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.

 

May 5 sees a good week for the wallet as there really isn't much of anything worth bothering with. Weeks like this are used as catch up time for the titles bought in previous weeks left unread.

However, as it is bad form to write without speaking, there are only two possibles that might even come close to being considered. And yet, really, that number is closer to one. Or two given a lack of stringent accounting practises with the collection.

Spider-Girl #86 wraps up the battle between Mayday and Venom. So unless parts 1 and 2 are already in the bag, what can really be the point of picking it up? Just wait until #87 to jump on the next storyline. They're good, short and to the point. Unlike a few too many other Marvel titles out there.

Deadworld #1 from Image Comics starts up the old Caliber Comics title and continues the ever expanding sea of zombie comics. Speaking of, Sea of Red #2 continues its vampire/zombie/pirates deal. The first issue remains as pungent as each copy of Shaolin Cowboy. Dead skin in the printing mix?

 

Near to the point of toppling over, the last haul of comics should see hardly any reason to pick something new up. But, as always, there is ever the glint lining the new shipping crying out for some eyeball lovin' on March 10.

Crack heads, self-mutilation and killing sprees get a mention in the Armor X #1 write up on the Across the Pond site. Sounds intriguing enough. Not overtly crash hot on reading another "guy in a suit" comic, but if the rest holds, it could be a goer.

Spider-Girl #84 sees May Day in a fight against Venom. Might pick it up. It's an easy series to just jump in on every now and then. Short stories done mostly within a comic while still holding a few threads for issues later on. Previous tests were good, so it's hopeful.

A god killing gods sounds like the premise for Atomika #1 out of Speakeasy Comics. The cover image is nothing if not rippling with muscles. Most likely a tentative pick.

Having read the first two Stan Lee's Riftworld novels, Stan Lee's Alexa is remarkably similarly intoned. Real life superheroes with comics under license and the celebrity of it all. Sounds a bit like listening to Vince McMahon deliver the intros on that History of Wrestlemania DVD.