CBF Quick Picks #31 : Brightest Day #7
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No contest this week – Brightest Day #7 lived up to the promise made by Geoff Johns that we were going to get some answers to help move the story along. Granted, we now have more questions as a result of those answers, but hey – if we got all the answers right away, what would we do for the next 20 issues? Bang up job by Johns, Tomasi, and crew. Some good honorable mentions are talked about too on the show. I get into Jonah Hex #58 and Gray and Palmiotti’s great take on the Old West bounty hunter, rekindle my love for Captain America in issue #608, and highlight a sleeper in Baltimore : The Plague Ships from Dark Horse. Such a good time for the middle-tier books to shine during a time where the key DC and Marvel books took a break this week. Enjoy the show! |
CBF Quick Picks #30 : American Vampire #5 / Action Comics #891
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We’re a few days removed from Comic Con, but that didn’t stop the comic book goodness from coming this past week. First DC put out probably their best animated effort yet in Batman Under the Red Hood (my review is here), then they opened the floodgates again with fantastic books. Flash, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman are just a few to name that had potential to take the prize.
In the end though, it was a tie between two superb series. In American Vampire #5, Scott Snyder and Stephen King conclude the adventures of Pearl and her quest for vengeance against her wrong-doers as well as Skinner Sweet’s origin tale. It leads us into very interesting directions that could mean the rise of this new breed of vampire.
Then there is Paul Cornell’s fantastic character study of the Superman hater/wanna-be Lex Luthor in Action Comics #891. His battles with Mister Mind (I realize I called him Master Mind on the podcast – send your hate mail my way, please) are awesome and there are a couple of panels from Pete Woods that make you burst out laughing just at the absurdity of them.
Enjoy the show and let me know what you think of these series so far!
CBF Quick Picks #29 : Brightest Day #6
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In this week’s episode, I touch upon a little bit of The Sixth Gun #2, a book from Oni Press that came out last week but was only able to get recently. This book peeked my interest back on Free Comic Book Day and I looked forward to the day they’d continue the Wild West saga of this mysterious gun. From there, we get into the slim pickings of a week in books what with Comic Con here in full force. Even so, Brightest Day took the prize by putting focus back on its strong sub-plots (No Hawkman!) and teasing some revelations to come. I even give props to Johns and Tomasi for getting me interested in Firestorm again. This makes it all a great set-up for what’s to come with the big reveal behind the purpose of these characters’ resurrections in issue 7. Enjoy the show! |
CBF Episode 19. Brightest Day, X-Men Second Coming, Batman News
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We talk about-
Scot Snyder, of American Vampire and Iron Man Noir, new writer for Dective Comics
Tomasi taking over Batman and Robin
Brightest Day #5 and Green Lantern #55 with Lobo
X-Men Second Coming wrap up
We also have a new Facebook Fan Page!!!
CBF 2010 Mid-Year Report Card
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We’re days away from San Diego (the comic world in general, not us – we’re glued to our desks playing Pokemon) and I felt it good to review what the 1st half of 2010 brought to us from the lands of Marvel and DC. This site has devoted a lot to DC books as of late, but there are still a few good Marvel showings that came out that weren’t Avenger-related. That being said, we really felt DC gave a lot to the readers from both its superhero and Vertigo imprints. Enjoy the show and all the best to those attending San Diego this year! |
CBF 18: More Brightest Day and Thanos
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We’re talking Brightest Day and Tim tells us a bit about Thanos. (Marvel? Really?)
Where do you think Brightest Day is going? I think it’s way too early.
CBF Quick Picks #21 : American Vampire #3
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With Avengers #1 officially kicking off the Heroic Age and Brightest Day #2 once again bringing the Geoff Johns awesomeness, you would think it would come down to these two in the front running for Quick Pick of the week. Then comes along another stellar Vertigo series that re-energizes the vampire mythology. Scott Snyder and Stephen King are amazing in this new portrayal of the popular creature and Rafael Albuquerque has superstar written all over him with the styles he brings to both talented writers. The whole series screams of the theme defiance, both in what the main characters are doing against the traditional European breed of vampire and in what Snyder and King are bringing to the table against the many other TV and movie series that are already portraying them. Enjoy the show and give me your thoughts on the series! |
CBF Quick Picks #20: DC Rules The Universe
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There was too much going on in DC land to limit this to one or two books to Quick Picks this week. As much as Return of Bruce Wayne deserved a good amount of hype, I was thoroughly impressed by a bunch of DC offerings. DC is hot right now and I’m glad they’re continuing to build other franchises beyond the Batman and Green Lantern names.
This is not to say that Marvel didn’t have a good week too – just that DC did things one better. Marvel wrapped up Siege and officially began their march into Heroic Age. It was nice that they finally wrapped up all those threads, but my review here on iFanboy can give you some insight as to why I felt it could have done a whole lot more.
Enjoy the podcast!
CBF Quick Picks #16 – The Unwritten Brightest Day of Flash
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Such a tough week to pick one, so I’m breaking the system again…
I’m continually impressed by DC’s offerings – as much as Brightest Day #0 got things rolling off the heels of Blackest Night, Geoff Johns was not content to let one of his other characters he helped rejuvenate in the early 2000′s to sit on the sidelines. If Johns keeps this up, DC will be giving him every character to write and he’ll wish there were 48 hour days to accommodate them.
Not to be outdone, Mike Carey has silently been crafting a masterpiece of Vertigo fiction in Unwritten. This standalone story gives more tidbits as to what Tommy Taylor’s dad’s influence could be having on other stories within the book. And it definitely gets us prepped to jump back into the main storyline next month and see where the Harry Potter wanna-be goes next.
Enjoy my babble!
CBF 16: Blackest Night Conclusion, X-Men Second Coming
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So how freaking awesome was Blackest Night? Awesome enough to make me a Green Lantern fan! Tim and I wrap up the Blackest Night story line, talk a little about Brightest Day, The Return of Bruce Wayne, and then finish with X-Men Second Coming.
Enjoy!