Fear Itself #3 (Of 7)
Fear Itself Deep #1 (Of 4)
Flashpoint #2
Flashpoint Abin Sur The Green Lantern #1
(Of 3)
Flashpoint Batman Knight Of Vengeance #1
(Of 3)
Flashpoint Secret Seven #1 (Of 3)
Flashpoint The World Of Flashpoint #1 (Of 3)
Moon Knight #2
X-Men #12
It is looking a very good week. Obviously Fear Itself and Flashpoint are battling for supremacy. So far, I have to say that I've been a little disappointed with Fear Itself. Part 2 was better than 1, but I am expecting some great things from this comic. Flashpoint so far has been very cool and I will definitely be picking up some of the tie-ins if I can get my hands on them - I missed the Booster Gold one last week.
Managed to see Thor (I will write a separate post on it) but I thought it was pretty good. News on The Avengers is coming in thick and fast - I really hope they do the whole Secret Invasion storyline - that would be cool - the thought of it makes me want to read it all again.
Friday, 27 May 2011
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Due 25th May 2011
Detective Comics #877
Gotham City Sirens #23
Green Arrow #12
Green Lantern #66
Green Lantern Corps #60
Green Lantern Emerald Warriors #10
Secret Avengers #13 Fear Itself
Turf #5
So, a new trailer for Green Lantern focusing on the Corps. I think it is looking better and better each time material is being released, which is great. Still not sure if RR is the man to play Hal, but I'll give him a chance.
Picture of Hardy as Bane has been released - well a picture of his back and him wearing a dodgy mask. Certainly sticks with the dark and mysterious theme. Oh and filming has begun.
Tintin is looking pretty cool. Will definitely be keen to see this.
Jason Todd is back. Again. A very cool DC character that needs more of a spotlight. His appearances in Batman & Robin and Red Hood: The Lost Days recently have been well handled, but there is much to explore and hopefully his new Batman & Robin appearance will turn into a cracking run.
I gotta say, with all the Batman comics currently being released, it does get a little confusing, especially if it's been a while since reading the last issue - Batman, Detective Comics, Batman & Robin, Batman Incorporated, Batman: The Return, Red Robin, Batgirl, Gotham City Sirens, Batman: The Dark Knight, Batwoman, Streets of Gotham and Birds of Prey. And those are just the ones I read. Maybe time to review the pull list again.
Gotham City Sirens #23
Green Arrow #12
Green Lantern #66
Green Lantern Corps #60
Green Lantern Emerald Warriors #10
Secret Avengers #13 Fear Itself
Turf #5
So, a new trailer for Green Lantern focusing on the Corps. I think it is looking better and better each time material is being released, which is great. Still not sure if RR is the man to play Hal, but I'll give him a chance.
Picture of Hardy as Bane has been released - well a picture of his back and him wearing a dodgy mask. Certainly sticks with the dark and mysterious theme. Oh and filming has begun.
Tintin is looking pretty cool. Will definitely be keen to see this.
Jason Todd is back. Again. A very cool DC character that needs more of a spotlight. His appearances in Batman & Robin and Red Hood: The Lost Days recently have been well handled, but there is much to explore and hopefully his new Batman & Robin appearance will turn into a cracking run.
I gotta say, with all the Batman comics currently being released, it does get a little confusing, especially if it's been a while since reading the last issue - Batman, Detective Comics, Batman & Robin, Batman Incorporated, Batman: The Return, Red Robin, Batgirl, Gotham City Sirens, Batman: The Dark Knight, Batwoman, Streets of Gotham and Birds of Prey. And those are just the ones I read. Maybe time to review the pull list again.
