I'm guessing Sandman?
No particular order ...
1. Spider-Man villain,
2. Vertigo comic series
3. Wesley Dodds
4. Joe Simon/Jack Kirby Golden Age hero
5. Joe Simon/Jack Kirby 1970s hero
6. Stan Lee's 'Just Imagine' version
7. Batman TV version play
Read more…That’s the title of Al Capp’s infamous anti-Shmoo essay, but it also accurately describes how I personally feel about the critters. Nor am I particularly impressed by what I know of Al Capp as a human being. So why did I buy Al Capp’s Shmoo: The Comp
Read more…My current column from CBG #1679 has been posted at CBGxtra. It details the Pro vs. Fans Trivia Challenge at March's C2E2 convention in Chicago, in which Mark Waid single-handedly battled a panel of Silver Age trivia fans for the championship!
Take t
Read more…The other day, I was at my friendly neighborhood comics shop, shooting the breeze with another customer and the store clerk. The conversation turned to the best inkers, and the other customer named his top three: Josef Rubenstein, Dick Giordano, and
Read more…...Age ( Or , as with all of this , SUB-" Age " !!!!!!!!!!! ) Age of Batman , named by me after Irv Novick and Frank Robbins , might be considered as that period after DC cut down to totally eliminated what maight be seen as the Camp Era trappings...
Read more…Happy birthday to our best pal, Mr. Silver Age! May there be many more trivia quizzes and Mopee Awards to come!
Hoy
So, it begins this week...JMS is taking Kal on a hard-travelin' hero journey across the country to reconnect after losing...again!...his people. Will it be awesome or cringe-y...or both? Let's take the trip together!
Read more…...a kind of cover that , furthermore , MILLIE THE MODEL #100 was a variant on !
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Holly, Cat, and I visited my nomination...The Eagle and Child pub in Oxford, England. For Geek Pride Day (tomorrow!), name your favorite Geek Shrine.
Read more…I have decided to post this final item after replies I've received about some of my own posts - most recently from Dagwan, on the "Thor material published 2009-2011" and "Fear Itself."
My great sorrow is seeing things happening on this board that I
Read more…...Lets just assume you were so carzy/financially eccentric/possesed , perhaps , with some game show-reality show prize money that required that you spend it on a business venture , not matter how wacky , and wanted to issue - yourself - a comic book
Read more…The way the quote function works, by default, it places a couple of break commands above the quoted text, so the cursor falls in the upper left corner of the response box, outside the quoted material. It seems to assume the poster will write his or h
Read more…Trust me, this is comics related.
Scroll down to the bottom of the web page's blog and read the entries in chronological order for the best effect.
http://www.newtonastronomers.com/
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With the recent release on DVD of the Rogen THE GREEN HORNET movie let's continue GH discussion in this line , instead of reviving the older lines , 'mm'kay ????? Hah ha .
How many different formats/versions of the DVD are out ?
Is there any site
Read more…I bought #22 of DOOM PATROL recently , having bought this series from its start but having fallen away over the last few months , about when they switched to 32 pages/$2.99 .
I ( Spoilers ! ) was not real suprised to find that this was the last iss
Read more…Fox reveals its Fall line-up, plus its mid season shows as well.
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Plans are in the works for a Wonder Woman TV series, says The Hollywood Reporter: "Wonder Woman Headed to TV with David E. Kelley"
Uh, gang -- mods in particular -- how does this affect us?
http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2010/04/15/social-network-platform-ning-lays-40-cuts-free-service
At a dollar store just a block of less away from where Isit here typing this now , they had , on sale , a 3-disc box of Video CDs - VCDs - of the " Original " , 1977-1983 Star Wars trilogy , the Original Trilogy , in a box .
It was VCDs , not DVDs
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