In my 20+ years of comic book buying and reading there have been 5 constants throughout. The X-Men, Avengers, Iron Man, Justice League and Transformers. Those books, I've almost always stuck with. The original Transformers series had just ended right before I really started getting into comics. Generation 2 came out and I grabbed that series and remember enjoying it. I have a lot of fond memories of diving into the back issue bins at the local shops and piecing together a pretty complete run of the 80 issue Transformers series.
IDW has had the license for about 7 years I think. The series have all been pretty good. The Marvel series was kind of a mixed bag. It was tied in heavily with the toylines at the time. So you constantly had characters dying and coming back as the new toy and characters just appearing and disappearing to tie in with the toys. I have a lot of nostalgia for that series but I don't know how it would hold up to a modern viewing.
With that said. This book takes up 21 years after that series left off. The War of Cybertron is over and the Autobots have settled into being the dominate power on the planet. IDW works the Wreckers in which were never used in the Marvel books. Kup and the Wreckers become displeased with how Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus are running the planet and head off for adventure. I don't want to spoil the events of the book so I'm not really going to go to indepth on the plot.
The book was okay and I think I will give it a couple of issues and see where it goes. I'm a little annoyed at the series as I don't feel that the original series really needed to be revisited. Plus, there's a disconnect here. It feels like an IDW continuity book with the Wreckers. I didn't really feel a lot of connection to the Marvel series.
And as I stated before, the Marvel series was just a mess towards the end. I don't see why they thought this would sell or be in demand. I guess they suckered me in for a couple of issues. Check it out if you have fond memories of the old Marvel Transformers.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Friday, July 6, 2012
Wait... this is Ohio right? Not Florida?
If you live outside of Ohio, you probably haven't heard much of the storms that tore through the state a week ago. The media likes to pretend that New York, DC and L.A. are the only cities in the United States. The storm also hit DC so that's been the exclusive focus of the coverage.
My wife and I went to dinner at W.G. Grinders that night and my wife had mentioned that there was a severe weather advisory in effect until 5:30. The sky looked pretty clear and we went about our business as usual. We left a pet store around 5:15 and the sky had become black as night.
We decided to head home and the storm hit. The winds were 80 MPH and the rain was literally coming off the ground in waves. I was speeding down the back country road we often take because I feared the power lines might blow over. It was a battle to just control the car. We safely made it to our neighborhood but trees were falling in the road and we had to keep detouring because of blocks. The visibility had become so bad that my wife had to help me look for things in the road.
We made it to our house and rushed in. The power was out and would be for about 5 days. We were drenched to the bone from the going to the car to the house. Something like 600,000 people lost power in these storms. It was crazy and was probably the worst natural event that I've ever lived through. It was for all purposes a hurricane in wind levels and such.
Thankfully, our house made it out of this with no damage. We stayed with my parents for the days we were without power so we didn't have to suffer through the 100 degree days with no AC. Our biggest loss was all the food in the fridge and freezer. Below is what survived:
Driving through the area is still surreal in a lot of ways. There are giant trees that have just been blown over or split at the top. On a part of a major road 15 high tension towers came down during the storm. It was an interesting experience to say the least.
That was the last week of my life... may I never live through it again.
My wife and I went to dinner at W.G. Grinders that night and my wife had mentioned that there was a severe weather advisory in effect until 5:30. The sky looked pretty clear and we went about our business as usual. We left a pet store around 5:15 and the sky had become black as night.
We decided to head home and the storm hit. The winds were 80 MPH and the rain was literally coming off the ground in waves. I was speeding down the back country road we often take because I feared the power lines might blow over. It was a battle to just control the car. We safely made it to our neighborhood but trees were falling in the road and we had to keep detouring because of blocks. The visibility had become so bad that my wife had to help me look for things in the road.
We made it to our house and rushed in. The power was out and would be for about 5 days. We were drenched to the bone from the going to the car to the house. Something like 600,000 people lost power in these storms. It was crazy and was probably the worst natural event that I've ever lived through. It was for all purposes a hurricane in wind levels and such.
Thankfully, our house made it out of this with no damage. We stayed with my parents for the days we were without power so we didn't have to suffer through the 100 degree days with no AC. Our biggest loss was all the food in the fridge and freezer. Below is what survived:
Driving through the area is still surreal in a lot of ways. There are giant trees that have just been blown over or split at the top. On a part of a major road 15 high tension towers came down during the storm. It was an interesting experience to say the least.
That was the last week of my life... may I never live through it again.
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