CSI: Skin deep

A retired judge has been found brutally murdered on the outskirts of Las Vegas, complete with a macabre yet masterfully intricate tattoo on his face . . . the third seemingly random victim of the mysterious kidnapper dubbed by law enforcement as the “Tattoo Man.” The judge wasn’t the first person to have been abducted, drugged, and permanently altered with tattoos and body modification . . . but he was the first to wind up dead.
At the same time, several other deceased are turning up all over Sin City with their body art mercilessly removed—and the timing would seem to suggest to those in authority that all of these crimes are somehow related. But Las Vegas’s top crime scene investigators—Catherine Willows, Ray Langston, Nick Stokes, Sara Sidle, and Greg Sanders—aren’t jumping to any conclusions, as they attempt to connect the dots by entering the secretive and tight-knit body art community—one that is intensely wary of outsiders.

Last weekend I finised watching CSI: Las Vegas 9th season and this weekedn started CSI: NY's 7th season. Reading these books is like watching an eppiosde and I'm very happy that more books are going to be published.

This book is a but too heavy for light reading because it is immeresed in the Nazi's hoorible attrocities twward Jews.

Eureka: Brain box blues

Even the brightest of Eureka's residents can't read someone else's mind. Then Global Dynamics develops the Brain Box: a device capable of capturing and storing human thoughts. When the Box starts messing with people's minds, Sheriff Jack Carter will have to keep his thoughts to himself if he's going to save the town from going out of their heads.

Another very enjoyable Eureka book. I'm so gald that I stumbled upon these books in my last visit in paradise aka the Forbidden Planet London megastore. Bext week I'm going to order the 3rd book in the serie from Amazon :)

Graphic novels v. written books

Till 5 years ago I didn't read comics and viewed them as something read by children who were too lazy to read "real books". Then I discovered the comics world and realized that it's just another format for reading new adventures of my favorite characters and fictional universes. Lately I discovered that there are some books that I enjoy more when I read them in graphic novel format. This is true about Anita Blake, True Blood, Star Wars and Ender's Game. As I already posted before I can't stand Charlaine Harrises writing and I find Orson Scott Card's written books are boring because of too much soul searching. With Star Wars I wasn't able to connect with the written books but enjoy reading the comics version. Now I'm reading the 1st graphic novel volume of Stephen King's The Stand and it looks like I'm going to prefer reading in in comics format too.

On the other hand, I prefer reading the Young Bond books in written format and find the graphic novel adaptaion to be too shallow and boring.

Star Wars: Heir to the empire

It's five years after Return of the Jedi: the Rebel Alliance has destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and driven out the remnants of the old Imperial Starfleet to a distant corner of the galaxy. Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting Jedi Twins. And Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of Jedi Knights. But thousand of light-years away, the last of the emperor's warlords has taken command of the shattered Imperial Fleet, readied it for war, and pointed it at the fragile heart of the new Republic.

This is the 1st part of a trilogy based on a Star Wats novel. To crash the new Republic the dark warlord ally himself with a dark Jedi master who demanded the captrue of Luke & pregnant Leia as payment for his services. This part of the trilogy descibe the warlord's attempt to capture them. Cool reading. I'ts good to read a Star Wars graphic novel.

New comics

1. Angel #44


2. Doctor Who #4 - Ripper's curse p.3


3. The stand: Captain Tripp


4. True blood: Tainted love #3

17 new comics in April 2011.

Doctor Who: The many hands

This book should have been named "The Doctor v. the zombies" :) We have the 10th Doctor & Martha chasing zombies through out 18th centuray Edinburgh. As usual there is a scientific explanation to the zombies and this time it's an alien constract that crashed into Loch Nor' and is trying to survive by attaching itself to dead bodies, and a crazy Scottish doctor.

My only complain is that this books are so easy to read that I dinish them too quickly :(

G.I. JOE: Cobra vol.1

This graphic novel gives a new meaning to the phrase "at all cost". We have Chuckles - a Joe whose mission is to inflitrate Cobra. For him the mission is above all. To sucssede and save his skin, he is ready to supply weapons to terrorists, blow the federal reserve and shoot in cold blood the woman he love. This part of the story ends with him realizing that it was all for nothing because Cobra lnew who he is and were toying with him and the Joes.

