FREE COMIC BOOK DAY BOOTY REVIEWS
Yesterday, the PP Guru tried to walk you through a cornucopia of bountiful goodies that he received from the Academy of Science Fiction and Fantasy for services rendered on some consulting he did for them. For some unfathomable cyber jetisoned reason - half of his entry got whittled in half by some unseen chicken robot blog editor.
What the PP Guru tried to explain to you yesterday before he was rudely whittled in half was that he went comic book store and bar hopping in the West LA area in door to door promotion of Cary Coatney's latest completed mini-series, the Deposit Man & the Last Great Gate of Mortality - which he hasn't had time to promote since the last APE shit fiasco last month.
And over the coarse of time the PP Guru has learned that comic books and alcohol don't mix. Try and read portions of Alan Moore's penned Swamp Thing after a couple of two quart bottles of King Cobra Malt liquor if you don't believe him.
He could tell that he went a little overboard at the Frisky Kitty the previous night before because he woke up that morning on his Rob Liefeld wee-wee pad in a pile of his own puke, but luckily, his plastic bag of goodies remained unscathed.
Fortunely, there were a few treasures in this year's outing- 15 pristine copies were picked up from Hi-De-Ho Comics in Santa Monica, Ca by the PAP Guru this time simply because they had advertised a big comic book gobbling soiree that was going to take place when they had a tent set up at the Los Angeles Times sponsored Festival of Books a couple of weeks ago. They were a few others he could've snatched up but on second look- they looked like as if there were leftover from last year.
I wish the PP Guru could say that there was a panoply of books to choose from but sadly, they were mostly DC and Marvels. No alternatives selections from Oni, Top Shelf or Fantagraphics to scarf up or were already sold out....., er, I mean given out, so the PP Guru had to make do with what was available.
So far the PP Guru hasn't been disappointed with the prize booty he has read with the exception of the Marvel Comics debut issue of Arana in the revamped Amazing Fantasy 1. Hi De Ho should have took a Butane torch to the entire stock that was left. It was giant-size load of shit with all the gaseous trimmings- as typical with most Marvel products these days.
But not to sound too cynical - but the best issue the PP Guru has read in this pile was an Archie comic. Now the PP Guru doesn't like to admit that he has a soft spot for Archie Andrews and the rest of his Riverdale High delinquent degenerates because he doesn't his fellow breathren to think that he's the Pink Pinup Guru on the inside - if you know what I mean. This issue they gave out of Archie was a total joy to read because it featured a lot of inside jokes and knee slappers on the comic book industry that the PP Guru felt that few were privy to know. It also featured, of what the PP Guru would assume to be- the second cameo appearance in a Archie Publication of the late King of Melrose Ave, Bill Liebowitz, founder of the Golden Apple chain of stores in Los Angeles. Other reputable comic book retailers making appearances were Joe Field of Flying Colors and Buddy Saunders of Lone Star Comics along with little cameos from noted creators like Stan Lee, Joe Kubert, and Colleen Doran all rendered in the inaffable Dan DeCarlo style. The story is called "I Was a Teenage Comic Book Character" and mainly it deals with Archie trying to break into the comic book industry through a series of misadventures and parodies of many components in the genre including a manga and the Legion of Super-Heroes. The PP Guru had an enjoyable time reading this while sipping on a Green Tea Clorox smoothie over at Jamba Juice. Certainly a wonderful read.
Another gem that garnered the PP Guru's attention was Marvel's main offering of their all ages title, Marvel Adventures which featured a updated retelling of Spider-Man's first encounter with the Fantastic Four and the team up to round up the quick change artist/super spy, The Chameleon. The PP Guru felt mostly the story was a ho hum pedestrian affair (do we really need remakes in the comic book industry? Don't we have enough problems in the film industry with the constant barrage of remakes?) - BUT was more bowled over by the back up feature on how a regular everyday Marvel comic is produced from beginning to end. The PP Guru felt that it was very admirable of a money sucking entity such as Marvel to give a FREE LESSON into what goes into creating the comic book that the readers are holding in their hands.Education is the only godamn way to do in this business nowadays- it almost maked the PP Guru to want to apologize for the previous paragraph....but he won't. The only caveat or a bone that the PP Guru has to pick is with the offered lesson and glossary is how much comic book conglomerates dismiss the notion that the glorious days of actual real life human beings of flesh and blood are not regarded as colorists in this day and age. They have all been assimulated as computer software programs these days. Those long thrilling days of Dr. Martin dyes and color have now been placed on the dusty shelf along with other relics such as parachute pants and mood rings.
Other little gems picked up were
from Wildstorm:
The Twilight Experiment # 1
Smax 1
Terra Obscura #1
DC
Doom Patrol 1 (the PP Guru didn't bother with the official DC Free Comic Book Day edition of the BATMAN STRIKES - because the PP Guru can't tolerate this bastardization of an animated series. Don't get the PP Guru all in a hemorraging hatemongering tangent over it. Search previous entries for his malignant hurtful remarks of this show).
Swamp Thing Vol 3 1
Marvel:
Marvel Knights Spider-Man 1
Crimson Dynamo 1
Rogue 1
Mary Jane 1
Old 1992 failed Malibu comic book of Tarzan the Warrior
Wizard Magazine Top 100 Trade Paperbacks of All Time
and a Betty & Veronica.
