Daredevil is a great book. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't really annoyed that, between double-shipping and a crossover, my $3 commitment to the book is ballooning to $13 in April.
Every time I even consider sampling another Marvel title, I'm go
Read more…On Jeff's recommendation here, I bought Dark Shadows: The Greatest Episodes collection. This is the first time that I ever saw the show, though I always knew about it. Much like Doctor Who, I decided to see what all the hubbub was about. And watching
Read more…1)This is the last of the "orphaned" episodes from the "Lost in Time" collections. Only Episode Two remains of this early effort from Robert Holmes.
2)Probably the only thing of interest here is the character of eccentric space miner Milo Clancey,
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April 25, 2012
MELTDOWN COMICS SETS CROSSHAIRS ON MARKSMEN FINALE
Meltdown Comics proudly presents an autograph signing for the release of MARKSMEN VOL1 TRADE PAPERBACK, produced by Benaroya Publishing and published by Image
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April 24, 2012
ASYLUM PRESS ANNOUNCES ZOMBIE TERRORS AS A DIGITAL COMIC SERIES ON IPAD, IPHONE, ANDROID, PC/MAC & KINDLE FIRE
Los Angeles -- Frank Forte announces that Asylum Press will release a Zombie Terrors as an ongoing digi
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April 16, 2012
A STRING OF SELL OUTS FOR THIEF OF THIEVES
Robert Kirkman's latest series gets multiple reprints
THIEF OF THIEVES #3, published by Skybound/Image Comics, has sold out at the distributor level just like the second
Read more…I have bought a new smartphone , and I am able to access the last few hours'/the smartphone's version of a page , maybe two , of recent discussions . I can't access Blog posts , only Board ones , however .
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Take a look at the above promotion my comic shop sent me this week. I think the increase in single issue prices (even with the reductions from DC and Marvel last week)
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April 24, 2012
Chris Roberson talks about leaving DC at CBR.com today and this bit about what it really means to be a creator/owner with Vertigo was something I hadn't thought about before...
Well, I think as with the contract for "Watchmen" and for "V For Vendetta
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I mistakenly bought a second copy of the trade for BPRD: 1947 (I couldn't remember if I owned 1946 or 1947; it turned out I already owned both). Despite my poor memory, it's actually a very good story- one I remembered as soon as I saw th
Read more…Over the weekend of April 20-22, I was an invited guest at the second annual Pulp Ark convention in beautiful Batesville, Arkansas, sponsored by Pro Se Productions.
Of course, Pro Se is also my publisher, so that goes without saying. ;-)
In any event
Read more…1)Of the recent crop of Marvel movies, I've only seen the first Iron Man. I am interested in going to see The Avengers. I wonder if you folks think it's worth having a look at Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America, and the second Hulk picture before it
Read more…This reprints Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #1-23 and Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos Annual #1. Stories are written by Stan Lee, and penciled by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers.
So let's get one thing straight: this is not a war comic. This is
Read more…Is there really no discussion of this yet? We are falling down on the job, people! I, for one, thought the movie was terrific. What did y'all think?
Read more…So it this week's Flash (#7), Patty Spivot has dropped by the home of the crime lab director, David Singh. She spots some flutes arranged on a stand, and says she didn't know he played. He says, "They're not mine," and changes the subject.
We don't k
Read more…As I mentioned before, the first solo Hulk story I read in Marvel Super-Heroes #36 (My'73) which reprinted Tales To Astonish #81 (Jl'66). I wasn't even eight yet. Henry superbly has been recoloring those classic covers here. TTA #81 is the first appe
Read more…1)Whiplash? Really? Don't get me wrong, Rourke does a fine job, but is the bench for Iron Man's Rogues Gallery really that shallow?
2)Not sure I buy the whole "Iron Man as guarantor of world peace" deal. He's not exactly Doctor Manhattan, is he?
Read more…Last night I broke out my copy of the first "Lost in Time" disk, which contains surviving episodes and other bits and pieces of various lost stories. Among the things on the disk are the first and third episodes of this story, as well as copies of t
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