Who else watched the pilot?
I liked its tributes to the history of the character, particularly in the opening, and I thought it balanced the real-world and TV-soap elements with the superheroics reasonably well. The show's creators understand the cha
Read more…When I was in college, one of my roommates ridiculed me for reading comics by assuming I read Baby Huey, apparently the only comic book with which he was familiar. (Ironically, I hadn't even heard of the character at that time.) I posted about that s
Read more…Tarzan
Black Hammer/Justice League: Hammer of Justice!
Jeff Lemire, writer; Michael Walsh, artist; Nate Piekos, letters
Dark Horse Books, 2020
Jeff Lemire's Black Hammer superheroes are a modern interpretation of classic superheroes to begin with, and are do
Read more…There were just the first three I thought of. Feel free to suggest others.
The Conjuring (2013)
Though I wrote for the zine somewhat, I'm not fishing for recognition. But I'm curious if the various brouhahas that involved the magazine ever impacted on your comics reading in any way.
Read more…Crossover Vol. 1: Kids Love Chains
Donny Cates, story; Geoff Shaw, art; Dee Cunniffe, colors; John J. Hill, letters & design
Image Comics, 2021
Another comic with a unique core concept: the Crossover of the title refers to an actual event that occurre
Read more…Star Trek
I saw an interesting artlcle in The London Independent the other day, on top movie franchises. Not the ones with most box office, or the best critical reception, but just the ones with the most movies. As a firm believer in completism, my first thoug
Read more…James Bond
Sean Connery
Dr. No (1962)
From Russia with Love (1963)
Goldfinger (1964)
Thunderball (1965)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Never Say Never Again (1983)*
David Niven
Casino Royale (1967)*
George Lazenby
On Her Majes
Read more…Here's the next franchise list. I've separated the Marvel Cinematic Universe from "legacy" films, but I could combine if that seems the best route. Also, I'm sure to have missed some, so y'all chime in.
Marvel Movies
THE BIG STUFF
Green Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super-Spectacular #1
Writers/Art: Various| Cover: Dan Mora | 1940s variant: Michael Cho | 1950s variant: Daniel Warren Johnson | 1960s variant: Neal Adams | 1970s varia
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CONAN VOLUME 19: XUTHAL OF THE DUSK (HC)
Writer: FRED VAN LENTE
Art: BRIAN CHING, GUIU VILANOVA
Colors: MICHAEL ATIYEH
Cover: ERIC POWELL
FC, 176 pages, $24.99, HC, 7" x 10"
Conan and the former slave girl Natala dare to enter the c
Read more…Volume two ships today so I thought I'd move my look at volume one into a thread dedicated to discussing all three volumes.
VOLUME ONE: "THE END OF ERAS":
This collection is divided into six parts: 1) Heroes, 2) Mysteries, 3) The Last Battles, 4) Ot
Read more…I really need a password app.
I have literally hundreds of logins: work, home, banks, online comic-reading sites and this website.
I've investigated a few free ones, but either they only allow one device (ha!), or they don't allow both PC and iOS dev
Read more…I suspect this will be just the beginning of a flood of PR. I will add whatever else comes in as it arrives. -- Cap
Complicated relationships are a recurring theme in Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One, particularly where Batman/Bruce Wayne (voic
Recently I've been re-watching the Godzilla movies. Those of you who have seen them will know that while some of the films formed a more-or-less coherent continuity, the series as a whole cannot be taken as a single timeline, since many of the later
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
June 24, 2021 — I’ve got four graphic novels to discuss, a meat-and-three for the intellectually hungry. Here’s our steak:
MONSTERS
By Barry Windsor-Smith, Fantagraphics, $39.99
There are a lot of monsters
THE BIG STUFF
Batman: Reptilian #1 (of 6)
DC Comics | 32 pages | $4.99
Writer: Garth Ennis | Art/Cover: Liam Sharp | Variant: Cully Hamner
Gotham City is filled with murderous creatures who stalk the shadows — foul villains with murderous impulses wh
Read more…Looks like the comics world is getting drawn into the Burger Wars. I'm guessing that Alan Moore would not be amused.
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