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Eyeballs, they be raw with the shedding light

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Hardest thing about washing the eyeballs in an acid bath is to remember to make sure that the little dish with the acid is clean itself. Nothing like getting dirt in while washing it out to really send out a sense of huffingness. And no, not quite a word really. Not quite a word at all really. More a feeling of the exhalation of air in quite defeat.

Interesting gets a ramp up and there is this thing called a sprawling connectivity and here in drives the other end of a series now kicking off with Doktor Sleepless #1. Ellis at it again and thar be reading to be done.

Course, there's the other end of the feeling masses with Futurama Comics #32. There's a port-a-potty involved. No mention of toilet paper though. Like that other time...

Ah, like that.

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Posted by Soon Van on Wednesday, July 25, 2007


 

Buffy got back again

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Take it up with the crazy person at the end of the bar chewing out the nuts. Only the nuts aren't nuts, they're the end of the corks from popped bottles. Hey, they look the same in this light don't you think?

March 29 and here creeps the close of another month. Where does the time fly intertionally? Carry on board with the luggage and reap what daylight saving hours will benefit those stragglers out for work.

For those too slow the first time around, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1 is here again. It's a great read and drops in some nice Marvel Comics references. What's not to love when there's vampires, slayers and a bloke about with a patch over his eye?

It's the only thing right now between the end and the unbelievably excruciating wait for the new batch that will come out, so Futurama #30 will have to sate the hilarity of a Planet Express fix until then.

Alarms don't mean a thing.

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Posted by Soon Van on Wednesday, March 28, 2007


 

Systemic breakdown of issues and the brain

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The Jew-hating jurnlist known as Borat gets his own up in the green swimsuit of his this Thursday November 23. Possibly clashing with people who are trying to eat their food wrapped around things not of that hot lycra green he sports. Well, every one and everybody has their tastes and if it's of hair like that, a salad without dressing is surely a criminal offence.

What comes as no surprise other than a little bit of tardiness is the V For Vendetta 7 Inch action figure. Certainly nothing to do with a recent V related stand for issues that matter in the States. Finding answers and holding people accountable to their actions. Now that is a lot of V masks. Who's sweaty in the cold now?

Continuing to ruin the read before hand is knowing that Ultimate Spider-Man #102 might be on again with the whole whatever it's going on with. The "Spider-Woman" bit was mentioned about a couple of places, here's hoping the mind is wiped enough that when sitting down it only remembers the previous issues and less of the chatter from strangers.

Somewhere in the pile of all that is holey with the ordering system, Casanova #6 will fit right in. Nevertheless, it's ability to jump about like a cracker on a pepper bed is not without charm. Without sense in places, but not without charm.

And it's about time now whether or not Jack Of Fables #5 will be the last to be pulled aside of the series. All this delay in reading the previous issues seriously dents the hood of a non-existent car. But, there's something about wanting to pick it up fresh that's a driving force. Majorly.

One of the better stand-alone type comics out there will be Futurama Comics #28. No need to know anything preceding, the jump in is shallow and quick to get wet. Fun with a danish and a sploog of yoghurt for the hell of tasting what otherwise would be a normal morning breakfast in front of the weet-bix.

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Posted by Soon Van on Tuesday, November 21, 2006


 

Black is back all down the crack

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Well look at that, it's already October 5 and that means Oktoberfest has already come and gone. Not everyone drinks, so that leaves the massive kranskies on offer. Whoppers of delight they are. Cheese in some and it's all going down to the colon.

The thing about cutting off a comic is knowing when to severe it. Most of the time it's a round number, 25, 20 or 50. Do it in the middle of a three parter and it's a case of having to come back one more time to finish it clean. Such is the way with Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #13.

A slot which then opens up on the reminder from Amazing Spider-Girl #0, that the new relaunch, who knew there was a need, is about to hit again.

Let's see if the re-order of Casanova #2 stays long enough on the shelf this time. Always gone like a shot in the nether regions.

