I had a bad feeling about this month's issue when I saw that it featured the hero with a graphic compound fracture right on the cover. This last issue was so over the top in violence that it simply wasn't enjoyable at all. The reason I was initially
Read more…I'm starting to pack books for our family vacation...The Strain by del Toro and Hogan, Killing Floor by Lee Child, the last two Paul Dini Batman collections, a bunch of magazines (The New Republic, Wired)...and as I was going through my "not read yet
Read more…I've been meaning to show you guys this idea for a while, but never got around to it. Basically one blogger feels that he has hit on the essential character of the current comicbook 'Age' we are living through. We've had the Golden Age followed by
Read more…http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/gd Mr. Waid picks some of his fave songs...
Read more…http://www.avclub.com/articles/reinventing-the-pencil-21-artists-who-changed-main,30528/ A really interesting list by the AV Club at the Onion...
Read more…Alan Scott? Hal Jordan? John Stewart? Guy Gardner? Kyle Rayner? Killowog? Ch'p? Salakk? Katma Tui? Tomar-Re? Other? Any love for Charlie Vicker? (I could do this all day y'know).
Read more…I'm not going to comment on this (yet). This is so mindbogglingly racist and STUPID that I'm not sure it needs comment. Yet. I will note this--listen to the last few seconds of the clip closely. Someone off camera started whistling "If I Only Had a
Read more…I love Dorkin and Jill Thompson's stories about a group of neighborhood pets who stop metaphysical creatures as seen in the Dark Horse Books of Hauntings, Monsters, etc. Now, they're getting their own mini in September and Evan is asking folks to pr
Read more…http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22116 I am looking forward to Spider-Woman...I admit it...
Read more…This is from the 4th Letter blog, and I thought it was a very interesting peek into the mind of a character-based fan. Being a creator-fan (both artist and writer), I never got it. Thoughts? What kind are you?
Read more…http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090720-dc-october-09-solicitation.html Just in time for my 40th birthday...the last issue of Planetary!
Read more…Robin Williams is 58 today! I thought he was older than that. We recently borrowed season one of Mork & Mindy from my in-laws. Six year old Alex & I have been enjoying the episodes. Nanu nanu!
Read more…I have to make room so I'm selling some of my vast collection on eBay. It's all stuff that I have duplicates of or just know that I'll never read again. A list of the auctions can be found here and I'll probably be adding more. I'm not looking to mak
Read more…Happy birthday, Chris! Give 'em a good sermon and go celebrate!
Read more…What are the five to ten comics (individual issues or titles) that sucked you into the habit? Which stories made you say, "Hey, I wanna read more of these!"? For me: Disney comics (Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge, Mickey Mouse): These probably started i
Read more…It just occurred to me today... I don't think I've ever seen a crossover of these two horror genres. Surely someone's come up with a story in which a werewolf is turned into a zombie, right? Anyone have any examples?
Read more…I love it whan a non-comics related item triggers my comics fan synapses. For example, I just checked in a book by Robert Bork, and all I can think is "...But Bork Can Hurt YOU!!!" :)
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