OH DEAR GOD MORE COMICS

WHEW, NOVEMBER JUST MELTED AWAY DIDN'T IT. DESPITE HAVING HUNDREDS OF CARDS ALREADY SCANNED AND SEVERAL POSTS QUEUED UP TO WRITE, I JUST HAVEN'T FELT IT LATELY. I WAS FORCED TO LEAVE MY HOVEL TODAY AND HIT THE BOOKSTORE TO TRY TO BREAK OUT OF THE DOLDRUMS. THERE WAS A BUY 5, GET 5 COMIC SALE AND I GOT TWENTY CHEAPO FLOPPIES FOR WAY LESS THAN ONE OF THOSE PRISM ZION HANGERS OR WALGREENS YELLOW UPDATE BOXES EVERYONE IS CHASING ON TWITTER. HERE'S SCANS OF ALL TWENTY COVERS RANKED BY HOW EXCITED I AM TO READ THE THING. SURELY THIS WILL GET ME OUT OF MY RUT

20 - HIGH OCTANE THEATRE #1

WHENEVER I FIND CHEAPO COMICS WITH A QUANTITY DISCOUNT I ALWAYS IMMEDIATELY FIND A FEW MUST-HAVES AND THEN PAD OUT THE REST WITH INTERESTING LOOKING GARBAGE. REASONS I PICKED THIS ONE UP OUT OF THE REST OF THE TRASH:

PUBLISHER, INFINITI, THAT I HAD NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE

HIGH KICK NINJA STAR DODGING GUNS-A-BLAZING ACTION LADY

JEREMY SIFTER: RIDICULOUS DOUCHE

THIS COMIC HAD SUCH AN 80S VIBE TO IT AND I'M SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN THAT IT IS ACTUALLY FROM 1997. NO EXPECTATIONS THOUGH SO IF IT'S MARGINALLY COMPETENT IT'S A WIN

19 - EQUINOX CHRONICLES #1

INNOVATION COMICS IS GOOD FOR SOME EARLY 90S CHEESE. EYEPATCH BUTT LADY WATCHES IN AMUSEMENT AS A POOR WOMAN GETS HER DRESS SHREDDED BY VIPERS. CAN'T PASS UP A COVER THIS SLEAZY

18 - SHOCK THE MONKEY #1

ANOTHER PUBLISHER I'VE NEVER HEARD OF. THE BIG X MAKES ME THINK IT'S FROM THE 90S BUT I'M NOT REALLY SURE. BOUGHT THIS SOLELY FOR THE SANDMAN-ESQUE CREEPY COVER. HAS THE GREATEST POSSIBILITY OF BEING A HIDDEN GEM OUT OF THE BUNCH

17 - A DISTANT SOIL #9 

I HAVE AN EARLIER ISSUE OF THIS FROM WHEN IT WAS PRINTED IN MAGAZINE FORMAT. NO IDEA WHAT THE HELL IT'S ABOUT EVEN AFTER READING. KING ARTHUR IN SPACE, STARRING CARRIE IS THE BEST GUESS I CAN MAKE. NONE OF THAT MATTERS BECAUSE I HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THE HELL PANDA KHAN IS

16 - CAMELOT 3000 

NORMALLY I AVOID DC AND MARVEL JUNK BUT HOLY SHIT THIS COVER. SHOW ME A PRETTY WOMAN, PROBABLY EVIL, SURROUNDED BY BATSHIT INSANITY ON THE COVER OF A COMIC AND YOU HAVE MY INTEREST. IMPS! SNAKES! COOL SKULL GUY! HEROES TRAPPED IN A CRYSTAL BALL! KING ARTHUR IN SPACE AGAIN SOMEHOW???

15 - THE LAST ONE #3

NOT CRAZY ABOUT DC, BUT I'LL TRY ANY OLD DAMN VERTIGO NONSENSE THAT CROSSES MY PATH. DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ONE BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A SKEERY GHOST? GHOSTS ARE COOL

12 TO 14 - INVADERS FROM MARS #3, 4 AND 6

I FOUND ISSUE #2 OF THIS SERIES AT A COMIC CON A WHILE BACK AND FOUND THREE MORE FOR THE SET. TO MY AMUSEMENT I JUST DISCOVERED THE MAIN CHARACTER IS NAMED BOBBY BOOMER