New comics

1. Angel: 100 page spectacular


2. Doctor Who: A fairytale life #1


3. G.I. JOE: Cobra vol.2


4. G.I. JOE: Cobra commander tribute


5. G.I. JOE: Civil war #0


6. Spike #7

13 new comics so far in April 2011.

New books

1. Buffy: Mortal fear


2. Devil's sea - Greg Donegan

5 new books so far in April 2011

New comics

Visited the bargain bin at my local shop and here are the results :)

1. Star Wars: Heir to the empire


2. Star Wars: Dark force rising


3. Star Wars: The last command

7 new comics so far in April 2011.

Stargate SG1: Sunrise

It's been 6 months since the last time I read a new SG-1 book. Too long a wait for my favorite reading material :( But as almost usual it was worth waiting.

The book is situated right after Season 4th episode "Beneath the surface" were the team got a mind stamp that for a while made them forget who they really are. Jack O'neill & Sam Carter are still fighting off some lingering effects of that mind stamp. In Jack's case it makes him ultra cautious and unwilling to help the planets inhabitants. As usual Daniel Jackson with fate's help change his mind for him.

I wish that Pandemonium books will release SG-1 books more often. 5 Atlantis books were released since the last SG-1 book.

The sorcerer's apprentice

One of the most idiotic movies I've ever seen. As a Harry Potter fan I was lookign forward to watching this movie and was very disappointed. It's as bad as Ton Cruse's War of the Worlda.

The idea behind the movie is not bad. One of Merlin's former apprantices looking for Merlin's heir who is the only one strong enough to kill Margana for good. But the end product is bad. Jay Baruchel playing the 2nd lead - Dave is annoying beyond words. He sounds and acts like a 13 years old spoiled punk whose voice is changing. And to tell the truth I'm tired of seeing Nicholas Cage in every other movie looking and sounding the same (except for hair length).

G.I. JOE: the rise of Cobra - movie prequel

This graphic novel is not a real prequel because irt doen't tell a story that ends at the beginning of the movie. It's a collection of stories about past deeds of some of the movie characters (Hauser, Destro, Baroness $ Snakeyes). The stories are cute although it was weird seeing Destro looking as the spitting image of the 9th Doctor Who (same actor LOL).

Dynamite Announces "Robocop/Terminator"

The ultimate killing machine meets the future of law enforcement. In the Terminator's future all humanity must be wiped out, so when Robocop is woken from an enforced hibernation, Alex Murphy finds himself amongst the final hunted. But will his body side with Skynet? Or can man finally overcome machines? Rob Williams and P.J. Holden, create the ultimate tale of life and death for humanity in Terminator/Robocop: Kill Human #1 this July from Dynamite Entertainment! Already ordered the series :)

G.I.JOE: Real American Hero vol.1

I have to admit that I didn't read Marvel's issues #1-155 of this serie but it doesn't interfer with reading the continued run from IDW. I'm going to get IDW's re-prints of the Marvel run when I'll find the books in the bargain bin. $25 per book is too expensive.

This volume that collects issues #155.5-160. The story begins with Cobra with the help of Pentagon rouge generals getting control of the U.S.A and ends with the Joes managing to put a dump on Cobra's plans. At the end Snakeyes is captured and brainwashed by Cobra while Stormshadow change sides and join the Joes claiming that he wants to help free Snakeyes. Already ordered vol.2 which will be released in July.

Flashforward - Robert J. Sawyer

BORING !!! The TV show based on this booking became boring very fast and this book is boring from page one. I stopped reading it after about 30 pages, skipped to the end and put the book in the "for sale" pile.

From this blog it is evident that I love sci-fi and fantasy, but I find the idea of inventing a treatment that turn Nobel Prize winners into immortals and trasfering their minds into android bodies after their bodies expire, to be super duper idiotic.

Nicholas Flamel: The necromancer

The craziness continue. The Elder Prometheus teach Josh the magic of fire only to see Josh change sides and go with John Dee. Joan de Arc, Saint Germain & Scatty find theselves on Atlantis 10,000 years ago. And Macivally (sp) is starting to have second thoughts about the Dark Elders.

Very exciting book and not even one boring moment in it.

