Upon a Star

If only...

Love Devices

Totally stolen from Adam. Blame him. But to be fair, when the panels are that good to begin with, I just can't help it. Plus, it's getting near that dang holiday, so it's kinda appropriate. I guess.

Hah! Someone needed to slap that woman! I'm just glad ol' Aaron was machine enough for the job!

Speaking of slapping around the women... where's Hammerin' Hank during all this? Wasn't that his job?

I miss Nextwave. Sigh.

Early Morning One-Shot

Sorry for the lack of a post yesterday - this 'having a kid spend the summer with you' thing really screws up your routine. That, and the whole 'forced vacation' thing we have going on at work doesn't help, either.

So, we'll be back to our little 'Skrulls invade the comics strip pages' thing in a little while. In the meantime, I had better see this happen sometime soon...

...if Marvel knows what's good for them.

And enough with the whole 'single quote uniform joke that only entertains you, Soup' thing, already! Sheesh!

N.E.X.T.W.A.V.E: Agents of H.O.S.T.E.S.S.

Because Anonymous demanded it!

(It would link him, but ... well, he's incognito...)

Clicky for Biggies.
This whole pie thing? Getting to be a theme.

Me likey.

Kneel! Kneel, I Say!

I made a funny over in the comments of a recent post at Comics Make No Sense and decided to follow through:

Ellis would've done this if he had thought of it. You know he would've.
I may do this at home. Lord knows I've spent my share of kneeling time there...

Most Wanted

This week's haul was not nearly as massive as last week's was, and I was able to narrow down my most anticipated issues to only two books. And under normal conditions, Grant Morrison writing a Joker story would be a no-brainer, but not this week.

Not a chance.

Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. #12
Warren Ellis
Stuart Immonen

I was standing in the store holding this and thought, "If the last panel of this issue doesn't have the Nextwave gang breaking the fourth wall and flipping off the reader, I'm gonna be a little upset."

Well, I doesn't have that, but it does have two reveals that are so frecin' AWESOME that the dial goes to 11. Or 12, probably. Seriously, this thing is INSANE! And in the best possible way.

Not to spoil anything, but this wraps up (of course) the gang's infiltration of the H.A.T.E. / S.I.L.E.N.T. super-base and dealing with the bosses who have been in charge of everything since the first issue. That's it in a nutshell, but like every issue of Nextwave, the Devil's in the details. (You see what I did there?) Before it's all over (ARRGGHHH!), we get The Captain kicking balls, a 6-foot champagne flute, a Monica smirk that screams "Yep. You're fucked.", and Machine Man making with the sexy. And lots of 'splosions. Lots and lots of 'splosions.

I can't believe it's over. Kind of, anyway (I know, I know). Hell of a ride. Hell of an ending.

Most Wanted Panel:


(This isn't, of course, the panel that should be here.. but I'm keeping this thing spoiler free. You're welcome)

OK, I'll bite...

Meme from Brandon

My first one!



I'm actually in the process of getting all the Nextwave #11 splash pages framed for display down my hallway. I will post photos.

I can't wait!

EDIT: I really could've done a better job with Robin's thought bubble.. but it's late, I'm tired, I still have to go through TiVo's recomendations (Designing Women? Again!?!), and I'm on my 8th beer. Screw it.