I'm wondering if anyone has anything to say about the issues by Kieron Gillen ( # 604-614), or Matt Fraction's first issue ( #615)? I've heard a few positive things but it's been minimal.
As I unwrapped the Question Classic DC Figurine to put on display here in the store, it got me thinking.
What characters with "proper" super-hero (or villain, or whatever) get called by some other name in-story?
The Question was often referred to as "N
First there was Doctor Strange, then Iron Man, this week Daredevil. I'm enjoying these one-shots designed to look like '70s era b&w magazines (well, the covers, anyway; the stories themselves are modern). These comics are a good opprtunity to catch u
Read more…What's the deal with this anyway? I tried a few issues, found it hideous and quickly dropped it. It seems to be almost universally reviled on the good ol' internets - it's practically a cliche by now that any reference to Robinson's current run on
Read more…"DC releasing compilation of (almost) every DC Comics theme song ever"
http://www.avclub.com/articles/dc-releasing-compilation-of-almost-every-dc-comics,44717/
The most notable omissions seem to be Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: the Ani
Read more…They ruin the end of Morrison's Batman and Robin run and kinda ruin the beginning of Batman, Inc.
You've been warned.
Read more…Life with Archie - crazy fun and crazy bizarre
Kill Shakespeare - the Juliet/Othello fighting team FTW!
Hellboy - he's the king of England?
Scott Pilgrim vol. 6 - that was a very good ending...movie in one week...
New Avengers - I laughed out loud mo
Read more…Alternative title: Your New Most Despised Webcomic. I don't see a lot of middle ground here.
Ladies and Gentlemen: Hipster Hitler.
Um... what exactly is Judge Parker doing in that sixth panel?
http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20100829&name=Judge_Parker
Read more…Got notice that DC will put out a THUNDER Agents book. Didn't they try that a couple of years ago and it fell through? Did they lease them or outright buy them? And from who?
Read more…http://blog.kickstarter.com/post/1249385131/creator-q-a-jeremy-bastians-cursed-pirate-girl
Jeremy Bastians' labor of love, Cursed Pirate Girl, is the most exciting, artistically, comic I've encountered this decade. Please preorder it from Previews
Read more…I just reread the Earth X trade and was pleased to see it hold up so well. When it first came out, I felt it was a great series with poignant moments, hilarious yet fitting touches and some shocking secrets revealed, though I doubt they were mentione
Read more…Hey guys. Long time no see. You've moved on me since I've stopped by. Opening the store in Sept 2006 has put a crimp in my "getting lost on the message boards for hours at a time" time. I need some advice and I know this is the place to get an an
Read more…You get my thoughts before I head out to my D&D game:
Finally got/read this today. Always fun carrying around paper products on a rainy day! But off we go:
The Joker's (return to?) murdering people as seen could have placed him in "the state hospital for the criminally insane" that he escapes from in
Read more…Well, there's a swell Brian Bolland cover (The Power of Fishnets!) and the interior art is pretty good, too. The story is OK, probably my favorite after the Sgt. Rock one. I never read any Mlle. Marie stories before, so it's hard for my to compare t
Read more…The past weekend there was the Dallas Comic Con, and I managed to make it out there. Their headliner guest for this event was Edward James Olmos. He was only there Saturday, and I never saw the guy once. Not too surprising, since the celebrity guests
Read more…Today and Tomorrow (Wednesday & Thurs), Comixology is having a big sale on its Digital comics.
If you've any interest -- I'm going to be picking up Mark Waid's BOOM output for 99 cents an issue, 75% off of the print cover price -- you might want to h
At the end of his series, Barry Allen was reunited with his long-thought-to-be-dead wife Iris in the 30th century via the advanced technology. There, they lived happily ever after... for a while. Until the Crisis started the events that led to the Fl
Read more…I was very leery about this new take on the team given Krul's track record so far. But the first issue by this team was fun and, given Nicola Scott's art, beautiful. I like the team make-up and I especially liked Dick still thinking about the team
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