A Really Good Weekend of Comics

This has been an awesome weekend with comics, lol. I can't believe how I am still pretty obsessed with comics since getting into them a little over a month ago. I got a little worried a few weeks ago when I spent a bit too much money than I probably should have but I am back to obsessing about them every day. Tonight I am going to see Suicide Squad finally. I haven't checked out the comic books yet and doubt that I will but I am curious about the movie.

Yesterday I went to the comic book store and got my biggest variety of comics to check out so far. I am still trying to find things that interest me and getting better with fine tuning what kind of stuff I am into. I really liked the issue of Incognito that I got last week and cot a few more of those. And I finally got a couple Hellboy's and really like it too.

I also finally got an issue of Paper Girls, getting their latest issue #8 and love it. I am going to have to get as many other issues that they still have on the rack when I go there Wednesday. 

And what I got from the dollar bins:
Criminal #4
Doctor Who - New Adventures With The Twelfth Doctor #10  
Hate #7
Hellboy - The Fury 2 of 3
Hellboy in Hell #5
Incognito #3
Incognito #5
Incognito #6
Patsy Walker: Hellcat 1 of 5
Patsy Walker: Hellcat 3 of 5
Lobster Johnson #4
Sleeper #9
Sleeper #10

I also had my first kind of awkward situation with the person that works at the comic book store. I've dealt with him two or three times now and he's always been cool but when I gave him the comics that I got from the dollar bin he seemed suspicious of the Lobster Johnson and looked inside to see when it came out. Not sure if he thought it was a newer issue or something that should have cost more than a dollar but he didn't really make a big deal out of it but it just made me feel uncomfortable that he was suspicious. I probably would be too of new people coming into the store and they don't really know me yet but I love this place and want to support them as much as I can. I definitely wouldn't be shady and putting something in like a dollar bin pile although I am already weirdly self conscious about shopping in the dollar bin section already because they probably do get people who maybe do that and I don't know if they go through the long boxes extensively enough to take out all the really good or more expensive stuff. So yeah, I'm always weirdly self conscious about the dollar bins, lol. And sometimes people that work there walk by me a good amount while I spend way too much time there and in the dollar bins as well. It also doesn't help that I am really shy and don't like to look at people so I probably do seem creepy and probably shady there, lol.  

Doctor Who - The Twelfth Doctor #8

I read this comic a few days ago and still on the fence about whether to check out more. I probably will but at first I wasn't sure if I liked this issue that much. The artwork is just okay and I don't really like how Capaldi is drawn. The story line fits in with what I do like about the television show and I am hoping the comic is a good replacement until the show's new season starts. In fact maybe I would like the comic even more since sometimes the show seems too long at times.

The writer does have a good feel for Capaldi's version of the Doctor though and the more I think about it, I probably will enjoy this comic more.

One thing that I hate though and it goes along with the show as well is how annoying it is that Capaldi is playing a guitar so much. It is the one thing that I absolutely loathe about this doctor and he is doing it again in this comic. It's so completely cheesy and just feels like the writers felt like because Capaldi is a bit old, that for him to connect with a younger audience, perhaps they should have him playing a guitar? One thing that I like about the Doctor, all of them is how they are a genuine, authentic person but Capaldi with a guitar is just too pathetic since it's just him posing and acting like how so many ridiculous people do when it comes to guitars. Not that you can't be old and play guitar, it's definitely not that but it just seems like a ridiculous way to be appealing to younger people it seems. It feels so old, like some really awful writers from the 80's came up with this and even when people did this back then or even now it is just completely pathetic. And yeah, the sunglasses along with the guitar is another notch added in lameness. Rant over.

Other than the guitar thing which is ruining this Doctor, I do like a lot of things about this new one and would like to check out more comics. Maybe I should check out the other Doctors in their comics, maybe it would be nice to see other varieties of the Doctor in the comic medium.

Wonder Woman #4 Review

The newest issue of Wonder Woman and it continues the beginning of Steve Trevor landing on Themyscira. I liked this issue a lot and have been looking forward to reading more of this story line but it's a bit all over the place and seems a bit rushed. I wish they had broken down what was covered in this issue into two different issues because there was a lot of ground covered and it feels like it just skips past things. The queen decides that someone from Themyscira must take Steve back to where he came from and for that person to never be able to return.

There is a contest between all the Amazonians and when there are only three left, the queen decides that the winner will be the one who survives the weapon that comes from where Trevor is from. It's a bit nutty because the weapon is a gun and the Queen points it at the first person, shoots them, they get a hole in them, they obviously lost, lol. Same thing with the next person. Then it's Princess Diana's turn and they just skip when she gets shot and she is now the winner. Then she and Trevor are getting on his plane that is fixed. Another thing is that his plane is fixed by the Amazonians and it is invisible. I am only aware of Wonder Woman from the 70's tv show and I think one of the early 80's cartoons where her plane is invisible and it doesn't make sense since she can fly and the invisible plane thing is absurd. The invisible plane thing is almost salvageable here though since it's Trevor's repaired plane but it's still a bit ridiculous. But I am also not aware of all the different series of Wonder Woman and her in other mediums but supposedly in some, she doesn't fly at all and others in which she does. Maybe she doesn't fly at all in this new Rebirth series?

Continuing with the story, Princess Diana is leaving, never to return. Another part that seems rushed too. In the first issue of this story, she talks about wanting to see what is beyond Themyscira and now she is all of a sudden leaving her mother and friends and there isn't much to that since she is now already boarding the plane with Trevor. Maybe this part of the story should have been broken up into three issues actually. There should be maybe more of her and Trevor having more of a connection other than her just helping him get better from his injuries also or maybe even talking more with one another.

