Well I’ve met to post this for a while now but it’s pretty bloody obvious that this blog is on a hiatus now.

This blog has a history that was tied to a certain comic book store in Vancouver, Canada (You know, where the 2010 Winter Olympics were) called ELFSAR COLLECTION COMICS & TOYS. Sadly Elfsar had to close down in May so in many ways, it’s closing has also put the final nail into the coffin of this blog. If I had ANY thought of returning and sparking this sucker up, it’s all gone now. Elfsar was the spark that had me start REALLY bad reviews over on Happy Harbor Comics website. That went on for a while until I thought, why not just start my own blog doing the same thing and ranting about whatever else I wanted. So I did and BtS was born. It went through many looks & feel until finding the latest incarnation. Now don’t get me wrong, I do miss it at times but overall I think running this blog took a great deal out of me in ways I haven’t still realized. I managed this blog almost as much or more than working 8 hours a day and that got to be too much in general. That and I feel my appreciation for comic books lately has been at an all time low so I have little to talk about.

I know many friends I know wished I kept the blog up and running but never truly understood it was like feeding a forever hungry zombie… and I FUCKING HATE Zombies!

So for now the blog is again on a Hiatus. If you feel the fucked up strange need to listen to my rambles, you can catch me on Twitter here:
http://twitter.com/RobertParizek

I’m not closing up shop as I like the digital footprint this leaves so feel free to browse and lick the carpet, you might find something you like. That said, I’m closing the comments now for the entire site and all older posts.

I AM GODZILLA

&

I NOW

RULE THIS

BLOG!

From this point forward there will be

no more Robert, only me on this blog.

My reviews, my rants, my raves

& other various tidbits I want to post.

No one else will…

“WHAT THE FUCK UP, BITCH!”

Oh SNAP, its Mechagodzilla!

“What’s happening, dude? Are you really doing a blog?! YOU?!”, MechaGodzilla

YES. Now shut up and let me finish up wha…

“Hey. Can I help?”, MechaGodzilla

Okay but remember who is in charge around here!

As I was saying, I Now…

“Ahem!”, MechaGodzilla

*sigh*

WE NOW RULE THIS BLOG. BEWARE!

No one is safe with Godzilla

& MechaGodzilla

now blogging on BtS!

So I checked this out today on Newsarama, Dan Didio talks about things like Superman books, Final Crisis, Batman and such. Anything special or new? Not really but I am taken back a touch by the following statement:

And let me put aside any concerns people have about Final Crisis #7, this is and always has been Grant’s story, and any changes made along the way were discussed in advance as to work with the natural flow of the miniseries. The ending is Grant’s, pure and simple, and is the ending he envisioned from the start.

Does this mean that he is putting Grant Morrison under the bus so when FC comes out and its a massive flop, its all Grant Morrison? That crossed my mind and then I thought, naaaaaah, but then I kept reading about Grant Morrison on Batman and saw this…

12. Getting back into the Batman books – just so we have the lineup correct…Denny in December, Faces of Evil in January, and Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert in February. Is Grant coming back to the main Batman book then?

DD: Grant has so many Batman stories to tell that we have to find an outlet for them, and I’m absolutely sure that we will find one for him.

Now I have to wonder Wha? I was at the Comic-Con Batman panel where Grant Morrison was going to be writing Batman forever. Yeah I don’t think so anymoe — I am betting my comic monies that once FC is over we the fans will be hearing about how Grant and DC have parted ways.

Anyways here is the full article:
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/110826-Didio3.html#comments

It is interesting to hear how DC and Dan are planning / thinking about the upcoming Blackest Night event and how it will come out. Maybe the idea of all these fricken Bubble Comic Books that DC is running right now (Green Lanterns w/ the Red Lanterns, Titans w/ their crap, Teen Titans and their crap, Superman and the New Krypton stuff, Justice Society of America and Kingdom Come, Justice League and their adventures, Final Crisis and its crap, Batman RIP/Battle of the Cowl — all in their own bubble worlds) will end soon and we will finally see some continuity in the DCU and their books.

