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Friday, July 13, 2007

A Good Comics Month

Very satisfying reads this month, my friends. Let's see what I got…

Sheena Queen of the Jungle #1
This book is just so-so, actually. I got it because of the cover, which I really like, but I won't be getting any more issues. I guess I'll get Jungle Girl instead, created (but alas not drawn) by Frank Cho: same thing, better artwork.

Witchblade #107
Another great issue of this wonderful series. The Raising the Dead story arc painted by Stjepan Sejic ends here, and things are geared toward this summer's Top Cow event: First Born. Yay!

First Born First Look
The first issue of this limited series comes out next month, but we got the 99-cent first look already, and man it looks good. Stjepan Sejic paints this whole miniseries, and this guy is just great. Witchblade, The Darkness, and other Top Cow characters swing by. Looks good!

Danger Girl: Body Shots #4
A nice last chapter for a series that has been fun and entertaining, and I think better than Back in Black.

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #6
This amazing series keeps delivering the goods. The next issue will be the last one, and I am looking forward to reading it. Outstanding!

X-Men #200
I had to get this book because it's the 200th issue. Also, Chris Bachalo and Humberto Ramos draw the interior pages (Ramos's are, I think, way better than Bachalo's, by the way). And the story is very, very interesting. It's a five-part arc, so I guess I'm in for the whole ride.

Madame Mirage #1
The first issue is out, and it was about time! The story by Paul Dini is quite interesting, the characters are cool, and Kenneth Rocafort's artwork is gorgeous. A series I'm definitely going to follow.

Soulfire: New World Order #0
Another miniseries I will be following, NWO expands the Aspen's Soulfire universe that was introduced in the original Soulfire series by Michael Turner (a series that has spawned three limited series but hasn't been finished yet, by the way). JT Krul writes the story about magic returning to a very technological world, and Francisco Herrera (who could very well be Humberto Ramos drawing under a different name, so very similar are their styles) draws the amazing pictures. And the color is phenomenal! Definitely worth buying!

9 comments:

Jorge said...

Jo, y tan bueno! No has parado de leer! En tu tónica habitual...;)

Mario Alba said...

Hahaha. Y esto sólo han sido los comics. Es verdad que no paro...

Mario Alba said...

Aunque, como dice Stephen King, leer lo que hacen otras personas estimula bastante la creatividad. Por no hablar de la envidia y el ojalá pudiera hacer yo lo que hacen estos genios. En fin, poco a poco...

Anonymous said...

Poco a poco. Poco a pooco. Aunque a nuestra edad probablemente Stephen King ya iría por su centésima novela. O más.

Mario Alba said...

Más o menos, sí...

Y hablando de historias, mira tu email, Hal, que algo tienes esperándote ;)

Anonymous said...

Jeje, ya lo recibí... y lo usé. Encontré la entrada a las catacumbas. O, mejor dicho, me lo leí en un ratillo. En cuanto tenga un momento te mando mi crítica de rigor. Que no rigurosa.

Mario Alba said...

Lo malo es que había ratas... aunque no en mi historia. Ansioso pero con poca rigurosidad espero tu poco rigurosa pero de rigor crítica.

Anonymous said...

Enviarétela pues. Aunque tras nuestra conversación de ayer, no creo que me quede mucho por añadir.

Mario Alba said...

Hehehe. Nada como leerla otra vez para poder escribir una detallada crítica...