Pick it up, put it down, pick it up again. Doesn't really help it as the flow just throws down the jars on the kitchen floor to shout out "tomato and beets" as the window cleaner sinks into the sponge cake. All is fine reading the page, it's the cut into the next where one minute Supergirl is in STAR Labs and the next out down in Mexico with Powerboy.

Okay, sure, what happens next is some one walks into the room and makes it out like they were the ones who own the thongs that are now missing for the shifting of the street press covers it up some. Not like they weren't going to walk around bare foot for a little while longer any way.

 

One more week before the madness of the con sets in and the chill of silence rolls in the shop for every one surely must be at Supanova right? October 19, mark that down in the diary as following October 18 and coming in before October 20. Unless those calendars are the new fangled ones with numbers and days on them. La-di-da mister, you're on fire donchaknow?

It's an odd feeling reading it, but then why should reading a comic be something safe and warm? Like what reading Casanova #5 most certainly will charge down the line. It's not like swimming in a vat of hot chocolate is all the rage. Well, if it is, where's the pool?

After the earlier hit this week of what can kill any thing in the Absolute format, Sandman #1 Special Edition seems rather, well, who knows? Not like DVDs are the only ones that can get away with calling each new reissue a "special edition"

And where it all kicks that guvyer looking superhero spider butt is Amazing Spider-Girl #1. Relaunching after that last long and impressive run. Not that there was really much reason to reboot it in the first place outside of it being far from the #1 it started and this one gets the jump on.

 

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?

 

Last week saw those pirates from them Caribbean seas return for some hi jinks in the high waters. Next week will be Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson in a tepid film about a super woman. This week, for July 13, nothing much. Anything? Can't recall.

Any way, it's the end of a line with Spider-Girl #100. From the humble jump start of that What If...? issue and so many comics and years later, it's time to say good bye. And at whopping 104, it's going to be a bang. All good solid and shot single stories for the entire run. None of this lolly-gagging with nothing inbetween business.

Can't say the same for Ultimate Spider-Man #97. Which, if previous issues are any indication, will be only a fraction of a story to tide over until the "record breaking" land mark issue later this year. Like as if it really counts if the guts aren't quite like the fish smells.

Of course, the fine line is crossed and pistol whipped in Shaolin Cowboy #6. It's crazy, it's hyper detailed, it holds its own. It loses a lot of water. It keeps on with the nutsoids and the pages smell really good.

 

Finally, someone rips off the month of May from the calendar to reveal June. That's pretty late. Any hoo, June 15, and a movie about gymnastics, Stick It, with that girl from Our Generation/American Dreams. Looks like a nice smack in the groin from the bar.

Double the goodies in Archie And Friends #101. So we have the Veronicas pick up the other half of their two-parter appearance from the previous issue. Add to that, Katy Keene. Whoever she is. Well, when you start picking up a comic on a gimmick...

Another half of a two-parter is Ex Machina Special #2. Nice for those who already have the first issue of this special. That wouldn't be many though.

Much like collecting the last few issues of Cerebus and Bone, Spider-Girl #99 is only one more issue away from the end of it all. After that, it'll be something like Strangers In Paradise. That too is drawing the curtains.

And the thing about the nose relates to nothing inbetween.

 

For all intents and purposes May 11 seems like a nice catch up for some. Recent in their minds, like a month ago is still fresh in their application banks. Out of nowhere and they make mention of something akin to just off the other day. Well, it could be, but it isn't. Not when there's a whole month in between. And with no contact to boot.

After Spider-Girl #98 it'll be two issues left before the very probable end. Never collected it religiously during the start. Wasn't too crazy about the taste during the bulk of the run. Got a little into it a year ago but now looking to join in on the ride out with the waves. Strange that. Like collecting Cerebus and Bone at the end.

Oh, and Ex Machina #20. For the sake of reading something solid and relatively heavy compared to Mayday Parker's adventures. Relatively. Just like a month being recent for some.

 

Might rain with intense humidity on the day of January 12 with the next load of comics and merchandise set to hit. Might just be stinking in a population of sweat.

Beck's Girl sounds like it's on skip and may very well be part of the whole sound of the track. Who knows? It might even be part of an alien invasion force come bearing DNA and more inventions to up the stakes since Velcro.

Whatever the case may be, nothing from this week's shipping list seems enticing enough. Such as it is, there are that many weeks in the year, and this is just one of them.

 

July 9 sees a couple of first issues hit alongside Spidey and the crew from Planet Express.

Flak Riot #1 starts the four issue mini with a solicit that reads: "...the story of one Zoe Nixxon, a cute, bored, lonely file clerk who longs for a new line only to find her true calling: hunting for bounties in the lawless dimension known as the O.D." But it was the cover that made this one jump into the stack.

From the guys that had that non-Sigil stained kids' fantasy title out from CrossGen before the implosion, Stardust Kid #1. Given the wonderful work that DeMatteis and Ploog were delivering on Abadazad, here's hoping the flavour country continues.

Strange Girl #1 seems like it could be interesting enough to pick up. Whether or not it will continue is another matter.

Futurama Comics #20 is back again outside of that three-parter that ran not too long ago. Unless of course a season is considered a long drop between issues. The only source of new Futurama to be had is pretty decent.

And for the sake of it, Ultimate Spider-Man #78.

 

May 26 sees the first title of the DC line to carry their new hockey league logo/emblem. Underneath what will be a huge splash for the new do, a comic should be seen underneath DC Special: The Return Of Donna Troy #1. Won't be getting that.

Amazing Spider-Man #520 teeters on the edge as it's very reason for being a standing order comic remains sketchy at the best of times. Probably should read up to the last issue before dropping it.

From the guys that brought Ultra comes Girls #1. "Ethan Daniels is a typical bachelor who suffers from one, infallible truth: dealing with the opposite sex can be complicated. One night, he bumps into a mysterious woman who will change his life... and maybe even the world." Questionably picked.

Don't bother looking for Elvira #145 on the shelves. It's a short ordered item. Think one copy. Just the one. That's showing something for ya, nothing. One of those deals straight for the determined fan. Pretty fun book actually.

Common Foe #1 should have some army dudes killing other dudes under a hail of bullets from the trenches. Good timely stuff seeing as the Australian Defence Forces are looking to pack up and go mercenary.

When scores of zombies isn't enough, latch onto the dead skin of Hunger #1. Zombies. Feeding the brain eaters.