Surprised no one has started a thread on this, since I know there are Hellblazer fans around here. Of course this version of John Constantine is probably intended to be based on the New 52 version: I didn't see a Vertigo logo in the credits, just a D
This isn't real -- Time hasn't yet announced its Person of the Year -- but it might as well be:
I came across this OGN , combining comics pages with pages of handwritten text , in a thrift shop .
It is Brown's discussion of " Prostitution and Religious Obedience in the Bible " , dramatizing various Torah and New Testament passages and - citin
Read more…By the start of the Silver Age, Mort Weisinger had complete control of the Superman family of magazines, and he was stuck with a nigh-invincible hero who could juggle planets, outrace comets, and shrug off atomic blasts. Fortunately, he had also inh
Thought I'd put this up just in case anyone wants to talk about the movie. The spoiler flag is there, so feel free to talk openly!
Read more…The Twilight Children
Gilbert Hernandez, writer; Darwyn Cooke, artist & letterer; Dave Stewart, colorist
Vertigo Comics, 2016
Gilbert Hernandez and Darwyn Cooke: an unlikely pairing, or a dream team, depending on your perspective. I vote for "drea
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Iron Fist stars (from left) Jessica Henwick as Colleen Wing, Finn Jones as Danny Rand and Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple.
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Some comic book characters, like Superman and Spider-Man, seemed f
Read more…Another great one has died. Particular favorites of mine were his illustrations for The Stand:
and for one of the Simpsons Halloween comics:
I have three hardcover volumes of Adam Strange Archives (Gardner Fox, Carmine Infantino, Mike Sekowsky, Murphy Anderson, et al) for sale. (Volumes 2 & 3 are still in their original shrink-wrap.) These volumes reprint Showcase #17-19, Mystery in Space
Read more…I've been watching this series and this morning was one of the best episodes. Anytime you mix the House of Mystery and Constantine you can have a lot of fun.
Read more…So the boss had me work another six-day week. It's getting to be a habit! So bear with me if I'm more confused than usual. Here what I had time for this week:
• ALL-STAR BATMAN #8
• AMERICAN GODS: SHADOWS #1
• ARCHIE #18
• THE ASSIGNMENT VOLUME 1
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Read more…So what did you think of Episode 1? I liked just about everything about it. The casting and the production both captured the tone of the comic. A few observations:
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
American Gods is already here.
No, not the TV adaptation of the award-winning novel by Neil Gaiman, which begins April 30 on Starz. What’s arrived is the comics adaptation from Dark Horse; the first issue hit
Read more…This will hopefully be an insightful part of our Grant Morrison Reading Project and a continuation of my own Bat-Journey. As I gather some references and take some notes before I delve deep into the Morrisonian version of the Greater DCU, I want to l
Read more…Comments on these books shipping March 8, 2017:
• ACTION #975
• ASSASSIN'S CREED: REFLECTIONS #1
• BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY #8
• THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI #1
• CANNIBAL VOL 1
• CHARMED #1
• EARTH 2: SOCIETY #22
• THE FLASH #18
• HAL JORDAN AND
Read more…Doing some research on a different topic and I came across the Spider-Woman series from 1999 by John Byrne and Bart Sears. I never even knew this series existed until today. Maybe there's a reason for that?
Anyway, I generally enjoy both Byrne and S
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WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS THE MYSTICAL SIDE OF SUPER HEROES IN ALL-NEW DC UNIVERSE ORIGINAL MOVIE JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK ON BLU-RAY TM DELUXE GIFTSET, BLU-RAY TM COMBO PACK AND DVD FEBRUARY 7, 2017
AVAILABLE TO OWN ON DIGITAL HD STARTIN
Read more…I am about halfway into the second trade of this book. There is no reason I should be loving this series as much as I am. These characters are deeply flawed, but there is something to like about most of them.
Has anyone else read this?
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