I found the subject matter interesting enough to pick this up. So far I've read the Jacosta article and found it enjoyable. I never really thought she worked well with Machine Man, I wanted a romance between her and the Beast, but I've noticed that s
Read more…Invincible Volume 1: Family Matters
Writer/Letters- Robert Kirkman
Pencils/Inks- Corey Walker
Colorist- Bill Crabtree
Introduction by Kirk Busiek
Published by Image Comics
Collects issues 1-4
I first heard about Invincible around 2003 or 2004 when I
Read more…What if everyone was a super-hero? Everyone from the boy who delivers your pizza to the mail carrier is a superhero. Or at least they have powers. This is the city of Neopolis. This is the story, or series of stories, of what a police station set in
Read more…I have often described the Hulk as being my “first favorite character.” I usually follow that statement up by how long it has been since I’ve enjoyed reading his comic book. Mark Waid is among my favorite writers, but I didn’t follow the “Marvel Now”
Read more…I've been going back and forth with myself on this since yesterday, wondering if I should even ask given how everyone knows how I feel about marvel. But I think this question doesn't go as much to marvel as it does to simple story logic. Scott and co
Read more…A good issue. Characters are explored and expanded, The MM's first reaction to Victor "Who's this freak?", Tina's flirting with Doc, who doesn't seem to mind it as much as he did in the past, and even Grid revealing what he's searching for. After rev
Read more…I would like to bring up a comics (& other things) writer named Chance Masters , partly to set up other things that I will go into later ~ I don't have infinite time now !
Yes , Chance Masters is on the Web .
No , it's not me or a friend of mine
Read more…I bought the new , anniversary issue , 'TEC #27 (96 pages , 88 of them comics) yesterday .
I liked it !!!!!!!!!
Ur , SPOILERS .
Of course , pizza and Coke (" Mexican sugar " and Zero , both) , and a bit of chocolate and 90s commercial rock/rap
Read more…I realized today, apropos of nothing, that I could name five comic-book characters off the top of my head that were modeled on movie stars. Fred MacMurry was famously the inspiration for Captain Marvel, while Marvel's Fandral was based on Errol Flynn
Read more…To be perfectly honest I never understood the accolades heaped on Milt Caniff, but the light bulb went on this weekend. Looking for something different to read from the comics world, I checked out The Complete Terry and the Pirates volume 2 from the
Read more…I hate it when people say "infer", thinking it's a fancy way of saying "imply."
--- Richard Willis
I brought this over from Cap's "Comics Guide" discussion because I'm going to go
Read more…Some time ago, I asked the assembled what sort of Bar and Grill this board would be. The replies proved most entertaining. Here's a similar question:
If the Captain Comics board were an amusement park, what would it be like? What would it look like?
Read more…Just a quick recommendation for Daredevil #1.50 (that’s one point five zero rather than simply one point five for Daredevil’s 50th anniversary and because the first story is set some 10+ years in the future when Matt Murdock is 50 years old).
The boo
Read more…Welcome!
It looks like 2014 is beginning in earnest this week. We've got three All-New Marvel NOW! re-launches, the beginning of zero issues at Valiant, the return of the Gold Key heroes and, of course, a couple of hundred other titles to talk about.
Read more…Per The Beat: DC to spend $250,000 on Vertigo marketing
I think is noteworthy, in that comic book publishers very rarely advertise their books outside comic book specific avenues. Really noteworthy, because it is for the Vertigo imprint which isn't
Read more…I've heard of Robot Chicken but I've never seen it, anyone know if Sunday's show will be any good?
Read more…Hey folks! Some of you may have (or soon will) receive an invite from me to "like" the page for the Thundercast - The Thunder Agents Podcast. This is a new podcast where Bill Zanowitz (one of the Comic Book Bears) and I will be going issue by issue t
Read more…If you have a book you'd like to start a discussion on, just post a message in this thread and we'll see about getting you scheduled in.
Any genre of TPB or GN will work, although we have been trying to spread things out for variety's sake. If th
Read more…The above is a scan of the program of the first Dallas Fantasy Fair (DFF) that was held in 1982. The man who ran the show, Larry Lankford, I found out last week passed away on Christmas.
Unbelievably he was only 53 at his time of passing. Which meant
Read more…Has anyone seen this? It's supposed to be released in May but it looks like some people have already seen it.
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