Andrew: any good books yesterday?

Steve: Not really…
Steve: Hmm. Supreme Power was good, but not great. Awesome last page, tho.

Andrew: gah
Andrew: ah well

Steve: Swamp Thing looks alright. definitely a return to the character’s roots.

Andrew: there’s a new Swamp Thing book?!?

Steve: Yep.

Andrew: that’ll do well…

Steve: Gorgeous art. Very Bissette/Totlebein.
Steve: It might do OK to start - major Constantine appearance.

Andrew: who’s the writer

Steve: Andy Diggle - Losers.
Steve: Almost a Hellblazer arc right now.

Andrew: yeah, the old Swamp Thing tried that
Andrew: I mean, the last series

Steve: It did? Huh.

Andrew: not sure what they’re thinking — seriously, no one gives a shit
Andrew: not to be blunt, but…

Steve: Who knows? The character was a pretty good moneymaker once upon a time, I guess.

Andrew: he’s like the Nick Fury of DC
Andrew: or Silver Surfer more like

Steve: Good comparison.

Andrew: totally popular, and yet can’t carry his own book — weird

Steve: Either way, the first issue is pretty good stuff. Definitely gonna get it for a few months.

Andrew: cool
Andrew: best thing about Andy Diggle = his last name

Steve: Heh! He’s a pretty good writer, too!
Steve: Also got Monolith #2. Digging the book so far.

Andrew: oh yeah — have no interest

Steve: Ah, well.
Steve: I like it. Winslade art always gets more than just a glance from me.

Andrew: yeah, he’s awesome — still don’t give a shit, though. lol.

Steve: And, I grabbed the third ALIAS TPB. Good shit.

Andrew: nice

Steve: Except for the one issue they out in there. Nice story, absolute crap watercolors. Looked like a right-handed high school kid painted it with their left hand.

Andrew: bummer

Steve: Luckily it was a stand-alone, so it didn’t ruin an arc.
Steve: Also looked through the new Alpha Flight…
Steve: Baaaaddd…..

Andrew: dude, I wouldn’t touch that just for the title of the story arc alone

Steve: What’s the title?

Andrew: “Shit No One Wants to Read”
Andrew: hold on I’ll find it

Steve: Ha!!!

Andrew: “You Gotta Be Kiddin’ Me”

Steve: The art was nice, and totally wasted on the script. I think Lobdell was trying for the funny, but failed miserably.
Steve: What???
Steve: Seriously?

Andrew: dude — who thinks that’s funny anymore? wtf time frame is he living in?
Andrew: “Hi, I just flew in from 1992…”

Steve: “And boy, are my jokes tired!”

Andrew: no wonder kids don’t read these books, man
Andrew: what kid is going to pick that up?
Andrew: that would sound out of touch to a 2 year old.

Steve: The one that lives in his parent’s basement and obsesses over Nick At Nite?

Andrew: heh!
Andrew: and is 35-40

Steve: Yes!
Steve: Either way, Alpha Flight = stinker.

Andrew: same thing as Swamp Thing: no idea why they would release somehting like tha

Steve: Hey, at least they got talent on Swamp Thing.

Andrew: ah, very true

Steve: Might make it a few years and get a few trades out of it, now that they’re at least telling Swamp Thing stories instead of Daughter Of The Swamp Thing…

Andrew: yeah, that was a mistake, imo

Steve: Big mis-step, yeah.
Steve: Diggle’s made Tefe more interesting in 2-3 pages than they did in her first 2 issues.

Andrew: ha! nice

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