COOL SHIT 10-27-11

THE WALKING DEAD #90: Yeah, we’re still in the lull between story arcs, but that doesn’t mean nothing is happening. Rick finally resolves his dispute with Nicholas in a rather unexpected way (for him, anyway). Maggie’s breaking down. Carl is fucked up because he’s starting to remember things from before he got shot in the head. And Rick and Andrea . . . well, I won’t say anything more on that subject, but we’ve seen this coming for a while now. It’s about time it happened.

CAPTAIN SWING AND THE ELECTRICAL PIRATES OF CINDERY ISLAND #4: Huh. Would you look at that. Avatar finally got off their asses and finished this book. How long has it been? Perhaps this means we’ll eventually get the end of DOKTOR SLEEPLESS, too. All right, it’s no MINISTRY OF SPACE, but still. This book goes out with a bang and perhaps one of the most disgusting steampunk creatures ever. You should see his dick spout. No. You should. Get the book and see what I mean. Anyway, Warren Ellis gives us a final dose of philosophy, and Raulo Caceres makes it look impossibly beautiful. Seriously, is there any artist working now as good as this guy? (By the way, remember when Ellis made a DOK SLEEPLESS reference earlier in this series? In this issue, we get a GRAVEL reference.)

STITCHED #1: Almost made it without mentioning Garth Ennis. Remember when I reviewed his movie, STITCHED? Well, this is the comic book continuation of that. Kind of. It’s actually a comic book form of what happened in the movie, right up until the “to be continued” ending. And I was right: the horribly mutilated bodies look far cooler in comic book form than on film. It’s really some grim shit, there. Cool shit, indeed.