Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Comic Shop Stop: What I Bought This Week

Just like last week, I stopped by Midtown Comics today and grabbed some new stuff.

Sometimes it's new stuff. Sometimes it's old stuff. Sometimes it'll be back issues or the same ol' thing I got 4 weeks ago. Whatever the case is, here's what I got at the shop this week (lemme know if you wanna borrow anything):



PUNISHER MAX #2 - I should prolly wait for the trade on this bastard, but I can't help grabbing a new Steve Dillon Punisher comic. His run with Ennis back in the early 00s CHANGED me. And I still haven't read ALL of Preacher...



DODGEM LOGIC #1 - Alan Moore came out with a magazine. Dod you know that? I kinda did. And at 4 bucks, I didn't mind trying it out. There's a CD inside, too. Just a weirdo thing I couldn't resist!



RUE MORGUE #96 - My first issue of Rue Morgue! I'm a big supporter of Horrorhound, but this issue has a special section on VHS stuff, and since I passed on picking up Portable Grindhouse in the store (I'm gonna order if from Amazon this evening, prolly), I had VHS in mind. Plus: an article on Squirrel Machine!



WALKING DEAD #68 - I used to have a hookup on this series, but ever since it dried up I've been happy to grab the single issues. I'll eventually trade up for the over-sized hardcovers, but these single issues heighten the serial comic cliffhanger to new levels.

How about you guys? Get anything good?

(Quick disclaimer: I borrow a LOT of stuff from Ben each week from Marvel, so I don't always buy single issues of the Marvel books. And I get everything from DC, WildStorm, Vertigo, and Zuda for free, so I never really buy anything from them unless I'm picking up for somebody else. So don't take my exclusion of DC stuff as a sign that the books aren't good enough to buy. They are. So there.)

12 comments:

Ben Morse said...

In addition to my Marvel swag, my pick-ups this week were Action Comics, Adventure Comics, Booster Gold, Red Robin and Titans.

Booster was prob my favorite (lotsa fun) and I'm digging the Captain Atom back-up in Action quite a bit.

Trinity said...

I picked up most of Marvel and added to it the new God Complex series, Daytripper, and of course The Muppet Show which has been the best new comic series out in a while.

Ben Morse said...

Was Muppet Show #0 by Langridge, Trinity? I wasn't sure whether to grab it or not.

Rickey said...

Langridge WROTE it, but another person drew it, Ben. That's why I passed on it. I flipped through, though, and it may even just be a standalone. It had to do with the characters playing sci-fi versions of themselves, so I passed.

Trinity! How great was Daytripper? Gah, I love those two guys.

Ben Morse said...

Hmm...I may get it next week. Thanks for the info, R-Purrrrr!

KP said...

I also got Booster and Adventure. I'm pretty bummed to be seeing the latter "go" in the sense that I was just buying it because of the Superboy in Smallville story. Also got Shield #4 and the Paul Tobin Spidey Adventures digest.

And last week I got Ganges #3 and Incognito and King City. Damn...last week was boss.

Ben Morse said...

The Superboy back-up in Adventure was fun, forgot to mention that. I'm also sorry to see that wrap just when it seems to be hitting its stride.

Trinity said...

It was written by him but drawn by someone else. It was stand alone and I think was drawn by the person who did the Muppet Robin Hood person. It was pretty good.

Landridge said on his blog he was too swamped to draw it too. It was supposed to be the start of consecutive numbering as an ongoing.

I haven't read Daytripper yet. It was last in my stack but I love the team and my shop owner recommended it.

Rickey said...

Trinity, your shop owner is awesome.

Kiel, last week was totally boss. I love having King City in that size. Makes me kinda miss the porn comic...

TJ Dietsch said...

Rickey, how was Dodgem Logic?

Rickey said...

TJ, it's okay so far. A lot of stuff goes over my head when the writing refers to regional stuff from England, but the rest is okay. Haven't listened to the CD at all.

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I don't know how you got those comics, I'd like to know what is the store you visited because I'd like to go there to buy something like that.