Hey all, I'm attempting to start a new thread int he Non-Comics forum, but I keep getting error messsages. Any thoughts?
Read more…Just thought this might be a worthwhile thread to have. I've heard some recent books have featured some nice done-in-one stories, and thought it'd be good to have a place to let people know where and when they appear. I'm much more likely to pick up
Read more…Curse Words Vol. 5: Fairy-Tale Ending
Charles Soule, writer; Ryan Browne, artist
Image Comics, 2020
Curse Words has always been an unpredictable fantasy story, and that continues to be true for the finale. The path to the fairy-tale ending is jagged,
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Jan. 30, 2020 — So now Quentin Tarantino has jumped on the anti-Marvel bandwagon.
“When you say, despite the sequels and the Avengers: Endgame and all of that, I actually think a war for movies got played
Read more…Last Gang in Town
Simon Oliver, writer; Rufus Dayglo, artist; Giulia Brusco, colorist
Vertigo Comics, 2016
The main action in this miniseries takes place in London, in 1977. It's the era of punk rock, and the opening scene finds a trio of punks rippin
Read more…I've got somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 longboxes. Maybe 50. So many comics, purchased over 40 years.
And I remember thinking that there'd be a point, sometime in the future, that I'd want to go back and reread those books -- the good and the b
Slash & Burn
Si Spencer, writer; Max Dunbar, penciller; Ande Parks, inker; Nick Filardi, colorist
Vertigo Comics, 2016
At first this miniseries looks like a cliché: a firefighter who is also a pyromaniac. But it quickly turns into a more complex story
Read more…Rose Tyler was the Doctor’s first companion of the new era.
Here are some highlights of her character arc.
FATHER’S DAY: The Ninth Doctor takes Rose to the day her father died.
RISE OF THE CYBERMEN / THE AGE OF STEEL: The Tenth Doctor and Rose meet othe
Read more…Faithless
Brian Azzarello, story; Maria Llovet, art
Boom! Studios, 2020
This series is described very well by its own creator's statement: "An erotic description of faith, sex, and the devil in the tradition of the divine comedy." It opens with prot
Read more…I know we typically avoid politics here, but I thought it worth noting how comics-related images have permeated world culture.
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Jan. 30, 2020 — With Wonder Woman 1984 arriving June 5, the Amazing Amazon should have a good year. Heck, she’s already having a really impressive month!
January saw the release of three important books starr
Read more…I've been doing a reread of Brian Bendis's Superman/Action run this past week -- with the publication of Action 1009, he's reached 24 full issues, plus a short in Action Comics 1000. And I've found some interesting threads to consider.
1) On his rece
Read more…We haven't done this in a while. We should. Here's the list from Diamond, as of Jan. 16:
ABLAZE
GUNG HO #2 (MR) $3.99
KIDZ #1 $3.99
MIRKA ANDOLFO'S UNSACRED #3 (MR) $3.99
VAMPIRE STATE BUILDING #4 (MR) $3.99
ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
MIRACULOUS TALE
Read more…So finally I'm going to post about the series of Timely Comics one-shots from 2009 to celebrate Marvel's 70th Anniversary through their Golden Age. I hope to note the retcons, contradictions and points of contention. As I said before, I could not fin
Read more…The New York Public Library has released its list of the 10 most often checked out books since 1895.
1. The Snowy Day, by Exra Jack Keats (1962)
2. The Cat in the Hat, by Dr. Seuss (1957)
3. 1984, by George Orwell (1949)
4. Where the Wild Things Are,
Read more…Beyond Commander Benson's examination of Batman's "New Look" period which began in 1964, I was always puzzled that the Caped Crusader was so behind the times as far as his Silver Age "entry" in Detective Comics #327 (Ju'64). View the cover of Detecti
Read more…Hello Everyone.
Hope this isn't too forward of me, but while there have been numerous short stories in recent years, I now have a new book release!
HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, BOOK 3: FEMME FATALE is now available on Amazon in both print and Kindle
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