Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes Crisis

[Marty Nozz]

So I rounded up my books this week after laughing hysterically at Barack the Barbarian. Didn't actually read the comic, but the laughable cover and the tagline about "The Quest for Stimuli" pretty much gave me all I needed to know about the comic.

Anyways:

Gotham City Sirens: utterly forgettable. Dini just missed the mark entirely. I love Paul Dini's work usually, this just was flat and boring. The March artwork didn't help matters.

Detective Comics: as expected, it delivered. My expectations were all met and I'm looking forward to the next issue already. Welcome back to Gotham, Mister Rucka. We missed you.

Teen Titans: another forgettable issue. I really like a lot of these characters. I just wish there was more interesting stuff going on. When the high-light of the comic is Miss Martian and Static playing DDR we've got a problem.

Superman: this book was a nice diversion. Mon-El travels the world and does neat stuff and meets cool people. It's all very brief snippets of these adventures, but Robinson gives you one page of something cool and then moves on to let us fill in the details. It's a light read, but a lot of fun.

Wonder Woman: wow. I'm still letting this one settle. Major status quo shift. It's interesting as hell, and opens a lot of interesting doors, but it changes something about Diana that I'm not really sure I like changed. It's not a stupid change, and it makes complete sense in the storyline, but it's just so major. I'll probably blog about it once I'm down from the mountain.

[ScottyQuick]

... are you Pinder too?

[Linda Lee Danvers]

Is it your turn to be Pinder this week, Marty? IS IT?!

[Kay_Challis]

I know I'm down for August.

[Nekotalim_II]

You guys never let me be Pinder.. crying

[Pinderpanda 600]

Quite right too.

You'd do it too well.

[Marty Nozz]

Yeah, Max handed me the baton so I get to be Pinder this week. Linda gets it next.

And no Neko, you don't get to be Pinder again since you tried to rename the thread "Catgirl Claims Command".

[Ms. Karen Starr]

One sentence about Detective, Marty? I'm a little shocked.

[Marty Nozz]

Ms. Karen Starr

One sentence about Detective, Marty? I'm a little shocked.

I can make a checklist if it makes you feel better.

Classic Rucka opening focusing on character with action that is well controlled and not gratuitous: check.

Innovative page layout by Williams: check. (And for those who are just looking at it and going 'ooo, pretty' I want you all to go back through and pay attention to how he worked the doubles and the things he did with the gutters. These are giant pains in the a** on a technical level.)

Well crafted back-up piece which both contrasted and complemented the main feature and simultaneously took me back to my childhood in which Detective Comics featured Green Arrow back-up stories every month: check.

Well rounded characters: check.

Ending which made me want to read the next issue immediately: check.

Outstanding color work by Dave Stewart (and ******** anyone who does not recognize how much of a contribution it is to the book, and dammit that guy's name should be in big damn letters right beside Rucka and Williams): check.

Everyone happy now?

[Cissy-Chan]

Okay, so it's way off topic. But you need to go watch "Batman:The Brave and the Bold" episode "Legends of the Dark Mite". And you need to do it now...I MEAN NOW.

[Marty Nozz]

Nope, and you can't make me.

[iMethuselah]

Cissy-Chan

Okay, so it's way off topic. But you need to go watch "Batman:The Brave and the Bold" episode "Legends of the Dark Mite". And you need to do it now...I MEAN NOW.

Why does that sound familiar? Did Paul DIni write that episode?

[Giabrenna]

Yes.

He also shows up in the comic-con crowd dressed as a very unamused Harley Quinn.

[Cissy-Chan]

Giabrenna

Yes.

He also shows up in the comic-con crowd dressed as a very unamused Harley Quinn.

I have not laughed that hard in a long time...nor have I EVER seen LooneyToons and DC so...well meshed together...but then, Dini and Timm did get their start on TinyToons ^_^. And...then I found out Batmite is voiced by PeeWee Herman himself!

[Teatime Brutality]

Cissy-Chan

Okay, so it's way off topic. But you need to go watch "Batman:The Brave and the Bold" episode "Legends of the Dark Mite". And you need to do it now...I MEAN NOW.

I've not seen it yet (I've a lot of BBB catching up to do...though the Kamandi ep is motivating me to get right on with that) but I've seen a clip of the convention scene and squeed appropriately.

If it'd been around last year, I could have saved myself a lot of keyboard time by just posting a macro of "That's not my Batman!" in various debates.