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Life hates me, I know it does. I've been laid off, my car's broken down, my
computer breaks down. After getting my fuel pump fixed on my car, I get a
flat tire, my favorite show gets canceled, the riding lawn mower breaks
down, then our freakin' backup lawn mower busts too, I'm broke, and I'm
losing my damn mind (which is really a matter of opinion, most seem to think
I lost it long time ago). At least the White Sox are still in first. Yet I made
a promise, and I am one of those weird people that keeps a promise, no matter
what... it's a character trait. So anyway, despite the low quality of
it, is a comic-oriented Judgment Calls.
Young Justice is entertaining as usual, they had a rather strange
format this last month. They basically showed the separate members of their
team doing their own things, no big threats, no strange kid version
villains, just Robin bitching to Nightwing about his problems, Red Tornado
having a deep philosophical moment, Wonder Girl dealing with complexity of
life, and Impulse, with Secret's help, trying to get Superboy's powers back
by using time tested comic book origins. Stupid stuff... yet entertaining.
Next up, JSA. I guess half of them are dead. I won't say who's dead, but it
was that damned Hank Hall who did it. Anyway, the proverbial shit hits the
just as proverbial fan. The JSA is having their asses handed to them one by
one. I suggest it, highly.
Moving on we have Titans: it's decent, not great. It seems a bit preachy
right now, the Tamaranians/Gordanian war (that's Starfire's race of people,
and their subsequent enslavers) seems to be coming
to a head, and it seems to be a large anti-war speech of Devin Grayson's
part to me. Also Arsenal, his daughter, and Damage go on a camping trip and
Garth (Damage) comes to terms with some ghosts of the past, while a big
character building moment, it seemed to be to shoving a message down your
throat...a real "now, what have we learned children?" moment. If you're into
the Titans, this is an important character developing story. If not, skip this
three-parter, unless you like being preached to.
Which brings us to JLA, and Mark Waid's big opening 4-parter, to launch his
run on the series. The JLA is having their asses handed to them, too, right
now, by staple Batman villain Ra's Al Ghul.. He's doing a better job than
Lex ever did. I like Waid's work for the most part, and while this isn't his best
work, it's up there. I highly suggest picking up JLA, for those of you
who want a jumping in point on the series, #43 would be the spot to do it.
I suggest it. However, it's not all good for JLA this month.
JLA Annual number 4. Part of DC's "Planet DC" annual theme this year,
focusing on lesser-known heroes in the DCU, based places other then North
America. This annual teams the JLA with 'The Janissary', Turkey's #1
superhero. The story was mostly about her, and didn't really focus on the
JLA at all. I really wasn't interested in it, I don't plan on picking up any
of the other 'Planet DC' Annuals, and really don't think this is worth a
look.
One last thing, it's on a completely unrelated topic, yet this is MY column
and I can rant if I want to. ABC screwed Kevin Smith and the Clerks TV
show. First off ABC moved Clerks from it's originally scheduled spring
premiere date to a summer one, death for a sitcom, because they had to make
room for "Who wants to hear Regis scream at the top of his lungs for an
hour?". If that wasn't bad enough, they put it on head to head with the
break out hit of the summer "Survivor." With the hype Survivor got, and the
next to no advertising ABC gave Clerks, it didn't have a chance. It's not
right, I tell you. Hell, Regis won't even compete with Survivor. Notice
Wednesday is the only night "Who wants to hear 'is that your final answer' every
two seconds" isn't on. It's not right. Every single one of you reading
this, (ALL 3 OF YOU!) need to write ABC and bitch at them and tell them to
put it back on. Write your bitching letters to netaudr@abc.com and tell them
to put Clerks back on the air, and NOT to give it the shittiest time slot on
TV. That's all I got.
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