Hi Guys.
Just thought I'd stick this up here in case anyone is interested. I'm a volunteer on a radio program here in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. On my latest program, I did a short interview with John McCrea, who drew Hitman back in the 90s,
Read more…A friend of mine lives in Germany, where they have two Free Comic Book Days. The American comics day is in line with ours (May 7th), while the German comics day was yesterday. Here's the list of free comics available there (click on it for a bigger v
Read more…Today I picked up:
Bongo Comics Free-For-All
Civil War II
Doctor Who
Read more…MAY 18, 2016
FIRST ISSUE ALERT!
Here are first issues to note this week.
ACTIONVERSE #1
Publisher: ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
Writer: VITO DELSANTE
Art: STEVE WALKER
Colors: WILSON RAMOS JR.
Cover: STEVE WALKER
Connecting Variant: RON FRENZ/MARC DEER
Read more…ACTIONVERSE #6 CVR A WALKER
ADVENTURE TIME ICE KING #5
ADVENTURE TIME ICE KING #5 SUBSCRIPTION FALARDEAU VAR
AETHER AND EMPIRE #2
ALIENS VS ZOMBIES TP
ALL NEW INHUMANS TP VOL 01 GLOBAL OUTREACH
ALL NEW WOLVERINE #8 RCW2
ALTER EGO #140
APOCRYPHA NOW HC
AQUAMAN
Story. I confess to not being his biggest fan, but I did find some of his music enjoyable. He wasn't that old at all, either.
Read more…OTHER NICE STUFF
Here's are books that I haven't already talked about that the publishers are touting with press releases, previews or both.
THE BEAUTY #7
Publisher: IMAGE COMICS
Writers: JEREMY HAUN & JASON A. HURLEY
Art: MIKE HUDDLESTON
Cover A:
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Captain America: Civil War, premiering May 6, stars nine previously established superheroes, plus a handful of pre-existing villains and supporting characters. But even with enough characters to qualify as
Read more…MAY 11, 2016
Welcome to May 11! This won't be my best week, due to some personal problems. My apologies. But I have managed to review a thing or two, and assemble a list or two. Onward!
BOOKS I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT
AGATHA: THE REAL LIFE OF AG
Read more…Nothing's been confirmed, but Bleeding Cool is publishing a ton of rumors about the upcoming DC "Rebirth" event. Apparently everything's getting a "Rebirth" issue in June, followed by a new #1 in July (or late June in the case of bi-weeklys). It soun
Read more…Recent Developments & Recent Reviews
Warning! Danger! Spoilers Ahead! Turn Back Now!
Low #12-13 by Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini (Image)
Rick Remender returned to creator-owned comics in 2013-14 with three new titles for Image. Black Sci
Read more…San Diego, CA (May 9th, 2016) – IDW Entertainment (“IDWE”) announced today that the award-winning, fan-favorite property Locke & Key is being developed as a te
Read more…We don't seem to have a thread for this, so I'm starting one.
This is my favorite season so far. They're not dragging anything out -- plotlines develop quickly and move on. They're probably reluctant to drag their feet after being forced to do so in
Read more…William Joseph Schallert, July 6, 1922 - May 8, 2016
Probably best known as the father (and uncle) of Patty Duke in the Patty Duke Show. Duke passed away recently on March 29.
Read more…The Teen Titans Project, Part XXXI:
The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful (2011)
Two years ago, I started re-reading all of my Teen Titans comics in chronological order and I decided to blog about it. I didn’t realize at the time that it would t
Read more…Fifty years ago I bought my very first comic book: Justice League of America # 45 (June 1966). I don’t know the exact date, but the on-sale date was April 26, 1966, so I must’ve bought it within a week or two of that date. The reason I bought that pa
Read more…20 X 20 TWENTY YEARS OF CONUNDRUM PRESS GN
4001 A.D. X-O MANOWAR #1 CVR A CAFU
4001 A.D. X-O MANOWAR #1 CVR B JIMENEZ
4001 A.D. X-O MANOWAR #1 CVR C 10 COPY INCV CHAR DSN KINDT
4001 A.D. X-O MANOWAR #1 CVR D 20 COPY INCV MEGA CVR LEE
A&A #3 CVR A LAFUENT
Read more…MAY 4, 2016
BOOKS OF INTEREST
AVENGERS/IRON MAN: FORCE WORKS (TPB)
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
Written by DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
Penciled by TOM TENNEY, DAVID TAYLOR, STEWART JOHNSON, JIM CALAFIORE, DAVE ROSS,
JIM CHEUNG & MORE
Cover by TOM TENNEY
4
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Captain America: Civil War, premiering May 6, pits Iron Man against Captain America, two characters that the movies have established as having both philosophical and personal differences. But surely, you say
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