MAYBE DROP THESE DOWN A FEW SLOTS LOL

11 - NICK FURY AGENT OF SHIELD #5

AGAIN, NOT A BIG MARVEL MEN IN TIGHTS FAN BUT NICK FURY BATTLING GLOOPY ALIEN EGG MONSTERS CAUGHT MY ATTENTION

10 - RION 2990 #2

SEE A MANGA, BUY A MANGA. EVEN IF YOU HAVE NO FUCKIN' CLUE WHAT THE HELL IT IS. THE COVER IS BATSHIT CRAZY THO WITH A NIFTY ASTROBOY VIBE. I APPRECIATE THE LOOK ON THE HELICOPTER PILOT'S FACE. #10  MIGHT BE TOO LOW A RANKING HONESTLY

9 - CEREBUS #3 REPRINT

I LIKE THESE EARLY CEREBUS COMICS BEFORE DAVE SIM LOST HIS MIND. CARTOONY AARDVARK SPOOFING CONAN IS FUN. I HAVE THIS ODD FEELING I CAN'T SHAKE THIS MIGHT BE A DOUBLE THOUGH SO I DIDN'T RANK IT HIGHER

8 - SHATTER #1

IF YOU DIG THESE COMICS POSTS GO CHECK OUT THE COMICS KAYFABE YOUTUBE CHANNEL. SO MUCH GOOD COMICS CONTENT. I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS COMIC FROM ED AND JIM AND HAPPENED TO STUMBLE ON IT TODAY. THE GIMMICK HERE IS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST COMIC WITH 100% COMPUTER ART AS THE WHOLE THING WAS MADE ON A MACINTOSH. DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ANY GOOD BUT WELL WORTH IT JUST FOR THE GIMMICK

7 - THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #8

SQUIRREL GIRL HAS ENTERED MY COMICS MOUNT RUSHMORE ALONG WITH PLASTIC MAN, FLAMING CARROT AND HOWARD THE DUCK. I'VE BEEN READING THE TRADES FROM THE LIBRARY BUT I'LL GLADLY GRAB CHEAP SINGLE ISSUES. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN THIS COVER

6 - DRAGONRING #4

OH MY GOD THIS IS EVERYTHING I LOVE. MONSTERS! DRAGONS! SKULL IN THE TITLE! RANDOM INDIE PUBLISHER WITH A NAME LIKE A DOLLAR STORE EARBUD BRAND! AND ISSUE #4! THERE MIGHT BE AT LEAST 3 MORE OF THESE THINGS OUT THERE! KINDA HYPED FOR THIS ONE

5 - MIRACLEMAN #6

A MARVEL REPRINT I THINK? MIRACLEMAN'S ONE OF THOSE LEGENDARY COMICS SERIES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD AND BLAH BLAH BLAH. I PASSED THIS ONE UP MANY TIMES AND FINALLY PULLED THE TRIGGER BECAUSE ON SALE ONLY TO DISCOVER JUST NOW THAT IT'S ENCASED IN A POLY BAG. I SHOULD PROBABLY JUST FIND A PDF

4 - FELL #7

ONE OF THE MANY TIMES I GOT BACK INTO COMICS WAS ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE TITLES I PUT ON MY INCREDIBLY SHORT LIVED PULL LIST. I LIKED WARREN ELLIS FROM TRANSMETROPOLITAN AND PICKED UP THIS EXPERIMENTAL DETECTIVE STORY  MAINLY BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAP. IT WAS GOOD TOO! WARREN AND I MUST HAVE SURFED THE SAME WEIRD NEWS AGGREGATORS AT THE TIME AS SOME OF THE STORIES SEEMED TO BE PULLED DIRECTLY FROM FARK.COM. THIS MIGHT COMPLETE MY RUN OF THE COMIC AS IT WENT ON HIATUS AFTER ISSUE 9

3 - CEREBUS #5 REPRINT

MORE EARLY AARDVARK. I HOPE CEREBUS STABS SOMEONE IN THIS ONE

2 - THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #33

YEAAAAAAAH MORE SQUIRREL GIRL. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THIS COVER. OMINOUS ENTRANCE TO A CRYPT. SWINGY SWORDS FROM THE CEILING. HUNGRY ALLIGATORS READY TO CHOMP. REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHO THE SEMI-REMEMBERED VILLAIN IS

1 - VERTIGO JAM #1

VERTIGO IS MY JAM. THIS ISN'T REALLY A JAM COMIC, MORE LIKE A SAMPLER ANTHOLOGY OF THE IMPRINT'S EARLY 90'S HITS. IT'S GOT SANDMAN, JOHN CONSTANTINE AND SWAMP THING STORIES IN THERE. HELL, JUST FINDING A NEW COMIC TO ADD TO MY SANDMAN PILE IS A HUGE WIN FOR ME. THIS TURNED OUT TO COST 6 CENTS PER STORY SO HOW CAN I GO WRONG?

YAY! I DID A THING. MAYBE WHEN I GET AROUND TO READING THEM I'LL DO A FOLLOW UP