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Showing posts with label "Free Comic Book Day". Show all posts
Showing posts with label "Free Comic Book Day". Show all posts

Monday, May 16, 2011

Comic Book Encounters pt. 2


Welcome to the second half of my Free Comic Book Day review of, well, free comics. As I said last week, I got a random handful of comics that were distributed by my local comic store, Tenth Planet. I know almost nothing about comics, so consider these opinions to be those of the uninitiated. So, without further ado…

Friday, May 13, 2011

Comic Book Encounters

I have perused some manga in my time. I am not a super-fan, what with the kitten ears and the chibi obsession and the rape tentacles. But I liked some of the Clamp graphic novels. Hellsing and Blood Alone are also gory fun.

And that is really the extent of my comic book exposure. And, yes, I know manga aren’t comic books, exactly.

Fortunately, a close relative just became a comic book store clerk. Last weekend, as I’ve mentioned, was Free Comic Book Day, and God knows I can’t pass up shiny, bound pieces of paper (except hardcore butt porn. Pass. Although I think the more egregious porn has found a new home on the internet).

My books came from a local shop called Tenth Planet, where the owner wisely decided to distribute a stack of six randomized comics to each customer in lieu of letting them rifle through the entire collection themselves.

What follows is my unvarnished, novice opinion of the free comics I received.