I've just been reading Hereville by Barry Deutsch. This is a gentle fantasy series set in a traditional Jewish community. The art is accomplished and in a cartoony style, and the storytelling is good. The complete first story, about an 11-year-old gi
From "What If: the Invisible Girl Died?" - What If? vol. 1 #42 (1983)
I read this as a 13 year old kid and it was the first time, I think, a comic hit me in the emotional guts. Reed, Ben, and Sue don't make it back in time from the Negative Zone t
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Air Hawk, a.k.a. Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors, was an Australian adventure strip created by John Dixon. After the daily version was started the Sundays were handled by Mike Tabrett, Hart Amos and Keith Chatto.
I didn't have the opportunity to fol
So there I was, on the ol' internets, searching for some Iron Man info, when I came across something I had completely forgotten about: the limited series written by Jon Favreau, the director of the Iron man movies, namely, Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas. L
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Of biggest note to me: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic comes to an end with #50. That will mark the second series I've collected entirely in trades.
I really liked issue 1. For one thing, I wasn't in the dark after missing the Free Comic Book Day issue (I thought they'd have reprinted that by now!). For another, I liked that while it's Green Lantern-centric, fo
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Anyone remember a series of pocket-sized, B&W graphic adaptations of classic novels from the late 80s/early 90s? I think I briefly had the Frankenstein volume.
I'm asking because I remember seeing an adaptation of the Australian novel For the Term o
(Meaning feature-length pictures, and not shorts. Most of my favorite shorts involve the Horwitz Brothers slapping one another.) 1) Frankenstein (1931)
Hey, I found my explanation of Kryptonite from the old board:
" OK, Let's see: Speculation, speculation...
Millennia ago, a race of humans, virtually identical to terrestrial humans (an offshoot of Earth-humanity, perhaps? Or a parent race, maybe?)
So, guess who's back? That's right, Doug Ramsey. Well, sort of--he's either dead or reanimated or something in between, and he's working for Selene.
Oh, and guess what? He's reading body language now, which has turned him into a badass. He takes dow
I first heard about Tony Isabella’s new book in Cap’s 10/23 blog and bought a copy when it shipped last week. As Cap described it, Isabella offers “brief information or commentary on important books, oddball titles or just personal favorites.” The co