BB Review Group Voting Thread for 7/25

[Ray G.]

Okay, since Thud is rarely online when the Midtown list goes up, he's asked me to handle the voting threads. This is not a coup d'etat. :D


Quick summary of what this thread is:

This thread is for everyone to determine what book we will review in the BB Review Thread. In the past we took turns picking a book but now we are openly voting for titles we would like to see reviewed. Everyone is welcome to participate, no need to ask.

After visiting the Midtown shipping list (or another one you prefer) and looking over the choices please nominate one book. At the end of the week (thread closes on Tuesday at 6pm CST) the title with the most votes wins. Feel free to lobby for your choice as much as you please :)

There are no restrictions on what you can nominate and vote. Any publisher (no matter how small) any price (singles, trades, hardcovers ect) and import titles are all fair game.

We will do a new thread every week to do these votes

Here's the list of what is shipping 7/25:

http://www.midtowncomics.com/eshop/weeklyrelease.asp?crypt=HPcog%3F%28NPcog%3F%28Wugt KF%3F%3A6893%3B237%28WutPcog%3F%28WutV%7Brg%3F%28W utNgxgn%3F

Time to pick next weeks book :)

[Matt O'Keefe]

Harry Potter Book 7

[Ray G.]

I nominate Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord #1. Each of the minis have stood on their own to a certain degree so far, and this one in particular looks like a blast. It's the Dirty Dozen in space as Peter Quill assembles a ragtag group of convicts on a suicide mission, ranging from Rocket Raccoon and a talking tree to Captain Universe and former Avenger Mantis. Plus, it's written by original Annihilation scribe Keith Giffen! This can't miss! Rocket Raccoon! :D

[Ray G.]

Harry Potter Book 7

I'm never voting for a prose hardcover. :no:

[xanderharris]

Star-Lord #1

[Matt O'Keefe]

I'm never voting for a prose hardcover. :no:

After looking at that list there is no way I'm changing my vote:D



Rules don't say it has to be a comic.

[ZombieSpeedball]

I would like to review Mighty Avengers #4, personally.

[Kingsumo]

Fuck Yes! I may not be the not so silent minority on this one.

Star Lord #1 FTW!

[John Drake]

Doktor Sleepless

[RebootedCorpse]

Black Summer #1
It's Ellis, bitches!

[Maestro]

Immortal Iron Fist #7

It's a stand-alone issue and Iron Fist hasn't been reviewed yet.

[Ray G.]

Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord #1 - 3
Mighty Avengers #4 - 1
Doktor Sleepless #1 - 1
Black Summer #1 - 1
The Immortal Iron-Fist #7 - 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 1

[Tony Bang]

Sleepless

[Thudpucker]

Doktor Sleepless.

Creator owned Ellis and he's called it his new Transmetropolitan, how can anyone not vote for this?

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=109981

[Bryan H]

Doktor Sleepless 1

Been jazzed for this for awhile.

[RebootedCorpse]

Doktor Sleepless.

Creator owned Ellis and he's called it his new Transmetropolitan, how can anyone not vote for this?

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=109981

At least one of the Ellis choices has to be picked!

[Ray G.]

Frankly, neither of those Ellis books sound very impressive.

Doktor Sleepless in particular evokes memories of Grant Morrison's The Filth. Don't know why, but I get a very iffy vibe from them.

[Thudpucker]

At least one of the Ellis choices has to be picked!

:rock:

[Joe Henderson]

Iron Fist #7

[Doug]

Doktor Sleepless #1

(Speak of the Devil from Dark Horse also sounds good, but there is no way it will get votes)

[Andreas]

MULTIPLE WARHEADS #1 (Oni Press) by Brandon Graham, a russian werewolf romance comic. Here's the cover and some interior art (more at Brandom Graham's gallery at deviantART (http://royalboiler.deviantart.com/)).

http://www.onipress.com/images/books/onibk_278.jpg

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs13/f/2007/013/7/0/Dead_center_sexica_by_royalboiler.jpg

Andreas

[Thudpucker]

MULTIPLE WARHEADS #1 (Oni Press) by Brandon Graham, a russian werewolf romance comic. Here's the cover and some interior art (more at Brandom Graham's gallery at deviantART (http://royalboiler.deviantart.com/)).

http://www.onipress.com/images/books/onibk_278.jpg

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs13/f/2007/013/7/0/Dead_center_sexica_by_royalboiler.jpg

Andreas

Brandon Graham! :eek:

I loved 'Universe So Big'. I've only found 2 issues of it though, not sure if there were more. I keep looking whenever I dig for back issues.

