I've lately read through a couple of John Byrne's IDW offerings, namely Trio and Triple-Helix. They're both essentially pastiches of series' that he's worked on before, namely Fantastic Four and X-Men.
So far, I've found them to be paced briskly,
Read more…Here's the place to vote for your favorites in 2013.
Read more…Here’s what caught my fancy this month.
ALLEY OOP SUNDAYS: Between this volume (which starts at the very beginning) and the LOAC Essential (which reprints the dailies starting with the first time travel story), my prehistoric time-traveling caveman i
Read more…Welcome to the first Comics Guide of the new year -- and it's a doozy!
After two weeks of short lists -- thanks to the holidays -- the publishers have roared back strong. Especially those who publish manga! There are 39 new books from the Eastern hem
Read more…Just thought this might be a worthwhile thread to have. I've heard some recent books have featured some nice done-in-one stories, and thought it'd be good to have a place to let people know where and when they appear. I'm much more likely to pick up
Read more…So, I decided to drop All-Star Western, starting with today's issue. So what? So, for the first time since about 1975 there are no DC or Marvel on-going monthly books that I am following. Not following any "third-party" books at the moment, either.
Read more…Turner Classic Movies is showing a few of the "I love a mystery" movies and I didn't even know that they made movies from the radio shows. Did the show ever make it into the comics? Does anyone know how many radio shows made into the comics?
Read more…An overview of the various adaptations of Jules Verne's 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA...
http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2013/08/jules-verne.html
Read more…Get over to this thread and make your voice heard!
https://captaincomics.ning.com/forum/topics/cappies-2013-voting-thread
Read more…I have been reading Volume 5 of Classic Comics Press's books of Leonard Starr's newspaper strip MARY PERKINS ON STAGE . (As a matter of fact , this volume has the Sunday strip's logo changing from simply " On Stage " to " MARY PERKINS On Stage " as I
Read more…This was a good start to the series. Space adventures are tricky for me in comics. When Star Wars and BattleStar Galactica first came out in comic form I was disapointed after the action and special effects of the movies and tv to the kind of st
Read more…This one was picked up on a whim. Peter David is back but this time there's a new twist on the team. They are now working for a mega corporation.
The team so far includes Polaris, Gambit and Quicksilver. Polaris is the team leader but so far the rag
Read more…If one were to peruse through DC's Silver Age comics, you would have found a dearth of African-American characters while Marvel had the Black Panther, Gabe Jones, Joe Robertson, Bill Foster and in the early 70s, Luke Cage, Hero For Hire/Power Man. DC
Ask not what your Comics Guide can do for you, ask what you can do for your Comics Guide! (Which is read it, of course.)
Let's start, as usual, with the books with press releases and previews:
PUBLISHERS PICKS
ALL-NEW X-MEN #19
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
So the ex-KGB spy now Avenger has her own series, again.
I liked this first issue, a lot. We see two assignments of Natasha's as she tries to make amends for her past. The main mission has a nice twist.
The story is stand alone, so maybe the series
Read more…Welcome to the latest Comics Guide, which ranks up there with the Junior Woodchuck Guide in utility and necessity!*
(* Not meant to be a factual statement.)
Here are my top recommendations of the week:
DEADPOOL: THE GAUNTLET #1
WRITTEN by GERRY DUGGA
Ultra-Man is going all over the planet eating the stuff, he pulled a hunk of it out of Metalo's chest.
Read more…To help us appreciate comic book art I'd like to start a sort of forum game. Respond to this post with a "GIVE ME AN ARTIST!" message and I will will assign you a comic book artist.
RULES UPDATE!
I'll list an artist and everyone who wants to join in
Read more…In case anyone is interested, they have an article about how the Elf Quest logo has changed over the years and also about the font they use now. Interesting stuff.
Read more…