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Comic Cover of the Week

Happy New Comic Book Day! This is a big week for comic book and video game fans. Monday kicked off E3 2013, we have new comics and Friday sees the world release of Man of Steel. E3 has been as awesome as expected. There has been a lot of gaming announcements; some expected and some unexpected. Check back later as I'll be increasing the gaming content on CBL beginning with some E3 news.

As for Superman, I've seen mixed reviews on Twitter and other sites. It's well known I am not much of a Superman fan but I want the film to succeed. So this will be an interesting weekend on Twitter and news sites as everyone will be rushing to voice their opinions.

Jumping back to comic books, here is Rafael Albuquerque and Dave McCaig's cover to American Vampire: The Long Road to Hell #1.

This image sticks out immediately due to its color scheme used by McCaig. While the amount of red is minimal, the color always carries a certain weight. The bloody katana and teeth suck (couldn't resist) you in. You can't see much detail of the character, but you can feel the rage. And yes, it's well documented the katana is my favorite weapon, so Rafael gets extra points for that.

I've been behind on this series, but enjoyed the third trade which included the American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest mini. If you pick up this one-shot, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Spaceman #1 Review

I remember about Spaceman the day it was released and reading tweets about it being only $1 and at least worth trying. My shop didn't have any left or didn't order any left. Either way I couldn't get my hands on a copy. After that though, I never heard anything else about the series. That was until I found this first issue when I visited a new shop while doing some travelling.

Brief sidenote: whenever I travel, I always check for the closest comic shop. I take pictures of the storefront and buy something to support our shops. The only times I've never purchased anything was from a shop that didn't really have many comics left as they were pretty much a gaming shop.

Back to Spaceman. I had no idea what this book was gonna be about. But I'll try out a lot of books and for $1, what do I really have to lose? Well in this case, I only lost the time it took to read it because I didn't like it. I really didn't. I couldn't wait until I could put the book down.

I didn't care for the story of this genetically engineered being man sent into space and all that. I wasn't feeling the art either. This one just isn't for me.