March 2007 Previews Picks

Pretty good month; I’m having a hard time narrowing this one down. Here’s where I’m at so far:

Pick of the month:

SCHULZS YOUTH HC: Pick of the month! I love non-Peanuts Schulz comics. This one is about teenagers. I enjoyed L’il Folks (pre-cursor to Peanuts), so I figure I’ll like this as well. Interestingly, I only really liked the first couple of years of Peanuts. Hmph. Hardcover only available to the direct market!

In the pull list this month:

BATMAN #666: A future Batman story by Grant Morrision. I’m a sucker for 666, so I’ll bite; hopefully an interesting tale.
BLACK DIAMOND #1: Instantly made my must-get list based on the copy: “Initially a response to international terrorism, the U.S. government grounds commercial airline flights and builds the Black Diamond, a dangerous road full of gearheads and misfits, drug runners and grey-market tech heads, all driving illegal 1970s muscle cars in a nomadic, breakneck existence.”
DEFINITION GN: This actually came out a while ago, but is being offered again, or some-such. This is the autobiographical comic of a girl in high-school, created while she was still in high-school, which means is may not be as polished as some other auto-bio’s, but is probably more honest and factual, being fresh in the mind of the author and all. I’ve only read one issue of the 3rd story line, and have been meaning to pick these up (I think there are 4 in total, grades 9-12 I believe).
FABLES VOL 9 SONS OF EMPIRE TP: Newest Fables trade, yay! I’ve been getting these since the Wooden Soldiers trade.
FOLLOWING CEREBUS #10: Dave Sim might be a bit nuts, but I find him endlessly fascinating (even though some of his writing goes right over my head the first couple of times I read it.)
IT’S ONLY A GAME TP: Another non-Peanuts Schulz comic! Two in one month? This one is full of sports gags. Not as excited about this as the Youth one, but both are must-gets. Might wait a bit on this one, however.
MIDNIGHTER #7: A one shot by Brian K Vaughn. I’m unfamiliar with the character, but the premise (a guy who can “anticipate any move to the nth degree”) sounds interesting, and should be handled well in BKV’s hands.
MR STUFFINS #3: Pt 3 of 3. Just to finish off the storyline. Not sure about this one.
NANA VOL 6 TP: I’m only up to #4, but so far I’m enjoying this one a lot.
TEZUKAS APOLLOS SONG: I’m a little late to hop on the Tezuka band-wagon, but I’m glad to be here. So far I’ve only read Vol.1 of his masterpiece “Phoenix”, and loved it, so I’m probably check this one-shot out.
WARD O/T STATE #1: Liked the preview in Previews. Teenage killers I think.

And in the not sure about pile:

BIZARRE NEW WORLD #1: About an average fat white American dude who discovers he is able to fly. Art looks good, and this seems like it could be very interesting.
CIVIL WAR FALLEN SON CAPTAIN AMERICA : JRJR art, and I dunno, more about Cap I guess.
CRIMINAL VOL 1 COWARD TP: I liked the first issue, so I should get this at some point.
HERO BY NIGHT #3: Ordered 1 and 2; will either get this or trade wait.
INCREDIBLE HULK #106: New ‘World War Hulk’ storyline; Hulk is back from exile in outer-space and is pissed! I might check this out, might just trade wait… where’s the Planet Hulk HC?
RE-GIFTERS: Second Minx volume. Liew art.
SIDEKICKIN ONE SHOT: I checked out the artist online somewhere and he seemed to have the stuff.
TANK GIRL THE GIFTING #1: New Tank Girl! Might TW.
WORLD WAR HULK PROLOGUE WORLD BREAKER: I think this is a recap of the Planet Hulk storyline… will it be in the HC? If not I might have to get.