General Comics Discussions (6866)
A decade at Marvel...Bendis interviewed
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090623-behind-bendis-1.html This is the first of, I think, a two part interview with Brian Michael Bendis about his decade at Marvel. It's a good interview and, no matter what you think of his writing, he always seems
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Those Kents Sure are Super!
So reading the review (or at least the comments) of Superman # whatever-the-current-issue-is, and Cap's thoughts about Mon-El taking on the name Jonathan Kent, I just can't help but wonder... Conner Kent, Kara Kent, Jonathan Kent... It's a nice sent
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Hawkeye- a character to love, a costume to hate
Hawkeye's always been problematic with me. He's a great character, possibly the first a--hole hero of the Silver Age, but his costume is ugly as all get out. Well, not the entire costume; it's the mask that's just plain ridiculous. Those eye-wings ar
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Great interview with Kathryn Immonen
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_sunday_interview_kathryn_immonen/ The writer behind the AWESOME Patsy Walker, Hellcat mini (collected and in shops today!) and the new Runaways reveals all!
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Detective Comics 853 topped the charts in April - thoughts?
Possibly for the first time in the 70 plus years of its existence, Detective Comics was the best selling comic in April. Pretty cool, but not shocking, after all, it was the conclusion of Neil Gaiman's "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" and t
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Boom's Disney Properties
So Boom Studios has been doing well so far with its Disney-licensed comics. The Muppet Show, The Incredibles, Cars are all out now... They'll be doing Toy Story, Mickey Mouse, and Donald Duck books soon... So what other Disney properties would you l
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Jack Kirby fans...check out The Baxter Building group
I've set up an RSS feed there with posts from The Kirby Project blog...really fun art inspired by the King!
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What was the artistic purpose of the lines on the Human Torch(es)?
Back in the day, when ever the original Human Torch or Johnny Storm would flame on, they were always draw with dozens of straight lines across their forms. That particular aspect of their appearances has long since been retired, but I've always wonde
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Man, I should have picked that up.
Did you ever pass over a book because it just didn't look appealing, read that it's canceled sometime later, then find that it was written by someone you now really enjoy? I was looking at an old house ad for the volume of Swamp Thing that centered
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Happy discoveries
I'm starting to pack books for our family vacation...The Strain by del Toro and Hogan, Killing Floor by Lee Child, the last two Paul Dini Batman collections, a bunch of magazines (The New Republic, Wired)...and as I was going through my "not read yet
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The End is Nigh
Planetary #27 to ship in October. What other signs of the apocalypse can we expect to see?
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Read a chapter out of the new Fables novel!
http://vertigoblog.dccomics.com/2009/06/10/welcome-to-vertigo-graphic-content/ The link to the chapter is at the bottom under the blog entry right under the picture of the book. I read it. It was pretty good. I'll be getting this when it comes out.
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Grant Morrison, anyone?
Should we bring the Morrison discussion over here now? I don't know how...
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Paging Dr. Curt Connors...Dr. Curt Connors....
Mexican salamander may yield clues for amputees C'mon, people. If you're looking to something called a "water monster" for answers, you're just asking for trouble!
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Cursed Pirate Girl by Jeremy Bastian
http://www.jeremybastian.com/cursed.html
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So Apparently Marvel Feels Moonstone should be played by...
Jane Krakowski
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Paul Tobin takes over Marvel Adventures Spider-Man
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21348 While it looks a bit like another Ultimate Spider-Man, I trust Tobin to do his own fun things with the cast...including adding Emma Frost as a student at Pete's high school. I like that there
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On the Chopping Block
Even though issues 1 and 2 didn't overly impress me, I was planning on sticking with Flash: Rebirth out of faith that Geoff Johns would ultimately give me a good story. But issue three today convinced me that...yeah, I'm just not digging this book.
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