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Summertime and the jams are plentiful

 
 
No star here laces
11:46 / 06.07.01
Mmmm... birds singing, cherry blossom falling, tanned people in strategically placed scraps of cloth walking the streets, thick smog covering all...

...and loads and loads of 'jam' type issues in the comics shops.

What do y'all think of these? I just picked up the Oni summer special (in which the Powers guys meet Kabuki and congratulate her on spending five entire issues sitting in a pool of her own menstrual blood - fuckin hilarious) and the new 100 Bullets (in which half the pages are pin-ups by various artists, a few of which are inspired and most of which are dire).

On balance I generally like these, but wish that they wouldn't put in all the filler from mediocre artists...
 
 
THX-1138
09:27 / 07.07.01
The Oni Color Special was top-notch, I liked it.
Dark Horse has out their 'Maverick' 2001 jam issue annual type comic. I enjoyed the Usagi story in it, but the Grendel pages kinda suck. Haven't got to the rest of it.
I had hoped my shop might offer the new 100 Bullets to me free (DC sent out a 'free' overship of that issue) but they didn't give me one! It sounded great but I'll wait for the trade.
Generally I like these too. Some of it is good some is bad and some is excellent.
 
  
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