OK, a gap opened up in the Sourcewall, see, and out dropped disks of the old 60's Marvel Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Iron Man and Sub-Mariner cartoon. It's been close to forty-five since I've seen them last, and I never even knew they was Thor and
Read more…Gunnar Hansen (March 4, 1947 – November 7, 2015), best known as Leatherface in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, passed away yesterday from pancreatic cancer. He was offered a part in The Hills Have Eyes but turned it down, since at the time he w
Read more…Hinterkind was a recent Vertigo "ongoing" series that made it as far as 18 issues (ending in May, 2015). There are three TPB collections. When I read the first one in January I commented:
After reading the first issue via Comixology months ago, fina
Read more…It's a huge week in comics -- or "YOUUUUUGE," as Trump would say -- with lots of first issues, previews, press releases and great comics worth mention. Hold on to your wallets, and let's go ... !
DARK HORSE COMICS
ARCHIE VS. PREDATOR (HC)
Writer: ALE
As we've discussed new Number Ones HERE and HERE, I've begun to notice that LGBTQ characters have become so commonplace they're hardly worth mention (because we're not mentioning them). I mean, when Batgirl got a trans roommate and lesbian character
Read more…I have meant to post about this here for the longest time here , now I want to do it before it completely loses its topicality ~ Therefore I am doing it two monthsish before its next topical moment .
A San Francisco politician named Dr. Leland Yee
Read more…Coffin Hill Vol. 1 – Forest Of The Night collects the first seven issues of the Vertigo "ongoing" series from writer Caitlin Kittredge and artist Inaki Miranda. The series made it to 20 issues, not a bad run in the current market (the last issue was
Read more…AGE OF APOCALYPSE TP WARZONES
ALIENS VAMPIRELLA #3 (OF 6) CVR A HARDMAN
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #3
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #3 DELLOTTO VAR
ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #20 MAIN CVR
ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #20 NORTON VAR CVR
ANGRY BIRDS SUPER ANGRY BIRDS #3 (OF
"Eclipso" debuted in House of Secrets #61 (1963). At the time House of Secrets already had a regular lead feature, "Mark Merlin", and the two divided the title between them.
It's tempting to describe House of Secrets as the first split-book. But Act
Read more…Hey, guys, here's a thread to discuss the books that have come out new from Vertigo since earlier this month with the big attempt at a comeback for the mature readers imprint. Let's see how it goes.
Read more…This is one of those anime that is sort of a must-watch if you're an anime fan. Since it's the show's 20th anniversary, I figured I'd take another look at it. From what I've read, it was meant to be director Hideaki Anno's critique of the whole mec
Read more…New Number Ones
It’s been awhile since I wrote a review column about current comics so it seemed like a good idea to put one together about all of the new launches debuting this month.
Axcend #1 (Image): I was a little iffy about picking this one
Read more…Don't forget Halloween ComicFest this Saturday! Here's a reminder from Diamond:
Get Free Comic Books During Halloween ComicFest
Comic and pop-culture fans are encouraged to visit their local comic shop on Saturday, October 31st for free comics and pa
I'll be honest: I HATED that they made DUM DUM DUGAN a LMD (Life Model Decoy) AKA another android in the Marvel Universe. And that he had died in 1966! All as part of the Original Sins crossover that added a lot of grief, even though a lot of it didn
Read more…When I was a kid, my first exposure to Tarzan was via the Johnny Weismuller films on Saturday afternoon television. Then one year, on a family vacation, DC’s Tarzan #223 was part of the stack of comics to keep me occupied in car during the drive. It
Read more…FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE WARNER BROS. WATER TOWER GETS A MAKEOVER
DCTV SUPER HERO TAKEOVER INCLUDING ARROW, THE FLASH, GOTHAM’S DETECTIVE GORDON AND SUPERGIRL UNVEILED ON ICONIC STRUCTURE
Super Team of Studio Artisans, Engineers and Artists Colla
Read more…MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE: PHASE TWO COLLECTION / Available Exclusively on Amazon December 8th
The Collector's Edition Available December 8th Exclusively on Amazon
This Marvel fan's dream features Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, Digital Copy of each Pha
Read more…I miss this. Really, REALLY miss this.
So here's a thread to consolidate our birthday wishes... assuming we're all not too scattered across Facebook and the twitterverse, etc.
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
What makes Halloween fun are the three Cs: Costumes, Candy and ... Comics!
Diamond Comic Distributors Inc., the largest distributor of comics in North America, is partnering with local comic shops to give aw
Read more…http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3384/Night-Of-Dark-Shadows/ No Barnabus but I thought I'd mention it.
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