Jeff P. piqued my interest in this, so I took a look at it. I found it quite interesting. Though not a believer himself, Crumb is quite respectful of and faithful to the original text. There's a certain amount of nudity and sex and violence in it, bu
Read more…Go here: http://www.tcj.com/?p=1069 Really nice. I daresay our Captain has done more for sharing a love of comics with the masses than this pretentious, elitist, pompous windbag, Heidi MacDonald at The Beat linked to it by saying "Now that's more l
Read more…Excerpt: Joe Kubert, a comic book artist since 1938, has little interest in the accumulated work of his last seven decades; his focus is on new projects, he said recently. But comic book fans who feel differently about this celebrated illustrator wi
Read more…In the top ten, I think Born Again is my favorite. http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/12/17/top-100-comic-book-storylines-3/ Here's the whole list save for #1-2 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/11/27/top-100-comic-book-stor
Read more…Two collections I’ve always wanted to own are the complete “Tales of Asgard” series by Lee and Kirby and the “Inhumans” backup that replaced it. Today, the sixth and final issue reprinting the complete “Tales of Asgard” feature (soon to be released i
Read more…http://marvel.com/digitalcomics/titles/marvel_digital_holiday_special.2008.2 Check out the preview for Stan Lee's first digital FF story.
Read more…These are the type of epic, multi-crossover events that drove me from comics in the mid-1980s, but when I stumbled upon the complete six issue run of "Infinity War" for 25 cents each I couldn't resist. And while I probably wouldn't read it again, I r
Read more…Superboy’s Legion #1-2; The Nail #1-3; Another Nail #1-3; Fantastic Four: The End #1-6; Killraven #1-6; Uncanny X-Men #444-447, 450-451, 455-459; Clandestine #1-8 Clandestine & X-Men #1-2 Clandestine: Blood Relative #1-5 Just as our Miracleman discu
Read more…Many times we've heard it proclaimed: this is the Golden Age of Reprints. I'm not going to argue that; far from it. We've come a long way since the late 1970's when I began reading comics, even a lot way from the dawn of Marvel Masterworks and DC Arc
Read more…Anyone else really digging this? As much as the first arc made me scratch my head, this one is really cool. I'm digging the relationship between PG and Terra a lot, and Amanda Conner's art seems just perfect for this series--sexy, but not pandering.
Read more…Over in Howard Bagby's discussion "A Batman A Day", I mentioned that after Denny O'Neil became editor of the Batman titles, we saw the beginning of the overexposure of the Joker. O'Neil became the editor with Batman 401 and Detective 568, cover dated
Read more…Wondering if any of you are fans of the Captain America runs by the following writers: - J.M. DeMatteis - Mark Waid - Dan Jurgens - Robert Kirkman Your thoughts?
Read more…This is some kind of ad for Joss Whedon's Dollhouse, which I saw on ICv2.com. My brain says this is a swipe -- and a Steranko swipe at that -- but I can't find it. Anybody know?
Anyone remember a series of pocket-sized, B&W graphic adaptations of classic novels from the late 80s/early 90s? I think I briefly had the Frankenstein volume. I'm asking because I remember seeing an adaptation of the Australian novel For the Term o
Read more…The University of Oregon is showing an exhibit of original art and rare comics. Not the artsy-fartsy stuff that seems to usually make up this kind of display but actual superhero comics. There was an article about it in The Oregonian but you can read
Read more…http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/11/03/marvel-opens-up-siege-teaser/ A new Iron Man in town?
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