I have a little sister about Junior High age and she's recently gotten into Blink 182 and Good Charlotte. Blink I can understand- I'm sure they still get some play, square in their target audience, makes perfect sense. But also-ran dreck like Good Charlotte? How would a 13yo today know they ever existed?!?
I blame big…

Got a text from a buddy last night- yeah, probably going to go to the LA show.
High School me is balking at the price and wondering why they aren't touring with Murder City Devils. Lame old me will be happy to drunkenly sing along to Napoleon Solo

This was one of those albums that comes out when the general public is tired of great band doing the things that made said band great. Better look next time Tortoise- should have considered Reggaeton or Trap Music influences!
All kidding aside this is still a pretty great album. Those albums always sound better a few…

That last page was amazing and upped last issues great cliffhanger. Poor Alfred!

Ha- yes that would help! I've been thinking about what (I'm pretty sure) you said the other day about how it's like he wants to make Constantine, but didn't actually build out any of the world.

Agreed totally on Batman- I only recently started reading, but the last two issues have been the first to really kick ass! Really enjoying the horror Bloom is wreaking. (but, you know, bad for Gotham I guess.)

I was similarly surprised by Emperor Wolf's new clothes, which I bought without even glancing at it because I felt bad slagging the guy last week. Thinking about it today, it's not very different than the previous issues or the issues I have with said issues, but I did enjoy it more than any of those and will probably…

Batman #48 was great. I started reading Batman for the first time since the 90s a few issues back and it's really cooking now! Between the Joker Batman benchside double-entendre-thon and Bloom's bloody destruction of Gotham I am really enjoying this book now.
Clean Room #4 Another comic that just keeps going up and up.…

I'm only reading the From Under Mountains which I think is related? I would agree- I think #4 was the first issue where I mostly knew what was going on the whole time, which even then was not a ton. But the artwork keeps pulling me back- they style is very different than most books and the colors and moods have kept…

I tried to jump on Material, but it didn't really seem very much like a comic. I felt like I'd be better served checking out the guys blog than reading a comic of his if I was interested in his reading or worldview.

Bummer to hear about Wolf- It's the first Kot I read, but I've been wondering if I was gonna stick with it after the first 4. It's not bAAAd, and I do like the art style, aspects of the story are good, etc. It just hasn't shaped up into anything totally worth reading yet for me. We'll see what 5 looks like in the…

Clean Room was pretty good- I wasn't totally sold on #1, but #2 punched me up and I'll be coming back for a bit now. I'm hoping Black Magic #2 seals it for me similarly, although that's Image and not Vertigo. I've also liked Twilight Children so far.

I don't read any other Transformers titles and am not terribly knowledgeable about them, but Scioli's Transformers vs. GI Joe is absolutely amazing. As someone who just watched the respective cartoons in the 80's, I always wonder what it reads like for folks that know all the characters/references. But MAN that comic!
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This is great satire of a sort I suppose? I really quite liked it and thought it was the best of the bunch. But what does the lay person know of talents and arts?

So I was deep in a creep-wiki-run just last night and came across Puma Blues and it sounded great! I can't believe my timing in that it's just been reissued like this RIGHT when I've just heard of it looking up 80s comics history. You put it perfectly- seems like a slam dunk.

Ha- I have the same exact thing with Cops. If it came on, that meant it was 8pm on a High School Saturday Night and I wasn't doing anything, no one would pick me up, etc. Still get that 'aww shit man' feeling if I ever hear that theme song.

Here to concur with everyone. #1 was the first time I saw the phenomenal James Stokoe, so I was REALLY disappointed when I found out it wasn't his series. Then #2 was absolutely beautiful and totally brought me back in!
It hasn't been bad (I haven't read #4 yet..), but it has been tough for it to reach the heights of…

Ha - I saw it on a list of next week's new releases and totally had one of those 'hey- I know that person - wait, no, I guess I don't really' moments. But good for her! And him by extension.

I agree that it was very jarring- especially on a big page close-up like that. It made me wonder if it was intentional in that regard, similar to the way the dialogue in many 'classic' 80's movies can shock or grate upon revisiting. The last time I watched Monster Squad I had a similar experience.
I REALLY like to…

Agreed completely on the correction- to me, the word felt like homage, whereas the reaction felt very much like the self-aware 2010's spin on that scenario.
I was rather surprised encountering it in such a flagrant fashion, which I guess pushed me down the period-appropriate road? It felt pretty bold, even with Erin's…