One of the best of Marvels' 70th Anniversary one-shots from last year was Young Allies Comics. Here's what I posted about it on June 18, 2009:
Usually, when it comes to interpreting what “really” happened in Golden Age comics in terms of modern con
Read more…I'm after any and all information about a beer called Cardon;s Ale. Explanations for this if so required are available - I'm sure someone here has heard about it.
Here's an interesting piece from New York Magazine about plans for a sequel to Ghost Rider: "Anatomy of a Deal: How Sony's Ghost Rider Came to Ride With Cage Again".
Life with Archie - crazy fun and crazy bizarre
Kill Shakespeare - the Juliet/Othello fighting team FTW!
Hellboy - he's the king of England?
Scott Pilgrim vol. 6 - that was a very good ending...movie in one week...
New Avengers - I laughed out loud mo
Read more…The one I'm listening to now, Fannin Street, by Tom Waits, is full of loss and wistful regret. ""Now I know just where the sidewalk ends.""
Read more…http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100802/ap_en_ot/us_spawn_lawsuit
In a nutshell, McFarlane didn't want to pay Gaiman any more for the characters of Medieval Spawn and Angela so he "created" near duplicates called "Dark Ages Spawn," "Domina," and "Tiffany"
I watched the "Batman: Under the Red Hood" animated DVD (not for the kiddies!) and at the beginning, two defeated thugs helpfully give out expostion by telling us that Nightwing was the first Robin.
Is this true in the comic book DCU? I always thou
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Today, you can read several digital Marvels free. I don't have time to read them now but will tonight. I haven't read any of this week's titles previously. They are...
Clark and I have started...anyone else pick it up?
Read more…http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2010/07/29/thor-comic-con-trailer-leaks/
I'm not a Thor fan persay but this looks pretty good. Actually really good. The video quality is a bit dark, it was hard to see everything but I think you can get a good
Read more…Sometimes there are plot holes in a story that you can overlook because the rest of the story is so good. Other times, however, they are just too damn obvious to give any leeway to. The first Flash story arc with Barry Allen reached the breaking po
Read more…My efforts to get my wife reading comics have paid off. Just a moment ago, Kathy stepped into the office and asked, "Okay, what'd you do with the American Vampire?" I'd showed her the first issue when it came out, but I didn't realize she'd been foll
Read more…I went to a garage sale yesterday and they had a box of comics for 10$. I didn't go through them very far but what I did see was that I didn't have most of them but also wouldn't be keeping any. I'd just read them and pass them on. I decided that 10$
Read more…I figure, why not set up a thread for us to cheer the verious bits of news coming out of San Diego this weekend.
My first fave (and possibly the one to beat for the whole con): Astro City's been optioned as a movie, and Kurth Busiek gets first pass at
Recently, I found some Captain America issues in a dollar box. They were from the tail end of Volume One, all written by Mark Waid, issues 444 and 446 - 450. While I enjoyed the writing, the art was not to my liking ... Ron Garney, doing his best t
Read more…Today on his Facebook page, Kurt Busiek tells us the folks from Westboro Baptist "Church" (quote marks mine) will protest at the San Diego Comic Con on Thursday. I won't give these people the satisfaction of linking to their site, but it's there on
Read more…I know there are some folks using their iPads and IPhones for comics but I'm using a android phone so I figured I'd post some apps I found and see if anyone has any of their own to post unless I'm the only android phone person.....