Saturday, 14 May 2011
Due 18 May 2011
Avengers #13 Fear
Batman #710
Batman And Robin #23
Batman Gates Of Gotham #1 (Of 5)(maybe)
Booster Gold #44 Flashpoint
Turf #5
Ultimate Avengers Vs New Ultimates #4 (Of 6)
X-Men Prelude To Schism #2 (Of 4)
Zatanna #13
Well, we have now had the first issue of Flashpoint and I have to say it did not disappoint. Very cool concept, great art, fast pacy script and the potential that anything could happen - I dare you to read that last page and not smile! Anyone who likes Elseworld comics or multiverse style storytelling is going to love this. There are a lot of tie-ins but thankfully you can just stick to the main comic and still get the story. Nice!
Batman #710
Batman And Robin #23
Batman Gates Of Gotham #1 (Of 5)(maybe)
Booster Gold #44 Flashpoint
Turf #5
Ultimate Avengers Vs New Ultimates #4 (Of 6)
X-Men Prelude To Schism #2 (Of 4)
Zatanna #13
Well, we have now had the first issue of Flashpoint and I have to say it did not disappoint. Very cool concept, great art, fast pacy script and the potential that anything could happen - I dare you to read that last page and not smile! Anyone who likes Elseworld comics or multiverse style storytelling is going to love this. There are a lot of tie-ins but thankfully you can just stick to the main comic and still get the story. Nice!
Sunday, 8 May 2011
Due 11 May 2011
Batgirl #21
Batman And Robin #23
Batman Incorporated #6
Birds Of Prey #12
Black Panther Man Without Fear #518
Daredevil Reborn #4 (Of 4)
Flash #12 (Flashpoint)
Flashpoint #1
Green Lantern #66 (War Of GL)
Red Robin #23
X-Men #11
Batman And Robin #23
Batman Incorporated #6
Birds Of Prey #12
Black Panther Man Without Fear #518
Daredevil Reborn #4 (Of 4)
Flash #12 (Flashpoint)
Flashpoint #1
Green Lantern #66 (War Of GL)
Red Robin #23
X-Men #11
Monday, 2 May 2011
Due 4 May 2011
Wow, a very small week. Only 2 titles. Unusual. To be fair though, last week was a big one. The end of Brightest Day and the end of JL Generation Lost came and went - I haven't read them yet so am deliberately avoiding reading about them if I can.
Fear Itself #2 (Of 7)
Turf #5
Fear Itself #2 (Of 7)
Turf #5
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Due 27 April 2011
Avengers #12 Point OneBatman Incorporated #5
Brightest Day #24Detective Comics #876Flash #11 (Flashpoint)Green Arrow #11 (Brightest Day)
Green Lantern Emerald Warriors #9 (War Of GL)
Haunt #15Justice League Generation Lost #24 (BD)Secret Avengers #12 Point OneTurf #5X-Men #10
So we got two 'Point one' issues this week - implemented by Marvel as a good starting point for anyone wanting to read the comic but doesn't necessarily want to start at the beginning - will be interesting to see if it works for someone who has started at the beginning.
Final issue of Turf? I managed to catch up with the previous issues last week and really enjoyed it.
And Flashpoint kicks off in earnest - really looking forward to this.
Brightest Day #24Detective Comics #876Flash #11 (Flashpoint)Green Arrow #11 (Brightest Day)
Green Lantern Emerald Warriors #9 (War Of GL)
Haunt #15Justice League Generation Lost #24 (BD)Secret Avengers #12 Point OneTurf #5X-Men #10
So we got two 'Point one' issues this week - implemented by Marvel as a good starting point for anyone wanting to read the comic but doesn't necessarily want to start at the beginning - will be interesting to see if it works for someone who has started at the beginning.
Final issue of Turf? I managed to catch up with the previous issues last week and really enjoyed it.
And Flashpoint kicks off in earnest - really looking forward to this.
Friday, 15 April 2011
Not Enough Time.
It would be fascinating to line up every book, comic, film, newspaper, article, magazine, internet source and television programme that you wanted to watch and actually see how much time it would take to get through them all. Obviously this would be a counter productive process and would only include those items you knew existed at the time (and of course there are many of the above medium in the years to come that we will want to consume that we don't yet know about). This is a long way round of saying that there is far too much information and entertainment to consume and not enough time. Most of us have full time jobs. We have social lives. We have partners and friends. How the hell do you get through everything?
