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
