I recently read the first trade of Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man by Peter David & Mike Wieringo (Thank you Lone Star Comics).During the last story arc there was an Uncle Ben from another timeline introduced. In his time Aunt May died and he had li
Read more…Bleeding Cool reported on the redesigned Disney Store. They say it's designed by the people who designed the Apple Store, but I'm thinking more....Time Lord circa 2005:
I've been re-reading this one, lately. It's a fun read. It helps that I had some familiarity with some of the characters - when I was a kid, my parents would go up to Canada, and they'd bring me back copies of <i>Lion<i/>, <i>Tiger</i>, <i>Eagle</i>
Read more…There are lots of Marvel TPBs at $3-$4 at Barnes and Noble.
I was born in 1969, so...
70s - Marvel's Star Wars comics
80s - Zot! by Scott McCloud (it started in the 80s)
90s - Starman by James Robinson
00s - Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley
How about you?
Read more…Hey, I'm messing around with the Charming Mrs. B-Dog's iPod Touch and was wondering who else comes here through the mobile site. It's so different than the full version. The forums are easy to find, but I've not found the blogs yet. Anyone else?
Read more…Spoilers for Spider-man 24/7 HC follow...
So I've just read Spider-man 24/7 HC. One of the stories is a 2-parter where the FF take Spider-man into the Macroverse and the Human Torch is miffed that Spider-man doesn't share his ID with them, and he
Read more…The great Al Williamson passed away recently. Obituaries can be found here
and here, as well as in many other places. Rest in Peace. Read more…For those of you who have seen Toy Story 3. Which version did you see it in, 3D or 2D? Which would you recommend. Lately I've seen a few movies in 3D and have been less than impressed. I think I may see the film today but wasn't sure if I should give
Read more…There aren’t just too many Marvel Comics I enjoy these days, but there is a subset of Marvel Comics I find myself enjoying very much, namely the titles which re-examine Marvels Golden Age roots (The Marvels Project) and even bring Golden Age characte
Read more…I went down my local on lunch today, and didn't see a single comic I wanted to buy. I hate these sparse weeks - good for the budget, though.
Read more…I tried to put my partial thesis up on Google Docs, but it eliminated all the footnotes. I'd like to get it up somehow, though, since you've all had a hand in it, and I'd like for you all to see and comment on the progress.
If anybody has any ideas,
And if so, how would you characterize it? Are there any blurbs or word balloons where the omniscient narrator or characters talk about the power/responsibility/nature of the press? Were there continuing characters, and if so, were they heroic charact
Read more…I was thinking about doing one of my "toy shelf battle royals", and I got to wondering - "What kind of limits does Death from the Endless have? Can she claim the life of anything that lives whenever she wants, or can it only be when it's "their time
Read more…In "Amazing Spider-Man" #630-632 AKA "Shed", Curt Connors is completely engulfed by the Lizard inside him. The Lizard has mutated, becoming stronger, smarter and able to cause people to regress to their primitive instincts. The Lizard wins because he
Read more…Check out this exchange between Newsarama interviewer Chris Arrant and Evan Dorkin, in the new interview about Beasts of Burden:
Read more…Nrama: This might sound like an odd question, but as comics fans we’ve come to expect it – chances of any other crossover
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8339576@N04/sets/72157624333252428/show/
Major, major flashbacks...
Read more…Bleeding cool has the story, and Dagwan's store get mentioned! http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/06/19/midnight-openings-planned-for-scott-pilgrim-vol-6/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BleedingCool+%28Bleeding+Cool+C
Read more…Is there a program (or online utility) that will simply create a basic bubble around the text you type in and then allow you to save it as a BMP or GIF so you can drop it on top of a picture? This seems like the simplest thing in the world but I've s
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