It had been several weeks since I have been to my friendly neighborhood comic store (thank you IRS) so I had some back issues to pick up. Imagine my surprise when I got there to discover that back issues were half off and trades were 20% off. So this is what I got:
Ruroni Kenshin #4
Basara #6
Clockwork Angels II
Human Target:Final Cut
My Faith in Frankie #2 (only issue I was missing), Conan #1 (by Crom, I have always liked Conan the Barbarian), Too Much Hopeless Savages #3, Blue Monday:Painted Moon #1, X-Statix #22 (I find the idea of Allred adapting the Book of Mormon into comic book form insane, but I guess that will keep him plenty busy with X-Statix stopping), Ultimate Spiderman #57 & 58, Ultimate X-Men #45, Love Fights #8, The Pulse #3, Human Target #8 & 9, Daredevil #59, and Ministry of Space #3.
I was seriously debating about picking up some more manga, like the new edition of Nausicaa. Reprinting it at a larger size really allows you to appreciate the detail of the art but I can probably hold off on this for a little bit. I have plenty to keep me occupied now 
Damnit, Seaguy came out this week, right? In my frenzy, I forgot to pick it up.
8:42 pm on May 14th, 2004 1
Seaguy comes out next week, so don’t worry.
I have the new edition of Nausicaa, and it’s lovely.
I like the Conan series. It goes really well hand-in-hand with the new edition of Howard’s Conan stories put out by Del Rey. The comics kind of expand the Conanverse (did I just say that?) a bit, but no one has been complaining. And the art is incredible.
9:01 pm on May 14th, 2004 2
Whew! I was so worried I missed Seaguy!
I think I have the first 2 books of Nausicaa in a size close to the new edition, in the montly comics from Viz that came out from 1988 on. The last two books I have are the shrunken collected editions, so I might be picking up the new editions to replace those…man it is geeky to buy collected editions of manga twice, but Nausicaa is worth it.