Friday 5 #8

This will be the last Friday 5, and probably the last post in general, for at least a week and possibly 2. The family & I are heading off for vacation on Monday. Two days at Disneyland, then down to San Diego for Comic-Con and other stuff. BTW, I don't know know if I'd mentioned this before, but I was planning on blogging my way through the con. However, that's unlikely now, thanks to shitty 'Net access at the hotel, suspect transportation (the hotel's in Chula Vista, about 8 miles from the con, so it's obviously not along the shuttle route), and the rest of the family lounging about the room. Besides the 3 people who read this blog can get the same info in a more timely manner from one of the places listed to your right anyway. So, let's get down to business!


1. 52 #10: Hmmm...Let me get this straight. Perry's going to take the PR hit that comes with firing a popular reporter/successful (award-winning?), certainly best-selling, auhor? Come on, if Perry's complaining about the Daily Star (probably-not-coincidentally the paper the E-2 Superman worked for) scooping the Planet on naming Supernova, how unhappy is he going to be when they sign Clark? What a dope.
Also, why is it that, for the last couple weeks, the only time we've seen Booster, he's bitching about Supernova? Has he stopped doing hero shit? Because if I'm trying to rebuild my credibility, I'm on patrol, I'm helping little old ladies across the street, and to Hell with what anyone else says. But then, I'm not convinced of my own messianic tendencies.
Can we see more of Ralph and the cult?

2. SDCC: Despite the issues listed above the fold, I'm psyched for SDCC this year, as always. In some ways, I get more excited about the con than I do about Christmas. Shhh, don't tell Mrs. Z. Anyway, I put together my sketch list for this year, and it was 2 pages long. There's obviously no way I can hit up 2 pages' worth of artists for sketches in 3 days. So, I've had to prioritize. I'll let you know after the con who I got and who I didn't.

3. SDCC again: I like going to the panels at SDCC. They're informative, fun, and a place to sit down for a little while after navigating the gigantic mess that the con floor becomes on Friday afternoon/all day Saturday. So what's my problem? My most pressing problem is that on Thursday, at 10:30 am there are 3 panels that I want to see: a Pokemon panel, a panel on the DC Comics postage stamps/first cancellation ceremony, and the Comic Arts Conference panel dealing with Pete Coogan's new book tracing the development of superheroes and Philip Jose Farmer's Wold-Newton concepts. And that's only the first of many panels I want to see that I'm going to have to make choices for.

4. Star Wars: Legacy: Dark Horse's new Star Wars books are pretty good. I enjoyed the first few issues of Knights of the Old Republic series were enjoyable before I had to sacrifice it on the altar of fiscal responsibility. So what do I do? I pick up a new series. Legacy picks up 137 years after the Battle of Yavin (Episode 4), and deals with the last of the Skywalkers and political subterfuge on the Imperial Throneworld. I don't want to give too much away, but just take my word for it: it's good reading. I've liked John Ostrander's work for many years, and it's just as good here. One word of advice: if you have the opportunity to grab the 25cent preview, do so. It doesn't have a story, but it's a handbook-style intro to the series that clarifies things that Ostrander will no doubt be addressing in subsequent issues anyway.

5. Finder: If you like good comics, but you're not reading Finder, what's wrong with you? Seriously. Warren Ellis loves it. I love it. What more do you need? Go pick up Sin-Eater, Volume 1. It's the first trade in the series. You won't regret it. Unless you don't like good comics. In which case you will. Because Finder is good comics.