The USA Today reviewer mentions it in his glowing review of the iPad. CBR has a wee bit more.
The big question: Will digital and print versions be available on the same day?
I never was a big fan of Westerns, so I'll leave it to others - the Commander, most likely - to talk about his role on Gunsmoke. As for myself, I'll always remember the man for his parts in two of my favorite sci-fi films.
Arness played
Read more…Based on nothing but my own ideas, I decided to come up with my own idea of how I might re-launch the DC Universe. Just my thoughts of what I'd like to see, not what would necessarily "sell". I left off Action Comics and Detective Comics, becsuse I
Read more…Say, is anyone else seeing all of the forums merged into one, now? Is there any way to correct this? It makes it a heckuva lot harder to find an invidual thread if they're all in one forum.
Read more…GREEN LANTERN #1 Geoff Johns has been charting the adventures of Hal Jordan and the GREEN LANTERN Corps since GREEN LANTERN: Rebirth, collaborating with such major artists as Ethan Van Sciver, Darwyn Cooke, Prentis Rollins, Marlo Alquiza and Mick Gr
Read more…In the 70s and 80s, DC and Marvel paired up their heroes with the two Superman/Spider-Man books, Batman and the Hulk and the X-Men/Teen Titans special. After the disastrous attempt at Justice League/Avengers, the crossovers continued but on DC's side
Read more…Johnny Comet is a fascinating failure. It is the first of two (so far) volumes in the Vangard Classics: Frank Frazetta series. Frazetta’s Johnny Comet line work is exquisite, but the “stories” exist only as a framework upon which to hang the gorgeous
Read more…I want to discuss the degree to which we see standard comic books - and other formats for comic book material - distributed to non-comics shop , or " newsstand , accounts - Um , stores . Retail outlets .
Also , I want to discuss " magazine-sized "
Read more…I really like the DC Comics Presents format, yet this is only the second one I’ve bought. The price took me by surprise when I bought the first, but when one considers the cost of today’s comics ($3 or $4 apiece), $8 for four issues of content is not
Read more…Marco Polo -
The Reign of Terror -
The Crusade -
Galaxy 4 -
The Myth Makers ---
Marco Polo, Episode 1: “The Roof of the World” --
Marco Polo is “less missing” than some of the other missing stories in that it has been reconstructed with photos and s
Right here: http://act-i-vate.com/114-36-1.comic
Read more…As a budding writer/editor, I will be attending my first convention this weekend as a GUEST and not as a fan.
The inaugural Pulp Ark gathering in Batesville, Arkansas is both a summit for new/current pulp creators and a traditional convention for eve
Read more…My daughter Linda and her boyfriend Chris are getting married in June 2012, and she and her mom couldn't be more giddy. The plan is to get married in the Bahamas, and she wants me to walk her down the aisle in a white suite with a Panama hat.
So
Read more…...I've , recently , bought an issue each of 2 attempt to have " larger " hero/adventure anthologies , the Mark Millar venture " CLiNT " ( Trying to reproduce its typography , which...Well , later . ) and a what-turned-out-to-be-a-coupla-years-old is
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In a recent blog post thread, Emerkeith Davyjack asked the following:
“… anyhow, CC, I thought from the heading that you might as well be list and describing, even if not reviewing, all the Thor stuff that has been published by Marvel in anticipat
Read more…I'm guessing Sandman?
No particular order ...
1. Spider-Man villain,
2. Vertigo comic series
3. Wesley Dodds
4. Joe Simon/Jack Kirby Golden Age hero
5. Joe Simon/Jack Kirby 1970s hero
6. Stan Lee's 'Just Imagine' version
7. Batman TV version play
Read more…That’s the title of Al Capp’s infamous anti-Shmoo essay, but it also accurately describes how I personally feel about the critters. Nor am I particularly impressed by what I know of Al Capp as a human being. So why did I buy Al Capp’s Shmoo: The Comp
Read more…My current column from CBG #1679 has been posted at CBGxtra. It details the Pro vs. Fans Trivia Challenge at March's C2E2 convention in Chicago, in which Mark Waid single-handedly battled a panel of Silver Age trivia fans for the championship!
Take t
Read more…The other day, I was at my friendly neighborhood comics shop, shooting the breeze with another customer and the store clerk. The conversation turned to the best inkers, and the other customer named his top three: Josef Rubenstein, Dick Giordano, and
Read more…...Age ( Or , as with all of this , SUB-" Age " !!!!!!!!!!! ) Age of Batman , named by me after Irv Novick and Frank Robbins , might be considered as that period after DC cut down to totally eliminated what maight be seen as the Camp Era trappings...
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