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Tug's Pick of the Week

Sleeper: Season Two #1

by Comics Manager Tug Baker

Well, boys and girls, this is the first "Tugï¿½s Pick" in a month or so.ï¿½ I hope you all arenï¿½t too disappointed with me ï¿½ but hey, a guy has to take some vacation every once in a while, right?ï¿½ Then I was off in Charlotte for Heroes Con, and Iï¿½ve been playing catch-up around the office ever since.ï¿½ But fear not ï¿½ your fearless comic manager was certainly spreading some comic-book love while he was away.ï¿½ In Charleston, I couldnï¿½t stop talking about The Invisibles; in Richmond, VA, they thrilled to the tales of the Runaways; and in Charlotte ï¿½ well, letï¿½s just say that my love of Moon Knight is only slightly unnatural.

Anyway, enough yammering ï¿½ on to the Picking!ï¿½ This weekï¿½s Pick is the first time that a series has been featured twice.ï¿½ (Well, sorta.)ï¿½ Iï¿½m sure you all remember way back when "Tugï¿½s Pick" was just a wee babe and the Sleeper issue of the Coup D'etat crossover/mini-series was picked.ï¿½ Well, this weekï¿½s Pick is Sleeper: Season Two #ï¿½1.

This WildStorm series is brought to you from the incredible writer/artist team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips ï¿½ two of the most talented people working in the business today.ï¿½ Together, they combine terrific storytelling and flawless art into a work that has to be a true labor of love on the parts of both men.

Sleeper is a story of espionage-gone-wrong.ï¿½ The hero, Holden Carver, is just what the title suggests ï¿½ a sleeper agent working on the side of the angels by being planted in one of the most dangerous criminal organizations ever known.ï¿½ He is forced to do unspeakable things, all for the greater good.ï¿½ But in the first ï¿½seasonï¿½ of Sleeper, Holden found out that heï¿½s done his job a little too well:ï¿½ Heï¿½s so firmly entrenched in the criminal underground that his own people are after him, and the only man who knows the truth of Holdenï¿½s mission is dead.

I canï¿½t say much more without spoiling this great read, and I would certainly hate to do that, because it is such an enjoyable read.ï¿½ The most incredible thing about Sleeper is that it is one of the most universally appealing books Iï¿½ve ever had the pleasure of reading.ï¿½ If you like super-heroes, itï¿½s got that.ï¿½ If you like action, itï¿½s got that.ï¿½ If you want an intensely character-driven storyline, well ï¿½ itï¿½s your lucky day, too!

Of course, no one wants to start watching a new season of a TV show without having seen everything that came before, so Iï¿½ll be doing my best to keep Sleeper Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (collectively, the first ï¿½seasonï¿½ of Sleeper) in stock.ï¿½ If you donï¿½t see it on the shelves, just ask one of the friendly H&D staff, and we can order it for you in no time flat.

Finally, Iï¿½ll close out this edition of "Tugï¿½s Pick" with some must-have titles that came out while I was away.ï¿½ These are the "Picks That Could Have Been" ... .

Goon # 7 ï¿½ This is it!ï¿½ Youï¿½ve been clamoring for it, and now itï¿½s here:ï¿½ The Goon vs. Hellboy!ï¿½ Contained within this issue is some of the only Mike Mignola Hellboy art coming out this year, as well as the hilarity youï¿½ve come to expect from Eric Powell and his creation, the Goon.ï¿½ The fact that Eric did a lovely sketch for my book last weekend at Heroes Con has nothing to do with my endorsement of this title.ï¿½ (Well, hey, it certainly didnï¿½t hurt.)ï¿½ Other cool things in this issue: zombies, porkchops, knife to the eye, and the Communist Airborne Mollusk Militia!

Ex Machina # 1 ï¿½ This is, without a doubt, one of the best first issues of a series I have read in years.ï¿½ Brian K. Vaughan has been showing off his talent in books like Yï¿½The Last Man and Runaways for a couple years now, but Ex Machina looks like it has the potential to surpass all of his other work.ï¿½ And when you throw in Tony Harris on art duties, youï¿½ve got quite a lot of talent.ï¿½ I was beginning to think that Harrisï¿½s name had been legally changed to ï¿½Tony Harris (Starman),ï¿½ but let me be the first to write here that he shall henceforth be known as ï¿½Tony Harris (Ex Machina).ï¿½

Ultimate Fantastic Four # 7 ï¿½ We all thought it would never happen again, but here it is: Warren Ellis writing a book for Marvel!ï¿½ And what a book it is!ï¿½ Now that their first adventure is over, the FF are left to ponder the source of their new powers.ï¿½ Oh, yeah, and that Doom guy is gonna show up.ï¿½ Ellisï¿½s writing is top-notch on this one, and Stuart Immonen, coming off a beautifully drawn book called Superman: Secret Identity, shows that heï¿½s certainly no slouch either.ï¿½ (Psst, #ï¿½8 comes out this week!)

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