I bought an issue of Wizard recently in what could only be described as an act of random stupidity. The issue was made up almost entirely of movie, game and toy news and as I flew through its sparse contents it hit me that there wasn't a single bit of new news in the entire thing. Not only that but if I want to read kiss-up interviews with celebrities appearing in genre movies I could just go buy an issue of EW or Empire. Obviously, everyone knows Wizard is not a bastion of comic book information but, when the heck did it become a low-rent US Magazine. I guess in the future I'll simply need to seek out more of Two Morrows publications when I need a fix. Or I could just read Newsarama, CBR or even IGN Comics section.
Has anyone been reading Nightwing, Robin, Batman and the Outsiders, or Batman Confidential lately? Is anyone else shocked by the sudden upswing in quality these books have seen in the last year? Nightwing is the best its been since the Chuck Dixon days. I started picking it up when I found out Rags Morales was handling the art but ended up staying thanks to the work that Tomasi is doing with the character. Is it just me or is Rags' work on this title looking rushed and awkward? I was reading the awesome Wrath Child arc of Batman Confidential the other day and I actually picked up an issue of Nightwing and compared Morales work in both and there is definitely a drop in quality. It could just be the inker or colorist at fault however. The best Rags has ever been was on Identity Crisis and that was as much due to the work of Alex Sinclair. Who's been handling the inking on Nightwing? It sure doesn't look like Michael Bair but who maybe I'm wrong.
At any rate the return of Chuck Dixon to the second tier Bat-books has helped make it DC's equivalent of the X-Men franchise. Outsiders is action packed, Robin has seen a return to the form that Dixon himself established in the series' early days, and, as already mentioned, the Wrath Child arc in Batman Confidential was fantastic and it's looking as though that title won't see a huge drop, particularly with the upcoming Kevin Maguire story arc. His art makes anything worth a look. If you're any sort of Batman fan you owe it to yourself to check these titles out.
In completely non-comic related news, this weekend is the Call of Duty live fire event that runs for a ridiculous 72 hour span. I intend on spending as much time participating as possible and have to say I'm jazzed to play. Sadly I went prestige about a week ago which resulted in being sent back to square one weapons wise. Also, my 360 decided it had enough of me and decided it would simply die on me leaving me with no choice but to steal my brothers for the weekend. This means I've barely played in about two weeks. Still, I'm determined to win something.
Say a prayer for me.
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