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Happy birthday, Fabian Nicieza!
Writer (and sometimes editor) Fabian Nicieza is 48 today.
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John Byrne's Next Men
I read all 31 (including #0) issues of John Byrne's X-Men over the weekend, almost accidentally. I bought the first volume of the Premiere Collection hardcover some time ago, and the second on shipped last week. I was waiting for all three, but I st
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Comics that you REALLY want the next issue of...like, now...
For me it's Greg Rucka's Stumptown...man, that was a great first issue. What about you?
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JSA: Why'd they split up?
I haven't been reading the books since Johns left, so I'm curious: Why did the JSA split into two groups? Was it the standard Outsiders/Cry For Justice rationale: "You're not proactive enough, so we're striking out on our own," or is there a differen
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Ultimate Reading Project
In the wake of Ultimatum, I've decided it might be interesting and/or fun to go back in time and read/re-read the Ultimate Marvel universe starting at the beginning, and I've decided to bring y'all along for the ride.
My plan is to more or less read
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Black Knight One-Shot (2009)
My biggest (and most pleasant) surprise of the week turned out to be my biggest disappointment. It’s not that this EYKIW was poorly written (by Tom DeFalco) or poorly drawn (by Ron Frenz) so much as it is a continuity implant that is wholly unnecessa
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Have a great holiday season, everyone!
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Top five for October, 2009
The titles or books you're most pumped about right NOW. The Savage Sword of Conan collections from Dark Horse Pluto by by Naoki Urasawa Superman - Secret Origins Mickey Mouse and Friends (Boom!) Incredible Hulk (Bruce training Skaar to kill the Hulk
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Calling all Legionnaires! Comics and journalism question needs YOU!
Naughty Zoot! Bad Zoot! She has set alight the beacon, which I just remembered, is Captain Comics shaped! With apologies to Monty Python, I am in fact asking for help from the Legionnaires. I'm thinking of a "comics and journalism" topic for my mast
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Great comic mashups
http://ryandartist.blogspot.com/2009/10/comic-strip-mashups.html Fantastic Family Circus...Dennis the Phantom Menace...Little Zemo in Slumberland...take a look...
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Thoughts while filling out Previews
Back to, well I guess my demand. I just finished filling it out a few minutes ago while catching up on Pardon the Interruption.
- Dark Horse is back for me this month. Two new miniseries, and I am picking up the Blacksad trade
- I like the idea of DC do
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In defense of the X-Men Australia years
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/claremont.html My friend, Marc, writes a nice article about why he really likes this run of Claremont comics...even though it's not the fave of most fans.
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Doc Savage, The Batman, The Spirit, Wildcat, The Avenger, Black Canary get own universe
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=23294 OK...after reading this, I'm pretty excited...
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New Guy
Hello. I'm new here. DC fan since 1962. Bought EVERYTHING off the rack until about 1975. Sold all those early Marvels for chump change. Mom never threw mine out. Now, I'm just a comics reader with a DC loyalty. See you all around.
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Halloween 2009
What's everybody doing this year? Halloween falls on a Saturday which is cool. I don't have any plans, yet...
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