Identity Crisis

Question: Is this the greatest moment in the history of DC comics?

Linkorama

Its been a while since I put a link up hasn't it?
Here's one for you then. I refer you to the might of Batfatty
He doesn't update much, but I check his damn site every day. Pure genius. Enjoy.

And err, sorry for the lack of proper posts recently, but I'm going through a bit of a drama in the real world which makes it difficult to concentrate on men in leotards.

Normal service will be restored as soon as possible, in the meantime no doubt I'll have to fall back on every lazy blogger's best friend Youtube. Enjoy...

Wars come and go...dikes are forever

These lame excuses for refusing to resist the Nazi occupation of Holland first appeared in Star Spangled War Stories #161:

so sayeth the talking windmill

While we're on the subject of World War II, how about this cracker of a cover...

Fuck the tulips, crank up the steamroller and let's go flatten the axis!

Three reasons why Omega Flight #4 rocks

1. Superheroes fighting demons

2. Beta Ray Bill and his moon-crushing fists

3. C-list super-villains so high on demon juice that they are willing to outbrag Beta Ray Bill

Honestly I loved this comic. Its silly, its violent and there's very little in the way of a plot. Its just like an 80's issue of Marvel Team-Up. Brilliant stuff. Even the cover is awesome...

OK everybody, when I say action I want you all to snarl and punch each other!

Greetings spandex lovers

Guys in spandex
spandex fuck
guys+spandex+bulge

just three of the multitude of spandex based search terms that have led people to the mighty LLC over the past week.

Yes friends, ever since this post, your favourite comics blog has reached new levels of popularity*.

The increase in traffic clearly proves that I've been missing my demographic, so its out with the silver age scans and in with more shots of grown men in super-hero costumes.

Get whacking off N-N-N-NOWWWWWWWWWWW!

EXCELSIOR!!!!!!

*Now getting a massive 12 hits a day on average!

Why I bought what I did this week

Ga-Ha! Tired and half cut so I am. But also painfully aware that I have been letting my loyal band of seven readers down on the comics review front of late.

While remedying that fact is beyond me tonight, I can list everything I bought this week with explanations as to why I did so.

Tipping the contents of my comic shop bag on the floor and selecting items as they fall, I begin with...

Back Issue #23
Its a magazine about bronze age comics and the people who created them. Not always very well written, but that's because the content comes from fans rather than professionals. Some bad articles, some good articles, usually a couple of really interesting articles. I always get this.

Batman Detective Comics #835
This issue's not written by Paul Dini, but I haven't had any problems with the previous fill-in writers on this series so I hope this will still be a good read. Whether it be comics or TV, the thing I've always liked best about Batman is his rogues gallery. This title does the villains well and that's why I keep picking it up.

Ant-man #11
Robert Kirkman currently writes two books for Marvel: Ultimate X-men which sucks and The Irredeemable Ant-Man which is arguably the sharpest mainstream super-hero book on the stands. Guess which one gets cancelled next issue? Bollocks.

Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four #4
Final issue of a really good mini-series. Fun, knockabout sci-fi hijinks which is what all Fantastic Four comics should be about. Very pretty art from Mike Wieringo makes it even better than it already is.

Thor #2
Hated the first issue, but its Thor so I'll give it another chance. If he starts saying "thee" and "nay" a lot while smashing people over the head with his big hammer I'll be happy. Anything less and I'm dropping this one.

Midnighter #10
Hasn't been as good since Ennis upped sticks and abandoned it, but I still like this title. The fill-in writers and artists seem to have been encouraged to use the book to experiment with new ways of graphic storytelling and, while the results haven't always been successful, its made for interesting reading. Chris Sprouse returns to pencils this issue which is a big + point.

World War Hulk #3
Didn't think much of Issue #1. Issue #2 was much better. Looking forward to seeing John Romita Jr drawing Hulk smash up tanks and fighter jets in issue #3. I still hate that poxy space armour though, and, as the mighty Dave F himself says: "Why the fuck does Hulk need a sword?"

Scalped volume #1
Its a Vertigo trade paperback about a murder on an Indian reservation. Know nothing more about it than than that, but I've heard it's good. The low price point makes it worth a spin.

I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets: The comics of Fletcher Hanks
I've had this on order from Amazon for months. I want to read it really, really badly. So badly that I've given up waiting and paid the extra at my local comic book shop. Fucked up golden age madness from a forgotten master. Made perfect sense on the bus home from the pub. Shall read it all over the weekend.

They call him the Midnight Ninja (TM)
What if The Immortal Iron Fist was written and drawn by a kid? Totally and utterly awesome. You will hear more from me about this one.

Watchmen website

And...KERPOOF! Just like that an official website for Zach Snyder's Watchmen movie appeared.

Not much on there at the mo, but there is a cast list. Do any of these float your freighter?

Malin Ackerman as Laurie Juspeczyk

Billy Crudup as Doctor Manhattan
(Must've been close between him and these three)

Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach (Hrmm)

Matthew Goode as Ozymandias

Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the Comedian (I'm kind of seeing this one, although deep down I was hoping for Burt Reynolds or Lee Majors)

Patrick Wilson (left) as Nite Owl. Presumably he'll have to balloon to the size of the bloater on the right for the role. Actually, why not just cast her as Nite Owl?

I'm not sure any of them do it for me, but I'll put up with them all if Snyder can just cast Clint Eastwood as Moloch or Hollis Mason or, you know, both.