This Week's Comics - 26/10/11

I haven't really posted much since I started this blog so thought I'd just throw this in. This week, Wednesday 26th October, I have only got three comics to read :( For me this is quite a small number and doesn't really represent my continuing insistance that I read a lot of comics - which I swear I actually do. Anyway, the comics I got were Superman #2, Incredible Hulk #1 and Wolverine and the X-Men#1. Out of these I think I'm most looking forward to Incredible Hulk the most because it'll be the first time Hulk and Bruce Banner are seperate so will creat an interesting relationship dynamic. Similarly, Hulk in general has been off my comic-radar for a while now, for a lot of reasons that will take way too long to go into, so this story better be good if only the basic premise was enough to draw me back. The issue I'm least looking forward to reading, although I am still looking forward to it, is Superman. This is mainly because so far with most of the re-booted DC titles I've been picking up, the second issues have just carried on from the first as introductions to the series, which although still interesting doesn't grab me as much as the two brand new titles I got today. Wolverine and the X-Men I am definately looking forward to but not quite as much as Incredible Hulk as I have been picking up X titles continuously for a while now.

T.V. Show of the Week 2

After finally getting a break from all my work I've had chance to go back and finish watching T.V. shows I had began or thought about watching but hadn't had chance to get to. One of these shows in what I'm choosing for this weeks T.V. show of the week - The Walking Dead:

Being an avid comic fan, of course the comic book series of The Walking Dead has not escaped my notice and attention. Therefore, I am glad I have finally got around to watching the last two episodes of season 1 and the episodes from season 2 out so far. Most zombie films and shows don't really do it much for me but I'm really enjoying this one. It's mostly because of the comic background and the fasciunating characters, where the interactions between the families are just as hard to tear your eyes away as the intense battles with the zombies.

Comic of the Week 2

This weeks comic isn't a new one. As I buy my comics online, this weeks have yet to be delivered, so to fill in the gap from the missing new comics I went through some of my old ones and read a few of them, including this weeks comic of the week. So for this week, the comic I have chosen is The Authority, Vol 1 #12:

The Authority is definitely in my top 5 comic book series of all time, I just love the characters, the stories and the gritty element to it. Issue 12 gets a mention as it contains the death of one of my favourite characters from this series, Jenny Sparks. I was sad to see her go, especially since it was so early and we only go 12 issues to enjoy her. The premise of her death, being the spirit of the 20th century so dying at midnight on 31st December 1999, just made it much more intriguing and tragic, she knew it was going to happen and she accepted it. Additionally, this is the issue where the Authority defeat the 'closest thing to god', the creator of our planet, and ends the arc during which the Authority had to battle the moon, an idea which is also occurring in the new Stormwatch by DC. Really, any Authority issue could have made Comic of Week, I do really love this series, but I've chosen this one because it resonated with me particularly this week and got me even more excited for the next issue of Stormwatch.

T.V. Show of the Week 1

Building on my Comic of the Week, I'd thought I'd throw this into the mix as well, to share my opinions on the T.V. show I'm most thinking about at the moment and to give me something to post; I've had a boring day. This week for T.V. show of the week I have chosen Game of Thrones:

I've heard praise and raving reviews for this show ever since it first began but haven't got round to watching it till now. Today I finally sat down and watched the first episode and fell in love immediately. I tend to find myself loving most of the T.V. shows like this - anything that has the apparance of medieval or older - so from the start I knew I would have a fair amount to love about Game of Thrones. However, this show particulary grabbed me because of the characters. None of them were that quirky or unusual, which is normally what draws me, but I found myself really enjoying them. I find it hard to find anything to truly enjoy anymore because of the overuse of sterotypes in characters and events, I mean how many Mary-Sues or tortured playboys are there filling today's books, films and shows. These characters, although not exactly stereotypes like these, weren't particularly original or unique but the way they were presented caught my attention. So I am definately watching the rest of this series, and I'm fairly positive I'll continue enjoying it; I find it so hard not to love one of these shows, but if it gets too like every other show, our relationship will turn sour.

I haven't read the books by Geroge R. R. Martin that this series is based of either. However, giving I find most T.V. shows based of books just that bit not as good as the orignal books, I think I'll love them as well, but unfortunately I do now have high expectations.

Nibbling Nemos

Today me and my sister went and had a fish pedicure, and it was amazing. I understand people are squeemish about it but it wasn't bad at all. For the first few minutes it tickled like hell and I was pissing myself laughing, but then it calmed down and felt like really good pins and needles; it's dead relaxing too, like any spa treatment. Additionaly, your feet are so smooth and soft after it's unbelievable. So I would definately reccommend this to anyone looking for something to do on a girly, or even manly, day out.

Issues With Issues

I have just finished reading Demon Knights #2 and have to admit I'm not very impressed, like I'm not with many of the second issues of the New 52. Although I'm still enjoying the ones I've been picking up - Action Comics, Stormwatch, Demon Knights, Superman, Batman, Batman and Robin, Red Hood and the Outlaws - I haven't been very impressed with the lack of content in the issues. The overall storyline that runs through the issues is interesting me but I only feel unsatisisfied when finishing one issue. Unlike some of the Marvel comic books, X-Factor for example, where each issue leaves you both satisfied as it is a story within instelf but still in suspense for the next issue, DCs new issues barely cover enough to count as part of a story. I'm not giving up on any of the series but I am definately considering leaving the issues for a few months and then reading 4/5 at once, so I at least will feel some sense of satisfication with the story once I've finished.

Comic of the Week 1

Finding a post to begin a blog with is hard, so I went with something simple, general and fun.

Comic of the Week

For this weekly post I will comment on my favourite comic of the week, not necessarily a new comic, just the one I'm thinking about most at the moment. This week, the comic is X-Men: Regenesis #1:

To any Marvel or X-Men fans this choice will be obvious. Following the evnts of Schism, this issue shows which side, Wolverine or Cyclops, most of the mutants are choosing. This isssue is also a starting point for the new era of the X-Men, which will alter every series included. I am very excited to see how this plays out, especially with my favourite X title X-Factor, so this issue gets Comic of the Week because of what it represents and the renewed interest it has given me for the X-Men. However, no matter how excited I get by this new storyline, I still refuse to pick up Generation Hope; the characters don't do it for me at all and I just find the storylines fairly glib. I will be giving all the other 7 titles involved a try though, and I highly reccomend you do to.