I picked up Escilator and two of his porn books awhile ago too, he has a great style.

[bradical]

sleepless.

[Hock]

Iron Fist hasn't been reviewed yet has it?

I'm going with Iron Fist #7.

[Andreas]

Brandon Graham! :eek:

I loved 'Universe So Big'. I've only found 2 issues of it though, not sure if there were more. I keep looking whenever I dig for back issues.

I picked up Escalator and two of his porn books awhile ago too, he has a great style.

Benito Cereno recommended MULTIPLE WARHEADS a few months ago and that was when I heard about Brandon Graham first. Meanwhile I also saw "Kid Girl Khameleon" (http://reyyy.livejournal.com/12655.html) by his homey Corey Lewis. These are very talented guys. You're lucky to have easy access to back issues. My best bet is a re-list of KING CITY when the next volume comes out.

http://www.indyworld.com/graham/images/escalator.cover.med.jpg

Andreas

[Brad N.]

Doktor Sleepless for me as well!

[greg donovan]

Iron Fist #7

standalone issue.

but if this doesnt win i will lobby just as hard for #8.

[Ray G.]

Doktor Sleepless #1 - 7
The Immortal Iron-Fist #7 - 4
Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord #1 - 3
Mighty Avengers #4 - 1
Black Summer #1 - 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 1
Multiple Warheads #1 - 1

Rocket Racoon hates you all. :cry:

[greg donovan]

ray by my count sleepless should only be at 7 votes.

[Ray G.]

ray by my count sleepless should only be at 7 votes.

Fixed, thankee. :D

[Matt O'Keefe]

Rocket Racoon hates you all. :cry:

So does R.A.B.:(



Two more hours baby:boogie:

[Vonn Hennigar]

Annihilation Conquest - Star-Lord # 1

[Tom G.]

Doctor Sleepless

[John M. Coker (Johnny C.)]

This one's a toughie.

[John M. Coker (Johnny C.)]

I ALMOST want to vote for Wolverine #55. Basically because I already have and I'm just DYING to know what everyone's reactions are going to be to this.

[Kingsumo]

This one's a toughie.

caughstarlordcaugh

[jason hissong]

where the hell is my godland hardcover?

[Knightspider]

will reading Annihilation Conquest - Star-Lord # 1 ruin Annihilation or is it set up for somthing new?

[Bryan H]

will reading Annihilation Conquest - Star-Lord # 1 ruin Annihilation or is it set up for somthing new?

I haven't read Star-Lord of course, but he does appear in the original Annihilation. At this point Conquest has nothing to do with the old story, it involves two entirely different protagonists.

Could be some spoilers in Star-Lord though, who knows? Only baby Jesus.

[Sam Johnson]

ALAN MOORE'S WILD WORLDS is pretty much the only thing on the list I have any interest in. This is where the then promising young Moore really honed his craft under the tutelage of Rob Liefeld.

[lonesomefool]

Iron Fist #7

[Olivier E.]

iron fist

[Adrian B AWESOME]

If we didn't just review it, I definatly say Batman 666.

But since we did Iron Fist. Back to back Fraction!

[Ray G.]

Doktor Sleepless #1 - 8
The Immortal Iron-Fist #7 - 7
Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord #1 - 4
Mighty Avengers #4 - 1
Black Summer #1 - 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 1
Multiple Warheads #1 - 1
Alan Moore's Wild Worlds - 1

[Icaruss]

Doktor Sleepless.

[Bryan H]

Ooo, we've got a good race going this week.

I'll have to give Iron Fist a try, should it win out.

[ClintP]

Iron Fist. I was reading it monthly but dropped it due to too many titles a month. I am going to pick up the tpbs though.

[jerk from pod 6]

If the voting is still open...I say Doktor Sleepless!!

Hopefully my store remembered to order it for me.

[dEnny!]

Doktor Sleepless

[dEnny!]

Doktor Sleepless #1 - 11
The Immortal Iron-Fist #7 - 9
Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord #1 - 4
Mighty Avengers #4 - 1
Black Summer #1 - 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 1
Multiple Warheads #1 - 1
Alan Moore's Wild Worlds - 1

Oooh...it's getting interesting. Just glad that Annihilation crap isn't winning.

