OK...I admit it...I bought it...and I really liked it... I'll take this Geoff Johns over the one doing all that icky stuff in the GL universe any day. And huzzah for artist Francis Manapul! And, yes, it's, at this time, a great book for all-ages..
Read more…Here's my order: Dark Horse- Goon #33 (one of Holly's books) Age of Reptiles Journey #1 Usagi Yojimbo #124 Beasts of Burden #3 Star Wars Adventures vol. 3 - Luke Skywalker: Treasure, Dragonsnakes DC- Adventures Comics #4 Batman and Robin #6 Supe
Read more…This past weekend something wild happened. A customer dropped all his monthly comics from his list except for Fables, which he switched over to TPBs. He also reassured me that he would still be coming in at the same frequency, but just buying TPBs an
Read more…Check out today's (8/19/09) strip - is it me, or was Chester Gould much better than the current guy at dreaming up goofy names for his characters?
Read more…http://downtowncomics.ning.com/ Downtown Comics is having a HUGE anniversary party and sale...food, a band, artists, free comics...the Beechler-Simpsons will be there!
Read more…We've talked about this before but the list for next week's comics brings scheduling to my mind again. Out of five Hulk-related titles, four of them come out next week. Three of the four books with "Avengers" in the title also come out next week. Th
Read more…Pluto (from Viz)- the updating of the Astro Boy saga around the murder of robots and humans involved in robot law reform is pretty darn awesome Fantastic Four - Hickman's start is very Tom Strong and that ain't a bad thing Supergirl - the current c
Read more…I don't think I've heard of G-Man before, but I was looking at the previews at Image's website and wanted to bring the feature to the attention of Legionnaires who've missed it and like kid-oriented comics. Just out is the 2nd issue of a 5-issue mini
Read more…Starting with some sad news: "Crayon Shin-chan" Author Found Dead Shame. I've never read much of his stuff - not my style of humor - but I know it was quite popular. This sort of thing is I am against the whole concept of "leaning over a cliff" - t
Read more…Inspired by this (warning: profuse profanity), I figured I'd ask some of the folks here who they think would win this fight.
Read more…I've just been reading Skaar Son of Hulk #7, which Marvel currently has up in the free digital comics section of its website. It's very much like a barbarian comic, with Skaar a cross between the Hulk and Conan. The art, by Butch Guice, is excellent
Read more…I was very tempted to call this thread Figs Watches Battlestar. It was hard to resist. Like Jeff’s Buffy thread, this is also about discussing a series that has finished and that I’ve seen very few spoilers for, so it seemed appropriate. I don’t int
Read more…http://www.neillcameron.com/A_to_Z.html That about sums it up...
Read more…Steve Gerber, most famous for being Howard the Duck's creator, would've been 62 today. He passed away February 10, 2008.
Read more…As some may remember from the old board I have a ton of comic books that I have never read. My goal is to read at least one a day (yeah right), and when it strikes my fancy to do so to review that comic here. Once again join me as I plow through year
Read more…So I'm having coffee with my nephew Aaron who's in town for a few days, and we're catching up. He's talking about his old crew, ninety percent of whom I taught during my days of student teaching. He mentioned one friend of his who's doing quite well
Read more…On one level, Superman Annual #14 is a retelling of “Superboy’s Big Brother” (i.e., Mon-El from Superboy #89), but it’s mainly a history of Dax-Am in the post-post-post-]Crisis DCU. Only 10 of this issue’s 38 page story deal with Mon-El, only three o
Read more…http://comics212.net/2009/08/10/your-daily-dose-of-fun-an-introduction/ A new strip every day...online free...for a year! Plus! Go to the Dark Horse page for free views of past "Beasts of Burden" stories by Dorkin and and Jill Thompson...huzzah! h
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