…This coming September
Just what I ordered
Out of Previews…
Actually, I’ve been much more organized with my order form this month. Come the ninth month, I can actually rummage through my Word files and try to remember what I named the list.
It doesn’t seem like September is going to be all that cripplingly expensive, which is nice, especially with inevitable SPX over-spending.
DC has the Mr. Miracle mini-series. I’d completely forgotten that Pasqual Ferry was drawing that. Marvel has another Black Widow mini, written by Richard K. Morgan, drawn by Sean Phillips of Sleeper fame, and inked by Bill Sienkiewicz. That should be an interesting pairing.
I heard lots of good things about Evil Twin’s Action Philosophers 1, so I’m glad to get a second chance at ordering it, along with Action Philosophers: Self-Help for Ugly Losers. I still haven’t gotten around to reading any of the Courtney Crumrin books (though I plan to), but Ted Naifeh’s Polly and the Pirates (Oni) looks like it will be fun.
A new issue of Jimmy Gownley’s Amelia Rules! (Renaissance) is always welcome, as is another installment of Andy Runton’s Owly (Flying Lessons) from Top Shelf.
I’ve heard lots of good things about Naoki Urasawa’s Monster (Viz), and it’s been a while since I’ve read a genuinely spooky manga. I’m also intrigued by Socrates in Love, based on “the all-time best selling novel in Japan ever” by Kyoichi Katayama with art by Kazumi Kazui. (Of course, it could turn out to be something akin to Bridges of Madison County, but what’s life without a little risk?)
Filling out the order form was pretty much the most ambitious thing I did all weekend, so that should tell you what a slug I was. Oh, and I wrote another column.