[SteveZegers]

Nothing. I vote for nothing this week!

[dEnny!]

Nothing. I vote for nothing this week!

HAWT

[Jef UK]

Hrm. Many of the pics (like Ellis' books) I'll be waiting on the trade. But I don't mind picking up first issues just to dip my toe in the water. I'm really curious about the return of Rocket Racoon, also.

So, Starlord #1, for me.

[Ray G.]

Nothing. I vote for nothing this week!

Dude. Talking animals! You're going to vote against talking animals?

[SteveZegers]

Dude. Talking animals! You're going to vote against talking animals?

I'm voting for good talking animals.

[Ray G.]

Also, Denny, I could one less vote for Iron Fist than you have. BryanS7 wasn't voting for it, I believe.

[GrandeMaestro Fünke]

Doktor Sleepless.

[dEnny!]

Also, Denny, I could one less vote for Iron Fist than you have. BryanS7 wasn't voting for it, I believe.

Go with your number as you are the official vote thread counter. Sorry about that.

Iron Fist has been a great comic, but I think a new #1 from a small publisher would be an interesting selection, especially since Ellis is writing.

[Ryan F]

I love Iron Fist, but I'll vote for Starlord #1 anyways.

[Ray G.]

Doktor Sleepless #1 - 12
The Immortal Iron-Fist #7 - 8
Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord #1 - 6
Mighty Avengers #4 - 1
Black Summer #1 - 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 1
Multiple Warheads #1 - 1
Alan Moore's Wild Worlds - 1

[John M. Coker (Johnny C.)]

I'll go with Iron Fist.

[Bryan H]

Whoops, sorry for the confusion.

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

Doktor Sleepless

[Ray G.]

Doktor Sleepless wins!

[Ray G.]

Final results:

Doktor Sleepless #1 - 13
The Immortal Iron-Fist #7 - 9
Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord #1 - 6
Mighty Avengers #4 - 1
Black Summer #1 - 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 1
Multiple Warheads #1 - 1
Alan Moore's Wild Worlds - 1

[Master Jack Rabbitt]

Doktor Sleepless wins!

Yay!

[Blake Sims]

What is Docktor Sleepless about?

[Bryan H]

What is Docktor Sleepless about?

From an interview with Warren Ellis here: http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=109981

"Doktor Sleepless is a Mad Scientist. Doktor Sleepless has returned to the city of his birth, co-opted a pirate radio frequency, and is broadcasting long, strange and nonsensical monologues across the city at night. Doktor Sleepless, accompanied by an unknown and mildly frightening Nurse, is walking around the city. Doktor Sleepless is Up To Stuff."

[YouStayClassy]

What is Docktor Sleepless about?

NRAMA: Who is Doktor Sleepless?

WE: That's the question. Doktor Sleepless is a Mad Scientist. Doktor Sleepless has returned to the city of his birth, co-opted a pirate radio frequency, and is broadcasting long, strange and nonsensical monologues across the city at night. Doktor Sleepless, accompanied by an unknown and mildly frightening Nurse, is walking around the city. Doktor Sleepless is Up To Stuff. But, really, he's a cartoon. Who fears a cartoon Mad Scientist who jabbers amusing gibberish over the radio at night, speaking to the grinder subculture of body-modifiers and disappointed freaks who make up the city's under-classes?

Who's afraid of Doktor Sleepless?

Well. Perhaps more people should be. He's also John Reinhardt, a technologist with a tragic, haunted past who couldn't get anyone to listen to him three years ago? And why would they? A rich kid with a barrel full of patents who lived in a huge house in the hills overlooking the city, just about as privileged as you can get in the Western world. So he went away, to learn things, leaving his girlfriend Sing to try and hold the counterculture scene in the city together. And he came back as someone people would listen to. Doktor Sleepless, a living fictional character, funny and unthreatening. Because that way he could do what he liked.

And perhaps we should be afraid of people who do as they like. Because they tend not to worry about who gets hurt.

[Japhy Ryder]

Black Summer #1

EDIT: D'oh! Too late.

[greg donovan]

maybe next time for iron fist then.

next issue is a new arc that has a giant fighting tournament.