February 2007 Previews Picks

Holy Toledo, what a great, expensive month. This marks the first month in a year and a half I haven’t been able to keep under my self impose $50 limit… a taste of things to come, or just a good month? Let’s hope the latter. The real problem this month is the number of must have trades that are coming out. Glad to see the industry so on fire, but ouch.

First off, pick of the month has got to be, uh, no real standout, but I guess I’m looking most forward to getting MOUSE GUARD VOL 1 FALL 1152 HC. I’ve been waiting for this since reading the first issue, and I’m sure it will be a beautiful book. The publisher, Archaia has been very impressive so far with their titles and printing. http://www.mouseguard.net/

And that’s not the only Hardcover on my list this month, no, Mouse Guard is joined by a record 3 others!

First up, the AGENTS OF ATLAS PREMIERE HC; again, I have been waiting for this since reading #1, and am jumping at the HC due to the inclusion of the origin issues of each of the characters, and a cheap discount price. This story is very well written by Jeff Parker, and the first issue did a good job of introducing the characters, who were all new to me, in a humorous and exciting way.

HC #2 is INVINCIBLE VOL 3 ULTIMATE COLL HC, I got #1 and 2 during the Google checkout sale from buy.com, and am enjoying those, so this is an easy add.

LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND VOL 1 LTD ED HC is #3, and I probably should have made this the pick of the month. Little Nemo was a wonder, and quality reprints are always welcome in my home.

Several other Trades round out the big books (see what I mean about the $?):

One, a welcome surprise, TRUTH SERUM: THE LONELY PARADE. I’m a big Jon Adams fan, love his art and sense of humor, so this second volume of the creepier side of superheroes is a must have.

SAVAGE DRAGON ARCHIVES VOL 2, Savage Dragon has always a guilty pleasure of mine, so I’m super grateful that Erik Larsen is putting out these cheap B&W showcase-type editions.

PLAIN JANES - This is a first title from DC’s new Minx line - a line of original graphic novel targeted to females (young females I think). So why get it? Because someone at DC has big brains and put super talented creators on these titles. This one has art from the creator of Street Angel, and a writer who, from her web site, seems super cool; she even used to work for Epitaph records.

And in the floppy category, we have the following:

SPIDER-MAN FANTASTIC FOUR #1 - Jeff Parker, so I’ll check it out.

MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #1 - New Michael Allred series, should be good.

SALVADOR #1 - An interesting sounding story about a man who as a result of genetic engineering, is born so light and fragile he can fly. Written by Michael & Mark Polish, who made the movie Twin Falls Idaho, which was good. And weird.

SOLLITARIA #1 - Mmm, not much to say about this really. I checked out a preview online and liked the art a lot. South African creators I believe. Here’s the link: http://www.praxiscomics.com/sollitaria.html

TICK 20TH ANN SP ED #1 - I’m not convinced this will be any good, but I have a hard time passing on a new Tick comic; especially when there’s something from creator Ben Edlund in it.

BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #151 - First issue with the new modern style art… I’d like to check it out.

Finally, a couple of continuing series:

HERO BY NIGHT #2

UTOPIATES #4

So there you go. Too much stuff.

In the drop pile this month are:

ART OF BONE HC - I’ll definitely check it out, and might get it in the future.

KORGI VOL 1 TP - ditto

HARVEY COMICS CLASSICS VOL 1 CASPER THE

FRIENDLY GHOST TP - Happy to see it coming out, since that might mean a Richie Rich in the future.

SPAWN VINYL COLLECTOR DOLL - This looks too awesome, but costs to much 4 me.

BUDDY DOES JERSEY GN - I have all the issues of Hate, so I’m holding off on this for now.

And that’s it.