Those of us out there who don't find it a problem would simply say, it comes down to 'choice'. You simply chose what you want to consume and accept that you will never be able to access everything. Companies like Google make the process easier. They allow you to narrow searches down. But for many that is not enough. The fact that they crave information is too strong - they will spend a lifetime trying to read all of it.
Recently I found that in my daily routine there was probably close to 30 websites that I visited on a regular basis. These comprised my usual favourite topics of gadgets, tech, comics, movies, sport, general news and recruitment/ legal for work. On top of this there were the various apps that I use on both my iPhone and iPad - the likes of Zite and Flipboard - which attempt to break info down in to easy to swallow bites. The point is that in any given day, it isn't possible to really get through that much information and still work and sleep.
In my effort to try and control what I consume and when, I decided to pick a handful of sites that are 'daily' reads. That is a site that updates daily and has enough substantive information to make it worthwhile visiting 5 times a week (I get the weekend off). I have used Google bookmarks for a while now (means you can access your bookmarks from any computer) so I have thousands of favourite sites all categorised. I simply went through the key categories and picked those that would give me the broadest overview - the Guardian and International Herald Tribune for news. Comicbookresources and Aintitcool for geeky stuff. CNET, Mashable and Wired for techy stuff. BBC for sport, twitter trends for well twitter and theotherside which is a nice London-centric site, handy for letting you know things going on in the capital.
One page of bookmarks - accessible on every gadget I own - takes me 20- 30 minutes to get through it and at the end I feel like I have covered everything I need. Add in a quick view of Flipboard and all is good in the world of info-jocking. Of course this doesn't help me catch up with 17 different seasons of my favourite tv shows!
Of course, the other option is to use an aggregator. Try popurls.com. This site pulls anything of importance on the Internet into one page - and breaks it down into categories. You could spend years on this site - it has articles, videos, pictures - everything. It's definitely worth a visit every now and then.
Those of us out there who don't find it a problem would simply say, it comes down to 'choice'. You simply chose what you want to consume and accept that you will never be able to access everything. Companies like Google make the process easier. They allow you to narrow searches down. But for many that is not enough. The fact that they crave information is too strong - they will spend a lifetime trying to read all of it.
Recently I found that in my daily routine there was probably close to 30 websites that I visited on a regular basis. These comprised my usual favourite topics of gadgets, tech, comics, movies, sport, general news and recruitment/ legal for work. On top of this there were the various apps that I use on both my iPhone and iPad - the likes of Zite and Flipboard - which attempt to break info down in to easy to swallow bites. The point is that in any given day, it isn't possible to really get through that much information and still work and sleep.
In my effort to try and control what I consume and when, I decided to pick a handful of sites that are 'daily' reads. That is a site that updates daily and has enough substantive information to make it worthwhile visiting 5 times a week (I get the weekend off). I have used Google bookmarks for a while now (means you can access your bookmarks from any computer) so I have thousands of favourite sites all categorised. I simply went through the key categories and picked those that would give me the broadest overview - the Guardian and International Herald Tribune for news. Comicbookresources and Aintitcool for geeky stuff. CNET, Mashable and Wired for techy stuff. BBC for sport, twitter trends for well twitter and theotherside which is a nice London-centric site, handy for letting you know things going on in the capital.
One page of bookmarks - accessible on every gadget I own - takes me 20- 30 minutes to get through it and at the end I feel like I have covered everything I need. Add in a quick view of Flipboard and all is good in the world of info-jocking. Of course this doesn't help me catch up with 17 different seasons of my favourite tv shows!
Of course, the other option is to use an aggregator. Try popurls.com. This site pulls anything of importance on the Internet into one page - and breaks it down into categories. You could spend years on this site - it has articles, videos, pictures - everything. It's definitely worth a visit every now and then.
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