New Comics Day 2/8/12

[lurkerwithout]

The Unwritten opens with Tommy still being given a Join or Die spiel by the Cabal. But his trusty allies are on their way to deal with the Evil Fanficcers that are sapping his magical might...

In addition to all the dwarf on dwarf make-outs, the recent Dungeons & Dragons comic also has a Beholder getting stabbed in an eye with a knife and a giant Momma bug-monster...

Resurrection Man is a decent enough "Hero Trapped in Arkham" story. Except I've got no idea what criminal act Mitch supposedly did to get himself sentenced there. And the crowd scene arts are fairly weak. Plus is there really a Gotham bad guy named Sumo? I mean was that part of the DCU really running low on plus-sized bad guys?

More Lobster Johnson: the Burning Hand. With our pulp hero tracking his gang boss prey to a health result. Where the massages come with some deep-tissue bullets...

Got a couple new books as well. First Kaboom's Adventure Time with Finn & Jake written by Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics. This first story features a return of the Lich King, as well as a back-up story with Treetunks and the Mystery of the Free Sky Cider...

And a new Conan the Barbarian series. With Brian Wood & Becky Cloonan adapting the "Queen of the Black Coast"...

Comments

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I feel like the Beholder has lost some of its mojo. It used to be one of the pantheon of scariest monsters out there. Beholders, elder dragons, illythids were the kind of A-game monsters you knew meant you were at the pinnacle of your adventuring career. You also knew that not everyone in the party would survive. If I were to tell a story with a beholder in it, not everyone would come through on the other side.


Also, have you read the new Conan yet? I'm curious as to whether it's worth picking up.

[lurkerwithout.livejournal.com]

Its a pretty nice adaptation. Most of the issue is Conan running from some guards and getting on a boat and then learning about Belit. Plus Cloonan draws some pretty sweet Hyborian age action...

As for the Beholder, John Rogers I think does a decent job of showing off the "Awwww! We're fucked!" reaction for the adventurers when the Beholder pops up as the leader of some of the bad guys...