Hey there everyone out in Comic Book Land! It is I, The one and only LB JONES! So last week I did not post a new one of these jammies. That was due to since the store was going to be closed for Easter, I figured that I would take a week off and catch my breath. Also anyone who reads this and I know you guys do cause you talk to me in the store about it, Please comment the actual blog. I wanna know if I'm doing a good job or am I pure crap in a can. So please....COMMENT!!! Now no more waiting, Let's get to it!
Coming from Image, We have CAPES. Now I bet your saying to yourself "Wait a minute there LB... Capes came out years ago!".... I KNOW IT BABY! But here is the thing...CAPES is new to me! HA! Betcha didn't see that coming? So as I was saying. CAPES is an amazingly funny book that brings forth a really basic but ignored idea. What if superheroes went to work and had to punch in and what not? It's such a simple subject and is done really really well by Robert Kirkman. Kirkman brings together a delightful cast of characters within CAPES such as Claire Voyent. Claire Voyant is your typical telepathic who just happens to be a nymphomaniac. Now we here at CBJ have the graphic novel of CAPES and I highly recommend it for anyone looking for a laugh.
Now coming outta Japan, We have the VAMPIRE HUNTER D manga. It is absolutely amazing this book. This first volume is pretty much a retelling of the first movie with added story and a different take on certain parts of the story. Seeing as this is a manga and is printed in the traditional Japanese manner of right to left, It can be a bit confusing to read for us American readers. But don't get all crazy now, The way this is written makes it very easy to stay with the story and read this with very little confusion. So if your a fan of the ANIME or of vampires or of just really amazing stories, DEFINITELY check out Vampire Hunter D.
From IDW, we have Silent Hill. Based on the game of the same name, Silent hill is a pretty good horror story. This story follows a hitman on the run from the family he serves because he and his boss' wife are having an affair. Now if your familiar with the Silent Hill games, you know that anyone who lands in Silent Hill is pretty much dog food. The story of this Silent Hill tale is really good and truly enjoyable.
And from Image yet again, we have GUTWRENCHER!. This book is 100% old school American slasher film. Everything about this book screams "I'M A SLASHER MOVIE!!" Totally worth a read. The story is pretty straight forward. It's about a high school reunion and let the blood bath ensue. EVERYONE WHO LIKES HORROR MOVIE, COMICS, SHOWS and whatever else should totally be reading GUTWRENCHER!
Also I believe it was last week that I reviewed it and told everyone that the series "WANNABES" had ended at #3. I was mistaken. Artist John Ruiz, who is a friend of the store, came in and was telling me that the series will continue it is just that the publisher takes absolutely forever to print . So bare with us because issue 4 will be out and will continue "WANNABES" grade of awesome!
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Friday, March 28, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Comic Book Confidential 3
Hey guys!
It's been a while, but I'm back to talk about a comic that Socko recently brought to my attention: Sam Keith's Four Women. This is a book that I just tore through and really dug. I went in not knowing much about the plot and having no preconceived notions about it, and I was blown away. So in order to give everyone who decides to check this book out the same privilege, I'm not going to say much about the plot. No "spoiler alert" or anything like that. The main character, Donna, is telling the story of a road trip she took with her three friends, all women of different ages and personalities. For lack of a better description, some seriously messed up shit happens when their car breaks down, that tests both their willpower and their friendship, and everyone must deal with the consequences. While not being a "horror" comic, it was suspenseful and scary as hell. It's a story that makes you question what you would do in the same situation, as all the characters react differently, and not necessarily in ways you would expect. The story has many jumps and twists that don't feel cheap at all and it's frighteningly realistic.
The other great thing about Four Women is how Sam Keith utilizes his art to tell the story. He makes what is happening usually unclear, so you have to do some work to sometimes understand everything that is going on. This, coupled with the shocks in the story, make for a really exciting read. I can't remember the last time I was on the edge of my seat while reading a comic. This is also due to the excellent pacing of the book; Keith is a great storyteller. So if you're looking for something truly affecting and suspenseful, I can't recommend Four Women enough. Everyone at CBJ listened to me rave about it already, so now you can give them an earful too.
That's all for this installment of Comic Book Confidential. See you all at Comic Book Jones!
Slacksy
Sunday, March 16, 2008
THIS WEEK IN COMICS!! WEEK 12
Hey so how's everyone doing out there in comic book land? It is I, LB JONES, once again with the new TWIC and I bet you can't wait for it! A whole bunch has been happening in comics lately and I'm gunna tell you all about it!
