Just want GJI to cover someone digging, you know, a really good hole. Maybe one you could anchor a post in, start a fence goin'. These kids, too quick to say what a real great job is.

That one was fun too. I love the little niches that one writer lets their personality shine in, like Samantha's stuff about board games and RPGs. I'd love to get more of that and I know there's a host of writers who would be able to really make it their own.

Is there any chance of starting up bigger, feature projects again? Fear of a Punk Decade, The New Cult Canon, My World of Flops and many others were a big draw when I first started really becoming a member of the AV Club commenting community and I'd love to see another personal project like it.

That Gilmore Girls community was a lot of fun and I still weirdly get likes for some comments on those recaps. There's a demand for it Teti!

But that means the story where we find out that the government has been putting alien corpses in our marijuana won't be canon?!?!

Skip X-Files Season 10. I love the X-Files like I imagine some people love family and friends but it's utterly forgettable and has to break continuity and characters in all sorts of ways to make its narrative work. Definitely worth letting that sale go.

I think the latest one is #5.

The concepts are vastly similar but this Omega Men is much more dependent on using tone and style to tell more of a story focusing on terrorism, nationality and faith. It's by a long margin, my favorite new comic of the year but it's probably one of the most deliberately alienating superhero comics I've ever read.

That run is so much fun. It's all Hama channeling his love of James Bond, Eastern mysticism, off the wall ninja action and the locales and cities he saw in Vietnam. I'm a big fan.

I have read Omega Men and despite Kyle's presence, it's not really a GL book. I love Omega Men and think everyone should be reading it but definitely know going into it that it's neither a Lantern book or a story focused on Kyle.

I've long argued that GI Joe #21, Silent Interlude, is the issue of comics to read if you want to learn to write comics. Despite only having one word, a sound effect, you can feel how intricate, complex and well plotted that issue is. It's everything Larry Hama wanted it to be and such a pure distillation of his…

Continue reading Transformers vs. GI Joe because it is great. I'm not a Transformers guy but am a longtime fan of Larry Hama's GI Joe and the Kirby sensibilities of that book are great. Definitely take the time to read the notes in the back if you're interested in how it all comes together.

I was sad to see Lost Army go this week. It was a pretty experimental book for a Green Lantern series and I would kind of like to see more of that playfulness from this franchise in the future.

I love that book so much. Several people I know are getting the Omnibus for Christmas. One of the best humor comics of the last 10 years.

Uncanny Inhumans is pretty strong and I say that as someone who does not care an ounce about the Inhumans. It's definitely high concept Marvel action, which is nice. Karnak is also a lot of fun but it's kind of a for Warren Ellis fans only affair.

See, some of that has been disputed as well though. Lee's support of creator credit has long been debated as less his will and more of pushing from his cocreators who were increasingly upset about the credit Lee was putting on issues he wasn't even involved with.

Still, Max Brooks GI Joe: Hearts and Minds is really great. Even among GI Joe fans, that series doesn't get talked about enough.

I thought American Alien was decent but like, thoroughly, achingly unnecessary. At this point, we've seen young Clark Kent growing into his powers, what, 4, 5, 6, 7, times, including three times in the last 5 years alone. Landis is a smart guy with an approach and name that can bring new people into comics but I doubt…

This is very true. It requires a lot of respect and players and DMs both being happy to go off the rails and off the book. Have lots of ideas at the ready, prepare for lots of eventualities and try not to take anything too incredibly seriously.

It really does depend on getting the right group. Even among friends, some people can get really personal about losing characters or not focusing on plot and those funny moments can turn hostile. It's why it's really important to establish what everyone wants and how they want to play before jumping into an adventure.…