The Pile: Day 5

Comics!!!

Short Version:

Tim Drake (Not Pictured)

Long Version:

The New 52, as Read by Non-Dorks (Part 3)

Hey, the New 52 #2 issues are out today!  Time flies when you’re recreating the universe, but here at the Sense of Right Alliance, we are still examining the premiere issues through the eyes of non-DC fans.  If you haven’t already, please also check out Part 1 and Part 2 of this feature.

Also, check out that rad new banner, a joint effort between myself, the lovely Carla Monoxide, and I guess Cliff Chiang ought to get some credit too.  I love it; I just wish I could figure out how to get rid of those stupid black borders!

Speaking of stupid things, here’s some shit about comix:

The New 52, as Read by Non-Dorks (Part 2)

Well, DC’s month of new #1 issues is officially over, but fear not!  Here at the Sense of Right Alliance, new readers continue to dive headfirst into the blinding depths of the new DCU.  As in Part 1 of this feature, I have tasked several non-DC fans with reading one of the “New 52″ issues and reporting their thoughts.

Flashpoint: Week 8

Here we go, into the second wave of issues in DC’s Flashpoint event!  If you need to catch up, you can read about Flashpoint #1 here.  Write-ups on #2, as well as the first issues of all the tie-ins covered in this post, can be found here.

All caught up?  Great, let’s forge onward!

The Widening Gyre, Part 1

Look at it.  LOOK AT IT.  We are about to go down a dark road, my friends, but it’s a road that’s been tread many times before.  There is no shortage on the internet of Widening Gyre shit-talk.  But there can never be enough.  There must never be enough.

The Courageous and the Confident

I have been reading some issues of J. Michael Strawhateverthefuck’s run of The Brave and the Bold and man, it’s way more awesome than something like this should be.

  

For those of you who don’t know, The Brave and the Bold is DC’s “team-up” book, where two seemingly disparate characters get together to have an adventure or solve a mystery or whatever.  Strazippity seems to have a gift for choosing interesting characters to pair up, and for establishing interesting connections between them.  What possible situation could cause, for example, Aquaman and Etrigan the Demon to have a playdate?  This dude comes up with one, and it’s pretty awesome.  The Flash and Blackhawk.  Batman and Brother Power the Geek.  It all sounds absolutely retarded, but somehow, it all works really well.  Today, I’m going to tell you about one of my favorite issues so far.