CROSSED: BADLANDS #51: To
be honest, I’m not a big fan of the patient zero story of this series. I much
prefer not knowing how the plague started. Yet, it IS written by Garth Ennis,
and it’s winning me over. It’s so strange to see the Crossed running around
without the cross and still remaining somewhat lucid in their rape-y violence.
It’s also becoming very apparent that the whole thing will be kicked off by
some fuck-up from a bureaucrat, which titillates me to no end.
G.I. JOE SPECIAL MISSIONS #13: I’m practically checked out
of IDW’s G.I. Joe books, ever since they ended THE COBRA FILES. Still, this
issue features a guest appearance from Putin hisownfuckingself. I’m waiting for
the day the real Putin kicks the shit out of a reporter on live TV. He’s
probably too cold for something like that, but he does have a pumped up
masculine image of himself, so . . .
CALIBAN #1: A double dose of Ennis! This one’s weird because
Avatar doesn’t often do SF (hey, it’s been a while since they regularly published
STARGATE SG-1), and neither does Ennis. Here we have an interesting concept:
what happens when two spaceships, both in their own subspace, cross paths. It
doesn’t turn out well for the crew of the Caliban, in particular the poor
bastard pictured above. It’s going to be interesting to see where the story
goes from here.
TRILLIUM #8: Did I miss a memo or something? I could have
sworn this was a regular monthly series, and here we are at the last issue. I
did some poking around, and it would seem that it was always meant to be eight
issues, but I have my suspicions that it wasn’t. If it was canceled, shame on
Vertigo. This is one of the best books they have going right now. Still, it
came to an amazing, mind-bending ending. The last few pages contain some of the
best work I’ve seen from Jeff Lemire. All told, this couldn’t have been a more
perfect ending. I’m very satisfied. I’m going to miss this book.
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