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2009 January

A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 18

Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here‘s the archive of the moments posted so far! Today we begin a special Tear-Jerker Week of cool comic book moments! Our first “tear jerker” moment comes from the last [...]

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Cool New Wolverine: Origins Poster

Well, I think it looks cool, at least! Tip o’ the hat to Hi-Fi.

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A Month of Writing Stars – Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman

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 [...]

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A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 17

Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here‘s the archive of the moments posted so far! Today we look at another great Alan Moore moment – this time from a classic Superman Annual. Enjoy!

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Comics Are Awesome: Part the 15th

(suggested by sgt rawk) Why read those three books when you can read the Roy Thomas-penned Marvel Illustrated versions? Eh? Anyway, those aren’t the three books required to conquer the world. The following three, however, would do just nicely: 1. If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B-Movie Actor, by Bruce Campbell 2. The Dilbert [...]

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A Month of Writing Stars – Paul Tobin

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 [...]

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A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 16

Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here‘s the archive of the moments posted so far! Today we look at one of the best moments to appear in Marvel Fanfare, courtesy of one Frank Miller. Enjoy!

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Friday’s Single-Issue Classic Countdown – Part 1

This is a project I’ve been meaning to get to for a while in this space.

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Third Time’s the Charm!

I think the third printing of Amazing Spider-Man #583 has the coolest cover of the three (click to enlarge)!

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Vote in Comic Book Resources’ Annual Comic Book Awards!

The annual Comic Book Resources reader awards are beginning the nomination process right now, so head here to cast your votes for Best Comic, Best Writer, Best Artist, etc. of 2008! You have to register with CBR to vote, but that’s quite simple, just click here. You have until the 23rd to make your nominations, [...]

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Danielle Leigh’s Reading Diary – 1/16/09

Today I do something insane and review two very, very different books that are both centered around how we experience life and love in high school — Viz’s low key We Were There (vol 1 and 2) by Yuki Obata and Yen Press’ hyper-sexual Sundome (vol 2, 3, 4) by Kazuto Okada.  You couldn’t find [...]

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Comic Book Legends Revealed #190

This is the one-hundred and ninetieth 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-nine. Let’s begin!

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A Month of Writing Stars – Scott Beatty

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 [...]

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A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 15

Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here‘s the archive of the moments posted so far! Today we look at one of the most notable strips by the great Alison Bechdel – it’s so famous that it’s [...]

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Cracked’s Six Creepiest Comic Book Characters Ever

Shockingly, Chris Sims didn’t write this one, even if his pet hate character is number one. It’s also interesting to see how far off the radar the Ultimate comics have been, that I didn’t know that Jeph Loeb had found a way to make Mark Millar look more subtle by comparison. I think that has [...]

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