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The first panel of seeing a younger Joey got to me the most out of the first 7 issues. While #4 was certainly icky, I have the hope that somewhere along the way, a certain character will get what's coming to them. Seeing Joey...well...you know that's not going to happen.

I dunno if it got better, per se, but issue # 2 was definitely just as great as issue 1! Whereas in issue 1 we got the female perspective on female sexual awakening, we got the male perspective in #2. The differences are funny and feel as true as can be, as exemplified by the different names both have for the time-stopped state that their special power brings them into when activated. In a way this series is just as much therapy/alleghory for our attitudes about our sexuality as much as it is wildly entertaining romantic-comedy-sci-fi!

LOVE this series! Probably the best new thing to debut in 2013, imo!

Meanwhile, I recently read Pretty Deadly #1. I liked it a lot and didn't feel even the slightest desire to rip it up! I thought it was a lot more coherent than some say it is and quite an unusual and entertaining experience, too. Definitely looking forward to reading more!

Issue 2 is even better. They almost read like poetry... and the art is fantastic.

Re: SEX, I got the first trade containing 1-8 for half off... and I'm not sure it was a deal...? Doubt I'll continue with them. So, SEX CRIMINALS is next!

so, to summarise. Despite getting a 50% discount you are now off Sex?

Correct, yes.

well, I chuckled.

Walked into THAT one... like Cobie into a paternity suit...

Velvet #1 and #2.

Beautiful to look at. #1 was about as well paced and compressed as a comic could be. Art was mostly for atmosphere, not so much for plot but it does atmosphere really, really, well.

I was really hyped by #1 but nearly as unimpressed by #2. The story quickly, what is the term, "jumped the shark?" I guess that might be the wrong term. The writers quickly introduced deux ex machina, which was really bizarre because they'd created a terrific character that most certainly didn't seem to need it. Then there's the age thing. They went about 20 years too far for me to take it credibly and would seem to severely limit the shelf life of the hero. Either that or we have a faustian thing going on instead of a "real" human, which would be even more the opposite direction I was hoping they were going. The dialogue started getting shakey, pacing fell and other complaints..

It's certainly worth a check in on #3.


Jupiter's Legacy #3

This one also took a turn that has me reconsidering and it occurred not in the story but in the editor's comments. From those comments, it would seem the editor has in mind a "world" occupied by this and Kick Ass and ..., exactly the reason I got away from main stream DC. Maybe I'm reading into some of his comments something that's not really there.


Ghost #4

Continues to hold the pace of the earlier issues. I think I'll like this one further.

Lardy, are you current with PD??? I got #3 with my DCBS shipment Saturday and WOW! A lot of the pieces of the narrative are clicking into place, and this book is tied with ROCKET GIRL for my favorite Image monthly...

Nah, I've only read issue 1 so far. Always behind by choice and a little more now with the X-Men re-read. But it's great to know that PD is still good and getting better.

RG# 1 didn't knock my socks off, but I bought issue #2. Not bad, but no real *UMPH* in that first issue. How were the others?

I'm loving it, but then I'm biased/somewhat personally invested... I was a Kickstarter supporter .

#3 really sealed the deal for me. This is really fantastic, epic stuff. The back of the issue shows Kelly Sue explaining how she first imagined this as a spaghetti western but its taken a life of its own. I really like how that's happened. It feels a lot like Sandman or Swamp Thing in that it combines so much wonder with so much realistic, human emotion.

A WHOLE lot of new stuff in the Pipe at the Image Expo. They certainly are pulling in DC's writer's stable, aren't they?

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=50171

I was getting updates in real time like I was 15 years old or something, constantly refreshing! The Snyder / Jock Wytches book sounds awesome!

In fact, most of the stuff sounds pretty great!

Lots for me to at least look at which is far more than I can say for either of the big two.

^Yes. This.

With the latest issue, Velvet continues to build to what promises to be something amazing (solicitations have the climax set to occur in issue 5.)

Love the roguish character of Burke and his banter with Velvet, hope we'll see a lot of him in future issue.

Can't wait to find out what dirty secrets Marina has to reveal about X-14.

Is it me or did a bunch of Image titles miss their solicits for APR shipping titles??? I placed my FEB-for-APR DCBS order, there's nothing listed for Rocket Girl, Sex Criminals, or Saga, and Pretty Deadly and Velvet only have listings for their first TPBs...

Saga's in its traditional 2-monthish hiatus after every six issues and will return in May. But, yeah, Sex Criminals seems to have fallen into production delays. Same for Mind the Gap apparently and presumably Rocket Girl.

Thanks Lardy... I guess the Saga schedule would explain Deadly and Velvet as well, taking a planned break with trades filling the gap.

Yeah, the "Saga schedule" has been adopted by a number of Image series now. So it's basically 6 months monthly, 1-2 month break, then the series returns for 6 months and the previous issues launch as a trade at the same time. Timing the trades to launch on the same day new arcs launch has worked well for Saga, so don't be surprised to see Pretty Deadly, Velvet, Sex Criminals, etc. following suit.

Brubaker's Fatale and Hickman's Manhattan Projects have the same schedule as well.

^ Personally, I like it. It means about 10 issues per year which is easier on the Walnut, and allows the creative teams to recharge between arcs.