Everything you need to know about Beasts of Burden in two panels

From Beasts of Burden: Hunters & Gatherers by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson.

Elsewhere... Mad scientists pose as vampires

Flick Attack!



Flick Attack is a new blog by the folks behind Bookgasm, the awesome book review blog. They can explain what Flick Attack's about much better than I can:

We’ll have no news. No scoops. No rumors. No set reports. Just one kick-ass review a day, Monday through Friday, with the occasional article on Saturday to make your weekend that much awesomer.

Yep, that’s right: Every day you get one review, so take it or leave it. While everyone else pees their pants over the latest multiplex releases, we’re gonna dig through our archives and toss out something that’s not playing a theater near you. Maybe you’ve heard of it; maybe you haven’t; maybe it’s easy to find; maybe it’s not — doesn’t matter. You will read it, and you will like it.

So if you like discovering cinematic trash-terpieces, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve got horror, sci-fi, action, kung fu, comedy and sex. But no drama. If it’s tears you want, we’ll be happy to kick you in the shin.

And they're letting me play with them. My first review - for the Bela Lugosi masterpiece (and possible origin of vampires' saying "Bleh!") My Son the Vampire - went up last Monday.

Food or Comics?



This week's comics on a budget column included Beasts of Burden/Hellboy and Sky Pirates of Valendor amongst other things.

Boneyard



Finally, this week's Gorillas Riding Dinosaurs was a look at Richard Moore's Boneyard.

Elsewhere... it was a very busy week at Robot 6

Six awesome Wildstorm titles



After news that WildStorm is shutting down this December, the Robot 6 gang reminisced about our favorite of their books. I talked about League of Extraordinary Gentleman and touched briefly on the rest of Alan Moore's America's Best Comics line.

History's Kid Heroes



In last weekend's What Are You Reading? I gave a short review of Graphic Universe's series on the adventures of real, historical children.

Food or Comics?



I can say that I love the Food or Comics? feature without bragging, because I don't typically contribute to it. Until this week, anyway. A couple of the regulars couldn't contribute this time, so I filled in. It was fun, so hopefully I'll get to do it again.

If you're unfamiliar with the feature, we talk about the week's new comics from a budget perspective. What would you buy with only $15? What would you get if you had another $15 on top of that? And what would you splurge for if you had a sudden windfall?

Beasts of Burden



And finally, I reviewed Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson's awesome Beasts of Burden collection about a group of lovable pets who exorcise haunted doghouses, fight witches (or their cats anyway), run from zombie roadkill, and battle giant frogs.