Coming from left field and NOT from the major companies, We have "It Sure is a Super World!" This book totally caught me by surprise. It's really funny and actually shows how dumb super heroes can be. The first of the three short stories in it focuses on a superman-type character who when trouble appears everyone in the area looks at him and asks if he's gunna help. It really is a good spoof on the whole super hero genre and it's definitely worth a check. So come read it already.
Also from the Independent scene we have "THE WANNABES." This book is really good but sadly ended after 3 issues because the writer just stopped writing. Well anyways, again it's a different take on superheroes. We see the major superheroes leave Earth on a galactic mission and leave the world in the hands of their sidekicks. The fun part about this book is that the villains aren't real. I'm gunna stop there cause it ruins the kick of the story and I can't do that to ya. So come check it out and hey the artist John Ruiz actually lives in the area and stops in all the time.
Returning from the bowels of the 90's we have the LOBO graphic novel "Portrait of a Bastich." Yes I said it, Lobo has a new graphic novel. It collects the original 2 mini-series and well that's pretty much it. I mean it's Lobo what can you say about Lobo other than "He's Lobo" It's like asking what makes Batman so cool. Well there is no answer it's HE'S BATMAN. Same goes for Lobo. So if your looking for a nice hardy read and a good time, I highly recommend this book.
And finally coming from Image we have BATTLE POPE. Yeah that's right, He's BATTLE POPE! Quite honestly one of the funniest books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. It's a pretty basic concept. God begins the ascension, Hell comes to Earth and winds up existing with humanity. God feels that people have lost their way so he takes the pope (who by the by is a chain smoking, womanizing, drunk) and makes him BATTLE POPE! The title alone makes you giggle ADMIT IT! And did I mention that a hippie Jesus is the pope's sidekick? Oh yeah that hits the spot don't it?
Well this concludes the TWELFTH WEEK of THIS WEEK IN COMICS!! So see everyone on Wednesday and back here next week!
Coming from left field and NOT from the major companies, We have "It Sure is a Super World!" This book totally caught me by surprise. It's really funny and actually shows how dumb super heroes can be. The first of the three short stories in it focuses on a superman-type character who when trouble appears everyone in the area looks at him and asks if he's gunna help. It really is a good spoof on the whole super hero genre and it's definitely worth a check. So come read it already.
Also from the Independent scene we have "THE WANNABES." This book is really good but sadly ended after 3 issues because the writer just stopped writing. Well anyways, again it's a different take on superheroes. We see the major superheroes leave Earth on a galactic mission and leave the world in the hands of their sidekicks. The fun part about this book is that the villains aren't real. I'm gunna stop there cause it ruins the kick of the story and I can't do that to ya. So come check it out and hey the artist John Ruiz actually lives in the area and stops in all the time.
Returning from the bowels of the 90's we have the LOBO graphic novel "Portrait of a Bastich." Yes I said it, Lobo has a new graphic novel. It collects the original 2 mini-series and well that's pretty much it. I mean it's Lobo what can you say about Lobo other than "He's Lobo" It's like asking what makes Batman so cool. Well there is no answer it's HE'S BATMAN. Same goes for Lobo. So if your looking for a nice hardy read and a good time, I highly recommend this book.
And finally coming from Image we have BATTLE POPE. Yeah that's right, He's BATTLE POPE! Quite honestly one of the funniest books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. It's a pretty basic concept. God begins the ascension, Hell comes to Earth and winds up existing with humanity. God feels that people have lost their way so he takes the pope (who by the by is a chain smoking, womanizing, drunk) and makes him BATTLE POPE! The title alone makes you giggle ADMIT IT! And did I mention that a hippie Jesus is the pope's sidekick? Oh yeah that hits the spot don't it?
Well this concludes the TWELFTH WEEK of THIS WEEK IN COMICS!! So see everyone on Wednesday and back here next week!
Saturday, March 15, 2008
TALES FROM THE BACK ISSUE BIN!! VOL.4!
Hey, Waffle here with another installment of "Tales From The Back Issue Bin!!".
First things first, I’d like to apologize for the lateness. I have been helping Captain Carvel and his carvel Crusaders with their problems. Figures it was about ice cream.
This weeks book is Akira 5, from the "Akira" section. Still love being tossed into sheer randomness.
