Week of July 23, 2008 Super Short Reviews

RAWR

I didn't get any comics last week so there were no reviews >:| I think with the summer and everything I'm just getting very blah about comics in general. xD It's more fun to read comics when it's cold and gloomy outside than when it's hot and fun! :D

At least for me. >.> I hate cold so much <.<;; I even get cold in the summer :(

Neways, nothing came out last week that I read tho, so.. no comics :O My credit card thanks me xD

But this week things came out that I read! :D

What things you ask? :O THESE THINGS :D

Green Lantern Corps - #26
Huntress: Year One - #5 (of 6)
Legion of Superheroes - #44

:o

I'm starting to look forward to the "minor" titles like these more than the "main" ones (like Batman or Final Crisis) xD I dunno why... I guess I just have event and "OMG STORIES THAT ARE A BIG F-ING DEAL TO EVERYTHING" fatigue :\ Or mebbe it's just summer XD I'm enjoying summer way too much >.>;; I honestly feel like this is my first summer evar... for.. reasons... >_>;;

NEWAYS

On to the reviews of doom :O

Green Lantern Corps - #26 - Very very enjoyable issue :D Also sad b/c of something that happens :( But the ending was very nice and also made me happy b/c of what happened. Plus the story had a lot of emotion and sucked me in rly well with it. :) 5/5 :]

Huntress: Year One - #5 (of 6) - I dun remember if I pointed this out before or not, but Huntress: Year One seems to be good every other issue o_O That is, the odd number issues have been FANTASTIC while the even ones have not rly felt as good to me :( This issue is no exception as it's amazing :O I rly rly liked it and I enjoyed the characterization of the different Bat family chars involved.. also Huntress continues to be SO AMAZING :O I rly identify with her and stuff :) YAY HUNTRESS! :D The only problem I have tho is that the dialogue is kinda bad in places, esp at the beginning :( 4.5/5

Legion of Superheroes - #44 - blah :\ Just like the last issue I felt like way too much was going on with not much characterization and I didn't rly feel involved. :\ It feels bland.. also b/c so much is going on, I'm kinda confused.. and the new artist isn't as good as Francis (I saw him at Paradise Comicon too :D He was next to Agnes! :D) So that doesn't help. :( Neways.. I didn't enjoy this comic much at all, b/c of how rushed and confusing everything was :( Also there was a scene in it that made me feel rly uncomfortable and triggered :( 1/5

*flomps*

That is it I guess :D I had to take a break and listen to the radio and then reread Huntress (to cleanse my comic palate xD) after LoS just cuz of how unsettled and upset I felt :( It's a personal thing but it still rly affected me and my enjoyment of the comic :(

Huntress luckily is saucesome :)

Rawr :o

Neways... hopefully I will have time for reviews this week XD I was in Rochester for 4 days last week (for Rochester Pride! And to visit my friends and watch Dark Knight :D ) and this weekend I'm going to London (Ontario) for London Pride! xD >.>;; It's so crazy.. XDDD I keep having friends involved in their local Prides tho who want me to go! XD So... hopefully I'll have time for reviews.. but.. summer :(

*flaps arms*

NEWAYS :D

Be goods! :D

<3 Teh Ami

Week of July 9, 2008 Super Short Reviews

Rawr! :D

Sry for teh delay in SSRs this week! I just didn't feel like reading Detective Comics until today xD I dunno why...

NEWAYS... So this week I got:

Action Comics - #867
Booster Gold - #1000000
Detective Comics - #846
Justice Society of America - #17

:)

Booster Gold made me SOOOO happy :D It was exactly what I've needed in comics lately, just something happy and positive and cute and fun that made me smile the whole way thru :) Things have been kinda grim and crossovery and final crisisy and stuff... I miss fun :(

But YAY! :D *bops* :)

I'm sad that Geoff Johns is leaving the book tho :( I hope whoever replaces him is good :)

So onto the SSRs! :D

Action Comics - #867 - Neat! :O I like this plotline and I find it intriguing and interesting :) I also like how they are trying to make all the various versions of Brainiac make sense and stuff too :] Also the characterization of Supergirl is better than in her own book (where she has none xD) :\ I'm not sure if this is good or sad >.>;; But the story setup so far is neat and interesting and I'm enjoying the art and writing too :D 4/5

Booster Gold - #1000000 - YAYYYY!!!! Lots of great and happy things happen in this book! :D I like it lots and it is a rly nice wrap up and conclusion to everything that came before! :D Also the "surprise" at the end (which is prolly not a surprise nemore) is wonderful also! I was kinda hoping against hope for it, but it still was a pleasent surprise I didn't expect! :D YAY! :D I'm sad that Johns is leaving tho :( I hope the book continues to be smexcellent after he's gone :) 5/5

Detective Comics - #846 - Yay it's Hush >.>;; It would take Dini to fix up Hush's creation story and make him less of a random villain and have his gimmick make a little more sense. :) I'm still not enthralled by his character, but the writing is good, and I like the inclusion of Catwoman in the plot :D This was a decent start to an arc :) 3/5

Justice Society of America - #17 - I'm getting very intrigued by what's going on now :O Normally I'm not rly fond of books where not a lot actually happens, but I think the character development and stuff that happened here is rly good, and I just enjoyed this issue in general :) I hope it doesn't head towards the cliched conclusion this "type" of story does, but so far I like it :) 4/5

Neways so YAY! This was a good week :D

*bops*

I must sleep tho :o So good night! :D I know I keep saying it but I hope I'll have some longer reviews up! It's just been rly hectic in my life lately and since it's the summer I've been going out a lot so O_O;; Not a lot of time to do stuff! xD

I'm sry :(

Neways :D Be goods!

