Chadzilla ROARS!!! (The Official Blog of Chadwick H. Saxelid, Writer)

New Comic Book Day (5/9/12)

This week's haul:  Crossed: Badlands #5, The Walking Dead #97, and Lady Death #17.

New Comic Book Day (5/2/12)

Only one purchase this week:  Hack/Slash #20.

CORRECTION:  While organizing my comics, I realized that I missread the cover.  It is Image Comics' 20th anniversary, the new issue of Hack/Slash that I purchased was actually #15.  So it goes.

New Comic Book Day (4/25/12)

After being away for far too many weeks, I finally managed to make it out to my local comic book shop and clear out all the issues that were clogging my save box.

The haul: Hack/Slash #20*, Crossed: Badlands #2, 3, & 4, Lady Death #16, Lady Death: Origins: Cursed #1, The Walking Dead #95 & 96, and Kolchak: The Night Stalker Files #3.

CORRECTION:  I misread Image's 20th Anniversary cover design.  The Hack/Slash issue I bought was actually #14.

New Comic Book Day (3/14/12)

Got in a New Comic Book Day run today, go figure.

This week's haul is a tad light:  Crossed: Badlands #1 and Godzilla Legends #5.

New Comic Book Day (12/7/11)

This week's haul:  Lady Death #12, Crossed: Psychopath #6, Hack/Slash Annual #3: Hatchet/Slash, and Hack/Slash #10.

New Comic Book Day (11/30/11)

Just one book this week: Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #9.  

New Comic Book Day (11/16/11)

This week: War Goddess #3, The Walking Dead #91, Godzilla Legends #1, and Lady Death: Origins, Volume 2.

New Comic Book Day (08/31/11)

Nothing in my save box.  So, I look around the store and pick up War Goddess #0 & #1, just to see what Mike Wolfer's new project is like.

New Comic Book Day (08/24/11)

Big haul this week, because I missed the last two weeks:  Crossed 3D Volume 1, Hack/Slash/Eva: Monster's Ball Part Three, Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths #3, Lady Death #8, Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #6, and The Walking Dead #88.

New Comic Book Day (08/03/11)

This week: Night of the Living Dead: Death Valley #3 and House of Mystery #40.

New Comic Book Day (07/27/11)

Today's haul:  Hack/Slash #6, Godzilla: Kingdom of the Monsters #5, The Walking Dead #87, and Crossed: Psychopath #4.

New Comic Book Day (07/13/11)

This week's haul: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliath #2, The Walking Dead Survivor's Guide #4, and Lady Death #7.  How the hell did I MISS Lady Death issue #6?  ARGH!

Also, today is my 44th birthday.  So I got myself Creepy Comics Volume 1, the first trade paperback collection of Dark Horse Comics Creepy magazine relaunch, as a present to myself.

New Comic Book Day (07/06/11)

Light haul this week (which makes getting caught up on my comic book reading easier): Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #4, House of Mystery #39.

New Comic Book Day (06/29/11)

Although I have been "self-employed" and "working at home" since April, I have not taken advantage of my supposed copious amounts of free time to start my "New Comic Book Day" runs again.  The reason for my not doing so is quite simple.  It has become difficult (almost impossible) for me to keep track of what the hell day it is.  By the time I manage to remember New Comic Book Day, not only has it already past, so have several weeks.

So it goes.

But that changed today.  Today I made it to my local comic book store and bought whatever was in my Save Box, plus whatever else caught my eye and compelled me to take a chance on it.

This week's haul:  Hack/Slash #5, Crossed: Psychopath #3, Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths #1, Hack/Slash/Eva Part Two of Four, The Walking Dead #86, and the trade paperback Jonah Hex: Lead Poisoning, just because that title sounded awesome to me.

Comic Book Haul (01/23/10)

Due to family obligations (and the San Francisco Ballet opening) I missed New Comic Book Day this week.  So, yet again, I made a weekend run.  This week's haul: Gravel #16.  That's it.  For now.

Comic Book Haul (01/17/10)

I've missed the last two or so New Comic Book Days, so my son and I ran over there to clear out the hold box (my comics) and pick up a little something extra (his comics).  My haul:  The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly #7, House of Mystery #21, and Hack/Slash #29.  His haul (via my wallet): Sonic the Hedgehog #208 and Fall of the Hulks #1.

