Detective Comics #853 [Apr 2009]

#1 — It’s six week late.

#2 — Maybe I’m just thick in the head, but I didn’t get the story at all.

Some help, please?

Update 1 May 2009: Sounds like I’m not the only one.

DC Universe #0 [Jun 2008]

Here’s the short version:

The Good — It was only 50¢. Some of the art was pretty.

The Bad — Everything else.

The Spirit #14 [Mar 2008]

I miss Darwyn Cooke already.

How does this happen?  You’ve got four very good creators on a book, and the whole thing just falls completely flat. Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier are well-known for their humor, and Mike Ploog and Mark Farmer are two of the better pencillers and inkers (respectively) in the industry.  Yet somehow, both the script and the art fail to impress.

Y: The Last Man — Unmanned TPB [2003]

With the last issue of the series having just been released, I figured it was high time to give this series a try. That’s what I did with Preacher, and with the exception of the last two issues of the series, it turned out pretty good. After reading Y, however, I’m left with a huge… yawn.

If this is supposed to be the best comic book on the market, then I really need to drop this hobby altogether. Seriously, could this be any more predictable? Who didn’t see the “big twist” with Yorick’s butch sister coming a mile away?

While we’re at it, let’s talk about Yorick. If this is, in fact, the last man on earth, and any new children born to this world have to come from his DNA, let’s just consider ending the race right here, right now.