Sin City: Hell and Back

After watching Sin City at my in-laws, my FIL let me borrow his copy of Sin City: Hell and Back. Finished it last night... good read, similar story as to what's in the movie. Artwork is typical Frank Miller. Rate: B+

Captain Britain

Picked this up at Half Price Books... It's been a good read so far... From what I'm understanding, this run of comics came after the Alan Moore/Alan Davis run... To be honest, it's been a year since I've read Alan Moore's run; I should probably go back and read it first before reading more of this one. Rate: C+

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+