The rest of July 2011 solicitations

Image:

1. MORIARTY #3

Dynamite:

1. TERMINATOR ROBOCOP KILL HUMAN #1


2. TOTAL RECALL #3

11 items solicited for July 2011

IDW for July 2011

1. DOCTOR WHO FAIRYTALE LIFE #4


2. DOCTOR WHO ONGOING VOL 2 #7


3. GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO TP VOL 02


4. COBRA ONGOING #3


5. GI JOE VOL 2 ONGOING #3


6. SNAKE EYES ONGOING #3


7. TRUE BLOOD TAINTED LOVE #6

8 items so far solicited for July 2011

New comics

1. Doctor Who classics: the 7th doctor #2


2. Doctor Who classics: the 7th doctor #3


3. Dresden files: Fool moom #1


4. Human target: Chance meetings

4 new comics so far in April 2011

New books

1. Stargate Atlantis: Death game


2. Stargate Atlantis: Homecoming


3. Stargate SG-1: Sunrise

3 new books so far in April 2011

Marvel for July 2011

1. ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: CIRCUS OF THE DAMNED BOOK 2 -- THE INGENUE PREMIERE HC

1 item so far solicited for July 2011

Young Bond: Blood fever

The written format is much better then the graphic novels one. Like in Silverfin young James Bond find himself saving the world from a criminal maglomaniac tring to take it over. Sounds a bit like Clive Cussler's latest books.

Murder she wrote: Blood on the vine

Again Jessica Fletcher and her Scotland Yard buddy can't tale a joint vacation wtihout getting involved in yet another murder :) This time Napa vally in California is the center stage. Reading these books is like watching an eppisode. Glad that I've discovered their existence.

Percy Jackson and the lightening theif - The graphic novel

Unlike the Young Bond graphic novel, this one is very good. It's an almost exact adaptaion of the book. Some scenes from the book are missing like the visit to Auntie M's and Percy beheading Medusa. But it doesn't affect the story and the adaptaion is alive and interesting as the book itself. The art is good too and to my joy, it's almost monsters free unlike the movie.

I'm looking forward to the graphic adaption of the 2nd Percy Jackson book and that of the 1st Kane book.

More about Moriarty from Image

In wondercon Daniel Corey spoke about the upcoming ongoing series he's writing, Moriarty: the Dark Chamber, which follows the adventures of Dr. Moriarty in a world where he won the final showdown with Sherlock Holmes. In Moriarty, the titular professor finds himself in a downward spiral in the onset of WWI, when he is called into duty by MI5 to locate a missing Mycroft Holmes. Corey describes the book as "Sherlock Holmes meets James Bond."Daniel Corey spoke about the upcoming ongoing series he's writing, Moriarty: the Dark Chamber, which follows the adventures of Dr. Moriarty in a world where he won the final showdown with Sherlock Holmes. In Moriarty, the titular professor finds himself in a downward spiral in the onset of WWI, when he is called into duty by MI5 to locate a missing Mycroft Holmes. Corey describes the book as "Sherlock Holmes meets James Bond." Glad to hear that it's going to be an ongoing series :)

News from IDW

IDW Publishing is proud to announce a new partnership with best-selling author Anne Rice (Interview with a Vampire, Queen of the Damned), kicking off with a new six-issue adaptation of Servant of the Bones. Rice, the creator of fantastic worlds filled with vampires and witches, takes fans back to the time of Isaiah and Jeremiah, and the destruction of Solomon's Temple, to tell the story of Azriel, the Servant of the Bones. This opulent tale will take readers from ancient Babylon to modern day New York City, from the madness of fanaticism to the peace of faith. This opulent tale will take readers from ancient Babylon to modern day New York City, from the madness of fanaticism to the peace of faith. I never read any of Ann Rice's books because there is that many books one can read, but i'd like to check this adaptation. I love the Anita Blake comics adaptations so I hope the same will happen with Rice's.

Buffy & Angel news from Dark Horse edited

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 will premiere in September. Both Spike and Willow will appear in the story.


• Angel & Faith will launch in August.


• Plans are for both Buffy and Angel & Faith to be 25-issue stories.

New comics

1. Angel #43


2. Doctor Who vol.2 #2


3. True Blood: Tainted love #2

18 new comics in March 2011.