<3 Teh Ami

Week of July 2 2008 Super Short Reviews

MEOW :DDDD HAPPY LATE CANADIA DAY AND HAPPY EARLY INDEPENDENCY DAY!!!! :D

*shoots pink fireworks!* :DDDD

I know I know :( I haven't down a SSR in a while :( Well not since I went on vacation neways... and I was just so tired and stressed when I got back and I had so many appts I had to catch up on and then Pride and stuff.. so that's why I haven't rly had a chance to do my reviews or nething for June. :(

*sad*

:(

On the bright side, I'm back and hopefully will be back to reviewing! I just find it rly hard lately to do some longer reviews cuz I haven't rly felt very passionate about nething I've read! :\ It's just like.. meh... weird Final Crisis stuff I dun care about.. :\ But now MANHUNTER'S BACK! And I do care about that, so hopefully that will spur me on! :D

NEWAYS ONTO THE SUPER SHORT REVIEWS! :D

So this is what I got this week :]

Batman - #678
Blue Beetle - #28
Legion of Superheroes - #43
Manhunter - #32
Supergirl - #31

Why AM I still reading Supergirl!? D: *sighs* I guess it's rly hard for me to let go of my favourite char :\ I spent half of Pride weekend wearing a Supergirl shirt after all! xD And I bought a Supergirl touque the other day too! :D It's the same type of thing she wore in the Infinite Holiday Special, except blue instead of red and it has the Supergirl symbol on it :DDD I wish it was red ;-;

My friend is having a party soon where ppl come dressed as their favourite fictional character and when I met her at Pride she invited me to it and then kept coughing and pointing at my shirt as a hint as to who I should come as. XDDD

I should prolly have my hair ttlly blonde for that.. >.>;; Tho mebbe instead of that Supergirl can add a little dark brown to her hair! :D That would look smexy! xD

Ok ok >.>;; I'll stop ranting about Supergirl! xD ONTO THE SSRs! :D

Batman - #678 - o_o;; WTFISGOINGON!? Srsly.. I was just like BWUH??? the whole time I was reading this. I have NO idea what is going on, and it just seems like things are happening at such a rapid fire pace with so many different things going on at once that it makes it even harder to follow. >.<;; And I was enjoying Batman RIP too :( Now it's just like BUH!? o.O;; 1/5 Angelwings

Blue Beetle - #28 - This is Pfieffer's second issue on BB and it's an improvement over the last one. :) He still doesn't have the characters down pat (esp Dani and Peacemaker) but the plot is very Beetle like (even if it has a glaring plot hole xD) and is very in tune with his previous adventures and personality and stuff :D So I mostly enjoyed it even if I thought ppl weren't rly acting like themselves :) And the ending rly made me smile, and that always helps! :D 3/5

Legion of Superheroes - #43 - There's SO MUCH GOING ON IN THIS BOOK!!! I srsly had trouble following, it seemed like whenever there was a scene switch it, time jumps ahead and different things are happening when we switch back >.>;; Also, the overall plot is kind of dragging and it's a pretty cliched plot too :( On the other hand, I still find the characters fun and colourful and I esp like Chameleon xD 2.5/5

Manhunter - #32 - YAY!!!! :D I actually haven't picked up #31 yet o_o But I liked this one lots! Also Jaime is in it and written fairly well! :D YAY! :] I was hoping for good things from this book and I wasn't dissapointed. The characterization is awesome, the plot and dialogue is intelligent and intriguing and the artwork is fantastic :) I'm so glad this book is back! :D It's exactly what I've been needing :] 4.5/5

Supergirl - #31 - This is the opposite of "too much is happening". And this isn't the first book in the current run that's been like this. >.>;; I felt like I had finished a 5 page issue or something. It seemed like NOTHING HAPPENED! And basically, nothing did. It was one long exposition >.>;; *sighs* At least Supergirl is KIND OF getting some sort of characterization and motivation now (even if they keep changing her past on Krypton from writer to writer) but.. this plot is just rly boring and more of the "Supergirl is doing weird and crazy things" thing that I'm just SICK OF. GIVE HER A DIRECTION ALRDY! GIVE HER A LIFE AND FRIENDS AND RECURRING CHARACTERS AND HER OWN STABLE SETTING TO STAR IN AND THEN LEAVE HER ALONE TO HAVE STORIES AND ADVENTURES WITHOUT INFINITE GUEST STARS FOR A WHILE!!! SRSLY I'LL WRITE SUPERGIRL FOR FREE (OR BUBBLE TEA (OR CATS) )!!! Ugh... >.<;; 1.5/5


Of course if I wrote Supergirl, she'd prolly have a pink alternate costume, a billion cats and bunnies, and be bi >.>;;;

:D

MEOW!!! :D

Neways so that's it for the SSRs :) I'm SOOOO glad that Manhunter's back! YAY KATE!!!

And Kate + Jaime in the same book = lurve :] I hope they get to team up more. :D

So.. yus :D Hopefully I will have some longer reviews up soon! Maybe a Supergirl review since I can sum up the plot pretty fast! XDDD

BAI4NAO!!!

<3

Teh Ami :3