Doctor
Who: Free Comic Book Day
#1 (Titan, cover date June, 2015)
I
read this at three in the morning, and while I don't recall a whole
lot about it I remember liking it well enough. I suppose that since I
didn't recall vehemently disliking it that it was good enough.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 2.5 out of 5.
Hip-Hop
Family Tree Three-In-One Featuring Cosplayers
(Fantagraphics, cover date May, 2015)
The
first two-thirds of this triple feature are unreadable. I could
scarcely decipher what was being said. After a few pages of trying in
vain to make sense of the dialogue I skipped to the Cosplayers story.
I found this story to be fun and enjoyable, even if it is something
that I wouldn't ever buy.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 1 out of 5.
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Revive
#0 (Streetvirus Publishing, cover date 2011)
Some
of these FCBD books are, in truth, dead stock that stores throw out
there to get rid of. I have read a lot of comic books in my life. I
thought that I knew the definition of suck, but that was until I read
this comic. To say that this sucks is such an understatement. It is
abysmal dreck, an abomination to to the eyes and mind, and all
parties involved should be tried for crimes against humanity, or at
least good taste.
Comic
books have been used as advertisements in the past, but using a comic
book as an advertisement for a clothing store that caters to the vain
and fashion conscious has to be the dumbest idea that I have ever
heard. A visit to any comic convention would demonstrate that comic
book fans are not exactly concerned about their appearance. That
alone makes this comic book laughably pitiful. The douchey message
and lame artwork are the icing on this cake of suck. The worst part
of all of this is that a tree had to die so that this piece of shit
could be made.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: -1 out of 5.
Divergence
FCBD Special #1 (DC, cover date June, 2015)
DC's
continuity is, at best, a hodge-podge clusterf*ck of epic
proportions. Past attempts to set things “right” have since been
undone and then undone again, and are now those things are going to
be undone so that some, but not all things can be redone. Does any of
this make any sense to you, because it sure doesn't to me! I enjoyed
the Superman story well enough, and I am interested in reading the
John Romita, Jr. Superman run someday. As it stands, I have no
interest in buying any of the endless crossovers pumped out by Marvel
and DC these days.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 3 out of 5.
Impact
University Volume
#3 (Impact/ F + W, cover date 2007)
This
is an introduction to basic comic book art, which is pretty cool for
anyone starting out. I can see this being pretty cool for a kid who
likes to draw. While it isn't interesting to read I found the idea of
it to be cool enough to give it a...
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 3.5 out of 5.
The
Whedon Three Way
(Dark Horse, cover date September, 2014)
Provocatively
titled and priced at $1, the shop that I got this from on Free Comic
Book Day had to give this thing away. It's three #1s reprinted at a
bargain price with the intention of sucking folks into buying the
collected editions. I was never a fan of Buffy
The Vampire Slayer,
Angel & Faith,
or Serenity,
so I was impervious to the lure. This was polished and readable but
ultimately left me cold.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 2.5 out of 5.
Warhammer
Online: Prelude To War FCBD
(Boom Studios, cover date May, 2009)
This
was okay. Not great, not awful, just okay.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 2.75 out of 5.
Titan
Comics 2015 Spring Preview (Titan, cover date 2015)
A
hype book about everything that Titan publishes. There are one or two
things that look interesting. No rating.
Worlds
Of Aspen 2015 #1 (Aspen Publishing, cover date May, 2015)
A
flipbook of two concepts that were readable but unremarkable. You
could do worse.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 2.5 out of 5.
Transformers:
Robots In Disguise Free Comic Book Day #0
(IDW, cover date May, 2015)
I
was part of the original audience for Transformers. While I only had
two of the toys (Laser Beak and Ravage; thanks for being poor, Mom!)
I did buy the comics for the first 10 or so issues. I don't care for
the movies or for these characters, but my son loves them. This comic
left me cold while my 8 year old son loved it.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 2 out of 5.
