Whee! Just went nuts and placed a honkin' big Amazon.com order, using Christmas gift money! And in the interest of maintaining a fairly regular posting schedule, I thought I'd share:

Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America by Jonathan Gould
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, Vol. 1
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, Vol. 2
Adam Warren's Empowered Vol. 1
Adam Warren's Empowered Vol. 2
The Venture Bros. - Season Two DVD
"I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets: The Comics of Fletcher Hanks" TPB
Under the Blacklight - Rilo Kiley
Children Running Through - Patty Griffin

The last two were bought from Amazon Associates. $182, baby!

Of course, there are two more Kirby Omnibi out or coming soon, and I won't be getting them anytime soon, but I just had a hankerin' to reread those early Fourth World sagas and figured this was the best way to do it. That Beatles book is supposed to be really good; hope it's not as depressing as the last few Fabs-related tomes I've read. I've wanted those Adam Warren books for some time now as well, and have seen plenty of online samples so it looks real good- even though I wish it was inked. The Rilo Kiley and Patty Griffin CDs are releases I should have picked up ages ago. Couldn't not get that Venture Bros. set, since I've had such a blast with the first one. Damn, I hope season 3 starts soon!

But uf cuss I'll review the comics-related stuff ASAP.

Don't expect any in-depth, extensive analysis of all the SDCC news, (and tell the truth, you weren't anyway, were you?) but I did spy a couple of things so far that fall into a good news/not so good news sort of thing, and they are as follows:

Matt Wagner will do Madame Xanadu as a Vertigo character.. Although more often as not any attempted DCU-to-Vertigo crossover is made of disaster (see: Deadman), Wagner is saying all the right things in that interview, and I really like the above art sample, by Amy Hadley, whose previous work was on the manga Fool's Gold...which explains why I'd never heard of her. Also playing a prominent part in the series will be the Phantom Stranger, which is, as you may recall if you've read me for any length of time, a favorite character of mine. Even though I haven't been crazy about the Vertiginous PS as he was prtrayed in the '90s, I don't think they're inclined to do him that way anymore so I guess we will see what we will see.

In the not-so-good category: Darwyn Cooke's announcement that he will be leaving The Spirit comic after issue #12. Honestly, I've been a bit disappointed with Cooke's take; it's been far from bad, and he certainly has had a hard act to follow, but it certainly hasn't been as good as I hoped when the book was announced. It also means one less venue by which I can see J.Bone's work, a bad thing for sure. Anyway, no word as to who will replace him- I wouldn't be unhappy to see someone like Jeff Smith have a shot, though.


Later- FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS! And maybe even more reviews...I'm still not caught up, and I got a new box today! I am so behind...

Oh, and just for shits and giggles, I started a DeviantArt page. Don't worry, I haven't done anything new, it's got the same old bunch of crap you've all seen before. I just was curious to see if I would get any comments. Besides "YOU SUCK!", that is.

Presenting...my new Last.FM "recently played tracks" sidebar thingy! I may go the "Personal station" route eventually, but for now this will be it. I've been on Last since December, my profile here (with a picture that makes me look like a real smartass), but am only now beginning to mess around with it. I know, I know, it's too big, but I couldn't get it any smaller in the section where you're supposed to be able to edit the template. I'm sure there's a way, but I don't know what it is yet. Anybody? Bueller?

Doesn't look like it's going to update all that frequently, either. May turn out to be more trouble than it's worth...