Let's try something new this week: Let's lead with the comics the publishers are most proud of, judging by the press releases and previews. They're not really my picks, even though I plan to pick up a number of them, as it's the publishers who are br
Read more…Oct. 1, 2013 -- Papercutz bills itself as “the industry’s leading children’s graphic novel publisher,” and – judging from its current output – that could very well be true.
Once upon a time that title would have gone to Harvey Comics, which transit
Read more…You can now create your own Kryptonian Glyph at: http://glyphcreator.manofsteel.com/
I am from house Zar:
Anyone her know anything about these?
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/?dref=1&series_id=800749
I'm looking for a recommendation. Bob?
EDIT: Actually, there are a lot of recommendations on that link (but not all of them are useful).
Read more…1)A gorilla?
2)The room full of dummies is creepy.
3)"There's a room here for everyone, Doctor - even you."
4)The Doctor has a degree in cheese-making?
5)"All I want to do is go home, and be conquered and oppressed - is that so much to ask?"
6)"Don't
Read more…1)"Mels" is kind of obviously Melody.
2)"A state of temporal grace" - a callback to "The Hand of Fear".
3)A shape-shifting mecha?
4)"Remain calm, while your life is extracted."
5)"I haven't memorized every room in the universe, yet - I had yesterday
Read more…BANG! This series is off to an explosive start!
If you liked Brubaker and Epting’s espionage-influenced Captain America, you may rest assured that they’ve kicked the intrigue up to eleven in their new spy series. Brubaker takes the time to write an i
Read more…From Mark Evanier's News from Me: "R.I.P. Nick Cardy"
Read more…I brought the first 30 Days of Night Omnibus with me to the beach this week. It might not be standard beach fare, but it's almost Halloween! This morning I reread the original series. It's still a marvelous concept: a group of vampires attacking Barr
Read more…A STORY FOR HALLOWEEN 2
by Luke Blanchard
Springblossom the fairy went tripping down the fairy path that ran through the wild part of the garden, eager to begin her tasks for the day. There were the daisies to pollinate, and birthday gifts to be la
Read more…Superboy #159
September 1969
Cover art by: Neal Adams
Story: The Day it Rained Superboys!
Writer: Frank Robbins
Pencils: Bob Brown
Inks: Wally Wood
There are a few issues I had to work through on this comic. First, the middle aged Kents was a big
Read more…Holy smokes. It's a done deal, set for 2015.
They loaded up the Batmobile and moved to Beverly....Hills, that is. Lazarus pits, movie stars.
Read more…Well , HAVE ya ?
Answer here (I'm into expediency/brief ledes to-day:-) ) .
Read more…The first issue of Neil Gaiman’s long-awaited Sandman prequel shipped yesterday, and so far it’s living up to my every expectation. One caveat, though: if you’ve never read Sandman before and are looking for a good jumping on point, this isn’t necess
Read more…Last night, I saw Rifftrax (the guys from Mystery Science Theatre 3000) do their thing with the cult classic Night of the Living Dead. I never saw the movie in its entirety before and I'm sure that many of you have but the jokes aside ("it's Young Pr
Read more…I finally got around to perusing Marvel's solicitations for January. Holy cow! The House of Ideas has a ton of new stuff coming out in the new year. So what are you most looking forward to? The return of Miracleman? George A Romero's Empire of t
Read more…It's the first week of 2013 -- when better to start remembering the great comics this year will bring? Have at!
The categories are:
Best Writer
Best Artist
Most Underrated Writer
Most Underrated Artist
Best Self-Contained Story (Single Issue or One-
Read more…This week's Comics Guide features a special treat, Legionnaires: Our own Baron has stopped by the Cave to offer his comments on some of this week's manga! Not only are we guaranteed wise and witty words from the Table's resident Japanophile, but it's
Read more…I was in the mall today and they had one of those Halloween stores and I glanced in. Every superheroine costume I saw was nearly a corset/tights combo no matter what the age and so were the police, fireperson and just about everything intended for gi
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