News for the Week of June 18, 2008
Rick’s Writin’s
Sorry guys and gals, I'm off to see the M's try to avoid getting swept
against the second worst team in the major leagues. Unfortunately, there
is no longer any doubt which is the worst team. Anyhow, I'm running late
and have no time to write my comic report. Read Kick Ass, this last issue
was something else. A quick glance of the list: A couple Star Wars books,
a couple Ultimate books, Batman and the Outsiders (#8) going well, the
last of this run's Anita Blake (#12 of 12), Angel (#9), Amazing Spidey
(#563), Birds of Prey (#119) as well as this weeks Trinity (#3). Sorry
again for the abbreviated column. See you next week. Paula will hopefully
pick up the slack here.
Paula’s Picks
Ha! Me? Pick up the slack? When do I ever….oh wait…yeah! I
ALWAYS pick up the slack! Luckily I’ve got plenty to write about
today!
First, I FINALLY rode my bike to work today! Yippee! I’m still not
good at the hills, so I walked up those, but even so, it only took me
15 minutes to get here. I got to enjoy the sunshine and found the tree
that supplies all of Federal Way with those little fluffy white cotton
fluffy things that float all over the place. My legs are still all wobbly,
but I think once I get used to riding my bike, it won’t be so bad.
I figure in about a month, I’ll have saved about a gallon and a
half in gas. Maybe I’ll take my savings and have a feast at Taco
Bell!
Yesterday, I went to a concert. I haven’t gone to a show in a long
time. Flogging Molly was in town with Pennywise and they played at a festival
put on by some station I don’t listen to. I don’t care! I
got to see Flogging Molly! They were great and Pennywise was awesome too!
I don’t think I’ve seen Pennywise since I was in college so
it was nice to seem them again. And it’s been at least 2 years since
I’ve seen Flogging Molly. The bass player has a broken arm, but
he still played. There was also a good amount of kids in the crowd. I
was standing next to a couple of 13 year old boys that were in the pit
for the first time. They were telling me about how “freakin’
nice everyone” in the pit is. Those were his words exactly. That’s
one thing I like about punk rock shows. From the outside, the pit looks
like this crazy dangerous place with a bunch of people just hitting each
other. But it’s not. Usually (unless someone is completely clueless
jerk), if someone gets hit, the person apologizes and all is forgiven.
If someone falls down, everyone stops and helps the person up. If someone
needs to tie their shoe, people create a wall to keep others from falling
on them. I’ve been at shows where I’ve gotten my glasses knocked
off and everyone around me helped me find them. I’ve never had a
pair broken at a show. I don’t go into the pit so much any more.
I mostly hang out at the edge. It’s a great place to breathe.
I also caught up on some of my reading this weekend. I read the last couple
of issues of Wonder Woman. Is anyone else as confused as I am? I also
read my Buffy and I saw that Fray shows up in the next issue. “Who’s
Fray?” you might ask. Well, I’m glad you asked. You should
read the trade paperback Fray to find out! It’s about a slayer in
the future that has the Scythe that Buffy has now. I read this book before
I watched any Buffy (I thought her hair looked cool). I’ll have
to go back and re-read it to refresh my memory and understand some things
I didn’t get before.
As for this week, we’re getting Astonishing X-Men volume 4 trade
paperback. This book collects the last Joss Whedon story arc. This is
one of the books I wait until the trade comes out before I read it, so
I can’t wait. The last book was hilarious! We’re also getting
the final Y: The Last Man trade paperback. So, once you’ve got it
and read it, go back and re-read the series again! Brian K. Vaughan has
been hinting throughout the entire series about what is going to happen.
But, he does it so well, that you blow it off. “Oh, that person
is just crazy” when you find out that they’re completely right
10 issues later. I also have a question for everyone. DC is offering a
hardcover of the Y: The Last Man series. Each hardcover collects 2 of
the softcovers and the first one is $29.99. The question is: Are you interested?
We’d like to know because we don’t think many people are going
to be interested so we’re probably going to order really light unless
we here otherwise. So, if you want one, please place your order by the
27th of June. I hate puppies.