Bone: One Volume Edition

I got this for my birthday last month... I ended up taking it with me on vacation to Maine. Finished the whole thing in about 4 days and I must say it was an excellent read, well worth the money spent on it. I liked it so much, I ended up lending it to my brother-in-law for him to read -- I think he'll like it as well.

Some thing to note.. Jeff Smith is from Columbus, Ohio. :)

Now, I haven't read Moby Dick... and I probably should. It's one of those things you should just read... if you haven't guessed, there's many references to Moby Dick in Bone... Rate: A+

Donald Duck Adventures #3

Ended up taking this on vacation with us to Walt Disney World... It's cute... The stories are simple. The first story is D&D related, with a little spin... Where the story is very important.

I'd give it 4 out of 5. Good for a quick Disney fix... I like the quote about this series on the web-site, "just right for kids to carry with them on vacation or on family excursions - so they'll never be far away from the exciting Disney stories produced just for them"... yep, it was the perfect size... but I really needed about 5-10 of these books... very quick reading. ;) Rate: C-

High Society

Finished up High Society... I really liked it. I really shouldn't had read them out of order... might go back and reread the book 3 & 4 again... or might just skim through them...

Really impressed with David Sim's portrayal of Lord Julius... or Groucho Marx... Makes me want to pick up a few Marx brothers movies...

And I really like the story... intelligent, funny, witty... but it's a made for trade paperback story... In the first book, the stories were self contained... now there's multiple thread lines... Rate: A+

Bone: Out of Boneville

Picked up Bone: Out of Boneville at Half Price Books today... just finished reading it. It was good... I'll have to pick the next one up. I've been hitting the library lately & saw they have a pretty good selection of graphic novels; I'll see if they have the next book in the series. The artwork is good, the plot is simple (for now, unlike Cerebus). It reminds me a little bit of Pogo. Rate: A

Cerebus

Per a co-worker's tip, local Half Price Books had the complete Cerebus trade paper back run. Picked up the first 2 books for now -- I've read through books 3 & 4, now I'll go back and read 1 & 2. Hopefully after I finish them, some of the other trades that I'm missing will still be there for me to purchase... Rate: B+

Dr. Strange

If I could take a Marvel character and revamp the character, which character & what twist would I do? Hm... Doctor Strange, because I wouldn't take on someone from the super-hero line. I like darker, moodier characters... The revamp is a little harder to come up with...

I'd have to do some research... I forget if there's a significant other in his life. Don't think he has any kids... From the stories I do remember reading, he seems isolated, emotionless, cold... Not really a likable character like Batman. Part of the coldness might be from his religious/magic studies, but can't seem to put my finger on it. I remember that he was an arrogant surgeon, who had nerve damage, that sent him on his quest, which led him to study mysticism...

Some initial thoughts, I'd do some flash back (al la Alan Moore's Supreme style).

...more later...

New Comic Store

Last weekend, went to a new comic store in town -- Packrat Comics (in Hilliard, OH), I think. They've been advertising around town with little signs on street corners & in people's yards. It's a little shop... I set up a pull there... maybe a mile away for the house. The owner was friendly... He said they had a comic store a few years back, and he was getting back into the business...