Birthday!

And lo the skies did flash and thunder did peal in raucous celebration that verily shook the dwellings of the gods for the anniversary of the borning of blockade_boy

New Comics Day 1/6/10

Starting this month, as a tie-in to their "Blackest Night" mega-event, DC is bringing cancelled titles back from the "dead" as it were. One of those isa new issue of Suicide Squad replacing The Secret Six for the month, with Simone co-writing with long-time squad writer John Ostrander. There actually isn't much in the way of super-zombie action this time around. Mostly just a resurection of The Fiddler and then the book is mostly Squad vs. Six. Despite how much I like the both Ostrander's Squad and Simone's Six I was bugged by a few things. Like Amanda Waller. I know she's a total bad-ass. But she also tried to exile Lex Luthor, Vandal Savage, Gorilla Grodd and the Joker off the planet. I'm pretty sure those dudes hold grudges. And she's not THAT bad-ass. My other major problem is something from both this and Marvel's super-zombies. Fiddler (and others) come back and they're all still able to work towards their own revenge plans. Good guys come back and all they do is follow Nekron. Because..er..evil motives are stronger than good? Yeah, thats the lesson I want from super-heroe stories...

I'm very much loving the Fables spin-off Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love. Especially the art by Shannon McMannus and LeeLoughridge. And Zullo's covers are pretty sweet too. Plus the gender-swapped Bond story is just fun...

Proof hits its 25th issue and has a story that jumps ahead a year. Plus a back-up where Prufock fights a crazed bear shape-changer in the frozen woods...

I also decided to check out the first issue of fantasy series Orc Stain by James Stokoe. The art is very..well I want to say Heavy Metal meets War Hammer, but really it reminds of Brandon Graham, just with less giant phalluses and butt-sex...

Things heat-up on Savage Dragon with Darkworld Dragon fighting original Dragon. Except the blood-infusion from son Malcom that resurected Dragon brought back "original" orginal Dragon. That is the sociopathic, world-conquering killer Emperor Kurr...

And finally is the second issue of Greg Rucka's Stumptown. With p.i. Dex still chasing the missing girl even after getting shot...