Maybe I had higher expectations with this story line but there is a lot happening in this issue and I can't say that it's not good but I would have liked for there to be more details about all that is covered.

The artwork with this issue was pretty good too. Not as good as the other story line's but with all the information and things going on, things had to move on quickly and the art for the scenes during the contest are the best part in this issue. I also do like Frank Cho's variant cover, one of the last few that he is doing for Wonder Woman but this one is great.  

Wednesday Comics!

Another good day at the comic book store. Today I got a short box to store my comics and I added Kill or Be Killed and Tank Girl to my pull list. They are also adding the next series of Tank Girl that is starting up soon after Two Girls One Tank. The person working there is also special ordering Once Our Land #2 from another New Dimension Comics store so I will most likely be able to get that as well. He said it will probably come in a couple weeks. 

New issues that I got this week:
Wonder Woman #4 Frank Cho cover.
Doctor Who Twelfth Doctor #8

I also picked up:
The Boys #7
The Trees #2

And from the dollar bins:
B.P.R.D. The Warning #1
B.P.R.D. 1946 #5
B.P.R.D. The Ectoplasmic Man One-Shot
B.P.R.D. The Black Flame #2
B.P.R.D. The Black Goddess #2
Incognito #4

It's Almost Wednesday Comics Day!

I haven't been to the comic book store in a week. I haven't gone a whole week from going there since the first week that I started reading comics a little over a month ago. It's an addiction at this point but one that I am doing kind of well to not let it get out of hand, lol.

Comics coming out tomorrow that I am looking forward to...

Wonder Woman #4 - Continuing the story of Steve Trevor landing on Themyscira. I have been looking forward to reading more with this story line.

Doctor Who The Twelfth Doctor Year Two #8. I just found out yesterday that the newest season is not starting back this fall but sometime in the winter or spring. It sucks and I was really looking forward to it soon and love watching this show in the fall. Hopefully the comic helps with there being no new episodes but I also just hope this is a good comic worth checking out. And I like Peter Capaldi as the Doctor. There are all kinds of issues with the other Doctors at the store so hopefully there is a lot to choose from still.

Other things I want to find are some comics of the Boys, the Trees, maybe some more of B.P.R.D, and if there are still any Animosity #1's still at the store.

I also want to get a box to store my comics in. And I need to add a couple things to my pull list, Kill Or Be Killed and Tank Girl.

I Love My Local Comic Shop

I didn't get a chance to go to the comic book store this weekend. I was at first going to see the new Suicide Squad movie and wanted to do both together since they are both at the mall but then I didn't get a chance to Saturday and today I have just been feeling so blah. I am most likely going to see the movie next weekend and I don't have to work early in the daytime on Wednesday's so I will have more time on that day to go to the store. I'm also glad I didn't go because I still have comics to read and it's not like I am running out of them. And with how much I love going to the store, it will be nice to look forward to finally going Wednesday.

And so far I love my local comic book store. I am a bit worried that I will have a bad experience at some point, especially if I keep going so much, lol but I shouldn't. I am so thankful to have such a good local shop in my area. I've been reading so many horror stories of peoples bad experiences at comic shops that there are too many awesome things about mine that I am aware of just by comparison. I also really like reading about people's awful experiences for some reason. It's fun to google it and amazing at how awful some shop owners, employees, or customers are.

With the number of things that I love about New Dimension Comics in my area is that it's a really big space, no problem at all with it being well lit and clean, tons of comics, everyone that works there has been nice and not made me feel uncomfortable at all. I'm sure with some of my comic choices that I would be laughed at or made fun of if I were at another store possibly because of my sex. They seem female-friendly and queer-friendly as well. Also, from how other store owners have been to some, from what I've read, I'm thankful that I could get a copy of Once Our Land and also just variant covers without them upping the price. It's so weird that other places will just increase the price on the spot or refuse to sell something because of speculation or whatever.

With reading about horror stories with customers too, I haven't had to deal with any weird or creepy customers here yet. I can't imagine some other customer looking at my choices and berating me for them or something. Like seriously, how do some people do that? I am glad that when I go, there is usually no one there.

And with Wednesday, I am looking forward to getting some more Doom Patrol comics. I read one the other night that was kind of out there and I like how this comic is a bit weird. I also do want to find more comics that are kind of a mind fuck. Something in the vein of like Donnie Darko that has you thinking about all kinds of crazy things or something. I've heard some good things about The Boys and will try to check that out but I am not sure of what else might be good.

Tank Girl - Two Girls One Tank #3

Tank Girl - Two Girls One Tank #3 was a good comic. I read #1 but not #2 yet but like this series so far. In this issue Sub Girl is back although she is really creepy and not like how she was before she died. Curious to see what happens with her.Hopefully they don't end up having to kill her again  The military and police is after them and it's nice reading a comic about a super hero in which they are not working with the military or police. There are too many super hero's that do and it's kind of lame. I also like how Tank Girl has them go to a town to shoot up a bunch of bad 80's rock dude robots. Too hilarious!

I like this comic and think I might start following it regularly. Tank Girl and her friends are the funnest group of people and I like that they like to get fucked up and have as much fun as they can. They kind of remind me of some friends I had in Cleveland except Tank Girl and her friends are more fun since they have a tank. I also really like the artwork and wish there was a cartoon with this kind of style with it. Strange that there is only the movie from like twenty years ago. There should be more Tank Girl movies and things outside of the comic book.