Reading Over Shoulders

omgomgomgomgomgomg VORTEX 2!!!!!
I seriously need some Stylish surgical masks by Yoriko Yoshida.
Kate Dacey at Manga Critic offers up a quick couple of reviews and notes that things come out too fast to cover it all – preach it.
Chris Mautner decides that League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1910 is better than Black Dossier – which isn’t saying much. Based on his review, I’ll probably give it a shot but not have my hopes up.
Here’s what the critics are saying about X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
I normally don’t even bother with a comic until it’s collected but I love the concept of this giant cowl battle so much that I may have to get single issues. Read About Comics reviews Battle of the Cowl: The Underground.
Lazy Monday
I don’t know if it’s the rain or what but I my neurons are not really working at full capacity today. So I post the NYT Graphic Books (haha) bestseller list for April 18.
My reaction – Batman is hot even when he’s not. Watchmen is still being bought. Marvel Zombies meeeeehhhhhh. A Drifting Life – interesting. Saga of Swamp Thing – there’s alway one surprise on the list and this is it. Maybe it’s a generational thing but I really thought Swamp Thing had sunk back into the ooze a long time ago.
Manga – what will happen when Naruto finally ends? Will there be a giant black hole? Will that be the end of the American manga industry? I’m serious.

