Archive for the 'Vertigo' Category

My Christmas Loot

December 25, 2006, 8:08 am

Merry Christmas, all! Thought I’d share the loot I got this Christmas. For me, it was an Absolute Christmas. No, not the vodka. My wife, in her wisdom, got me the following:

Absolute Sandman, Volume 1
Absolute Dark Knight
Absolute DC: The New Frontier

I think I’ll keep her. We also picked up one of those Xbox 360 consoles: [...]

Last Week’s Comics

November 21, 2005, 7:54 pm

Here are my quick thoughts on last week’s haul:

All-Star Superman #1

I’m somewhat ambivalent on this. It was a fine read, but it didn’t much feel like a Superman comic to me. I can’t really put my finger on why, though. It seems like Grant Morrison really wants to write a Mr. Quintum comic, featuring Superman.

The [...]

Constantine

August 8, 2005, 9:02 pm

For some reason, I just can’t resist watching movies based on comics. Equally bad, I kinda sorta like most of the ones I’ve seen (yes, I actually like the Supergirl movie). It’s getting a lot more difficult to catch up on them, though, since a new comic book-based movie pops up every couple of weeks [...]

Catching Up Reviews

July 27, 2005, 9:00 pm

I’m always running behind. Time to catch up with some brief looks at some comics from the past month.

All-Star Batman and Robin #1

I’m a big Dick Grayson fan. Always have been, always will be. I bought this comic with the hopes that it would be something fun. After all, the title was a re-imagining of [...]

Short Takes

July 6, 2005, 8:34 pm

There are certain comics that don’t really need too much of an in-depth review. Plus, I’m really behind. ;)
Neverwhere #1

Eh. Having read the book and seen the TV series, the comic doesn’t do much for me. I don’t think of Door as being a pretty, pseudo-goth chick, I guess. The issue plods along, adding [...]