The Heroic Age: Heroes is not, as I first thought, a "Cliff Notes" version of The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe. It is designed to be Steve Rogers' personal and professional thoughts on the heroes of the Marvel Universe. It mostly works al
Read more…Looks like a time-travel story involving the search for Batman. Is there anyone her reading this title? (Issue #2 shipped today.) Is it any good?
Read more…I'm amused that in the wake of the new costume controversy for Wonder Woman, both Lady Death and Vampirella have introduced new costumes with, yes, short jackets and pants. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Wonder Woman's new cost
Read more…My efforts to get my wife reading comics have paid off. Just a moment ago, Kathy stepped into the office and asked, "Okay, what'd you do with the American Vampire?" I'd showed her the first issue when it came out, but I didn't realize she'd been foll
Read more…Some more not so random thoughts while I slaved over a hot order form.
Writer/artist Walt Simonson is 64 today. Happy birthday, sir!
I wanted to like this. I really did.
Veronica - The big Kevin Keller story hits the stands and it's actually cool and funny. A scene where Veronica believes she's lost a boy to, of all people, Jughead is priceless.
Hellboy - OK, Mr. Mignola...ending a mini-series like that is u
Read more…In case anyone missed it both:
Drawn & Quarterly & Top Shelf have some pretty big sales going on. Top Shelf has a bunch of $3 & $1 books.
I personally am going to get at the very least a couple of Guy Delisle books.
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/08/10/archie-married-life-betty-veronica/
Check out this review by Chris Sims and then head on over to the Riverdale High group to join the discussion!
Read more…I picked up the DVD set for Season Thirteen of The Simpsons, which included Episode DABF13, "I am Furious (Yellow)". The reason I mention it here and not in the TV section is that Stan Lee did a guest voice appearance as himself in that episode, and
Read more…I am reading a trade called The Essential Showcase 1956-1959. Obviously, it contains the first appearance of the Barry Flash version of the Flash. In the second story of the comic the villain calls him "The Scarlet Speedster", and my question is, was
Read more…Except for a small handful of reprints, the vast majority of Superboy stories I have read are from the post-Adventure Comics #347 era. For many years, the DC universe had gotten by without a Superboy (without a Clark Kent Superboy, anyway), but that
Read more…http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/08/22/al-mutawa.islamic.superheroes/index.html?hpt=C1
Watch it ... it's pretty darn interesting!
I just saw this on Threadless.com...apparently they came out on Thursday....
Jill Thompson, Tony Moore, Cliff Chiang, and Art Baltazar have each designed a t-shirt for them, which combine to tell a short narrative: Thompson's is issue one, Moore's is
It was OK, I guess. The artwork was certainly very competently done The story seemed kind of, I don't know how to put it - just sort of negative. I mean, I understand, it's a war comic - you're not getting My Little Pony, or what have you. I just di
Read more…Ummm---Interesting?
Issue 50 of the book came out this week, concluding the story that began around the time of 9/11, and ends close to the present day.
SPOILERS TO FOLLOW
