1)It's funny that I never thought about this before, but it's true that Tegan seems to be much more concerned about getting back to do her job than about her murdered aunt. I suppose you could rationalize it as a sort of deep denial - her obsessing o
Read more…As far as I can tell, five comics characters have called themselves "The Wasp" over the years. The first was Burton Slade, a crusading newsman who became a generic mystery man of the sort that used to be all over these hills back in the day. He fir
Read more…Dark Horse Day Goes International on June 4!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MILWAUKIE, OR - 2016 marks the thirtieth anniversary of Dark Horse Comics, and it’s time to party!
Earlier this year, Dark Horse announced that Saturday, June 4, would be Dark Hors
I haven’t read Captain America regularly in quite some time, not since Ed Brubaker left. I tried issue #1 of the Rick Remender series (2012), but frankly, the whole concept behind the “Dimension Z” storyline left me cold. I considered buying it again
Read more…“The Underwater Menace” is 50% missing; only the second and third episodes of a four-parter exists in the BBC archives. (See link in fourth response below for more details.) Episode three is available on the “Lost in Time” DVD set, but I’ve watched i
Read more…Photo credit: Alan Markfield/Twentieth Century Fox
Here's a group using Cerebro you won't see being so chummy in the comics: (from left) Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert, James McAvoy as Professor X, Lucas Till as Havok
Read more…SOME BOOKS WITH PRESS RELEASES, PREVIEWS
AND/OR VARIANT COVERS THAT I DON'T COMMENT ON
THE ART OF BROKEN AGE (HC)
Publisher: DARK HORSE COMICS
Writers/Art: Various
Cover: NATHAN ''BAGEL'' STAPLEY
FC • 120 pages • HC • 8 1/2'' x 11'' • $19.
Read more……until yesterday, that is.
I’m really enjoying Spidey, about Peter Parker’s high school years. Issue #2 began with an illustrated recap of #1, Spider-Man’s origin. It wasn’t until #3 I realized that the editor has chosen to run that every issue in li
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I've just read Future Quest #1. I'm going to post spoilers here eventually, but I wanted to get my initial impression out there right away:
It's good.
Read more…Good stuff from SDCC:
iZOMBIE signing photos (Fri, July 10): http://comiccon.thewb.com/izombie-signing-3/ or https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153583790638777.1073741948.23330993776&type=3
Sizzle reel:
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This is the new origin for the DCnU Superman. Each issue takes place at a different point in his life, and each will have a different artist. This issue deals with the Kryptonian equivalent of “taking off the training wheels” when learning to fly. It
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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:
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