From time to time, I have found comics and other good reading material at places like Salvation Army, Goodwill, and my local flea market, but this is the first time I have ever found an original piece of art.
While I unfortunately cut off the "To" an
Read more…Are there any well-established heroes who have never had a single solo strip * ? Speedy was around since the Golden Age, but I can't recall any solo stories. Not odd Green Arrow strips in which Ollie was busy and Roy had to fly solo, but dedicated, b
Read more…Let's make this a line to discuss comics shops - yes , those gateways of our hobby ( eh ????????? ) , good , bad , or indifferent .
Remember older ones .
Speculate on possible ideas for them .
Wonder how they keep in business , anyway !!!!!!!!!
Read more…Especially my daughter, Rose. She is often disappointed in the action figure aisle as, usually, there aren't more female heroes made into toys. The other day, she took matters into her own hands...and markers.
......with Mike Curtis as the writin' one:-)
This is the front page of the site , check the Strips list...unless DT happens to be on the front page when you check it !!!!! Woo hoo !!!
Then you win...ABSOLUTELY NOTHING . :-)
Read more…I'm very excited to see that John Ostrander will be introducing a new Star Wars series: Agent of the Empire. It follows one of the Empire's spies (a James Bond/Jason Bourne) type. It takes place a couple of years before the Battle of Yavin in A New H
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1. I wonder which Bart Sears we are gonna get on the Conan mini? The Path Bart Sears (yay!) or Captain America & Falcon Bart Sears (not so much)?
2. In the end I am choosing to skip all of the Flashpoint comics for now
Read more…I really liked the art style of Guillem March in this week's issue of Batman. Who is this person? The Prodigy joke by Alfred was a bit dated, but I still chuckled. Xombi is back and full of fantastic ideas, great monsters, and horrible-awesome puns.
Read more…Here is the cover:
It's sad when you realize someone whose artistic skills you admire immensely turns out to be an asshat. I don't have any problem with someone whose beliefs run contrary to my own. Heck, some of the best discussions I get into are with people I dis
Read more…Last Wednesday, Boom! Studios released a new Planet of the Apes comic book series. According to editor Ian Brill, the new series is set in continuity with the five original films, and takes place some 1200 before Taylor “fell from the stars.” The art
Read more…It seems the internet has leaked the two new teams as being:
Punisher #1 - Greg Rucka and Marco Checchetto, with Laura Martin on colors. Daredevil #1 - Mark Waid and Paolo Rivera. That ain't bad, if true. Read more…
This is where my Golden Age (as Mister Silver Age wisely says) begins. Though that's not entirely true as my first comic was Justice League of America #103, but I read this one two or three years later.
I'm also going to split this up by issues at le
Read more…I had to change my avatar away from a Wally West Flash. I kept mistaking myself for Rob Staeger.
I'm now going with a picture of Jon Snow, from George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire.
Read more…My order form looks like this:
Dark Horse - Hellboy and Usagi Yojimbo...per usual.
DC - The Green Lantern books, most of the Batman ones, Teen Titans, and all of the Superman family. Plus Tiny Titans, Brave & Bold, Scooby-Doo, and Young Justice
Read more…http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140123108X While about half the size of the Marvel versions, this has the first 16 issues of the classic NTT by Marv and George. Yeah...I've already ordered it.
Read more…Way back when I saw a comics item I'd like to identify. I remember it as a large paperback. It contained a number of stories, or a long story divided into parts. I thought it contained a collected series, but I may have been wrong about that. I also
Read more…Watching Doc's Batman Live clips made me think again about how dated the Dark Knight's most well-known villains are. This has nothing to do with the arena show but it does seem to downgrade Gotham's worse into Ice Capade territory!
The Joker: I have
Read more…I came across a reference to "The Day After Doomsday," which was apparently a series that ran in Weird War Tales and other comics in the 1970s. Does anyone know anything about this series - premise, creators, etc.? Was it tied into any other existing
Read more…Does anyone know how that "Gifts" option is supposed to work?
Except for the free red ribbon, and one would think there would also be at least a pink and yellow one available too, everything else is listed as costing 75 credits?
What credits?
How doe
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