Purely for gothic reasons, not of the architectural kind, Bleeding Edge Goths Comics #1 is a pick up. Can't remember the concept behind it, maybe it was related to dolls. Hard to find any online previews on the comic though.

Feels like it was only yesterday and now reading up on Futurama Comics #27, is this bimonthly coming out more often than other bimonthlies? Or is it a trip down the space-time vortex hanging off a sock?

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Posted by Soon Van on Tuesday, October 3, 2006


 

Right round, baby, right round, like a record baby

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Round, round, round, round. Last week's bumped load is in store, and here's hoping that the next movement coming for July 27 doesn't clog up the back end like a month without fibre. Coincidentally, about a month out now from the moving sale at the new digs.

Highlander #0 is specially priced, perhaps? Not like being under a US dollar to stop it jumping into the pile. And there can be more than one, but that'd be speculative and distasteful.

On and off reading the main, the spin-off of Jack of Fables sounds like an interesting read.

Futurama Comics #26 looks rather familiar. Like as if it's already in the collection. Maybe it already is. Tracking software for comics is useless without actually updating the records as soon as possible. Getting bad? Getting worse.

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Posted by Soon Van on Tuesday, July 25, 2006


 

Bending the snow with The Archie's rivals

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Day of days will arrive on May 25. The release of X-Men 3: The Last Stand to close it all out and possibly shoot off with some splinters come good turn of money. Or it could be the new end of the first trilogy set. Who knows, the money knows.

Futurama Comics #25 where Bender, Fry and Leela going all Robin Hood on New New York's grass. Or something like that. There appears to be nothing more than a fuzzy cover out there and a not quite clear solicit read for the issue itself. Still, 25 already is impressive given that 22 remains unread.

Missing the first round of the fight, it was high time to reorder and grab Veronica #167. With Archie and Friends #100 featuring the second appearance of The Veronicas, why not go back and catch them in the act the first time around when it wasn't that far into the past? No reason not to.

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Posted by Soon Van on Tuesday, May 23, 2006


 

Mighty temptations

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March 23, let's see if it's another week inside the house, free from having to look at the sun and step off site, across the line of the boundary.

Billy West came out with the news that there was new FUTURAMA. Then later retracted that statement on account of not having all the right news and information. But the DVD movies are still going ahead. And at the very least, there's still Futurama Comics #24. A comic that looks like it was on 22 for three consecutive issues.

Sonic The Hedgehog #160 looks mighty tempting. But who knows where the relationships are at this point. That little hussy of a community seems to be getting a little too busy with itself, all them furries running naked and all.

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Posted by Soon Van on Tuesday, March 21, 2006


 

Back in track

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Back to school all this week of February 2. That just means less space in the peak rides to work on the trains. Of those that need to ride the trains in the morning. Or in the afternoon. Not every has that burden upon them.

Speaking of, Exterminators #2 is perhaps an intriguing comic. Not quite sure. #1 is sitting under 30 others and with no look in for a look in any time real soon.

Same deal with Futurama Comics #23. Except in this case, the issues are pretty much stand alone with no need to follow up from the previos. Clean comics that. There is just something missing from the printed versions of Futurama. Can't quite pin it. And it's not the animation.

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Posted by Soon Van on Tuesday, January 31, 2006


 

Springing for the joys of summer lovin'

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Channel Ten have picked up both Smallville and Futurama episodes. Both of these series were left languishing by Nine and Seven respectively. Like Rove, Everybody Loves Raymond and Neighbours, the move to the Ten side of the TV guide could be real good for viewing fans (subject matter objections not the point). Since the Groening series is all reruns, the new fix comes from Futurama Comics #22. Naturally.

Ex Machina #16 continues a great series that has snappy timing and on-the-ball cue shots. Very vague description yes?

Perhapanauts #1 from Dark Horse, is extremely tentative. The four page preview leaves things just before an explanation of what they do in the complex of Bedlam. Nice, but a sureshot for the money? No. Curiosity has never been one to let a good fight down though.

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Posted by Soon Van on Tuesday, November 22, 2005


 

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