Still have a couple hundred to go.
10.14.07 / 10:02PM / Joe / comments: 0
I didn't really finish organizing my un-filed comics this week.
First I ran out of bags, so I bought another 300 bags at the shop. Then I ran out of stickers (to close the bags), so I had to buy more of those. Then I ran out of bags again.
I'm guessing another 200 bags should more than cover me. The box with the cat in it has the unbagged books.
See those stickers down there? When I bagged two years' worth of Green Lantern books, I used up all of the green stickers. Except for when the Sinestro Corps War started, then I used the yellow stickers. That's how cool I am about this.
By the way, the new Captain Carrot miniseries started this week... and it is great to see full-blown Scott Shaw! artwork after that uglied-up Zoo Crew mini-comic. Unfortunately, this new story follows that continuity, so Little Cheese is dead and Alley-Kat-Abra is still rogue.
The latest issue of Alter Ego has a FANTASTIC lengthy expose on the origins of the Zoo Crew, as told by co-creators Shaw! and Roy Thomas. Thomas is obviously pissed that DC did not call on him to pen this new Zoo Crew revival, but he does not begrudge Shaw! the opportunity to draw the characters again. A great read, lots of discussion on historic funny animal comics, and rare artwork of the Zoo Crew's formative days. There's a DC Showcase Presents volume coming out that reprints all 20+ issues of CCAHAZC, and even though I own every single Zoo Crew appearance, I'm getting it. DAMN STRAIGHT.
The Zoo Crew was optioned for an animated series back in the 80s, when the book was a hit for DC. Although that was a lousy time for cartoons, I would have been right there. Maybe DC is casting about for the possibility of doing that now, since they have such a strong hand in animation these days. That, a HeroClix set, and a faction is Vs. would pretty much set me over the edge.
I'm jazzed about where this mini-series is going... hopefully towards the redemption of Alley-Kat-Abra. And I want that tool American Eagle to be behind it... why have TWO patriotic-motif heroes on the team? | 
