Comics

Mighty Avengers: Ultron Initiative (vol. 1) - I didn't like the start, it was a little too jumpy, but the story was better as it went. The character thought balloons of people trash talking each other were nice and fun.

New Avengers: The Trust (vol. 7) - This seemed to be all over the place. The story is getting so complex. No one trusts each other, they're on the run, stories go in and out of other comic book series (Doctor Dooms Venom accident) and there is the new villian the hood and Dr. Strange and a mental or meta-physical breakdown as he tries to do too much and gets into trouble and he retreats instead of saying, "I have to do this" which would have been more heroic. Also Cage is acting like the biggest jerk.

Angel #5 - Still can't read this until I get #3 which I need a second printing of.

Speaking of second printings I would n0t mind there being ones for Fear Agent and Scalped. I'm sure there are some other our of print comics I wouldn't mind reading like TMNT.

I really liked and enjoyed Safe Area Gorazde. The characters were intersting the history was great and I learned so many new things. Such a happy (well sad) great read. I didn't know know anything about the war other then it happened and lots of people were slaughtered. I'm most annoyed/frustrated/amazed by the suggestion that the UN would says, lets disarm, only one side would do it and the UN would say too bad when the armed side started killing the unarmed side. I want to read more by Joe Sacco.

Missed Comics

I missed a couple comics that I've read and not talked about.

Planet Hulk - Read most of this while waiting at jury duty to not be needed. It was good. My main issue was how Hulk always wanted to fight, but then told the bug not to a lot and the other guy was like, yep, Hulks right. I did like the theme of the Hulk generally being good and people always getting mad at him for no reason.

The Escapist was a good read.
Silver Surfer Requiem annoyed me and I don't recall why. Probably because it was all, he's so great and this is so sad.
Animal Man was disjointed, every issue jumped and I felt like things were missing. It sounds like the part I care about it several trades in which is the exploration of the character knowing they are a character.
Cup Noodle rocked. The story was so crazy, what they did and and had to figure out. It was also nice to know the place where the noodles took off because I've been there. I however didn't want to know that ramen noodles are fried, of the fat.
Be a Man and Every Girl is The End the World For Me were both fun light reads. I think I've read Unlikely which I was lukewarm on at the time. I also recently read the Incredible Change-Bots by him which was page after page of silliness.
The Exterminators Vol. 3: Lies of Our Fathers - Still don't like it as much as the first one.
New Avengers: Illuminati - This was a nice read setting up the Skrull invasion that seems to be happening. It feels like a little much and off since there is also this Civil War thing that just happened.

I'm still waiting on Angel #3 to be reprinted so I can get a copy since I missed it. I have #4 and #5 can out today. Must not read until I have #3.

Hopefully that is everything I've missed.

Finally Maybe Keeping Up

Star Wars Dark times was a disappointment. The reviewer said they really liked it, it was dark, depressing, and a good story. I feel none of the above. I was expecting darker, but I guess the Star Wars universe can only be so much since it is such an institution.

DMZ seems to be getting worse. I liked the first one as we explored the city and discovered this dark view of a second US civil war. With each TPB I like it less and less. It is these stories about how f#(%ed up war is and how everyone is trying to win and we have our trusty accidental hero trying to do right by the people of New York. However I feel ike he's doing more showing and things are just implacable like Liberty News still talking to him and him still talking to them. And New York and its people are supposed to be this character, but it doesn't work for me. Plus the stories tell more then show.

Comics

I really liked Serenity. The story was good and the pacing was nice. So sad that it is only three issues. I wish they were doing more since there are so many stories they never told, compared to Angle and Buffy.

Northwest Passage was a good story too.

I also picked by DMZ volume 4, Star Wars Dark Times and the comic book club comics.

A while back I read Hazed. I felt dirty reading it, the story was really bad, things weren't clear, and the pacing was bad.

Comics

I'm excited about the Senerity comic which came out yesterday. I will pick it up tonight when I get comic book club comics.

Wasteland I like more then I should since it's not that good. Things are confusing and people are introduced in weird ways and time and sometimes characters look the same.
I enjoyed Lost at Sea, Grey Horses, and Paul Goes Fishing. My fiancee really liked Paul Goes Fishing which was good and also very sad. Time was a little off since things started slow and then at the end of the book everything goes very fast.
Jobnik was amateur self indulgent work. I'd like to know where the story goes since it is autobiographical.
Capote in Kansas was more light hearted then the movie a couple years back and didn't seem to delve into anything.
Age of Bronze was interesting. The story was very comprehensive. The art worked most of the time, but there were a couple times where closeups were done and the art was like learn to draw books. It just doesn't work.

I've picked up the most recent Ultimate SpiderMan TPB. The new artist is fine, it was a little weird to read since I was so used to this entire story being one artist and now there was a new one. Also the jump in stories from the last trade to this one was jarring. I still enjoyed it. Off camera Nick Fury stopped running SHIELD. Not sure if this story will remain off camera or be covered in some other comic or I just missed it, but I thought I was reading all the Ultimate titles.

The most recent Buffy is getting rave reviews from everyone and I just don't see it. I really don't see if for the entire storyline. Maybe I need to go back and read things as if they are tpb and things will fit better, but so far I've been unimpressed. The issues with this comic begin with Buffy being in bed with a women, but she doesn't want to label it, and of course everyone walks in on her, plus there were some wolf vampires that raid the place. I think my reoccurring complaint is the pacing of Buffy stories in comic form just doesn't work.

Another Mouse Guard came out. Again, not much is happening in these.

The comic book club comics are Safe Area Gorazde and Last Day in Vietnam.