As told to:
~
Coat
Yesterday, the PP Guru tried to walk you through a cornucopia of bountiful goodies that he received from the Academy of Science Fiction and Fantasy for services rendered on some consulting he did for them. For some unfathomable cyber jetisoned reason - half of his entry got whittled in half by some unseen chicken robot blog editor.
What the PP Guru tried to explain to you yesterday before he was rudely whittled in half was that he went comic book store and bar hopping in the West LA area in door to door promotion of Cary Coatney's latest completed mini-series, the Deposit Man & the Last Great Gate of Mortality - which he hasn't had time to promote since the last APE shit fiasco last month.
And over the coarse of time the PP Guru has learned that comic books and alcohol don't mix. Try and read portions of Alan Moore's penned Swamp Thing after a couple of two quart bottles of King Cobra Malt liquor if you don't believe him.
He could tell that he went a little overboard at the Frisky Kitty the previous night before because he woke up that morning on his Rob Liefeld wee-wee pad in a pile of his own puke, but luckily, his plastic bag of goodies remained unscathed.
Fortunely, there were a few treasures in this year's outing- 15 pristine copies were picked up from Hi-De-Ho Comics in Santa Monica, Ca by the PAP Guru this time simply because they had advertised a big comic book gobbling soiree that was going to take place when they had a tent set up at the Los Angeles Times sponsored Festival of Books a couple of weeks ago. They were a few others he could've snatched up but on second look- they looked like as if there were leftover from last year.
I wish the PP Guru could say that there was a panoply of books to choose from but sadly, they were mostly DC and Marvels. No alternatives selections from Oni, Top Shelf or Fantagraphics to scarf up or were already sold out....., er, I mean given out, so the PP Guru had to make do with what was available.
So far the PP Guru hasn't been disappointed with the prize booty he has read with the exception of the Marvel Comics debut issue of Arana in the revamped Amazing Fantasy 1. Hi De Ho should have took a Butane torch to the entire stock that was left. It was giant-size load of shit with all the gaseous trimmings- as typical with most Marvel products these days.
But not to sound too cynical - but the best issue the PP Guru has read in this pile was an Archie comic. Now the PP Guru doesn't like to admit that he has a soft spot for Archie Andrews and the rest of his Riverdale High delinquent degenerates because he doesn't his fellow breathren to think that he's the Pink Pinup Guru on the inside - if you know what I mean. This issue they gave out of Archie was a total joy to read because it featured a lot of inside jokes and knee slappers on the comic book industry that the PP Guru felt that few were privy to know. It also featured, of what the PP Guru would assume to be- the second cameo appearance in a Archie Publication of the late King of Melrose Ave, Bill Liebowitz, founder of the Golden Apple chain of stores in Los Angeles. Other reputable comic book retailers making appearances were Joe Field of Flying Colors and Buddy Saunders of Lone Star Comics along with little cameos from noted creators like Stan Lee, Joe Kubert, and Colleen Doran all rendered in the inaffable Dan DeCarlo style. The story is called "I Was a Teenage Comic Book Character" and mainly it deals with Archie trying to break into the comic book industry through a series of misadventures and parodies of many components in the genre including a manga and the Legion of Super-Heroes. The PP Guru had an enjoyable time reading this while sipping on a Green Tea Clorox smoothie over at Jamba Juice. Certainly a wonderful read.
Another gem that garnered the PP Guru's attention was Marvel's main offering of their all ages title, Marvel Adventures which featured a updated retelling of Spider-Man's first encounter with the Fantastic Four and the team up to round up the quick change artist/super spy, The Chameleon. The PP Guru felt mostly the story was a ho hum pedestrian affair (do we really need remakes in the comic book industry? Don't we have enough problems in the film industry with the constant barrage of remakes?) - BUT was more bowled over by the back up feature on how a regular everyday Marvel comic is produced from beginning to end. The PP Guru felt that it was very admirable of a money sucking entity such as Marvel to give a FREE LESSON into what goes into creating the comic book that the readers are holding in their hands.Education is the only godamn way to do in this business nowadays- it almost maked the PP Guru to want to apologize for the previous paragraph....but he won't. The only caveat or a bone that the PP Guru has to pick is with the offered lesson and glossary is how much comic book conglomerates dismiss the notion that the glorious days of actual real life human beings of flesh and blood are not regarded as colorists in this day and age. They have all been assimulated as computer software programs these days. Those long thrilling days of Dr. Martin dyes and color have now been placed on the dusty shelf along with other relics such as parachute pants and mood rings.
Other little gems picked up were
from Wildstorm:
The Twilight Experiment # 1
Smax 1
Terra Obscura #1
DC
Doom Patrol 1 (the PP Guru didn't bother with the official DC Free Comic Book Day edition of the BATMAN STRIKES - because the PP Guru can't tolerate this bastardization of an animated series. Don't get the PP Guru all in a hemorraging hatemongering tangent over it. Search previous entries for his malignant hurtful remarks of this show).
Swamp Thing Vol 3 1
Marvel:
Marvel Knights Spider-Man 1
Crimson Dynamo 1
Rogue 1
Mary Jane 1
Old 1992 failed Malibu comic book of Tarzan the Warrior
Wizard Magazine Top 100 Trade Paperbacks of All Time
and a Betty & Veronica.
As told to:
~
Coat
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