Here's some comical books shipping this week... 2000 AD PACK MAY 2010 AGE OF BRONZE #30 AGE OF HEROES #2 (OF 4) HA AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #633 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #634 GRIM AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS BLACK CAT #1 (OF 4) ANGEL BARBARY COAST #3 ANITA BLAKE CIRCUS OF DAMNED CHARMER #2 OF (5) ATLAS #2 AZRAEL #9 BETTY & VERONICA #248 BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #205 BLACK WIDOW #3 HA BOX 13 GN BOYS #43 BRIGHTEST DAY #4 CLASSIC RED SONJA REMASTERED #1 CROSSED FAMILY VALUES #2 (OF 6) DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER JOURNEY BEGINS #2 (OF 5) DARK WOLVERINE #87 DARKWING DUCK #1 DUCK KNIGHT RETURNS DC UNIVERSE LEGACIES #2 (OF 10) DEADPOOL #24 DEADPOOL MERC WITH A MOUTH #12 (OF 13) DMZ #54 DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP #11 (OF 24) DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #355 DV8 GODS AND MONSTERS #3 (OF 8) FABLES #96 FADE TO BLACK #4 (OF 5) FARSCAPE ONGOING #8 FEVRE DREAM #2 (OF 10) FORGETLESS #5 (OF 5) GI JOE #19 GRIMM FAIRY TALES #48 A CVR DEBALFO HELLBLAZER #268 HERALDS #3 (OF 5) HER-OES #3 INCREDIBLE HULK #610 WWHS JOKERS ASYLUM HARLEY QUINN #1 JOKERS ASYLUM MAD HATTER #1 JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #161 KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #163 LOCKJAW AND PET AVENGERS UNLEASHED #4 (OF 4) LONE RANGER #22 MAGDALENA (ONGOING) #2 MAGOG #10 MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ #7 (OF 8) NEW AVENGERS #1 HA NEW MUTANTS #14 XSC NOT QUITE DEAD #6 OFF HANDBOOK MARVEL UNIVERSE A TO Z UPDATE #2 PHANTOM DOUBLE SHOT #4 (OF 6) KGB NOIR PHANTOM GHOST WHO WALKS #10 PHANTOM UNMASKED #1 (OF 2) POLITICAL POWER #11 AL FRANKEN REBELS #17 ROBERT JORDAN WHEEL OF TIME EYE O/T WORLD #3 (RES) SAVAGE DRAGON #161 SCOOBY DOO #157 SHIELD #10 SHUDDERTOWN #3 SIMPSONS COMICS #167 SONIC UNIVERSE #17 SPIKE THE DEVIL YOU KNOW #1 SPIRIT #3 TINY TITANS #29 ULTIMATE COMICS X #3 WALKING DEAD #73 WALL-E #7 WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #9 X-FACTOR FOREVER #4

Books / Mags / Stuff AFTERSCHOOL CHARISMA TP VOL 01 ARTICHOKE TALES HC BACK ISSUE #41 BATMAN RIP TP BILLY HAZELNUTS & CRAZY BIRD (RES) BLACKSAD HC VOL 01 BOOK OF MR NATURAL HC CHEW TP VOL 02 INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR CINEFEX #122 JUL 2010 CLASSICS ILLUS HC VOL 09 THE JUNGLE COMPLETE DR & QUINCH GN S&S ED CONAN SPEAR & OTHER STORIES TP CREEPY ARCHIVES HC VOL 06 HELLBLAZER HOOKED TP I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE FUNNIER SC JUDGE DREDD COMP CASE FILES GN S&S ED JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #298 LITTLE ADVENTURES IN OZ BOOK 02 MAD MAGAZINE #504 MEATCAKE GN MIGHTY AVENGERS TP UNSPOKEN NAOKI URASAWA 20TH CENTURY BOYS GN VOL 09 PETER PORKER TP VOL 01 SPECTACULAR SPIDER-HAM GN PRESIDENT EVIL I HAVE A SCREAM TP SEVEN SOLDIERS OF VICTORY HC VOL 01 STAR WARS CLONE WARS YR TP VOL 05 IN SERVICE OF REPUBLIC STAR WARS KNIGHTS O/T OLD REPUBLIC TP VOL 09 DEMON TEMPERANCE HC THOR BY J MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI TP VOL 03

Hey! Do you remember I used to have a feature called "Asshat of the Week", for Fucking Stupid Publishing Decisions?

I *could* grant it to Marvel comics for publishing TWO issues of "Amazing Spider-Man" (and a spin-off mini) this week. Yeah, that's pretty fucking dumb.

I *could* also give it to DC for publishing two installments of the "weekly" 5 issue semi-mini-series "Joker's Asylum" this week. Yeah, that's also pretty fucking dumb.

But I think I *actually* have to give it to Moonstone for publishing THREE different "Phantom" comics in a single week! I mean, at least people *like* Batman and Spider-Man. Almost no one (in America) likes The Phantom any more, and no one is going to change their mind at all when you dump that number of comics on to the rack in a single week.

What the fuck is wrong with these people, anyway? Do they WANT their comics to not sell?

What looks good you YOU, anyway?

-B