Bendis' Sam & Twitch stuff was supposed to be good, wasn't it?

Ah, that was you, of course! I blame this awful cold I'm having for my poor memory. I'm looking forward to checking out those reviews!

How did you feel about Ultimate Iron Man? I read it for the first time recently, and (given how I feel about Card) I was kinda shocked at how good it was. I'd put it in my top ten of the Ultimate universe, easily.
Mike Carey wrote most of my other favourites, so I recommend all of that, even though his Ultimate FF run…

I was looking at Feathers just now, and it seemed really promising from the preview. Where can I find your writing?

What are we all buying and/or staring wistfully at in the shop/browser window this week?

Or at least trying to make it look like they're trying.

I wish we lived in a world where that was the case (I really wish we did), but that was never James Robinson's decision to make.

So happy about the presence of two No Code songs on the list. All the while we like to pretend we know what's objectively good, the truth is that all our tastes are formed just as much by happenstance and timing as they are any kind of Platonic ideal of musical "quality". I have no idea how much of my affection for…

Ah, the famous "Bill the Cat theorem" there.

with better art than any vertigo series ever had

I tried to start up some of the usual Big Issues threads over in the latest Comics Panel comments. A couple of people showed up; it's at the bottom (if you sort by oldest).

I… don't know what you mean by that. Do you think I'm being weak-stomached? I have no issue with a comments section disagreeing with a reviewer's opinion and/or analysis, but throwing shade on their professional integrity just because you like a show more than they do, that's just crap rhetoric.

Daredevil: Ninja! I'd completely forgotten about that, even though I bought it when it came out. Well, that was fifteen years ago to the month, so it's probably not that weird. Looking at the timeline, it must have been Bendis' tryout for the main DD book. Aside from Rob Haynes' cel-shaded-looking art, I don't…

Hm?

I've only read the first trade of Manifest Destiny, but I really liked it. It was competently executed on all levels, and it had that elusive liminal horror feel, that thing where a piece of fiction makes me feel like I'm standing/teetering at the edge of something unknown. I love that.

You make a good point. I guess it's pretty churlish of me to wish he would work with someone else just because the stuff Larsen wants to make (has dedicated his life to making) isn't for me.

That book was always very densely plotted, wasn't it? I can imagine that would make it particularly difficult to pick up after a long absence. I took a look at some preview pages when going through that sale, and I can't deny that Larsen still makes exciting-looking comicbooks. I just wonder whether he could be one of…

Like I said, I've only read that first issue of Velvet, but if you enjoyed that, I see no reason why you wouldn't take to Brubaker and company's Cap. Although it's more grounded than the stuff you refer to, it's not without its more out-there moments. Brubaker's very aware of all the different moods and modes of the…

I basically agree with you on Jim Lee, although I do believe that if you harness his strengths, he can be really effective. He just needs to be working with the right people, both on layouts, inks and colours. I still hold that he did the best work of his career back when he was working over Carl Potts on the Punisher…

Dark Horse would definitely be where I would focus in these sales if I had the cash; it's such a nice opportunity to get an overview of the stuff they're putting out currently. With the new Image revolution, it seems to me like DH has slid into the periphery. They do appear to be putting out a lot of interesting genre…