more august picks
Holy Cow Man! Another Pete's Picks already!?! Well.... here's the one that should have been up,.... like months ago! Still catching up,...and I'm off to San Diego and Chicago (as I write this yo!) So I'm more then sure I'll have sooo much more great books to read and plug...so let the plugging begin! YEEEEAAAY! First up is a little number from Oni Press (check them out if you haven't as of yet...very good Indy's there!) a book called Shenanigans! There are very few books I would say..."Yes, go buy this now"....but I have to say ..."go buy this now!!!" If you love love story's (lets just call it what it is!) then you will enjoy this zany romp with goofy man, the main character Holden, leading the way through his very bad scheme and worst attempt to catch his one and only. Writer Ian Shaughnessy (great work) and Mike Holmes (great work) could not have done a better job... I only wanted more! .....may be a sequel?!? Another Arcana book!?! Yes,.. but a very different tale, done in a very different way. Jova's Harvest by creator Steve Uy is a biblical story of modern beauty. A real pleasure to read, though you may have to push yourself though the beginning to get a taste and a feel for the way people talk in this very quirky story. The pay off is real good, another charm is its animation-ish style art to go with it. Steve Uy may have done very little in the amount of work,... but he clearly thinks his work through and has very rich characters. A very good choice. The next two books are brought to us by Bloodfire Studios (the publishers of Jeromy' Coz'x Vampyrates (the wonderful colorist creation, and Lee Kohse's Kinder Goth! Goth vs Aliens. Wowzeer!) They sent these books to us to check out and take a gander...so first up is....... Intergalactic! Impressive name,... and a wonderful book. Writer, artist, creator has taken all that is good with the good old days of such story's that where a big part of the early days of Heavy Metal and made it his own! Alyssis Entopy is a soldier in the intergalactic war (and sexy hot too!) Join her and a cool cast of weirdos in this tightly packed space opera tale with great art to boot! A really good add to any collection. Utopiates.....geeeez, what can I say about this book!?! Directly from the Bloodfire website... " likened to "A Scanner Darkly" "The Matrix" and "Strange Days" Utopiates is a near future story set around the concept that science has been able to distill personalities into liquid form. This allows people to inject these imprints and become "someone else"!!! Its all that and more,... a incredible read and a joy to look at! The story is just genius and plays out in a very unique way with visuals that amaze. A must read,.. I was overjoyed to get the first 4 issues in the mail, and even more ecstatic to sit down and read this very outrageous tale that could very well be a evil future possibility...scary but true! Go get this baby,.. you won't be able to put it down, or stop thinking about it! Highly recommended!!! So Buddy's, that it for now (until after my mini comic convention tour...staring me!) I'll return with some new boffo-o books soon enough. Until then, stretch out on your comfy bed, turn your nightlight on, and open to the next page.......a new universe of the fantastic awaits! See you all later.......cheers, Peter Palmiotti .