New Comic Book Day (12/16/09)

Nothing new, so I picked up two I missed: Creepy #2 and the Dr. Horrible one shot. Until next week.

New Comic Book Day (12/09/09)

This week's haul: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly #6, The Walking Dead #68, Hack/Slash #28 and House of Mystery #20.

New Comic Book Day - (03/04/09)

Hey, remember me?  It's been awhile.  I've been busy, you know.  Watching Japanese monster movies and, last weekend, attending Wonder Con.  Spent most of the Con talking with friends, rather than just attending panels, which was a refreshing change of pace from Cons previous and the primary reason that I didn't post a Wonderful Wonder Con report these year.  It's also the primary reason I haven't finished Scott Sigler's latest thriller.  A review of it should be up this weekend, along with one of that campy new super hero flick from Zack Snyder.  Bet that thing is going to be hilarious.

Speaking of hilarious, went to Flying Colors last night and this is what I came away with: Jungle Girl Season 2 #2, House of Mystery #11, Hack/Slash #20, and Kolchak Tales Annual #1.  Good stuff, at least I hope that it will be.

New Comic Book Day - (02/18/09)

Hey!  I've decided to start posting my comic book buys again.  In your face, Faraci!  Nyah, nyah!

This week's haul: Zombie Tales The Series #11, Spooks Omega Team #4, and Jungle Girl Season 2 #3.  Christopher got Bart Simpson #45, Simpsons #151, and Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk #2.

New Comic Book Day - (04/06/08)

Light haul this week: Halloween: Nightdance #3 and Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse - Calamari Rising #3.

New Comic Book Day - (04/02/08)

This week's haul: The Walking Dead #48, The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home #2, and G-Fan #83.

New Comic Book Day - (03/26/08)

This week's haul: Kolchak Tales: Night Stalker of the Living Dead #1, Star Trek: New Frontier #1, Freddy vs Jason vs Ash #6, Fallen Angel #25, and Gravel #2.  Christopher picked up Simpsons Comics #140 and Futurama Comics #36.

New Comic Book Day - (03/19/08)

This week's haul: Hack/Slash #10, Scooby-Doo #130, and Spooks #2.

New Comic Book Day - (03/12/08)

Light haul this week: The Walking Dead #47 and The Sisterhood #1.  Christopher picked up a Spider-Man/Black Cat graphic novel.

New Comic Book Day - (03/05/08)

Went on a real binge this week, spent more than I have in months.  The haul: Spooks #1, Halloween: Night Dance #2, The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home #1, The Zombie: Simon Garth #3 & 4, Dead Space #1, and Salem: Queen of Thorns #0.  Christopher got Simpsons Comics #138 & 139.

Expensive hobby, isn't it?

New Comic Book Day - (02/27/08)

It's been awhile since I made an entry, but Wonder Con gave me a solid jolt of geekbastic energy, so here's this week's haul: Freddy vs Jason vs Ash #5 (of 6), Gravel #1,  Wormwood Gentleman Corpse #2 (of 4), Fallen Angel #24, and the March issue of Previews.  Christopher picked up Sonic the Hedgehog #185, Sonic X #30, and Ultimate Secrets.  Good stuff, better times.

New Comic Book Day - (11/29/07)

This week's haul: The Zombie: Simon Garth #1 (of 4) and Freddy vs Jason vs Ash #2 (of 6).

Christopher got World War Hulk: Frontline #6 and The Simpsons Winter Wingding #2.

New Comic Book Day - (11/21/07)

This week's haul: The Walking Dead #44, Scooby-Doo! #126, and The Incredible Hulk #111.

Christopher picked up Sonic The Hedgehog #182.

New Comic Book Day - (11/15/07)

The week's haul:  The Sword #2 and Plague of the Living Dead #6.

Christopher picked up Simpsons Comics #133, World War Hulk #5 (of 5), and Simpsons Classics #14.

