"It is both rough and honest. He's hard on himself, both for putting himself into the situation and for the way he coped with it at first."
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Dark Night: A True Batman Story
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Dave McKean's Black Dog
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Black Magick Vol. 1: Awakening
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Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) replied to Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod)'s discussion Dark Night: A True Batman Story
Wandering Sensei: Moderator Man replied to Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod)'s discussion Dark Night: A True Batman Story"I remember thinking it was very brutally honest."
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod)'s discussion Dark Night: A True Batman Story"I read this when it first came out. I probably posted a brief reaction but I don’t think I wrote a full-blown review. I remember it to be very well-done, but also very disturbing. I would recommend this one to someone interested in but…"
Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) posted a discussionDark Night: A True Batman Story
Dark Night: A True Batman StoryPaul Dini, writer; Eduardo Risso, artistVertigo Comics, 2016Writer Paul Dini had a dream job during the 1990s: scripting the hugely popular Batman: The Animated Series and Tiny Toon Adventures. There was sufficient Hollywood buzz around those projects for Dini to date starlets. Walking home one…See More
Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) replied to Wandering Sensei: Moderator Man's discussion What Comic Books Have You Read Today?"Clean Room Vol. 2: Exile
Gail Simone, writer; Jon Davis-Hunt, artist; Quinton Winter, colorist
Vertigo Comics, 2016
Gail Simone's creator-owned series continues to paint a world that looks like ours: but there are aliens actively…"
Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) replied to Richard Willis's discussion PREACHER SEASON 2 - !! SPOILERS !!"Yep, that's Preacher: attractive and disgusting at the same time. It's impressive that the TV adaptation is just as morally ambiguous as the comic was."
Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion What are you blogging about today?"Delighted to see a response to a blog post, Richard! I also enjoyed the Constantine series, for the most part. I would have liked to see it go on longer. I certainly liked it much more than the New 52 version. Haven't gotten to the first…"
Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) replied to Wandering Sensei: Moderator Man's discussion What Comic Books Have You Read Today?"Saga Volume Seven
Fiona Staples, artist; Brian K. Vaughan, writer
Image Comics, 2017
This installment takes place almost entirely on the comet Phang, where the group is forced to stop for fuel. Subtitled "The War For Phang," the…"
Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) replied to The Baron's discussion Jodie Whittaker is the Doctor!"Ditto! I'm not sure why there is any concern about a female Doctor: the character of Missy has already shown how well a female Time Lord can work."
Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion What are you blogging about today?"Mr. Vertigo Reviews 58
Black Magick Vol. 1 – Awakening; Angel Catbird Volume 1; & Constantine: The Hellblazer, Volume 2 – The Art of the Deal."
Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) replied to Wandering Sensei: Moderator Man's discussion What Comic Books Have You Read Today?"Papergirls Vol. 3 is due out on Aug. 8. There's also a hardcover Deluxe edition of the first 10 issues due out in November (knowing how much you love those things).
Hearing the Bernie Wrightson tribute panel at HeroesCon reminded me that I had…"
Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) replied to Wandering Sensei: Moderator Man's discussion What Comic Books Have You Read Today?"Another thing I meant to mention. This collection includes a good bit of back matter: three "Dead To Rights" columns from the monthlies, "A selection of sketches, pin-ups & prose." The first one talks about the genesis of the…"
Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) replied to Wandering Sensei: Moderator Man's discussion What Comic Books Have You Read Today?"Pretty Deadly Vol. 2: The Bear
Kelly Sue DeConnick, script; Emma Ríos, art & covers; Jordie Bellaire, colors; Clayton Cowles, letters
Image Comics, 2016
The first Pretty Deadly collection was a dizzying succession of surreal images and…"
Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) replied to Wandering Sensei: Moderator Man's discussion What Comic Books Have You Read Today?"Paper Girls 2
Brian K. Vaughan, writer; Cliff Chiang, artist; Matt Wilson, colors; Jared K. Fletcher, letters
Image Comics, 2016
At the end of the first collection it appeared that three of the paper girls had time traveled. The story picks up…"
Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion What are you blogging about today?"Mr. Vertigo Reviews 57
Kill or Be Killed – Volume One; Phonogram Volume 3 – The Immaterial Girl; and FBP Vol. 3 – 4 [the end].
Image and Vertigo: a snapshot of the current creator-owned universe."
Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) replied to Jason Marconnet (Pint sized mod)'s discussion HeroesCon 2017"As I mentioned above, I enjoyed Jim Shooter's presentation very much. I could see that he and the Commander were getting along famously, but I'm delighted to read the account.
I completely agree about the autograph thing. It's the…"
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DC Finally Drops The Other Shoe
Posted on February 18, 2010 at 2:10pm 18 Comments 0 Likes
Big series of announcements from DC today.
On the DC site: http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/
Over at The Beat: http://www.comicsbeat.com/
On the DC site: http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/
Over at The Beat: http://www.comicsbeat.com/
Heroes Convention 2009
Posted on June 19, 2009 at 11:26pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
After a late start, spent almost seven hours at the convention. I attended one panel discussion: "The New Power Generation of Comics" with Brian Michael Bendis, Ivan Brandon, Ed Brubaker, Jonathan Hickman, and Matt Fraction. Matt Brady of Newsarama attempted to moderate, with limited success (at one point Fraction turned a question around and basically interviewed Brady instead of the other way around). These writers all know each other, and had a good time tossing the questions around,… Continue
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- At 4:11pm on November 24, 2009, The Baron gave Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) a gift…
- At 4:32pm on November 24, 2009,
The Baron said…
- Hope you like cider!
- At 10:05am on May 14, 2010,
Cavaliere (moderator emeritus) said… - Happy birthday, Sully.
- At 4:30pm on June 1, 2013,
Rob Davis said… Thanks, Mark. Just clearing up a question a friend made of me about the review of Don Quixote (I'm NOT that Rob Davis). This looks like a fun place, though I doubt I'll have much time to visit often.
- At 2:35pm on March 25, 2014, steve kortus said…
Mark, I don't know my way around this site - I saved my first my submission titled "Krona-Higgs". Please let me know if it is appropriate. What happens next?
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