Introducing Shaun Our Weekly Reviewer

I want to welcome Shaun to our comic blog community. He works at Lee's Comics in Mountain View, CA and we encourage you to stop by for your comic book needs.

hey kids,

shaun here with out spell czech so dont laugh at me. oh joy
comics. ill tell you this, if youre not reading warren ellis you're not
reading comics. im not talking about his avitar stuff either. as i
sit here with rum and coke #3, just finnished reading nextwave #1, im
pretty happy. why? three words. fin. fang. foom. no i know two
things about fin fang foom. jack and s#!t. and jack my flatmate is off
doing MMA. i know of fing fang foom from series one marvel trading cards.
the thought of a huge dragon in purple shorts is amusing to me. under
the influence of rum its down right hysterical. now dont get me wrong,
i dont populate the warren ellis chatboard and never read anything on
it. i doubt i ever will. but warren seems to bring out the bad ass in
comics. jack cross just to name one. not to mention he reinventined a
lame stormwatch to be ultra ass whuppin. i remember storm watch #1.
like ALL image books it was an x-men knock off and poorly done at that.
no heres what i think warren should write, besides everything: cloak
and dagger, puck, and just for laughs, rom space knight. why? because
i think warren ellis is the only one who can make rom interesting. now
that ive wiped my nose on his bum i need to bring it down a notch.
ultimate extinction #1. wtf was that? im going to give warren (because
him and i are on a first name basis) the benifit of the doubt: quesada
put a gun to his head and told him to put wings on silver surfer.
plain and simple. and if thats not the case then its probrably a good
thing i dont go to conventions of my own free will. and galactus as a
bunch of insects? ill stop befor i drop f-bombs.
star wars has been really good too. if EEPS III left a bad taste in
your mouth have no ph34r. order 66 is far from done. so go hook
yourself up with a star wars book or 4. ESPECIALLY purge and whatever one
quinlian vos is whoopin arse in. youll thank me. if not ill be getting
hate mail.
and finally because i think my laundry is done, wolverine. now as
always marvel starts off wonderful the first few issues and drops the ball
before the game ends. wolvie is one of my favourite characters and
theyve done nothing but screw with him. well homeskillit got his memory
back. and fools is skurred. (translation: thats your @$$ b!&@#!!!) i
mean, he finally gave that punk silver samuri what for last issue
because his sister wasnt there to save his hide.
and befor i go, if you havent been hittin DC (not infinite crisis.
thats crap) you should czech out green lantern recharge and batman. and
supergirl if it ever comes out.
shout outs cuz im east coast like that: ray (big country) for hookin
up a review, lees for hookin up a (okay) job, and the girl that gives me
a reason to wake up every morning. peace in the middle east
-shaun, disgruntled as ever

nani-yo?! nanka yo?! namen-ja neyo!!

Marvel vs. DC: Marvel did it to me again.

DC created Crisis on Infinite Earths as a means of aligning their confusing histories into one timeline. It is arguably one of the best comic book series even written. It ushered in a permanent changes to the DC universe including killing off characters who have never come back (though some characters have).

Even though we are fans, we have to realize this is a business. Marvel had to do something or lose a lot of sales. So Marvel created: Secret Wars! At the time, I thought the Secret Wars was the best thing ever. It was the ultimate team up with everybody except Daredevil and a few reserve Avengers. I have since learned better.

Crisis had layers upon layers of history and deep meaning to the generations of readers and creators. I do not want to bash Marvel unfairly. Secret Wars is a good series one its own. It just doesn't compare to Crisis.

Here we are in the next century and somethings never change. Fall of the Muta...I mean, House of M was a good read. Solid characterization, art, and dialogue, but it doesn't compare to Infinity Crisis.

This is my official apology my readers. I really thought House of M compared better to Infinity Crisis. What threw me off was DC's shameless tie-ins to no less than three pre-series series including Identity Crisis. Then I realized that even though they were after my money, they were giving me a complete story that for the most part interlinked well.

My advice: Pick up Identity Crisis and Infinity Crisis as soon as possible.