2009 January
Friday’s Annual Inventory, 2009 edition
As usual for the first column of the year, today I’ll take a look at what my regular pull-list comics decisions are, what I’m going to keep getting and what I’m going to throw overboard. Sort of the fanboy version of a New Year’s Resolution.
Comic Book Legends Revealed #188
This is the one-hundred and eighty-eighth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of the previous one-hundred and eighty-seven. Let’s begin!
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 1
A fresh new year always seems to taunt me with the idea of doing a year-long bit, and you know what, I think this year I will do one! So here, for your entertainment, is the first of a series for the whole 2009 year – a once a day look at cool comic book [...]
A Month of Writing Stars – Michael Kupperman
Every day this month I’m going to feature a current comic book writing “star,” someone who I think is a very good writer. I’m mostly going to try to keep from the biggest names as much as possible, because, really, do I need to talk more about the awesomeness of Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman and [...]
The Year of Cool Comic Book Moments Archive!
Here is the archive of all the cool comic book moments featured so far! 1. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #33 (Part 1) 2. Avengers (Vol. 1) #58 3. Stray Bullets #4 4. Suicide Squad #18 5. Amazing Spider-Man #248 6. Batman #244 (Part 1) 7. Batman #244 (Part 2) 8. Batman #244 (Part 3) 9. [...]
Month of ___ Stars Poll Question!
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I’m debating whether to have January be a sequel to the Month of Art Stars or be a brand-new Month of Writing Stars. I think they basically are both equal in merit, so I have decided to let you all decide. Whichever one is leading at, say, 11pm tonight (Eastern) will be the choice (I’d [...]
A Month of Writing Stars Archive
Here is a list of all the artists featured in the Month of Writing Stars! 1. Michael Kupperman 2. Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca 3. Joshua Cotter 4. Jen Van Meter 5. Andrew Boyd and Ryan Yount 6. Will Pfeifer 7. Kathleen Webb 8. Craig Boldman 9. Barbara Slate 10. Marc Sumerak 11. Tom Peyer [...]
Batman Slaps Robin – The Origin of the Panel
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The following amusing panel has been making the rounds for awhile now… And luckily, thanks to helpful reader onion3000, I now have the original panel to share with you all as well as the context behind it! Enjoy!