New Comic Book Day - (11/07/07)

I interrupt my 8 Films 2 Die 4 coverage (Is it me or does this year's line-up look like it'll suck balls?) to bring you my recent comic book purchases.  Sure it's a day late, but I had a softball game to play.  So there.

This week's haul:  Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero #3, World War Hulk: Gamma Corps #4 (of 4), Se7en #7: Wrath, Freddy vs Jason vs Ash #1 (of 6 - and my vote for most awesome comic ever), 2001 Maniacs #1, and Fallen Angel #21.  Christopher picked up Sonic X #s 25 and 26.

New Comic Book Day - (10/31/07)

It's a late game tonight, so we had time to drop by and check out the pickings.  Pretty slim this week.  I picked up the Battlestar Galacitca: Pegasus one-shot and an issue of Star Trek Magazine, just to see what's like.

Christopher grabbed Sonic The Hedgehog #s 180 & 181 and Bart Simpson #38.

Old Comic Book Day - (10/20/07)

After doing my grocery shopping for the week I decided to drop by my local comic book shop and grab some of the stuff that had slipped through the cracks.  The haul: Star Trek: Alien Spotlight: The Gorn, Plague of the Living Dead #s 4 & 5 (now all I have to do is buy issues 1, 2, and 3 - terrific), and Beneath the Valley of the Rage #s 2 & 3.

New Comic Book Day - (10/17/07)

It's been awhile, hasn't it?  A heavy morning rain forced the cancellation of tonight's softball game, thus sparing the opposing team the painful drubbing our 8-person team would have wrought.  Well, that's the version I'm going to post, so there.

This week's haul was fairly light: The Sword #1, Friday the 13th: How I Spent My Summer Vacation #2 (of 2), and Bloodrayne: Blood Red Sun #2.  That's all, for now.

Christopher grabbed Ultimate Spider-Man #s 61 & 85.

New Comic Book Day - (09/19/07)

Softball practice was canceled, so Christopher and I made a trip to our local comic shop to empty out the Hold Box.  This week's haul (which is coupled with last week's as well, the three day weekend threw me off): The Incredible Hulk #110, New Line Cinema's Tales of Terror #1, Friday the 13th: How I Spent My Summer Vacation #1 (of 2), Fallen Angel #20, The Walking Dead #42, Se7en #6, World War Hulk #4 (of 5), Gamma Corps #3 (of 4), World War Hulk: Frontline #4 (of 6) and Scooby-Doo #124.

Christopher snagged World War Hulk #'s 2 & 3.

Comics!!!

Until the football season ends (which will be sometime in November, if Christopher's team goes all the way that is, and it will) my New Comic Book Day visits to the local comic shop will be sporadic, at best.  I finally made it over there on Sunday, and this was the day's haul: Scooby-Doo #123, Friday the 13th: Pamela's Tale #2 (of 2), Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero #1, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: By Himself #1, and The Walking Dead #40.

New Comic Haul

My son has started football practice, so, until sometime in September, I won't get a chance to hit the comic book store until Saturday.  This week's haul is very, very light: The Incredible Hulk #109 and The Dark Tower: Gunslinger's Guidebook.

New Comic Book Day (Belated) - 8/2/07

After having been away for a few weeks (vacation and other pursuits), I finally returned to the comic book store to empty out my hold box.  The haul: Battlestar Galactica #12, World War Hulk: Front Line #2 (of 6), The Incredible Hulk #108, World War Hulk: X-Men #2 (of 3), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: About A Boy #1, Scooby-Doo #122, Fallen Angel #18, The Walking Dead #39, World War Hulk #2 & 3 (of 5), and The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #7 (of 7).

New Comic Book Day (delayed) - 7/12/07

Missed last week due to the July 4th holiday, but we finally made it into the store today to pick-up the stuff from last week and yesterday.  My haul: Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen #1, Star Trek The Next Generation: The Space Between #s 5 & 6, Star Trek: Klingons #3, The Dark Tower #6 (of 7), Bloodrayne: Red Blood Run #1, Friday the 13th: Pamela's Tale #1 (of 2), and World War Hulk: Gama Corps #1.

Christopher's haul: Simpsons Super Spectacular #5 and Ultimate Spider-Man #s 54 & 60.

