Caius the Bigger

Three bits of IMPORTANT news recently:

First: I HAVE TO READ MANHUNTER OMG STARTING WITH THIS WEEK'S ISSUE! Because ( spoilers! ) For those it may concern, this does mean a detour tonight!

Second: There have been various fanart memes going around. There is now a Green Lantern art meme! Look at the pretties! Join the fun! Especially for any of you who may STILL OWE ME KILOWOG IN A SWIMSUIT.

Third: jamjar wrote lovely lovely Clark Kent/Lois Lane/Connor Hawke fic, which made more sense as she wrote it that it sounds. *g* THEREFORE, at petronelle's suggestion, I am issuing a:

Clark/Lois/Insert Name Here Fic Challenge!

Write, people, write! Or, hell, draw!

Via evadne_, Waid is going to write a new Brave and Bold series! In the classic[1] "Anyone and anyone else" format! YAY!

In other news, I requested Green Lanterns in swimsuits over on illustrate_me and Houie is drawing them! Yay! You should all go look if you haven't seen already.

Also, the first issue of Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatthies's Defenders mini is coming out this coming Wednesday! JLI fans take note!

As for stuff from this past week. ( Nothing terribly spoilery, but just in case, comments on Green Arrow 52, Action Comics 829, the Manhattan Guardian 3, Rann-Thanagar War 3, and JLA 116 )

I also had a couple of trades come in for me today.

Cosmic Odyssey: Finally I found the story where John Stewart destroys Xanshi! Unfortunately, that plot thread is pretty badly done; basically John is being ridiculously overconfident of his ring power and then is overcome by a yellow-painted Doomsday device. Trying to figure out *when* this happens only makes it worse; as far as I can determine, this took place right after the lantern battery went kablooie, depowering most of the corps (including, although I *may* remember this wrong, John, who shows no sign of being ringless in this series); not the time I'd expect John to play his Cocky Young Green Lantern card.

Aside from that, however, it's a pretty good mini. It brings together a lot of people from around the DCU without most of the tie-in chaos you get in Big Events, so it's pretty self-contained. It also gets points for featuring Darkseid on the side of the angels (if, ultimately, with his own agenda), which is how I prefer him.

The Complete Jon Sable Freelance Volume 2: Created, written, and illustrated by Mike Grell, and therefore PRETTY. Which is mostly why I read it, but it has plenty of well-done mystery and action stuff, too. It's really a lot like Grell's GA run--Grell is Grell, after all--only with OCs that Grell can do what he wants with. And guns rather than arrows. Also, Jon Sable, freelance adventurer/mercenary/what have you, has a Sekrit Identity of B.B. Flemm who writes childrens books. Which is just plain cool.

[1] Not the original anthology format, as may disappoint any fans of the Silent Knight that still exist. But not the "Batman and someone else" format, either. Or, indeed, the more recent meaning of "Flash and Green Lantern"...