Well, I stopped at the Comic shop this week and there are three (hopefully) kick ass new books out this week that I’m excited to read. But I have them all preordered and since this is supposed to be about books, I’ve yet to order. I skipped all three. (They’re listed in the order list below.

So, this week I’m going to go back to the one I said I hoped to hit last week, in hopes that you, dear reader, could maybe give me a little insight on it.

Fringe #1

Written by Zack Whedon, Julia Cho, Alex Katsnelson, and Denielle Dispaltro; Art by Tom Mandrake and Simon Coleby

Alright can someone explain to me what the hell I read?
Apparently this is somehow supposed to tie in to the new JJ Abrams project of the same name on Fox. Which i have DVRed, so I guess this issue served it’s purpose. But I have a very OCD personality, which makes me DVR the first episode of every new show on the fall schedule and, at least, give it a try.

Why the hell am I talking about television? I’m dealing with comics here. Anyways, The art is strong. Not quite Tony Harris, whom I love, but the above average strength Vertigo/Wildstorm style that many comics strive for and fail.

And it’s Anthology-esque, which I absolutely love, because a lower page count forces the pages to do more to squeeze in the story.

The first story deals with harvard in 1974, where a prodigal genius hooks up with another genius and they get some mice tripping on acid and electrocute them to see if their brains will synch up. But apparently they hit the acid themselves instead.

The second story deals with a man that goes to sleep and finds himself, apparently, in the body of a convict. To be honest, the art’s a little unclear here, but this is what I think the story shows. Convict uses his phone call to call his wife. Who doesn’t believe him because her husband is right there.

The first story is the stronger of the two and is apparently supposed to give some insight into what happens in the series, but as the book came out before the pilot it just makes me go wha?

And the second story, I know I’ve seen that plot used before, probably multiple times. not that one exactly with the apparent brain switch (maybe?) but with the “my husband’s just fine, you must be lying” aspect.

So, if this is supposed to get me into the series, it peaked me just enough to record the pilot, but not quite enough to actually watch it yet. But I give it an extra point for trying something new.

7.5/10

And the Order List:

APE ENTERTAINMENT
Comics Now #3

BOOM! STUDIOS
Blood Bowl Killer Contract #3 (of 5)
Enigma Cipher TP

DC COMICS
Green Lantern Corps #28

IMAGE COMICS
Dragon Prince #1
Dynamo 5 #16
I Kill Giants #2 (of 7)
Invincible #52

MARVEL COMICS
Amazing Spider-Girl #24
Big Hero 6 #1 (of 5)
Deadpool #1

VIPER COMICS
T Bird And Throttle #0 (of 3)

And I’m still looking for a title to this “column.” If you’ve got one, leave it in the comments or drop me an email. and I’ll consider it. I’m taking suggestions until the end of the month, that will give me time to rebuild the prize drawer.