They'll be putting out both Sebastian O and The Mystery Play as a dual hardcover in October. They're okay…way down the list of Morrison works I think, especially the latter, but worth checking out for his pre-Invisibles creator owned efforts and mindset.

I once did it as a gimmick years and years ago when that was a regular occurrence, but I gave up on it pretty fast once I started actually enjoying the comics conversations around here.

Yep! By Joe Casey and Jim Mahfood. It kinda came and went as most Lion Forge books do, but it was pretty wild.

Agreed in that I think Mother Panic is the big miss of the line. There's something interesting about a proto-cyber punk Batman title, but it doesn't do much else to distinguish itself from any other Gotham book except it has F-bombs. Ehhh…but for what it's worth, the current Batwoman book is really no better.

It's good! A proto-FF basically, and DC previous collection of that material was really strong, so I'm glad they're bringing that back into print.

Agreed, it's the closest DC ever got to emulating the energy of Kirby-Ditko-Lee Marvel…Jim Shooter's early Legion comics tried to do that, but it didn't quite land.

Nah! Nothing wrong with reading the classics. I have that Omnibus on my nightstand as well.

For what it's worth, there's a chance all these Young Animal books may end at Issue 12 anyway, depending on what happens after these crossover specials. It's all still pretty vague right now. I hope not though, they're the only comics I still buy physical copies of.

Yeah, it's Scott Snyder and Andy Kubert. It and The Terrifics are probably the most interesting looking Dark Matter comics.

Hard to say on the solo series bit, but it's hard to imagine they'd put the character front and center of their big event without pulling out a spin-off afterward. Could also be involved with the New Challengers comic instead though.

The Walking Dead and Saga continue to sell well. Paper Girls may as well, but I don't have the numbers in front of me. Everything else hovers around 5-15k at best, but with their bigger names looking to move on to greener pastures like television, they're struggling to fill that gap. Unfortunately, it's a lot of…

The only major comics publisher to make less of an impact was Image, like I couldn't believe how little they tried this year. I know they have their Expo, but with their rapidly shrinking market share, you'd think they'd try to announce something to get people talking. Nope, nada.

He's a cool guy, and always comes to HeroesCon in Charlotte, so I usually get a chance to chat with him about whatever he's digging lately. He even attended a Kirby tribute panel so he could watch The Hernandez Bros and Erik Larsen talk, and asked a number of good questions. Big fan of that guy.

So, SDCC, let's talk about the things that got announced there…

Transformers vs. GI Joe is the one thing that springs immediately to mind. I also really enjoyed Miami Vice: Remix, which is kind of in a similar vein.

Got back from SDCC on Tuesday and had to immediately turn around and fly to Tampa for work. So, pretty exhausted, but I've wrapped almost all my coverage for The Beat - with the exception of one very big interview (with the Hernandez Bros). But, happy to have all that off my plate.

Maybe, but Bourdain? Nocenti? Emma Beeby is probably the only one we can that kind of argument for here.

Not exactly what I'd call a great start for a industry figure of Berger's stature. It looks like Shelly Bond's Black Crown is going make the bigger splash out the gate, having roped in Gilbert Hernandez, Peter Milligan, and some newer, more exciting talent.

That's good to hear. I enjoyed the first issue quite a bit, but the second one was beginning to lose me somewhat. Can't quite put my finger on why.

Since I'm getting to interview the Hernandez Bros at SDCC next week, I'm blowing through the last 7 years of their work again. This re-read has really re-solidified how great Gilbert's work is to me. I mean, we all talk about Jaime, but man, Gilbert is just a master of genre and probably the closest thing to a comic…