Here I go again. On my own. Goin’ down the.... No, not again. Sorry about that. First off, Akira is awesome as a whole. I’ve never read the books before, but have seen the movie. The book starts off and it takes a page or two for the story to continue. So I find myself coming upon quite possibly the greatest line in a comic ever. The bartender asks if anything is wrong, and the response simply is "NOTHIN’!! I CAN’T CONTAIN MY INDIGESTION!" Further on more plot filled conversations, then the fighting. And boy do I love it. Simply beautiful. The reason I am not giving any story away, is because all of you reading this should read Akira. And my sources (L.B) tell me that there is a set of hardcovers coming out that will collect all of the issues. Hopefully they will be colored. But overall, I love Akira. Oh, and by the way, there was a section telling me what happened in the past four issues. Those are my best friends.
I’ll give Akira 5, 5 out of 5 special gold stars.
Join me tomorrow when I tackle an Alias issue.
*snaps fingers*
TALES FROM THE BACK ISSUE BIN!
First things first, I’d like to apologize for the lateness. I have been helping Captain Carvel and his carvel Crusaders with their problems. Figures it was about ice cream.
This weeks book is Akira 5, from the "Akira" section. Still love being tossed into sheer randomness.
Here I go again. On my own. Goin’ down the.... No, not again. Sorry about that. First off, Akira is awesome as a whole. I’ve never read the books before, but have seen the movie. The book starts off and it takes a page or two for the story to continue. So I find myself coming upon quite possibly the greatest line in a comic ever. The bartender asks if anything is wrong, and the response simply is "NOTHIN’!! I CAN’T CONTAIN MY INDIGESTION!" Further on more plot filled conversations, then the fighting. And boy do I love it. Simply beautiful. The reason I am not giving any story away, is because all of you reading this should read Akira. And my sources (L.B) tell me that there is a set of hardcovers coming out that will collect all of the issues. Hopefully they will be colored. But overall, I love Akira. Oh, and by the way, there was a section telling me what happened in the past four issues. Those are my best friends.
I’ll give Akira 5, 5 out of 5 special gold stars.
Join me tomorrow when I tackle an Alias issue.
*snaps fingers*
TALES FROM THE BACK ISSUE BIN!
Friday, March 7, 2008
THIS WEEK IN COMICS!! WEEK 11
Hey there everybody out in comic book lands! It's L.B. once again here to bring you the latest awesome from the world of comics. But first I would like to thank everyone for turning out on Wednesday's and for being super supportive. I just wanna let everyone know that if we've sold out of something recently it's due to us not being able to keep up with how fast we've grown, it's like wild fire! Well that's enough of that and now onto the review!
First coming from IMAGE we have Dead Space. This book is based off the upcoming video game of the same title. When I first read this I had no idea that it was based on a video game so I did not go into reading this with an preconceived notions about this book. The basic story is that a space science colony is doing some type of mining and come across this huge column. Now no one knows what the hell the column is. Some think it's a alien artifact while others say it's an ancient religious artifact. It's pretty straight forward in it's approach and that's what sets this book apart from other space type books because it's not trying to build a big grandiose story. It's simple straight forward space alien type stuff which is Awesome!! Totally check this book out!
Coming from DC this week, we have the NEW FRONTIER SPECIAL. Now what's cool about the special is that Darwyn Cook returns for the writing duties and most of the art. The really cool part is that it's all original stories. Nothing in this book is a reprint, it's all new and fresh ideas of pure AWESOME. Yes I say awesome a lot but this is AWESOME!! GO READ THIS NOW!!
Straight from the future we have CABLE. Oh yeah Cable is back and better than ever. With Messiah Complex over and back in his own title, Cable will reign supreme. So the whole first issue we see Cable trying to survive and fight to protect the baby in the future. It's pretty action packed and the ending throws a nice curve ball at ya. Totally worth picking up and taking home. We have more on reorder just so everyone knows!
And exploding from Dynamite this week we have THE BOYS! Now for the past 4 issues I've been sorta bummed out by The Boys. I felt the story was kinda weak and lack luster well with last month's issue and the new issue this week my faith has been restored in The Boys. The Seven have returned, Hughie is going on dates and Butcher is still an asshole. Everything that made me love this book in the beginning is back and better than before. Totally worth checking out and to continue buying. NOW GO READ IT!!!
First coming from IMAGE we have Dead Space. This book is based off the upcoming video game of the same title. When I first read this I had no idea that it was based on a video game so I did not go into reading this with an preconceived notions about this book. The basic story is that a space science colony is doing some type of mining and come across this huge column. Now no one knows what the hell the column is. Some think it's a alien artifact while others say it's an ancient religious artifact. It's pretty straight forward in it's approach and that's what sets this book apart from other space type books because it's not trying to build a big grandiose story. It's simple straight forward space alien type stuff which is Awesome!! Totally check this book out!
