Anyone else reading this book? I'm enjoying it. It's one of the few books from the "New 52" that has any staying power for me. Funny thing is, I didn't read many of Jonah's stories back in the day. In point of fact, I believe I first encountered th
Read more…For years… decades, really… I didn’t know what my upper individual comic book price limit was (or if I even had one), but I think I’ve recently hit it and it’s $4. Especially considering today’s “decompressed” storytelling, the bang:buck ratio is way
Read more…Top Shelf is having a huge sale over on their website until Sept. 23rd that includes some $3 and $1 titles.
This is partially a note to myself to comb through the list closer when I get back home.
Read more…[Another thread in our Morrison Reading Project.]
I have to say at the outset that this is one of the Holy Grails of comics for me (as it is for a lot of other people). It has long been reputed to be some of Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely's best wor
Read more…From Warner Home Video
Sept. 13, 2012
Finally the Hero! David Selby voices Commissioner James Gordon for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
Having made his mark as a villain for many of his 45 years in the entertainment industry, David Selby
Read more…From Fantagraphics
Sept. 21, 2012
What started out as a web comic Ed Piskor's Hip Hop Family Tree traces the foundation of hip hop from its Bronx origins with DJ Kool Herc and DJ Hollywood through Doug E. Fresh, Run DMC and beyond in four color fur
Read more…From Image Comics
Sept. 21, 2012
IMAGE COMICS EXCLUSIVES AND PANELS AT NEW YORK COMIC CON
Image Comics will be at New York Comic Con in full force, with top creators signing and must-have exclusives at their booth in the Javits Center during the Oct
From IDW Publishing
Sept. 21, 2012
September 20, 2012
San Diego, CA – Joe Kubert’s Tarzan of the Apes: Artist’s Edition i
From Titan Books
Sept. 21, 2012
TITAN AT NYCC 2012
Scott C. on The Greatest Showdowns / Walter Simonson Discusses Alien – The Illustrated Story /Remembering Joe Simon / The Walking Dead Official Magazine / Exclusive Merchandise Offers
Now that
Read more…Over on Newsarama, Matt Fraction said, "Sometimes I think Defenders was doomed the minute the word Defenders was put on the cover." I'm curious what other people think. Is the Defenders a title doomed to fail or is it just that Matt Fraction's Def
Read more…From IDW Publishing
Sept. 20, 2012
San Diego, CA (September 20
, 2012) – IDW is thrilled to announce THE HOLLOWS, a new, creator-owned miniseries from Chris Ry
From IDW Publishing
Sept. 21, 2012
San Diego, CA (September 21, 2012) – IDW Publishing is proud to announce that Brandon Seifert, co-creator of I
Mr. Martin had some interesting thoughts. I respond to them here:
http://www.rpsteeves.com/2012/09/george-r-r-martin-on-doctor-strange-and.html
Read more…Written by Grant Morrison
Art by Sean Murphy
[This thread is a part of our Grant Morrison Reading Project]
Given that I seem to be one of the few reading this series in monthly form, the following review is deliberately SPOILER-free. Hopefully s
Read more…After having discovered this show because of this forum, I have to say I'm enjoying it immensely. While it's a tad too Osborne-laden for my tastes, it's been a good mixture of humor and action--although I was a little disappointed that the Hulk on t
Read more…From A Squared Entertainment
Sept. 17, 2012
A SQUARED ENTERTAINMENT (A2) AND POW! ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE MULTIMEDIA EXPANSION AND LICENSING PARTNERSHIPS FOR “STAN LEE’S MIGHTY 7”
Stan Lee’s New Original Comic Book Series To Be Developed Into an An
Read more…I read all 31 (including #0) issues of John Byrne's X-Men over the weekend, almost accidentally. I bought the first volume of the Premiere Collection hardcover some time ago, and the second on shipped last week. I was waiting for all three, but I st
Read more…My earliest memories of the Stooges are from their 1960s-era children’s show, which featured live antics interspersed with cartoons. By the time I was out of elementary school, I discovered that KPLR featured an hour and a half of the Three Stooges e
Read more…From Image Comics
Sept. 14, 2012
Hero Initiative Partners with The Walking Dead for First-Ever Image Comics "100 Project”
Including original covers drawn by Charlie Adlard and (yes) The Walking Dead creator/writer Robert Kirkman
LOS ANGELES, CA (S
Read more…From Image Comics
Sept. 14, 2012
MACGYVER RETURNS IN "FUGITIVE GAUNTLET"
Image Comics publishes first new MacGyver story in 20 years
He can save the day with nothing more than a paperclip and a chocolate bar, but how will he fare with ink and staple
