2009 January
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 13
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 one of the funnier issues of a comic you’ll see, in a much-lamented (in the [...]
Scott’s Classic Comics Corner: Affordable 50s Gems
If you’ve been to a convention and gazed at the prices on old ‘Wall Books’ or done a quick search of key Golden Age books on eBay, you were likely shocked by the prices people are asking. Don’t get too discouraged, as there are plenty of fun, old books that can be had at reasonable [...]
Some Writing Stars Who Won’t Be Featured This Month
- by Brian Cronin
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There are a few writers who really run on the edge of being way too well known to feature in something like this. But still, they’re not at the level of recognizability of, say, a Brian Michael Bendis or an Alan Moore or a Mark Millar, so I thought it’d be nice to give them [...]
Sandman as Political Propaganda
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
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Some folks were asking about the ad that was made up of cool comic book moment #12. Here it is!
A Month of Writing Stars – John Rozum
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 [...]
Quick Cover Theme Game for 1/12
Here’s a quick one that I just thought up, so here you go – there is a connective theme going on in these comic covers (could be something about the setting, could be something about the creators, could be a trait some characters on the cover share, could be a lot of things). You have [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 12
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 earliest cool moments in Neil Gaiman’s classic Sandman run. Enjoy!
A Month of Writing Stars – