It's that (increasingly vague and amorphous) time of year again!
Read more…I would like to bring up a comics (& other things) writer named Chance Masters , partly to set up other things that I will go into later ~ I don't have infinite time now !
Yes , Chance Masters is on the Web .
No , it's not me or a friend of mine
Read more…So, I decided to drop All-Star Western, starting with today's issue. So what? So, for the first time since about 1975 there are no DC or Marvel on-going monthly books that I am following. Not following any "third-party" books at the moment, either.
Read more…Brett Favre Unretires For some reason, this story makes me think of this, from Monty Python and the Holy Grail: "CUSTOMER: Here's one. CART-MASTER: Ninepence. DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead! CART-MASTER: What? CUSTOMER: Nothing. Here's your ninepence.
Read more…Over on the R.I.P. Fess Parker thread, I started a brief deviation into a discussion of the television show Mannix. CK chimed in with the fact that Mannix was required viewing in his home when he was a boy. It virtually was in my house, too. Joe M
Read more…Turner Classic Movies is showing a few of the "I love a mystery" movies and I didn't even know that they made movies from the radio shows. Did the show ever make it into the comics? Does anyone know how many radio shows made into the comics?
Read more…This is not a review; it’s more of a reaction. I first read the “definitive” run of Batman in the ‘80s in the five-issue Shadow of the Batman reprint series, and although I’ve re-read it several times over the years, it’s been a while. I meant to re-
Read more…I've been enjoying going back through some of their team ups before the reboot and the current series is good too. The annual showing them as Supergirl and Robin was enjoyable. It's to see two genuine friends, reminds me of Jan and Wanda back whe
Read more…Welcome to Comics Guide Airlines! I'm your pilot, Captain Comics. This is an excellent flight, with lots to see, but as usual we have a few words about safety:
1. Remember that clicking on art will get you a larger version, so don't hurt your eyes sq
Read more…An overview of the various adaptations of Jules Verne's 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA...
http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2013/08/jules-verne.html
Read more…Spotted it in the schedule as I was looking at the Joan Crawford festival they seem to be having today. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061858/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 The schedule has it at 3:45 am Friday morning. I think it is a bunch of episodes edited tog
Read more…Catching up on Teen Titans Go! on the On Demand channel today, I was able to see the end credits full size for a change. It's a fun show and I was surprised to see that they kept the same voice cast from the first series! It's great to see the "innoc
Read more…Weird War Tales #9
December 1972
Cover art by: Nick Cardy
Story: The Promise
Writer: Robert Kanigher
Art: Alfredo Alcala
Before we begin I actually liked what they did on the front page. Someone (GCD has it listed as Howard Chaykin, that's cool) d
Read more…Earlier this week, DC announced that they were cancelling six titles in April- including Nightwing, Stormwatch, Suicide Squad and Superman Unchained.
(You can read a news article about the cancellations at Comic Book Resources here: Six DC Series to
Read more…Despite her star turn in Avengers, Black Widow isn’t getting a solo movie (yet). But she is getting a new comic book, which she richly deserves.
‘Twas not always so. Black Widow has a long history in comics, one that until relatively recently would m
Read more…In case anyone is interested, they have an article about how the Elf Quest logo has changed over the years and also about the font they use now. Interesting stuff.
Read more…Amongst the posts I read every week at the Comic Book Resources site ( http://www.comicbookresources.com/ ) is Greg Hatcher's weekly column.
This week's installment made me stop and think.
http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2014/01/25/splashy-s
Read more…Every so often I come across an auction on eBay that just makes me wonder if the seller has never been to eBay before, doesn't know how to use the Previous Auctions button or has money to burn and hopes to win the lottery.
One example that's been aro
Read more…I have seven boxes of old comics that I need to get rid of. They're mostly from the last 15 - 20 years, and mostly from the Big Two. There's nothing wrong with them, but I'm not likely to read them again and they're taking up space, space that I rea
Read more…Superman, as everyone knows, gets his powers from Earth’s yellow sun.
Or does he? Superman has retailed this story for years, but it is beyond question false.
For the Earth’s sun is not yellow, but white.
Dr Lex Luthor, a Metropolis scientist who
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