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
Read more…Comics legend turned 57 today. Happy birthday, sir!
Read more…August 6-9, 2009 I’ll be at the Chicago Comic-Con starting tomorrow with my creator owned all ages superhero book Honor Brigade. I'll be at table 4602 in Artists Alley.
Does he have a proper name, or is he just called "The Kryptonite Dog/Bulldog"?
Read more…I get to read it for free, but that's no longer enough for me to continue with this awful, awful series.. This issue, Red Hulk is given a list of people to recruit for a team, by a guy who should be dead, that appears to have been chosen based solel
Read more…It wasn't all bad, was it? I know, I know. There was The Clone Saga, and Maximum Carnage, and Torment. Maybe not high points, but I bet there are fans of even those stories here on the boards. Tell me what you liked. I didn't follow comics for most
Read more…http://srbissette.com/?p=5050 It's a really great gathering of info...
Read more…Try not to cheat! How many can you name for these ten superfolks? Peter Parker James "Bucky" Barnes Bruce Banner Steve Rogers Tony Stark Doreen Green (Squirrel Girl) Carol Danvers Jen Walters James Howlett Jessica Drew
Read more…I want to complain about something I've seen recently - most notably in DC Comics (as my Marvel collecting is getting smaller and smaller, but that's another rant.) It really hit the fan for me in Legion of Three Worlds #5. It appears that DC is sni
Read more…Fresh off AP wire! LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. says it is acquiring Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing characters like Iron Man and Spider-Man into the Disney family. Under the deal, Disney will acquire o
Read more…For your information: Pittsburgh Comicon info I just reserved my hotel room for myself, my wife and I. We'll be splitting our time between the Comicon and the Pittsburgh Irish Festival, where we hope to see a few games of hurling and enjoy some Iris
Read more…Does anybody know if the Havok story from Marvel Comics Presents 24-31 was ever collected?
Read more…I now have two kids in college so I have now eliminated all of my weekly pull, except for stories where Doctor Strange has an important role. We'll see how long this lasts before the temptation to add titles gets too strong. BTW, thanks for the gree
Read more…Say, was it ever established why Adam Strange didn't just physically go to Rann instead of only going there by Zeta Beam? I mean, sure, maybe the Ranninites didn't have starships, but surely Green Lantern or somebody would have done him a favor and d
Read more…Diamond released the sales index for July 2009, and icv2 released their sales estimate here. We usually wait to talk about these things until The Beat posts their sales analysis but I don't feel like waiting for the commentary tracks this time around
Read more…In addition to my LCS having a sale, there was also a comic book convention this weekend, and I went to both on Saturday. I initially got there at about 12:15, and I couldn't find a parking space and the line was out of the door. Wow! I haven't seen
Read more…Bill Willingham gave this out at the SDCC Fables panel; I found it at the Vertigo blog, and posted it on my own. Looks like there'll be another shift in focus down the line...
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