 pages) and 4 splash pages (two full splash images and two splashes with a panel inset), a total of 8 pages consuming over 1/3 of the book. There is a whole lot of missed storytelling opportunity there. If the pacing were tightened up a little this thing could be over in 12-16 issues pretty easily.  It feels very much like they're asking us to stay onboard for 4-5 drawn out , semi-related 6 issues minis sold as one book instead of one engaging 26-issue maxi-series.  A jaded person may see this as nothing more than a money grab.
 I loved Blackest Night, I was enthusiastic when this began, I still support DC, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to give the rest of this one a pass. After 4 issues I expect I should actually have a broader idea of what the story is about and a clearer indication of where this thing is going. Instead we've been treated to some awesome scenes and great art, but no real cohesive story.

I gave issue number one a 5 star rating, and I thought this one was easily in the 4-4.5 range. I'm glad they've got it on a bi-monthly schedule to give the creators plenty of time to keep the quality high and not rush it. I noticed that a third printing of the first issue comes out next week, so now's the time to jump on board for anyone who hasn't already given this title a look.

Your "is" in regards to "The ICP comic IS awful" is probably not some Juggalo's version of "is". Their "is" probably sounds more like, "The ICP comic IS awesome. Pass the faygo". I'm not a fan of those books, but just because you don't care for them doesn't mean there isn't an audience for that work.  Heck, there was a recently released "KISS Compendium" that was a massive tome featuring every KISS comic ever made. At $75 it sold a few copies at the local Barnes And Noble (which is all I can vouch for since I don't care to go look up sales numbers), so there's apparently not only an audience for KISS comics, but one that's willing to shell out big bucks for those "awful" comics. At the end of the day, in a money-driven business, that's what it's all about.
 
With all of that said, the reason there's no Misfits book is very simple: the rights are divided between Jerry Only and Glen Danzig and although they have an agreement that lets Only tour around with his version of the band, they haven't gotten along in decades. Danzig has his own comic line, Verotik, and there's no way Jerry would agree to let Danzig do the book his way at his company (who knows how the Jerry character may be treated). There's also not much chance of Danzig letting some other company handle it, either.

Hey, Fraction keeps getting hired, so someone must like his work. It may not be the fans, though; apparently he's got admirers at Marvel editorial (or perhaps incriminating photos). Seriously  though, I've been a fan of the Punisher for a very long time and his Punisher War Journal run was so not to my liking that I gave it a pass after the first three issues. I just could not read it, it was so out of character and wacky. However, he had a pretty acclaimed run with Immortal Iron Fist and his Iron Man stuff has gotten good reviews from a lot of people, so he doesn't ruin EVERYTHING he touches. He's trying a different approach to X-Men than fans are used to seeing. In my opinion, he tends to write in what I would describe as "ironic, self-conscious cheese" style on some projects. As if he's trying to say "I know I'm writing about silly characters in spandex and I want all the 'cool kids' to know I know, too".  If the feedback is so negative or sales take a nosedive, I think we'll see him make a change in his take on the way he's writing the book.

" is anyone getting tired of Brightest day? I know it was supposed to be different but for all three issues so far it feels like they just keep cirlcing around the same things for each character.
 
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 If it doesnt pick up in the next two issues im just gonna stop buying it and follow the other GL books, i dont have enough money to waste it on 26 issues of filler. "

 " It's been almost two decades since there's been a #1 issue. ", reads the headline. Yes, and there are still probably more copies of THAT massively ordered/printed  X-Men number one in local shops around the world than the entire print run of THIS number one. Still, those are some nice looking covers, but I'm afraid Marvel hath seen the vampire shark, and they hath jumped it.