Some girls shop for shoes, I shop for Comics...

Some girls shop for shoes, make-up or other girly possessions...not this girl... no, she wants comic books instead.


My shopping adventure today consisted of going to my 2 favorite comic book store; 3 Alarm and Jak's. Ok ok... so they are the only 2 comic book stores in the gulf coast area... but hey who's counting? I happen to be in the market for the new Batman & Robin # 16 that just recently came out last Wednesday becaaaaaause in it, Bruce Wayne has proclaimed his long time secret that he is responsible for funding Batman's war on crime and will fund Batman Inc. (a group of batmen around the world)! Which will allow for a new series to be born... Batman Inc. of course. This is a HUGE deal for us comic book geeks, and for those of you that are not that well in the know... it makes a non-connection between Bruce Wayne and Batman, that he is the MAN behind Batman but not actually Batman himself... but we all know the truth don't we? ;) I am a little surprised that Grant Morrison has let the "bat out of the bag" in this way but I'm still am happy to see it. Needless to say I cant wait for Batman Inc. to come out, which will be coming out next Wednesday! *Squeeeeeeel!* Since I am a few days late on getting my ass to the store, it goes without saying I didn't bring home a copy today... but, I did order the variant cover copy online from TFAW.com which is an awesome website for all things comic related. And waiting a few days and getting the variant cover is worth the wait. ;)


I also managed to pick up Zatanna # 1 for stand price! SCORE!! Most other comic book stores are selling it for around $ 10-15 bucks now. I also got the one shot of Batman Catwoman: Follow the Money Hooray for One Shots! :D All in all it was a great day for finding comics and my collection and inner geek is extremely happy :D

30 Days of Me: Day 4

Favorite Book: I have to be honest here and say that this whole "pick only one" thing to write about has me struggling! LOL

Ok so I love comic books, and those I categorize separately from regular books because...well... their...special. :D

My favorite comics are DC comcis. Im a HUUUUUUGE DC fan, and a HUUUUUUGE fan of Alex Ross and therefor love Kingdom Come. I also love graphic novels like Preludes and Knock-Knock Jokes.... Im a great big fan of Harley Quinn (so much that I have a tattoo of her on my right calf) I also love Catwoman: When in Rome. My faves out of all the batman comics have been obviously Detective Comics and Batman Confidential. The kiddo loves the new Brave and Bold series and any comic she can get her hands on that features Hawk Girl. (That is her idol) ;)



Recently my favorite series has become Gotham City Sirens... this series has me anxious and running to my favorite local comic book shop every Wednesday to grab up the newest in the series! I haven't felt that way about a comic in a long time... *sigh* This series has GREAT writing by Paul Dini and fantastic art work by Guillem March.




As far as regular novels go... I am totally in love with the works of Charlaine Harris. I love the way she writes the Sookie Stackhouse novels, she had me at "Sookeh is Miiiiiiine". If you like vampire novels and haven't yet read these... do please read them, they will not disappoint!

I love books so much that, last year hubs decided to buy me a nook for Christmas! I think honestly he was just tired of seeing the pile upon piles of books everywhere... Now all my books are neatly contained in this little baby...


An so I crafted the sleeve that holds my little nook (yes, shameless self promotion... so kill me! lol) seriouslythough arent these cute?



But it really does keep your nook from getting scratched and looking drab ;) I still do enjoy reading regular books and when I do get the urge to hoard, I mean buy books again, I head to one of the most fantastic book shops I have ever been to; The Chamblin Bookmine (http://www.chamblinbookmine.com/) in Jacksonville, Florida. The place is fantastic, it has literally miles of books. When I go, I clear my schedule for the day because I seriously get lost in this...

And this...

Free Comic Book Day

Today is free comic book day! The kiddo was totally ROCKED out in her bat girl costume and happy to have seen her “friends” at the comic book store. It was paaaaaaacked when we got there but pretty cool, they were just getting started and I got the chance to browse through Mitch Byrds personal collection of never been seen before work. All in all it was a pretty good event. We also went over to our fav. exotic pet store where I got to hang out with Eli (the baby monkey) on my back. Viv played with a few of the pot belly pigs and we coo’ed over the bats.