2006 July
7/31 - Curious Cat Asks…
- by 2
- Monday, July 31st, 2006 at 5:53 PM EST
Look to the right.
How awesome is 1’s return?
Snark Free Corner for 7/31
- by Brian Cronin
- Monday, July 31st, 2006 at 4:03 PM EST
Welcome to the latest installment of your breath of snark free air!
Enjoy!
When a Sea of Unsold Copies Are Good For Retailers
- by Brian Cronin
- Monday, July 31st, 2006 at 2:24 PM EST
The talk has come up recently about Civil War, and the strength of its sales in the direct market. However, I think that it is worthwhile examining how variant covers have helped to dramatically skew the “real” sales of Civil War. To do so, let’s start by taking a trip to Wizard Universe…
Judging (Image’s October) Books By Their Covers
- by Brian Cronin
- Sunday, July 30th, 2006 at 11:47 PM EST
Image’s October Solicitations went up a couple of days ago, so let’s make some prejudgements based just on the covers (as we all love to make prejudgements, don’t we?)!
Let’s begin!
The Problem with X-Men
- by Bill Reed
- Sunday, July 30th, 2006 at 3:21 PM EST
Greetings. I’m Bill Reed. You may recognize my name from the comments on this site. Surprisingly, I’m actually a contributor; it just turns out I’m one of those contributors that regularly fails to actually contribute. Luckily, Our Lord Cronin does not sleep and has the blogging power of ten men.
This is my first actual post […]
The problem with Shatter
- by Greg Burgas
- Sunday, July 30th, 2006 at 12:03 PM EST
Larry Young and his krewe were kind enough to send me a copy of Shatter a few weeks back, on the same day I bought it at my local comics shoppe (which means I have two - and you know what that means!), and I thank them for it. I had been reading all sorts […]
Comic Book Dictionary: Venom Discretion Test
- by Brian Cronin
- Saturday, July 29th, 2006 at 4:04 AM EST
In his weekly column, “One Fan’s Opinion,” yesterday, Erik Larsen discussed the idea (which Stan Lee has brought up) that, in the broad sense, readers are the “real editors,” in that they decide, by what they buy, what books are produced. It’s an interesting article, with a whole lot of truth (especially the part about […]
Friday Grab Bag - The Sequel
- by Greg Hatcher
- Friday, July 28th, 2006 at 11:18 PM EST
What with our beachfront art studio gearing up for the big Alki Beach Art Fair this weekend, and your humble servant hip-deep in trying to get my youthful cartoonists’ exhibit pulled together for the shindig, along with another zillion art-festival-related chores, well, I’ve had a horribly busy couple of weeks. (Note to potential volunteers — […]
Declarative Rabbit Says…
- by 3
- Friday, July 28th, 2006 at 5:13 PM EST
The only Golden Rule is that Michael Golden rules.
What did everyone think of Joey Q’s appearance on The Colbert Report last night?
- by Greg Burgas
- Friday, July 28th, 2006 at 10:09 AM EST
In case you missed it, Joe Quesada showed up on Stephen Colbert’s show last night. It was kind of a strange interview - usually people on The Daily Show or The Colbert Report are either politicians or authors pimping their latest book or celebrities pimping their latest project. Joey Q, naturally, was pimping Civil War, […]
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #61
- by Brian Cronin
- Thursday, July 27th, 2006 at 8:49 PM EST
This is the sixty-first in a series of examinations of comic book urban legends and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of the previous sixty.
Let’s begin!
What I bought - 26 July 2006
- by Greg Burgas
- Thursday, July 27th, 2006 at 8:54 AM EST
Another fine week in the comics world, as two storylines come to an end (sort of), another highly anticipated pairing disappoints (slightly), and one of the best books out there goes on hiatus. And, of course, Shark-Man came out. SHARK-MAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!
Reviews for the 7/26 Comic Book Week
- by Brian Cronin
- Thursday, July 27th, 2006 at 3:29 AM EST
Batman #655 (D.C.)
Powers #19 (Icon)
Daredevil #87 (Marvel)
More later today!
The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck - The Rosa Exception
- by Brian Cronin
- Wednesday, July 26th, 2006 at 11:23 AM EST
The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, by Don Rosa, is one of the most intensively continuity-laden comic book series ever, and yet it is an excellent and engaging comic book series for both fans of Uncle Scrooge and just fans of comic books, period.
Comic Blogs Should Be Good - Jog the Blog
- by Brian Cronin
- Tuesday, July 25th, 2006 at 5:53 PM EST
Here’s a new shtick. There are a lot of cool comic book blogs out there (see our sidebar for a list of a bunch of them), but I guess it is hard to pick which ones you think you’d like to read. So I figure, each week, I will feature a guest entry by a […]
