I started threads for Oni Press's other "EC" titles, so I might as well start one for Cruel Kingdom as well. For some reason, I assumed Cruel Kingdom would be an ongoing narrative, but it's not; it's an anthology (sword & sorcery in this case), just
We have a good discussion on this board of DC Finest collections (updated and maintained by Rob Staeger), but not one for the similar Marvel Epic Collections. The line began in 2013, so it's past time we had one (although I'm not going to commit to p
I was reading Action Comics #398 (March 1971) this morning, in which Clark Kent covers the Seaside Folk-Rock Festival and I thought it might be fun to cite some lyrics from rock songs as written by the "hep" writers of '60s and '70s era comic book wr
Back in the days when movies were "held over" in big cities and those of us who lived in small towns had to wait seemingly forever to see them, I would routinely buy the paperback novelizations, but hold off on reading the final chapter(s). That was
Between 1987 and 2004, Fantagraphics Books published 50 softcover volumes of Hal Foster's masterpiece Prince Valiant from the beginning (February 13, 1937) through strip #2271 (August 17, 1980). In 2012, the same publisher began a rerelease of the sa
Nexus: the Newspaper Strips, Vol. 1 - "The Coming of Gourmando
I haven't read this yet. But I've got so much to say about it that I wanted to get the other stuff off my chest first. In 2016, Baron & Rude launched a HUGE (think Marvel "MONSTER"-size)
"A secret agent resigns, then wakes up to find himself imprisoned in "The Village"... a bizarre community with a cheery veneer, but an underbelly of mystery and threat. All occupants of the Village have numbers instead of names, with our secret agent
My wife and I are currently in Day 2 of a blackout, thanks to a storm which knocked out about a quarter of the city's grid. It doesn't look like we'll get power soon. While I'm waitiing in the dark, what are YOUR worst blackout stories?
DC today announced Next Level: One Shot #1, a brand‑new 48‑page DC All In special from writer Gerry Duggan, artist Fernando Blanco, and letterer Buddy Beaudoin, spotlighting the on
A quarter of Memphis lost power Saturday while we were watching The Odyssey a few miles from home. The Theater retained power but, alas, my neighborhood did not. We still don't have power, and too many cell phone towers are down for phones to use TLE
The other day, I was reading one of the old Dollar Comics issues of World's Finest -- a complete run of these is one of my current collecting quests -- and in a Hawkman story, I encountered a familiar face. The character, an elderly fortune teller na
Over three decades since the controversy and cancellation, Rick Veitch's legendary lost issues are completed. After a renowned two year run on the series, Veitch's grand finale to Swamp Thing was cut short, and never to see print. Whispers and leaks
Did I miss a post on this? Marvel will be releasing Hope Assembles, a crossover between the MCU and Star Wars, written by Kevin Smith. Is this going to be epic, or just an excuse to sell merch? And does it make a different to the "purity" of either p
Didn't know what to expect from this new series. Different publishers have tried to bring back The Twilight Zone as a comic book series from time to time, but the results have never been all that impressive (to me), even with names such as Harlan Ell
