Geek Mentality

I’d heard nothing but good things about this book, written by Jeff Lemire, for a while now, but kept avoiding it for some reason. Finally I picked up a few collections and instantly fell in love with it.

If you enjoy interesting serialized story telling or post-apocalyptic tales of weird - then you must already be reading this. If you are not, I suggest you pick up the first trade now.

I went from trying it, to loving it, to almost caught up with it in a matter of days. Immediately saying “okay, just one more issue” after you finish an issue is a sure tale sign that I love this book.

And I do.

Looking back on the my “Year in Geek.”

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As I mentioned before, I’m excited about DC Comics’ New 52. To honor this major change in DC Comics (at least at this point it seems pretty major), I’ve decided to read all 52 of the new….52. Some I may like, some may love, some I may pretty much hate.

I am sure there will be more than a few that I won’t read again, but I want to give these 52 titles a try even if it’s just so I can say years from now, “Yeah, I read all of those…”

So here is the full list of the relaunched titles, with the dates they are released. The crossed out ones are obviously the ones I’ve already read - and I’ll updating this post as I go along.

Anyone else out there doing this?

August 31

• Justice League [8/31/11]

September 7

• Action Comics [9/7/11]
• Animal Man [9/16/11]
• Batgirl [9/20/11]
• Batwing [9/17/11]
• Detective Comics [9/7/11]
• Green Arrow [9/12/11]
• Hawk and Dove [9/18/11]
• Justice League International [9/12/11]
• Men of War [9/25/11]
• O.M.A.C. [9/25/11]
• Static Shock [9/23/11]
• StormWatch [9/17/11]
• Swamp Thing [9/18/11]

September 14

• Batman and Robin [9/21/11]
• Batwoman [10/6/11]
• Deathstroke [10/8/11]
• Demon Knights [10/8/11]
• Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. [9/29/11]
• Green Lantern [9/14/11]
• Grifter [10/8/11]
• Legion Lost [10/8/11]
• Mister Terrific [10/7/11]
• Red Lanterns [9/27/11]
• Resurrection Man [10/6/11]
• Suicide Squad [10/6/11]
• Superboy [9/15/11]

September 21

• Batman [9/26/11]
• Birds of Prey [10/6/11]
• Blue Beetle [10/4/11]
• Captain Atom [10/6/11]
• Catwoman [10/6/11]
• DC Universe Presents [10/6/11]
• Green Lantern Corps [9/27/11]
• Legion of Super-Heroes [10/8/11]
• Nightwing [10/3/11]
• Red Hood and the Outlaws [10/6/11]
• Supergirl [9/29/11]
• Wonder Woman [9/28/11]

September 28

• All-Star Western
• Aquaman [10/9/11]
• Batman: The Dark Knight [10/8/11]
• Blackhawks [10/13/11]
• The Flash [10/14/11]
• The Fury of Firestorm
• Green Lantern: New Guardians
• I Vampire [10/12/11]
• Justice League Dark
• The Savage Hawkman [10/14/11]
• Superman [10/8/11]
• Teen Titans [10/14/11]
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• Voodoo [10/9/11]

I am a comic book fan - but not really a comic book aficionado. So what does this major DC Comics reboot, affectionately known as “The New 52”, mean to me?

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Reading 80. 81 is next.

When you really think about it, a public library is really an amazing place. A public building, open to anybody, filled with the knowledge of the world - all for no cost. Growing up I thought of it mainly as a place where I can take out regular old books - and I never thought a second about it. Now, the public library is one of my main resources for reading comic books. It’s an amazing resource, and yet for some reason I feel guilty about it.

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For those of you who don’t know this, I like to read - and for the past few months I have been tracking and sharing everything I read using Shelfari.

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What is a geek to do when he has two weeks off from work?

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