Thinking about the latest twists in the Thor saga, I thought about the Silver Age Thor so I was wondering--
In a recent prologue/introduction to an X-Men Marvel Masterworks reprint volume, someone described the early X-men book as floundering, never being a good seller, and in short "circling the drain".
I thought this was a wonderful expression, as it exa
Sad news: "Film, TV Legend James Garner, Reluctant Hero, Dies"
(Ron M. alerted us over here.)
Read more…Let me preface this by saying that I don't really think anyone other than me is actually a reader of Creepy Comics, nor its sister comic, Eerie. These are a continuation of the old series from Warren Comics. When I saw these comics on the stands, it
Read more…More reprint reviews:
Archie Archives Volume Two (Dark Horse, $49.99)
Archie Archives Volume Three (Dark Horse, $49.99)
Volume Three of Dark Horse’s comprehensive reprints of Archie material came right on the heels of Volume Two, which is cool –
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From Cartoon Network:
The Looney Tunes Show - A new half-hour animated comedy series starring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. No longer confined to 7-minute shorts, Bugs and Daffy are out of the woods and living in the suburbs among such colorful n
Read more…For those that haven't heard, you can read about it here.
Read more…On another board, some fan pointed to or reprinted an interview with Neal Adams about how the Marvel Method worked. This is interesting not only in connection with the Kirby estates case that Jack Kirby and written/plotted most of the stories he dre
Read more…What it said .
Early reviews of Johnny's newie that I've seen have NOT been good , with the San Francisco Chronicle's Mick LaSalle giving it that paper's equivalent of zero stars.........
Read more…Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters #1 (of 4)
Erik Burnham, Tom Waltz (w) • Dan Schoening (a & c)
When a new invention goes haywire, the Turtles are sent to a whole new type of New York City. One with a whole lot more ghosts... and Ghostbuster
Read more…I wish I hadn't seen this, and really wish they weren't doing this.
From CNN: "Farewell, Archie: Beloved Comic Book Character to Die"
Read more…Q2: THE RETURN OF QUANTUM AND WOODY #1 (of 5)
Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Art & Cover by M.D. BRIGHT
Wraparound Variant by OSCAR JIMENEZ
Throwback Variant by M.D. BRIGHT
Variant Cover by NEAL ADAMS
Blank Cover Variant also available
The most demand
Read more…Spotted this as I was going through the previews/news section on cbr.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=21871
I mean really, Howard? I'd accept him as a detective on the case, but what could they do to him? This is my (and I mea
Read more…In the early Silver Age issues of X-men, Daredevil, and seeral other Marvel books, the printing/distribution schedule would only allow for every other month publication of some marvel books.
Do we have a list of which books were on that limited sc
Read more…#1 for $1: Action Philosophers
Fred Van Lente (W), Ryan Dunlavey (A/Cover), and Maurizio Rosenzweig (A)
On sale Oct 8
FC/b&w, 32 pages
$1.00
One-shot
Get a taste of Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey’s award-winning, best-selling Action Philosophers! R
Read more…WYTCHES #1
story: SCOTT SNYDER
art / cover: JOC
OCTOBER 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Across the globe, century after century, men and women were burned, drowned, hanged, tortured, imprisoned, persecuted, and murdered for witchcraft. None of them wer
Read more…As I unwrapped the Question Classic DC Figurine to put on display here in the store, it got me thinking.
What characters with "proper" super-hero (or villain, or whatever) get called by some other name in-story?
The Question was often referred to as "N
Naughty Zoot! Bad Zoot! She has set alight the beacon, which I just remembered, is Captain Comics shaped! With apologies to Monty Python, I am in fact asking for help from the Legionnaires. I'm thinking of a "comics and journalism" topic for my mast
Read more…Sept. 3, 2013 -- A clutch of unusual comics for kids have come out recently, or maybe they’re comics for unusual kids. You be the judge.
Top of the list is undoubtedly Mouse Guard: The Black Axe (Archaia, $24.99). Axe is the third “Mouse Guard” gra
Read more…This looked interesting:
DIGITAL COMICS HAVE GROWN 10X IN THE LAST 3 YEARS
(Madison, WI- July 18, 2014) This week, pop culture experts, ICV2.com released an eye opening analysis of growth in the digital comics market. In their report, digital comic
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