This has become a ridiculously expensive hobby.

New Comic Book Day - (06/27/07)

This week's haul: Scooby-Doo #121, A Nightmare on Elm Street #8, Battlestar Galactica #11, Fallen Angel #17, The Walking Dead #38, and Beneath the Valley of the Rage #1.

Christopher got Ultimate Spider-Man #51, Cartoon Network Block Party #33, and Bart Simpson #36.

New Comic Book Day - (06/20/07)

Light haul this week: The Incredible Hulk #107 and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Cut! #1.

Christopher got Ultimate Spider-Man #87 and Simpsons Comics #131.

New Comic Book Day - (06/13/07)

Good sized haul this week: Tag: Cursed #4, World War Hulk #1, Bloodrayne: Raw II (Special Edition), Bump #1, The Tripper, and Raise the Dead #3.

Christopher got World War Hulk #1 and Ultimate Spider-Man #s 89 & 103.

New Comic Book Day - (06/06/07)

Okay, it's the real deal New Comic Book Day this time.  This week's haul: Battlestar Galactica #10, Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse #4, The Dark Tower #5, and War of the Undead #3.  I also grabbed Fallen Angel #16 from the New Comic Book Day that I missed last week.  Damn holiday.

Christopher picked up Ultimate Spider-Man #s 53 & 84.

New Comic Book Day...NOT! - (05/30/07)

D'oh!  I totally forgot that Monday was a holiday and new comic book day is TOMORROW!  D'oh Part Deux.  Rather than waste the trip, I carped the diem and grabbed a couple of comics that I was missing and then just shot the breeze with the guys at the store.

This week's back issue catch up haul: Star Wars: Dark Times #3, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #15, and Ghost Rider #s 10 & 11.  I'll have to pick up the new issue of Fallen Angel, which is the new comic of the week, next Wednesday.

New Comic Book Day - (05/23/07)

Real light haul this week: Star Trek The Next Generation: The Space Between #4 and Star Trek: Klingons #s 1 and 2.

Christopher got Ultimate Spider-Man #52 and Sonic The Hedgehog #175.

New Comic Book Day - (05/16/07)

This week's haul: Belladonna #0, War Angel #0, Friday the 13th #6, Lady Death/Shi #1, Fall of Cthulhu #2, Battlestar Galactica #9, Se7en #5: Pride, Scooby-Doo #120, and O.C.T. Occult Crimes Taskforce #4 (of 4).

Christopher got Simpsons #130 and the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Spider-Man.

New Comic Book Day - (05/02/07)

Now that the move is over and the dust has all but settled I can again share my weekly buying binge with my constant readers (hi mom, hi dad).  This one is actually two weeks worth of comics, because I didn't make it to the store last week.

This week's haul: Tag: Cursed #3, Wormwood Gentleman Corpse #7, Seven #4: Lust, The Walking Dead #37, Prologue: World War Hulk #1 (of 1), The Incredible Hulk #106, Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse #3, The Dark Tower #4, Bloodrayne: Tibetan Heights #1, and Legion of Monsters: Man-Thing #1 (of 1).

Christopher got The Incredible Hulk #106 and Bart Simpson #35.

New Comic Book Day - (04/04/07)

This week's haul: Fall of Cthulhu #1, Raise the Dead #1, A Nightmare on Elm Street #7, The Dark Tower #3, The Incredible Hulk #105, Bloodrayne #3, Fallen Angel #14, Star Trek The Next Generation: The Space Between #3, G-Fan #79, and the graphic novel 28 Days Later: The Aftermath.

Christopher got The Incredible Hulk #105 and Cartoon Network Block Party #31.

New Comic Book Day - (03/28/07)

Only one book this week, Kolchak Tales: The Frankenstein Agenda #3.  Christopher got a Spider-Man 3 Venom action figure.

New Comic Book Day - (03/21/07)

This week's haul: Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness #1 (of 5), Escape of the Living Dead Annual #1, The Walking Dead #36, Girls #23, Scooby-Doo #118, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre #5, Battlestar Galactica: Zarek #3, and Battlestar Galactica (Classic) #5.

Christopher got Simpsons Comics #128 and Transformers: Armada #6.