Funny Book: Oh man, funny book is cool. Fantagraphics is a great company and I really should buy way more of their stuff. Especially awesome was the stuff by Michael Kupperman. People always recommend Tales Designed to Thrizzle on every website and message board on the web and I never listened, mainly because of the title and because everyone was shoving it down my throat. But this stuff is fantastic, truly fantastic. I really am disappointed that I dismissed it so much. I kinda doubt that I would have been able to buy it from the comic shop I go to anyway. The stuff by Mark Martin was pretty funny, and Johnny R. was fantastic as always. I need more fantagraphics books!
Bongo Comics Free-For-All: You know, I'm not going to lie, I enjoyed this. The Comic Book Guy story was just silly and fun and had some decent one-liners about comics. The one page Radioactive Man story was fucking dumb, and so was the "Inside the Bongo Offices" thing. Pie Man was just out and out ridiculous but I could enjoy it for what it was. Finally, my favorite story, Nuclear Power Man and Iron Foot. Truly unreal to read and alot of fun. I mean, none of the stuff in here is going to set the world on fire and make anyone who didn't already LIKE Simpsons comics go out and buy them, but for what it was it was entertaining enough. Mostly, I liked the way the book was printed. Bright, vibrant colors on a kind of paper that isn't used enough in comics these days.
X-Men/Runaways: I don't think Marvel could have picked a better book to use for Free Comic Book Day. It was the kind of thing that tied into not only the popular X-Characters, but also the kid-friendly runaways in an original story that was enjoyable and made you wonder what the backstory was on the characters. Well, the backstory on the Runaways at least. The Franklin Richards story was both fluff and a total rip at the kids of today who just don't like to read. I kind of liked it. The Ultimate Spider-Man stuff in the back was a waste of paper. No kid picking up this as their first Marvel Comic is going to read that and be intruiged about Ultimate Spider-Man enough to go read the books. They should have included a smaple USM story or something, considering Spider-Man is their most popular character and all. Looking through the book just now, I notice that there was also a Marvel Adventures Avengers 3 page promo story. I read through it when I read the book, and I didn't remember it now, less than an hour later. That should show how interesting it really was. Giant-Girl has a nice ass though.
Mr.Jean: This was from France or something. I dunno. It was alright. Not something I would probably buy, but for free it was ok. That's the most I can really say about it.
Free Scott Pilgrim: Man this was awesome. I knew Scott Pilgrim was a fun book that everyone was really into, but I wasn't sure why. Now I know. The videogame references and the fight scene and just everything leading up to it were great, and the characters were really likeable. If all the other Scott Pilgrim stuff is like this, but with a story and build up and everything, it's probably a fantastic book. The manga style really works here too, for an original english language comic.
The Preposterous Voyages of IronHide Tom: Oh man did I enjoy this. I really want to find more stuff by Joel Priddy. I kind of remembered Onion Boy from last year's Free Comic Book Day, but now that I've read this it all came back to me. Joel Priddy is great, and this stuff was all great. Just that standard story of a kind of pirate/adventurer guy who just constantly gets shipwrecked and squanders all his riches is classic. The jokes and everything just really worked well. High quality stuff here.
Soulsearchers and Company/Deadbeats: I didn't read Deadbeats for the record. A vampire soap opera style comic doesn't appeal to me very much, and christ did you see how many word balloons there were?! It would take me forever to get through that, because it really doesn't appeal to me one but. Soulsearches on the other hand has much more appeal. This story worked well to introduce the characters and also showed off the writing style of the book. The concept really appeals to me and hey, who doesn't like Peter David's writing? I would like to start off on more of the ground floor if I were to read this book, but it is appealing.
Impact University: I don't know why Mike picked this up. The Peter David writing stuff in the back is kind of interesting, but really it's just a how-to book.
That's all! Really strongest recommendations for Scott Pilgrim, alot of the Fantagraphics stuff and certainly for IronHide Tom (well this was really the only IronHide Tom story thats ever been written, but it was good!). I also really kind of want to read Runaways now!
Enough about comics for now. I went to the flea market today, among other places. It's really the same old flea market it's always been, and I love it. I got a bunch of old junky trading cards for like $2, including Saved By the Bell: The College Years. They were very worth it. I wish I would have been able to look through some 25 cent comic bins, but I guess that'll have to wait for the next comic-con or something. I also got some Magic cards, cause the flea market is the cheapest possible place to get them.
At the Mall afterwards, Mike picked up a double pack of King Kong vs Godzilla and the Escape of Kong on DVD. We came back to my house and watched Escape of Kong and it was everything I hoped. Not quite as good as Vs Godzilla (which is both the best King Kong movie, AND the best Godzilla movie ever made at the same time) but it was really fun. The King Kong suit was absolutely atrocious, which was great. We also put together an ultimate mix of road music, including no less than 3 S-Club 7 songs. Great!
Here's a classic to round it all out:
1 comment:
I liked the Bongo one too for some reason. I think its just a change from the normal crap i read.
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