High Level
Rob Sheridan, story; Barnaby Bagenda, artist; Romulo Fajardo Jr., colorist
DC Vertigo, 2020
High Level is set in a world hundreds of years after the big apocalyptic event (no dates are given), with the motto"Welcome to the Post-Post-Apocaly
Read more…Lodger
David Lapham & Maria Lapham, writers; David Lapham, art & cover
Black Crown, 2019
Lodger finds David and Maria Lapham in familiar black and white crime noir territory, a creative space very similar to their continuing magnum opus Stray Bullet
Read more…Wow, the planets have all lined up again in their cosmic collaborative conglomerations to acknowledge and yes, revel in the birthday of our old pal and fearless leader, Craig A. Shutt, aka Mr. Silver Age himself. While some buffoonish wags have sugge
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May 21, 2020 — Snowpiercer the series arrived May 17 on TNT, a weekly show set after the end of the world.
While not as depressing as it sounds, it’s still pretty bleak. The premise is a new ice age, and what
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
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May 14, 2020 — New comic books are back in the pipeline to comic shops, after the pandemic halted distribution back in March. Here’s the A-list:
'2020 Ironheart' #1
of 2, Marvel Comics, May 20, $3.99, digita
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June 6, 2019 -- The new Swamp Thing TV show isn’t your daddy’s swamp monster. It isn’t even Alan Moore’s.
Moore is the English writer famous for From Hell, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, V for Vendetta Wa
Read more…A year ago today, I was on the open sea, on a cruise celebrating my 30th wedding anniversary.
Don't know when I'll do that again.
(Taking a cruise, that is. I'll gladly do more anniversaries.)
Read more…Was it ever specified how Night Girl's powers worked? Did it really need to be at night, or could they function in darkness as well? And if the latter is true, why would she carry around a variation of Dr. Mid-Nite's blackout bombs (aside from the ob
Read more…According to various news reports, IDW lost $800,000 in Q4, and $5.2M for 2019. Worse, they're not expecting to be profitable for 2020, either. They promise a return to profitability in 2021.
From the story above it appear
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This has been a bad week for comedic character actors. First, we lose Jerry Stiller (Seinfeld, King of Queens) on Monday, and now Fred Willard (Modern Family, This Is Spinal Tap, Fernwood 2 Night) on Friday. Not to mention Little Richard last Saturda
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May 7, 2020 — Nothing stops the Dark Knight, not even a pandemic. Here are some Bat and Bat-adjacent graphic novels, all from DC Comics, all $29.99 (for the hardbacks), all available from bookstores and onli
Of all of JACK KIRBY's 70s DC work, the book that lasted the longest was Kamandi the Last Boy On Earth which lasted fifty-nine issues but not with the King at the end. #33 (S'75) was the last issue that was written, drawn and edited by Kirby, #37 (Ja
Read more…1)It seems to me that I saw the Maggia mentioned a lot in Marvel comics 40 years ago, but I haven't seen them mentioned in a while. Of course, I don't read as many Marvels as I used to, so maybe they're just not in the books I read.
2)Is there any
Read more…In each of the quizzes below, match a numbered item in the left column with a lettered item in the right column. What’s the basis for the matching? That’s the puzzle. There are four principles – different but related – one for each quiz.
If you can’t
Read more…Hi everyone -- we've just had two new members join, Delfin Barral and Marc A. Chibitty.
Welcome, gentlemen! We're glad you're here!
I just saw this post by Alan Brennert on Facebook:
"We're all braced for bad news during these terrible times, but nothing could have prepared me for the call I received this morning telling me that my old and dear friend Martin Pasko passed away la
Hex Wives
Ben Blacker, writer; Mirka Andolfo, art; Marissa Louise, colors
DC Vertigo, 2019
There is a strong Stepford Wives feeling to this story, but instead of secret robotics it is underlain by secret magic. The narrative opens with history: witche
Read more…With new comics coming back to shops this month, but schedules still in flux, I'm trying to keep up with what's available each week -- not just new comics, but TV/movies/online comics-related events as well. I see no reason that I should keep my rese
Read more…Did anyone read Incoming #1? My LCS was sold out. What did it have to say about this?
