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Well, between the Red Bull and the Eurythmics, I seem to be doing better. Or else I’m just typing gibberish, like Uncle Duke used to do in the middle of trips. I guess I’ll find out later on …<\/p>\n

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Review code format: writing <\/b>(3-1, faboo to mediocre), art <\/b>(3-1), suitability for jumping on as a new reader <\/b>(3-1), suitability for hooking a a non-comics reader <\/b>(3-1), and eagerly waiting the collected TBP <\/b>(Y\/N).<\/p>\n

<\/a>The Infinity Gauntlet<\/i><\/a> (Marvel) [3\/3\/-\/1\/-]
\nOkay, this may be a reach, or just a guilty pleasure, but I have a real fondness for this ’91 Jim Starlin cosmic duke-it-out. Maybe it’s the art by George Perez and Ron Lim. Maybe it’s because I really like Starlin’s rendition of Thanos. Maybe it’s because it was the first of the recent series of Starlin-Thanos-cosmic-brouhaha events, which have taken on a desperately repetitive nature over the last decade.<\/p>\n

Whatever the reason, the whole Thanos gets omnipotent power and then dukes it out with both Earth’s mightiest heroes and the various Marvel cosmic critters<\/i> schtick still feels fresh here — as does the revelation that Thanos is ultimately self-destructive and loses omnipotence every time he gets hold of it. Regardless, this book — and it’s two antecedents, The Rebirth of Thanos<\/i> and The Thanos Quest<\/i> — are just a blast to read eveyr now and again. Big summer cross-overs of this sort seem to have fallen out of favor, and perhaps just as well, but this was one of the better ones.<\/p>\n

<\/a>The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius<\/i><\/a> (Oni) [3\/3\/-\/3\/-]
\nImagine Calvin (of & Hobbes<\/i> fame) mixed with Dexter (of Dexter’s Lab<\/i>) and Cartman (of South Park<\/i>), and you’d end up with Barry Ween, foul-mouthed uberkind. <\/i>When he’s not trying to close transdimensional portals he’s inadvertently opened in the basement, or unlizardifying his friend Jeremy, he’s busy making sure nobody screws with his friends. The four collection books in the series are just drop-dead hilarious (and, occasionally, poignant) courtesy of the writing and cartooning of Judd Winick. I can’t recommend them highly enough.<\/p>\n

Buck Godot<\/i><\/a> (Starblaze) [3\/3\/-\/3\/-]
\nPhil Foglio mixes Mike Hammer with his own brand of SF hilarity — coupled with fairly extensive backstory. There are two 80s-era volumes, and there’s supposed to be a new one out based on the mini-series of a few years back. Foglio’s always a kick to read, and these books are no exception — well-worth digging up at a used bookstore somewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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