For the first time in a long long time, I finished my stack of monthly comics before the next month’s arrived. Anyways, here are the rankings:
Top 5:
1. Ultimate Spider-man (Issue #9) [Miles has his first run-in with the police.]
2. Justice League (Issue #8) [Green Arrow’s pursuit of the Justice League was pretty entertaining.]
3. Daredevil (Issue #10.1) [Daredevil makes a play in his conflict with Megacrime.]
4. Ultimates (Issue #9) [Reed Richards should not be trifled with.]
5. Moon Knight (Issue #12) [I had no idea that this issue was the end of the title, but I really enjoyed the conclusion to Bendis and Maleev’s story.]
Harper Blynn is currently offering their new album ‘Busy Hands’ for free download on their website. I haven’t listened through it yet, but the band’s other releases have been solid, so I’m sure the album is worth checking out.
I swear one of these months, I’m going to catch up on my comic books. My new comics came two weeks, but here’s the rundown.
1. Ultimate Spider-man #9, Ultimates #9, Ultimate X-men #10
2. Amazing Spider-man #683 and #684, Avenging Spider-man #6, Scarlet Spider #4
3. Justice League #8, Batman #8, Green Lantern #8, The Flash #8, Detective Comics #8, Batman The Dark Knight #8
4. Avengers vs. X-men #1 and #2, AVX VS #1, Avengers #25, New Avengers #24 and #25, Secret Avengers #25 and #26, Avengers Assemble #2
5. Fantastic Four #605, FF #17
6. Captain America #10, Captain America And Hawkeye #629, Winter Soldier #4
7. Daredevil #10.1 and #11, Moon Knight #12, Mighty Thor #12.1 and #13, Venom #15 and #16
8. Supercrooks #2, The Secret Service #1
9. Brilliant #3
Top 5:
1. Ultimate Spider-man (Issue #8) [Regular artist Sara Pichelli returns as Miles has a run-in with his uncle, The Prowler, and Aunt May finally hears about the new Spider-man.]
2. Fantastic Four (Issue #604) [Steve Hickman finally tied up some threads that he started early in his run on Fantastic Four.]
3. Ultimates (Issue #8) [Nick Fury seems to have been outplayed by the President of the United States.]
4. Justice League (Issue #7) [In this new take on the Justice League, Colonel Steve Trevor has an important job.]
5. Ultimate X-men (Issue #9) [A tale from Camp Angel.]
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I listened to the record last Wednesday on my flight to Los Angeles. Gave it one more go round before it went out into the world… one last little listen as being just mine. It’s brought me so much joy and company and peace, and I hope it will do the same for you.
JM
John Mayer - Born And Raised (full album stream)
My Band Owen: 2012 Summer Tour Dates w/ Braid -
I’ll be opening up for Braid for a few shows throughout the US this August. Check out the dates below.
Braid/Owen Summer 2012 Tour Dates
08/07 - Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop
08/09 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
08/10 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
08/11 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of…
It might be tough, but I’m really going to try to make it to the show at the Grog Shop. Owen and Braid on the same night would be awesome.
My new comics came in the mail last week. I’ve been behind on my reading for months, but I’m getting pretty close to being caught up.
1. Ultimate Spider-man #8, Ultimates #8, Ultimate X-men #9
2. Amazing Spider-man #681 and #682, Avenging Spider-man #5, Scarlet Spider #3
3. Justice League #7, Batman #7, Green Lantern #7, Detective Comics #7, Batman The Dark Knight #7, The Flash #7
4. Avengers Assemble #1, New Avengers #23, Avengers #24 and #24.1, Secret Avengers #24, Avengers vs. X-men #0
5. Fantastic Four #604, FF #16
6. Captain America #9, Captain America And Bucky #628, Winter Soldier #2 and #3
7. Daredevil #10, Moon Knight #11, Mighty Thor #12, Venom #14
8. Kick-Ass 2 #7, Supercrooks #1
Top 5:
1. Ultimate Spider-man (Issue #7) [Fill-in artist Chris Samnee returns for another issue, and while I’m still looking forward to Sara Pichelli’s return, I liked the art and the script much more than the last issue.]
2. Ultimates (Issue #7) [I’ve really enjoyed how the two storylines have started to intersect.]
3. Justice League (Issue #6) [This issue wrapped up the first story arc, which I definitely liked. I hope the book continues to be equal parts characterization and action.]
4. Ultimate X-men (Issues #7 and #8) [Both of these issues were good, but I especially liked the Jean Grey story in #8.]
5. New Avengers (Issues #21 and #22) [Victoria Hand’s role in the Norman Osborn saga finally seems to be revealed.]