I've been impressed and surprised by recent books that are interesting, well drawn and just plain entertaining. So I thought that I would mention them and see what the rest of you think.
DC:
Batman Beyond-- Terry McGuiness lays down the foundation fo
Read more…http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=31312 Take a look and then come back to discuss...
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Funerals for characters in both Amazing Spider-Man and Fantastic Four were depicted in wordless stories in this week. While it's hard to get too worked up...these are characters in superhero comics...there were a couple of things that hit me.
Read more…what's folks heres poinion of the Superman/Batman title from DC? does it sell good? i think it operates on a concept somewhat like Marvel's Marvel Knights titles did (are those still going?) where the stories "aren't nessecarily in continuity",right?
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See Batman, Inc. #4...
I love you, Grant Morrison...oh, and your fantastic artist this time, Chris Burnham!
Read more…I've been thinking about taking my Mr. Vertigo reviews into a wider venue for awhile, and finally created a blog today: http://mrvertigocomics.wordpress.com/
I thought I'd begin by gathering together the chronological tour of Vertigo miniseries that
Read more…http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/03/batman_yale_bruce_wayne.html Chip Kidd was a primary investigator. No word, as yet, if he knew Rory Gilmore's father or was a member of the Whiffenpoofs.
Read more…If Fantastic Four #1 had never started the Marvel comeback and Timely had ended with the monster comics. Then if Stan Lee had been asked over to DC - what titles could you have seen him take over?
I ask because I was thinking he would have been exc
Read more…MARVEL TALES became the last survivor of what I like to call the " Marvel's Miteist Reprints " era/line of titles when all of the others were cancelled , around the into-the-middish-80s , I believe .
Yes , I am referring to those 32-page titles tha
Read more…This can be a line for all comic book-y things - and related - involving the phrase " The Defenders " .
Most of all , I'm sure , there would be Marvel's Non-Team here , and their Bronze-into-the-um , it lasted through 1986 , didn't it , which was s
Read more…Joanne Siegel, wife of Superman co-creator and model for Lois Lane, died on Feb.12. In Newsday, it was told how she met Siegel and Joe Shuster in Cleveland in 1935 when she was hired to model as Lois for their at-the-time future newspaper strip. She
Read more…Stumbled onto it, context-less, and am intrigued. Anyone know where it came from or what's going on here?
Last nite , I was reading an ish of DC's LOONEY TOONS comic book , #194 . I buy it pretty regular .
Yes , that's coming up towards #200 , THAT irridate your lil' fanboy heart ?
Traditionally , comic-book versions of the Warner Brothers roup of pr
Read more…Here we go another month, and some more numbered thoughts for comics supposedly shipping in April.
1. Dark Horse Presents seems to be pulling out all of the stops for the first issue at least: Paul Chadwick and "Concrete", Frank Miller, Neal Adams,
Read more…Good afternoon. For those who don't know me, my name's Mike, and I'm a comics addict. On the old boards, I conducted a couple of polls to find what we thought were the greatest comics continuing and limited series of all time - someone may have an
Read more…Should comic book and strip reprints reprint " lesser " things , like advertisments and colorized/edited reprints ?
I just saw a listing on Amazon for Fantagraphics' Mickey Mouse newpaper strip reprints and a Boom! " Walt Disney's Comics And Storie
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If I ever turn out to be one of those guys who only bitches and complains about comics, who only talks about them to tear them down and seems to never take any joy from the medium they claim to love, I hope somebody comes up and slRead more…
Gwen's just died...Pete breaks down...and Mary Jane reveals she's way more than a party girl.
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