Another "whim" purchase, basically, although I have always been a sucker for the "Batmen of many nations" concept, and have been enjoying the Batman, Incorporated.
I kind of liked this - I never read nothing by Winick before, but this seems well-wr
Read more…Since this is one of the four books I've set out to "follow", I thought I'd take a closer look at this one.
Issue #1:
We start with a guy named Andre Briggs and his female sidekick Emerson Esposito trying to sell a UN "inner circle" on the idea of
Read more…Another one I picked up on a whim. I kind of liked this - yeah, it's Batman vs The Joker, Round One Million Six, but it's an interesting plot that leaves me curious to know what happens next.
The artwork is pretty good in this one, too - I won't sp
Read more…From Broadsword Comics
Sept. 6, 2011
Brand New Trade for the Holidays!
School Bites NEW! Special Semester Collection
Story and Art By Holly G!
Class is back in session!
If you love Harry Potter but want a little more bite to it, then this is the
Another one I picked up on a whim. I'm not a big Morisson mark - I read and enjoyed SuperGods, but his comics work has a tendency to dissolve into incoherent gibberish. (But enough about Final Crisis!)
I liked the idea of a return to the "populist
Read more…From Vanguard Publishing
Aug. 25, 2011
Title: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction
Subtitle: The Science Fiction Comics of Wally Wood
Series: Vanguard Wally Wood Classics
Tales from the Crypt and W
Read more…From Archie Comics
Aug. 30, 2011
First Look: 'B&V Double Digest #217
Top Shelf is having a huge sale over on their website until Sept. 23rd that includes some $3 and $1 titles.
This is partially a note to myself to comb through the list closer when I get back home.
Read more…From Diamond Comic Distributors
Aug. 30, 2011
Brace yourself for the latest PREVIEWS EXCLUSIVE
T-shirts available only in comic book specialty shops
Deadpool, Punisher, Thor, and Kingdom Hearts available for pre-order this September
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Read more…From Archie Comics
Sept. 6, 2011
First Look: 'World of Archie Double Digest' #10
From Marvel Comics
Aug. 30, 2011
X-MEN: REGENESIS – Choose Your Team!
After the cataclysmic events of X-Men: Schism, all of mutantkind will be forced to make the biggest decision of their lives. What team will you choose?
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Read more…Dear Captain,
I know you were originally hesitant about posting all those press releases, Captain, but I really enjoy looking at them and having an opportunity to comment on them.
Posting them, particularly those from the smaller publishers, helps to
Read more…What about when comics remake old strories , wholly or at least in part ?
I guess I mean REMAKES , more or less flat-out reworkings/repeats of an old story , not revisting the well of a core concept of the series ( Aunt May is at the brink of death
Read more…From Collector's Paradise
Aug. 22, 2011
Collector's paradise CELEBRATES DC COMICS' RELAUNCH with a midnight release party, sale and announcement of signing events!
Los Angeles area's Leading Retail Comic Book Store Chain promotes DC's Ambitious
Read more…Everything old is new again.
The genius of Grant Morrison's rendition of Superman sounds like he's jumping over the Silver Age version where Superman was at his peak popularity and depicting a modern version very reminiscent of his earliest appearanc
Read more…From press@documentary.com
Aug. 21, 2011
Writer Brandon Jerwa Announces “Untold Tales of the Comic Industry” Documentary, Launches Kickstarter Fundraising Effort
Seattle, Washington - Brandon Jerwa is pulling back the curtain on the comic industr
Read more…Doc B used to do this at the top of the month every month, and I found myself missing it just now.
So: Your top five comics for September.....GO!
Read more…From IDW Publishing
Aug. 24, 2011
New Series Launches Today
with TMNT Co-Creator Kevin Eastman
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San Diego, CA (August 24, 2011)—IDW Publishing and Nickelodeon today announced that the debut
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From BEN Books
Aug. 28, 2011
BEN Books to release 'Lance Star: Sky Ranger' one-shot
BEN Books is proud to announce that the Lance Star: Sky Ranger "One Shot!" comic book by New Pulp Creators Bobby Nash and James Burns is now available in digital
Read more…Aug. 24, 2011
Now in Paperback
HOW TO UNDERSTAND ISRAEL IN 60 DAYS OR LESS
One of ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’s Best Non-Fiction Books of 2010
“Incredible. . . . Should be required reading.” – THE HUFFINGTON POST
“Her drawings sensitively capture he
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