Sure, it’s almost Wednesday, but I’m more excited by the prospect of shopping at Barnes and Noble. I was there over the weekend picking up some column fodder, and I was happy to see how many titles were on the shelf that had showed up in the sense-of-place comics recommendations. I’m leaning towards The Rabbi’s Cat, partly because of The Shrew’s review.
Okay, back to the LCS.
One of DC’s Seven Soldiers mini-series, Shining Knight, concludes, which means it’s time to sift through the piles of comics and read the story as a whole.
In the “better late than never” file, there’s Young Avengers #6. Runaways starts a new two-part story arc with #7. And Captain America seems to be back on schedule with #9.
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this, but I’m crazy about Rhonda Bleenie, the cranky, sarcastic friend-enemy from Amelia Rules! Issue #14 arrives this week, hopefully with plenty of caustic, ill-tempered observations from that quarter.
Tokyopop seems to be starting a second run of Girl Got Game, an appealing gender-swap/sports manga. I’ve liked what I’ve read so far, though it wouldn’t have been the first title I’d pick for a series of reprints.
Is it just me, or does Viz seem to be releasing Fullmetal Alchemist on a somewhat accelerated schedule? I like this book a lot, but I’m partial to a quarterly timetable. It’s kinder to the wallet.
Love Roma is the latest in Del Rey’s recent block of new titles. I’m underwhelmed by the product information available on the publisher’s site, but Del Rey has a pretty good track record with me, so I’ll give it a browse. (Update: Found a review at Manganews, which hosted a scanlation of Love Roma until Del Rey licensed it. Sounds interesting.)