I came across an interview series on the Comic Book Historians website that I highly recommend. Interviews were originally done in the late '90's and early 2000's. Many of the interviewees are no longer with us. Hearing these greats telling the story
Read more…Story Clary was the last surviving original principal cast member of Hogan's Heroes (Kenneth Washngton, who replaced Ivan Dixon on the show in its final season, is still aliove as of this writing).
Clary, who portrayed Corporal Louis LeBeau, was a
Read more…Lucky Devil
Cullen Bunn, script; Fran Galán, art; El Torres, letters
Dark Horse Books, 2022
Cullen Bunn is incredibly prolific. I almost missed this four-issue miniseries until it popped up on a creator search. The protagonist is a sad loser named St
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Read more…SHAOLIN COWBOY: CRUEL TO BE KIN #1 (OF 7) Story/Art: Geof Darrow | Covers: Geof Darrow, Mike Mignola, Alice Darrow | Dark Horse | $4.99
I haven’t read the previous Shaolin Cowboy miniseries, but this issue was self-contained enou
This will contain my initial reactions to the thirteen "lost" characters, based on the information provided in the New Golden Age #1. As is my custom, here are some irrelevant pictures to serve as spoiler space:
Thanos would live to regret interr
Read more…Something is Killing the Children Vol. 4
James Tynion IV, writer; Werther Dell'Edera, illustrator; Miquel Muerto, colorist
Boom! Studios, 2022
The previous collection ended with the disaster at Archer's Peak, which might have left an even larger body
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FIREFLY: KEEP FLYING #1
Story: Jeff Jensen | Art: Nicola Izzo | Cover: Frany | $7.99
Find a crew. Get a job. Keep flying. These words of wisdom take on a surprising new meaning for River — many years in the future!
While she relied on h
Read more…Step By Bloody Step: A Wordless Fantasy
Simon Spurrier, story; Matías Bergara, art; Matheus Lopes, colors
Image Comics, 2022
I have always been fascinated by comics without words. In a medium where art always carries more of the storytelling weight th
Read more…As most of you know, the Earth-44 Timeline is something I've been working on for years. However, I has always seemed to me that it is kind of a dense text and possibly hard to follow. Plus, I tried to connect in so many things that the timeline may
Read more…Story I haven't seen any of Batman: The Animated Series, but I've heard a lot of people speak very highly of his work on it.
Read more…Susan Tolsky, the bespectacled character actress and voice actor from movies and TV, dies at age 79 of natural causes.
From The Hollywood Reporter: "Susan Tolsky, ‘Here Come the Brides’ and ‘Madame’s Place’ Actress, Dies at 79"
Tolsky also was a memb
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Here's the way I remember it. The first time I encountered the work of Arthur Adams was the illustration of Snap Dragon he did for the cover of Marvel Fanfare #13, but he really came to my attention in the letters page of #15, in which a fan wrote to
Read more…So I was thinking recently about compiling a list of "epic" rock songs. What do I mean by "epic"? In this case, I'm talking about lengthy songs (usually five minutes or longer) that have a lot of musical changes or actual movements, where different p
Read more…Of late, I've been indulging my interest in books, particularly crime/Detective fiction. Now, something I've always done is check the publication date of the books I'm reading to gain some historical context (I even did this as a small child reading
Read more…Gotta have someone for these folks to fight. I'm going to try and see how many I can come up with without looking any up. Once I reach that point, I'll finish out the list using the standard references.
The List of 1,000 Villains
So, as spooky season has just passed, I started wondering about something.
This is an example of what many would consider a classic witch:
I think most of us, if we saw this photo or saw someone wearing this outfit, our first reaction would be "Wit
Read more…As you know, I started a new job earlier this year, and the week of October 16-22 was Homecoming, the biggest of all the big-deal events on the calendar. Especially because it was the first full, in-person Homecoming they've been able to have in thre
"Time has gone awry. The Doctor is lost, without his TARDIS. But he’s not alone. The Space Security Service agents Anya Kingdom and Mark Seven haven’t always been on his side in the past, but now they are here to help him. And he’s going to need them
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BEHOLD BEHEMOTH #1
Story: Tate Brombal | Art/Cover: Nick Robles | $4.99
House of Slaughter's Tate Brombal brings his first original series to BOOM! Studios alongside red hot artist Nick Robles (The Dreaming: Waking Hours).
Greyson's wor
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