Coming from DC this week, we have the NEW FRONTIER SPECIAL. Now what's cool about the special is that Darwyn Cook returns for the writing duties and most of the art. The really cool part is that it's all original stories. Nothing in this book is a reprint, it's all new and fresh ideas of pure AWESOME. Yes I say awesome a lot but this is AWESOME!! GO READ THIS NOW!!
Straight from the future we have CABLE. Oh yeah Cable is back and better than ever. With Messiah Complex over and back in his own title, Cable will reign supreme. So the whole first issue we see Cable trying to survive and fight to protect the baby in the future. It's pretty action packed and the ending throws a nice curve ball at ya. Totally worth picking up and taking home. We have more on reorder just so everyone knows!
And exploding from Dynamite this week we have THE BOYS! Now for the past 4 issues I've been sorta bummed out by The Boys. I felt the story was kinda weak and lack luster well with last month's issue and the new issue this week my faith has been restored in The Boys. The Seven have returned, Hughie is going on dates and Butcher is still an asshole. Everything that made me love this book in the beginning is back and better than before. Totally worth checking out and to continue buying. NOW GO READ IT!!!
Saturday, March 1, 2008
THIS WEEK IN COMICS!! WEEK 10
Hey everyone out there in comic land. It's LBJ here again and yet again we have some AWESOME stuff goin down in comics.
So coming from ICON this week we have KICK-ASS. And this book does kick ass. The story is one that for any comic fan it touches you because you know what it feels like to want to be a superhero. So with kick ass we now see what happens when a comic fan becomes a superhero. Along with being kick ass, this issue is special because CBJ SHOWS UP IN THE BACK OF IT!! That's right we show up in Kick-Ass this month and because of that Mark Millar may be coming by the store this summer, So look out for that.
Also from Icon this week we have CRIMINAL 2. The long awaited second volume to Criminal. This is possibly one of the finest crime noir books in the world today. Set in the 70's, this volume of Criminal follows a boxer named Gnarley and the last days of his career. Brubaker yet again creates a world thats very gritty and real. The cool thing about Criminal is that it is the type of story that can actually happen in the real world which is one of the amazing qualities of this book. Highly recommend you guys come in and check it out.
Another amazing book this week from Marvel is Damage Control. Coming immediately after WWH, Damage Control follows the construction firm and them trying to rebuild New York. This book was absolutely hilarious and was just a really really good read. Totally go read it.
And lastly we have Countdown from DC. Countdown is now in the single digits and is getting a lot better. All hell has broken loose across the DCU and Countdown is whats showing it going down. We have OMACS on APOKOLIPS, THE PIPER HAS THE ANTI-LIFE EQUATION AND SUPERMAN ISN'T IN THIS BOOK!! Now thats a good book right there!. So come read some DCU gone wild!
So coming from ICON this week we have KICK-ASS. And this book does kick ass. The story is one that for any comic fan it touches you because you know what it feels like to want to be a superhero. So with kick ass we now see what happens when a comic fan becomes a superhero. Along with being kick ass, this issue is special because CBJ SHOWS UP IN THE BACK OF IT!! That's right we show up in Kick-Ass this month and because of that Mark Millar may be coming by the store this summer, So look out for that.
Also from Icon this week we have CRIMINAL 2. The long awaited second volume to Criminal. This is possibly one of the finest crime noir books in the world today. Set in the 70's, this volume of Criminal follows a boxer named Gnarley and the last days of his career. Brubaker yet again creates a world thats very gritty and real. The cool thing about Criminal is that it is the type of story that can actually happen in the real world which is one of the amazing qualities of this book. Highly recommend you guys come in and check it out.
Another amazing book this week from Marvel is Damage Control. Coming immediately after WWH, Damage Control follows the construction firm and them trying to rebuild New York. This book was absolutely hilarious and was just a really really good read. Totally go read it.
And lastly we have Countdown from DC. Countdown is now in the single digits and is getting a lot better. All hell has broken loose across the DCU and Countdown is whats showing it going down. We have OMACS on APOKOLIPS, THE PIPER HAS THE ANTI-LIFE EQUATION AND SUPERMAN ISN'T IN THIS BOOK!! Now thats a good book right there!. So come read some DCU gone wild!
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