The Alternative Comics Mix (Part 1)
Ok, I've been working on this for a very long time, and wanted to try something a *little* different.

I've included songs that make me think of some of my favorite comics, and along with a lyrics page and an .mp3.
Enough blab:



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1) 100 Bullets
-Your life is a wreck, and you're down on your luck, and then out of nowhere this old man with a briefcase offers to let you change your life around. He gives you an unmarked gun and 100 traceable bullets to do with as you please. What do you do? Why is he helping you like this? Why did he choose you? The answer goes deeper then you would ever think possible. Blood, sex, violence, redemption, revenge, conspiracies and pain -everything X-Files could have been if not for that pesky Mulder getting in the way.


"are you fracturing? are you torn at the seams? would do anything? flea-bitten? motheaten? we suck young blood."

2) Transmetropolitan
-The City is overrun with people and it's up to Spider Jerusalem and his crack team of Filthy Assistants to tear each and every one of them a new arsehole. With an angry tongue and an even angrier pen, Spider digs his hands deep into the bowels of The City and reveals its own hypocrisy to itself -politics, fame, sex, money, humanity- nothing is safe from the jaundiced eye of a reporter who loves the hell-hole more than he'd care to admit. If you want your biting commentary to come with a little heart-of-gold on the side, you should check out Transmetropolitan. Warning: Strong language, nudity, and blood. Oh, and Spider's favorite weapon besides the pen is a brand spankin' new Bowel Disruptor, just warning.

"there's a little tiny number on a fold of matches, the ink drips from a little dancer's pen. everybody wants that fold of matches to re-inflate their confidence."

3) Y The Last Man
-Yorick, not only saddled with an unfortunate name, finds himself the last man on earth after a devastating plague kills every last human with a Y chromosome on the planet. Left with only his pet monkey and his girlfriend's ring, Yorick is left to fend for himself -and often his virtue- in a world where he's the only hope for the survival of the human race. Barely able to get his own life together before the plague, Yorick quickly learns that being the last man on planet of women isn't all the movies cracked it up to be. Often funny, and sometimes tragic, Y The Last Man manages to combine so many genres -comedy, action, horror- that it would be a waste of time to even begin to classify it.

"still nobody cares for miles and miles of squares. daydream, I fell asleep beneath the flowers."

4) Alias
-Bendis has crafted one of the most well-rounded female characters in Marvel Continuity to date. Angry, sarcastic, tired, cynically hopeful, and deeply scarred, Jessica Jones, Ex-Superhero, Now Private Eye for Hire, has had it with the spandex world, and has begun to settle down into the life of a civilian. But the more she tries to escape into her work from her past, the more her cases bring her back. Looking for a female protagonist that does more than run in high heels? Looking for a female character that curses longer than a sailor and drinks harder than one too? Look no further than Alias. (Note: Nothing to do with the TV Show of the same name, especially when it comes to *cough* characterization.)

"I'm going out sleepwalking where mute memories start talking/the boss that couldn't help but hurt you and the pretty thing he made desert you."

5) Powers
-Yeah, it looks like Batman: The Animated Series, but what Powers lacks in the Batman, it more than makes up for with its darkly comical superhero deconstruction. Also written by Brian Michael Bendis (see ALIAS, above) , Powers details the lives of two of the city's finest detectives. Charged with investigating the death of the famous Retro Girl -the world's most beloved superhero, Detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim soon discover the dark ramifications of a society that's become accustomed to the men and women flying over their heads. Witty, fast-paced and dark, the combination of the gorgeous animation style artwork of Michael Oeming, and the deft writing Brian Bendis, Powers is pretty much the most crackity-crack out there. Sexual tension, snarky dialogue and some of the most innovative and gorgeous comic layouts around, Powers has some of the best stories being done in comics today, and based entirely in its own universe, has none of that pesky continuity that can make superhero comics so friggin' scary.

"her eyes, she's on the dark side, neutralize every man in sight."


Halftone Heroes: An Alternative Comics Soundtrack (.mp3s, 300 dpi covers, 1st issues, via Bit Torrent)

Yeah, ok, I apologize for the rambling, but damn, I love my fandoms.

PS: this is ALL your fault bliccy. Just so you know.