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Thursday

02/01/2006 Comics reviewed by Shaun

Here's another review by Shuan

whats up kids? dont worry, im as sober as an amish guy today.


Robotica
anyways i want to start off with Robotica by alex sheikman. i know, wtf is
robotica? its not mainstream, its small press. its colour so dont get
your superman underoos in a bunch. ive had the pleasure of meeting him
where i work (ironically a comic store. maybe its not irony. who
cares) and he told me about it and i read issue one. which should be still
avalable if you bug your comic store. if they say they cant get it,
ask them to call diamond. if they ask who that is, laugh and walk out.
anyway, robotika was a relife from the norm. its futuristic,
beautifully drawn, and has bad@$ ninja like folk and samuri folk. im not
telling you to get it because i see alex every week. im telling you to get
it because its good. and im picky. horribly picky. besides ryan sook
drew the cover, and i think everyone needs a bit of a break from the
mainstream garbage every once in a while. i cant wait to see the rest
of this world unfold. alex has a great imagination, and he actually
knows how to draw a gun.

x-factor #3.
i never liked x-factor when it first came out. just
another xbook for me to waste my lunch money on. but this x-factor is hot.
two reasons. first layla miller. can this girl get any creepier? she
was creepy in house of m, now shes down right children of the corn
creepy. second, monet. i just really like monet. i liked her from
generation x. so get on the band wagon and hook yourself up with x-factor.

fury #1
garth ennis, darrick robertson. what more do i need to say?
how about WWII? before sheild, before the howling comandos. and just
in time to give sgt rock what for. sgt rock was good, but fury is 788913461209 times better. why? you should know why.
and last but not least,

30 days of night: dead space.
vampires in space. does anyone care? i really dont. if anyone knows steve niles
please tell him to give it a rest. the only good thing about the book was
the few pages of supermarket preveiw by brain wood and kristian. brain
wood has never steared me wrong.


shouts to big country, my girl whos back in skool getting her learn
onand you wonderful folk who love comics so much, it keeps me employed.
seriously, i feel like a crack dealer with some of these titles.
nani-yo?! nanka yo?! namen-ja neyo!!

--Shuan