 

So just on Sunday I had the chance to get out and go to the Vancouver Comicon. I got a chance to see lots of people like Ed Brisson, letterer extraordinaire (yes, he lettered Abigail’s War for me but also runs his own publishing company New Reliable Press and is working on several new projects) plus I met Hartley at the con. William S. and I had a blast and got some good deals then we popped into Elfsar Comic & Toys where I got my comics for last week. I am still working through everything I got so Best Bang Reborn will be out on Weds morning, I am hoping (update: Friday if I am lucky). All this was good but it still reminded me that I am bored of comic books these days. Why? Well let me break it down for you and it is really rather simple.

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It has been crazy busy for me of late. Here is the ASTONISHING Best Bang Reborn #15 which includes 3 WEEKS of bite sized comic book reviews. These are a mix of books from Hourglass Comics and Elfsar Comics & Toys! Thanks to Chris Nolan’s Comic Books Beta for artwork and info, you can find that here:
http://apps.facebook.com/comicbooks/

Only a few books are good enough to get more than a 3 leafs which are Secret Six #3, Justice Society of America #20, Nova #18, The Incredible Hercules #122 and Star Wars: Legacy #29! The majority of the comics are just okay or sub-par of what I expect like almost all the Final Crisis books!

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This week is an AMAZING Best Bang Reborn #14 for comics out on October 15th. From Port Moodys Hourglass Comics & Toys comes the likes of Final Crisis: Rogues’ Revenge, Amazing Spiderman, Astonishing X-Men and Guardians of the Galaxy. This week I went with the maple leaf ranking best to worst, enjoy!

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As I try to support the other comic book blog websites out there, great work from Mike Haynes and crew on the latest Podcast of Awesome #2. Go listen, check it out and hear how they talk Marvel Apes, Deadpool, Kick Ass, Red Hulk, Dark Reign, Age of Sentry, Final Crisis, POA shirts and misc. other t-shirts (like the Matt Fraction “Iron Man is Right” shirt design).

My only issue is the huge major support of things like Secret Invasion and Marvel Apes (pick of the week – WTF. Wow. Lame!), seems like the podcast is a touch Marvel wing biased but I still enjoyed it. Hell — they are doing it and I am still typing stupid keys and not. Also I will always support another Canuck Comic Blogger, Go Mike Go!

Although Mike did say he would give a shout out to BtS, I listened and… nothing. We also don’t even get the pimpage on POA re: the BtS Heroes Season 3 Giveaway thingy. I know, I know… this blog/site ain’t big, popular or for the cool kids. *le sigh and big pout*

I also wanted to mention that I got around to making a Final Crisis theme for BtS. Feel free to use:
http://betweenthestaples.com/index.php?wptheme=The+Final+Crisis

No Messed Up Solits (I think that feature needs some tweaks / more intelligence than I have at this moment) but only DC Comics Solits for Dec ‘08 tonight. Vigilante by Marv Wolfman, Detective Comics & Batman by Dennis O’Neil, Milestone characters come back in Justice League of America, James Robinson on Superman. Man that takes me back and something great to look forward to in December this year from DC Comics! Enjoy.

Newsarama
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080915-dc-december-solicitations.html

CBR
http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18053

Also the Dark Horse Solits for Dec ‘08.

CBR
http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18008

Well after taking a week off to recover from my near fatal leg injury (makes it sound more sports-like than it was), I am back with another round of the BtS Best Bang. So lets get right down to it, shall we?

Not a ton of comic books this week but we do have some swearing from an almost destroyed copy of All-Star Batman & Robin #10, Amazing Spiderman #571, Deadpool #1 and more of those Young Liars #7. As often the case, this week’s comics come to you from Hourglass Comics as I am in the ‘burbs and so are they. Great store if you ever get the chance to get out this way!

Kudos again to Chris Nolan’s Facebook application Comics Books Beta. I often use Comic Books Beta when building the graphic part of each Best Bang Reborn. If you are on Facebook & collect comics then check ouot this great app! Thanks to Chris for all his hard work on this and for the comments recently. I want to use your script for the preview urls but I only want them on certain posts not across the board on my blog, sorry.

Oh and my notice to DC Comics Sales People: The US Navy Ad inserts in your recent books are REALLY F***KING ANNOYING and makes your books a pain in the ass to read. I know you won’t be reading this blog/post and it means nothing in comparison to the $$ you get for those ads but F***K! Okay, I got that off my chest.

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