Who's who in the Comics Bulletin Universe - Update 2008
Who is... Michael A. Diaz?
Michael Diaz lives in Michigan, but don't hold that against him.
There he works as a Sys. Admin. while fostering dreams of one day becoming a "real" writer.
Most importantly, Michael is seriously addicted to comics, something that his wonderful wife tolerates with the patience of a saint.
He also writes this weekly column that people occasionally read.
"[O]ne of the most positive
and entertaining columns going."
- Gail Simone (Birds of Prey, Villains United)
WLG #227: Another Verdant Week!
You like comics, I like comics, so enough with the pleasantries, let’s see What Looks Good…
GREEN ARROW / BLACK CANARY #12 $2.99 (Judd Winick / Mike Norton)GREEN LANTERN CORPS #28 $2.99 (Peter Tomasi / Luke Ross)
I figured with just the two books this week getting me fired up that I would just combine my geek ranting . Cool? Thanks…
For weeks (months) I’ve pretty much been going on about anything with the word “Green” in the title, and I feel a touch guilty about that. It is almost like the only books I ever read star either Green Arrow or some member of the Green Lantern Corps.
Here’s the problem with that: I DO read a lot of other comics. True, when I was away for those months I did get behind on some titles and there are things that I am still catching up on, but for the most part I’m caught up.
The focus of this column is supposed to be about those comics that get me the most geeked for that particular week, thus the name What Looks Good . I know I’ve covered this in the past, but the simple fact of the matter is that this column is not called “What Is Michael Reading This Week?”
What it comes down to is this: books like Green Arrow / Black Canary and Green Lantern Corps make me geek out from month to month, and as such, I’ll keep noting them.
For me, one of the biggest draws of Green Arrow… has been the sense of family that Winick and co. have brought to the book. Green Arrow, his son Connor, Black Canary, Roy Harper (Red Arrow), and Speedy are a family, whether or not they are all related by genetics (though I would argue they are related by blood, the blood that they’ve spilt; yeah, I’m punny and cheesy) they are a family, a super-heroic, contemporary family. That reality hasn’t been more evident than in this current arc as Green Arrow, Black Canary, and Speedy search desperately for Connor. When one of them is missing an integral part of the family, and this book, is affected. Showing how desperate they all are to find Connor that they’ve been working not only with the Justice League, but also the League of Assassins, or, at least a group of villains that BELIEVES that they are part of the League of Assassins.Then, of course, there’s the Green Lantern Corps. True, they have nothing at all to do with Green Arrow and his bunch, but the book has me geeked as it is; who is the Green Lantern that can speak to the dead, but more importantly, who is the mystery person/creature/thing that seems to be speaking to them as well? Is it Barry Allen, or someone else from the Green Lantern Corps’ past?
Something huge is simmering with the Green Lantern books and I am loving every minute of it.
What books are YOU most geeked about this week? Let me know! Just stop by the WLG message boards (see link below) and share your thoughts!
See you next week!
Until then, peace!
-Diaz
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