1-9-08, the last bits

Scalped #13

This comic continues to be completely awesome. This particular issue is a bit tragic, in terms of two deaths here that our hero, Dash Bad Horse, has to deal with. Also, it appears another confrontation with Diesel Engine is coming up. Not sure what I'm talking about? Need to feel the awesome? I mean, it's hard to be a crime/noirish story set on a reservation. But yeah, go to your nearest comic book store, or to instocktrades.com (my preferred place of purchase, I guess you could get it from amazon.com), pick up the first trade, it's 10 dollars. Go ahead and buy this issue, cause you should support your damn struggling comics. Don't read it though, or the next, until you read the second volume, Casino Boogie, which will be out in February. Seriously, this book is excellent and features some really gritty artwork which lends itself excellently to the story.

The Spirit #12

Apparently this is a little late? Regardless, this issue was excellent, and alot of the artwork is just amazing. Darwyn Cooke has been doing such amazing work on this book, it makes me sad that he'll be leaving after the 13th issue (which is a super-delayed holiday issue). 

Bat Lash #2

This issue was alot better than the first, but this story doesn't really grab me as much as Jonah Hex did when I first picked it up. The art really doesn't do it for me either. It looks like this is going to be an origin story, so I guess we'll see what happens from here.

Gen 13 #16

I've never read Gen 13 before. Other than the Armageddon issue, anyway. I read DV8 on the comic shop guy's recommendation, but other than that, never read Gen 13. And something tells me this was not a jump-on issue. I grabbed it solely based on the fact that it was showing Simon Oliver as the writer. Who's Simon Oliver? Why, that would be the good fellow that brings us Exterminators every month. This issue seemed a bit confusing. The artwork threw me off a bit too. I'm looking into getting ahold of copies of Gail Simone's run on it so I can see if this is just something new that Oliver is doing, or what exactly.

Northlanders #2

On the other hand, while this was alot better than the first issue as well, this comic is showing alot of potential, to the point that if the next issue hits as well, I'll end up picking up it and the last 2 (since I just read this, didn't buy). The artwork on this is really nice, and it looks like Brian Wood is setting the stage for something really cool.