Ollie Watch: July 8th, 2009

Hey guys, bet you thought I'd disappeared again! Anyway, big news in the Green Arrow world this week:


Green Arrow/Black Canary #22: The citizens of Star City are still deaf following Discord's attack. Will Black Canary be able to defeat a man who can cancel out any sound? Meanwhile, Green Arrow continues to fight off the advances of Cupid, his insane stalker.

This issue begins the split between the Green Arrow and Black Canary titles. GA will still be the star of the book, drawn by none other than Bill Sienkiewicz! Black Canary will still be in the book, but as a back up feature, similar to the Booster Gold/Blue Beetle setup. The Black Canary feature will be written by Josef Rubenstein.

Speedy, do we have to have another "discussion"?

Speedy, this is strike two. First, you doodle in the sand while a super villain tries to impale me with a spear, and now this!


Oh Speedy, its no wonder you got yourself addicted to heroin the moment you were out of adult supervision.

Panels from World's Finest #50, page 18. Image courtesy of Comics Make No Sense.

Return from Hiatus: Con Repot: Atlanta Comic Convention

Hey guys, hiatus over! I find myself with a bit more free time these days, so the Arrowcave is back!

Every 3 or 4 months, Atlanta hosts the Atlanta Comic Convention. Its a small con, only the ballroom at a hotel, but there are usually deals a plenty to go around. I got a ton of stuff, so let's get started!

Firestorm: Just a few issues this time. The Fury of Firestorm 30,33, 63, 65, 85, 88, and 89 found their way into my bag.

Namor: Filled in some more of my Namor collection, with Namor vol. 2 34, 46, and annual 1.

ROM Spaceknight: More ROM! Issues 19, 28, and 74

Moon Knight: Issues 19 (twice, sigh) and 21 of Marc Spector, Moon Knight.

Legion of Superheroes: Issues 269, 275, 300, 310, and annual 2 of the original series. Also issue 51 of Legionaires, post reboot.

Vigilante: I found almost every issue of the 80's Baxter paper run of Vigilante out of a quarter bin. I now own issues 2-13, 16, 17, 21, 22, 25, 27-50 and annual 2. That's almost the entire series! I've heard great things about this series, ad now I can see for myself.

For some comedy, I also picked up a few issues of 'Mazing Man. Specifically issues 1-9 and the special.

To fill in some of my Mike Grell collection we turn to the Book Nook, a used bookstore near the con. There, in the 50 cent bin, I found most of the second Jon Sable: Freelance run. I got issues 1-4, 6, 8-17, and 20-22.

Aquaman: Just one ish this time, issue 8 of the 91 series.

I also picked up a few random issues of Green Lantern, Alpha Flight, Avengers, Secret Society of Super Villains, Ambush Bug, and finally, the last issue of the Beta Ray Bill Stormbreaker miniseries.

Good times, good times! I also got to hang out with my friend Scott Gardner of the Two True Freaks podcast. Its always nice to attend the con with a friend!

EDIT TO ADD: I forgot something! I also found Essential volumes for 4 dollars! I ended up with Essential Fantastic Four vol. 1-3, Essential Marvel Two-In-One vol. 2 and Essential Amazing Spider-Man vol 7. Wooo!

Speedy, please pay attention...

In another tidbit from our friends over at Comics make No Sense, we have Green Arrow and Speedy fighting the Blue Lancer, only...



...Speedy doesn't really seem to be doing much fighting. I can imagine how this conversation went:

"Speedy, you go around and try to shoot him from behind, that shield is.... "

"Seriously Speedy, I could use some help here, this guy is throwing all manner of spears at me."

"Speedy, stop doodling in the sand and actually help me!"

"This is because I ran off and let you get addicted to heroin, isn't it?

FCBD Part 1: Teen Titans print!

Hey everyone! I know I said I was going on hiatus, but I found myself with some extra time this weekend, and wanted to report on Free Comic Book Day!

I'll elaborate on my purchases tomorrow, but for now I wanted to show you a print I picked up at Galactic Quest in Lawrenceville, GA. The artist, inker Nathaniel Massengil, was there at the store doing a signing!

I picked it up because of the cool Speedy there in the corner, but the more i look at it, the more I like it over all! I specially like the giant Aqualad in the upper left corner. Go Garth!

Tidbit Arrow: GA fights a Dinosaur

Enjoy!

(From World's Finest #42, page 20. Image courtesy of Comics Make No Sense)

Hiatus Arrow!

Hey guys! You may have a noticed a distinct lack of content around here lately. Unfortunately, your humble correspondent has been incredibly busy the past month or so, and things done look to let up for a while. Between searching for a new place to live, work, and general laziness, I won't have much time for blogging until June. Hopefully, I'll have to site back up and running and on a regular schedule then.

I might still post random tidbits as I get time.