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I'm behind as usual. Plan on picking this up in TPB. Same with Waid and Samnee's Rocketeer mini. Glad that IDW is doing more with this terrific character.

I've heard MIND MGT described as 'Lost (TV show) for comics'. Apt description?

Was thinking of checking that title out along with Vaughn's Saga.

I highly recommend both Mind MNGT and Saga! Two fantastic, smart comics.

The Lost comparison to MM is a good one in terms of mystery and wonder, though its also more focused on a smaller group of characters and benefits from Kindt's stylized art.

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I tried and issue of Manhattan Projects and it really didn't grab me. Can't remember the issue #, but it was the one where the scientists from either side of the cold war sit down together. A lot of talking heads and it just seemed a little too proud of itself. Maybe it's not something that lends itself to joining part way through.

Got the first issue of the Killjoys to see what it's like. I'll also see if my local shop has a copy of Mind MGNT to sample.

That was a bit of an awkward issue, (i liked it though) I think it was the culmination of one story and the jumping off point of another ... both of which I enjoyed. It has gotten better and better.


I went back and bought the first issues, while not as good (to me) ... they did help build the story. A lot of the stories focus on one character ... which is different than the story you read ... and can be weird if you don't want to read about one character for four issues but the latest issues have been really good. and MP is like a snowball rolling down a hill.


it is definitely a "talking head" book ... with intermittent issues of bold gory action.

Going to be a tv series.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2474258/

Awesome news!

Got Kill Joys 1 and 2 recently.

The characters sing off the page. The best and only kind of science fiction; set in a dark and dreary future it examines contemporary issues of life and what it means to be human.

Already, one of my top books.

Loved #1... eagerly awaiting #2 with my EOM shipment from DCBS!

Hawkeye 012.

who is a real life train wreck. Hawkeye really is one of the best books out there, it may be my favorite book right now. Even versus Saga and the like.

and Hawkeye #11 was spectacular. yet, #12 kept it rolling!

I think I could give this book five Power Boy stars for its entire run ... and I have no love for Marvel.

^ Haven't read that issue yet, but there's not an issue in this series that hasn't been well above average. I've loved every one.

A book I'm excited about that hasn't been published yet is The Fifth Beatle, a graphic novel about Brian Epstein by Vivek Tiwary. I heard an interview with the writer and he just made it sound so compelling; there's really very little known about the man who was crucial to the Beatles' success. The artwork looks great, too, so I pre-ordered.

Tiwary himself has had a pretty interesting life!

An interview with artist Andrew Robinson and some of the art is at newsarama.

I picked up the TPB of Mind the Gap today ... I read the first issue at lunch but then was like ... nah I need to set aside some time to read this.

The books I'm like now in the comic book format are mostly mysteries or thrillers or sci fi. Mind the Gap has me curioso to see where it is going, and one of the characters I liked from her first few panels. (the good Dr.)

I think the tension of the real life scenarios of the book are what I am excited about, to find out what is going on, who's gonna die and who are the good guys and bad guys.

I thought 11 was pretty spectacular and 12 did not disappoint following a tough act. It's a pretty human story.

There's a Kickstarter project reviewed at Bleeding Cool for a graphic novel about untold Roman history, Amiculus.

It's the story of the last Roman Emperor, a 12-year old boy named Romulus, who was kicked off the throne and disappeared into the unknown.

from the author:
"Nevertheless, when Rome fell on “his watch,” Romulus had to suffer for it. A year after his coronation, Orestes’s partner, Odoacer, a barbarian chieftain, turned against him, destroyed his army, killed Orestes and forced Romulus to surrender his crown in a humiliating ceremony. He was called “the disgraceful little emperor,” a sorry, shameful end to an empire that had ruled half the known world. Too pathetic even to be killed, Romulus was banished, and disappeared from history.

Through all of this, I wondered: what did Romulus have to say about it? Nothing that anyone has ever found. His story occupies a dry, dull couple of paragraphs in most history books, and in it he is a blank slate. We know nothing about who he was, how he was treated by his father, whether or not he would have been happier herding goats or fluting columns than being an emperor. About him, history did not give a shit. The “winners” have succeeded in erasing him almost entirely.

Until now. “Amiculus” is the story of Rome’s fall seen at long last through Romulus’s eyes, and it plays out in truly bloody, violent fashion, the way it was meant to. We get to know how he felt, the role he played, what the stakes were for him, and how, even with the little power he had at his command, he was far from helpless."

I decided to back it and thought other fans of Roman history and secret histories might be interested. For the big bucks, they'll write you into the story, but the usual range of rewards is available for more modest contributions.

Wow, that sounds right up my alley! It's a part of Roman history with few historic sources that is not well understood.

Romulus was a puppet born to play the role he played, and was more "barbarian" than "Roman", and that makes it perhaps even more tragic. For centuries there were legends he would one day return and restore the world to greatness, much like so many other "Returning King" myths (King Arthur, Frederick Barbarosa, etc). The politics going on during his life are highly complex and just crazy fascinating.

I'll take a look and consider supporting it. That is, if I can figure out what kickstarter is and does, and how it works.

I just backed "Amiculus." That sounds awesomely my kind of thing.

Now, if only "Age of Bronze" would come out more than every year or two. Le Sigh.

For how miserably crappy DC Comics is in general right now, Batman '66 is actually kind of brilliant.

I got the second and concluding TPB of GLORY !


I haven't even finished it but it is rip your teeth off good.

I almost bought it but a flip-thru really turned me off with the feaux (?)-3D coloring. Plus, the reviews have mostly been average. I might reconsider....



That's.....good?

Hmm... I'm not actually sure how well it would work it print, but it's making great use of the digital format. It seems to me that it does a good job of capturing the feel of the tv series while also sticking in enough "modern" bits to be entertaining. Plus it felt to me reading it digitally that each weekly installment felt like they contained more material than most of DC's monthly comics these days!

It just doesn't get any better than Velvet #1 by Brubaker and Epting via Image Comics. As good as anything in any medium has been in a long, long while.

I'm in permanently.

I'll second the recommendation, and I'll direct Legion Worlders to my review of it from two Thursdays ago:

http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=792116#Post792116

Well, what Marvel did for Hawkeye, they may be doing for Black Widow. The smart, intense writing of Nathan Edmondson (of Who is Jake Ellis fame) meets the brain-melting beautiful art of Phil Noto. The result may just be the Black Widow series we've always knew could exist and Natasha has always deserved.

That good, huh? I'll wait for the first Black Widow trade and then see what I think. Thanks, Cobie.

I enjoyed it. I think the trade is probably the way to do it.


I'll get number two for sure, I like Phil Noto's art ...

I wouldn't say I loved it personally. After the first issue I don't really know what's going on. It does seem to be off to a sharp start!

The first issue seems more like a pitch or a pilot to set up the atmosphere of what the book will be like, what kind of personality Natasha has.

and she's tough as nails and smart as a whip.

there's a nice review, with some spoiling, at comics alliance.