As we are about to embark one the next box of my unread comics, I would like to thank all of you who come to read and/or comment on these threads. When I first started this project back in July 2006 (really?) on the old board I never thought I would
Read more…It seems a pity that this forum has gone so dead since Monday...I must conclude that you are all preparing for your role as the Easter Bunny in this weekend's egg hunts and hidden baskets!
Several years ago (more than 2 decades) there was a single cl
I recently picked up the so-called last issue of Amazing Spider-Man and I confess that the last time I was picking it up regularly was during the McFarlane run and prior to that it was the issues leading up to issue 200. I have not been the most fait
Read more…......the COMPLETE run , at least going back to the Silver Age , of any long-running title , and title that';s been running (essentially , anyway) continuously since then ???????
With today's cheap reprints , I think that such an acheivement might
Read more…Psycho is one of my all-time favorite movies, but I was too young to fully appreciate it the first time I saw it. I found it interesting, but not at all “scary” per se (as I had been led to expect). I saw my first three Alfred Hitchcock movies right
Read more…This volume reprints Wonder Woman #138-156 All stories are written by Robert Kanigher, and drawn by Ross Andru. So, I picked this up hoping that the stories from Volume 2 would get better, or at the very least keep pace in quality with the previous
Read more…He makes and interesting point. "I do love me some good Big Two superhero comics, but I think one of the strengths of a creator-owned book is that it can have an ending." He's got a point here. No writer owns any character of marvel and dc so they r
Read more…How "kid friendly" is this?
I'm thinking about taking Action Lad, who's 7 ("and two-thirds!", as he would point out), but I don't really have the time to see it myself first, as I usually do.
To put this in perspective, my wife and I agreed that "Th
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THE WORLD'S GREATEST COMIC BOOK COMPANY PRESENTS...
THE WORLD'S WORST SUPERHERO TEAM.
JULY.
Anyone read this? Brian K Vaughan and Marcos Martin have released the first issue of their new digital comic The Private Eye and it is as good as the creative team would suggest. They're selling it on a pay-what-you-want model, so you can get it for
Read more…He talks about not being able to get work and such in comics today. Which is a shame for sure. The one part that confused me is that he signed an exclusive contract with DC, but it didn't guarantee him any work. I don't
Read more…A documentary about Gloria Steniem's life is on American HBO this week .
I don't have cable so I won't be seeing it .
A story about Gloria Steniem and Wonder Woman that appears to be often told in fandom bases itself on the fact that an early iss
Read more…Either I haven't been paying attention or this was really low key as far as publicity went. If I hadn't spotted the pilot yesterday while skimming through the chanels I never would have known. http://www.nick.com/monstersvsaliens/ I'm looking forwa
Read more…TAPASTIC REDEFINES COMICS AND VISUAL STORY CONSUMPTION
As newspapers dwindle and the mobile age thrives, Silicon Valley startup, Tapas Media, holds the solution to consumption for bite-sized visual stories with their independent publishing platform
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The Adventures of Jodelle
by Guy Peellaert & Pierre Bartier
164-page full-color 10.25" x 13.25" hardcover • $45.00
ISBN: 978-1-60699-530-3
In-store date: April 2013 (subject to change)
Originally published to thunderous acclaim in France in 1966 an
Read more…Showcase Presents: World’s Finest Comics Volume 4
DC Comics
$19.99, b/w, 520 pgs.
Writers and Artists: Various
Reprinting World’s Finest Comics #174-202 (Mar 68-May 71)
I consider the Golden Age of World’s Finest Comics to be the issues of the mid-
Read more…I have to work at another branch for three days a week for the next couple of weeks. Every store seems to have a slightly different selection of films. Today I found Inner Sanctum: The Complete Movie Collection starring Lon Chaney Jr. for $9.99 or $7
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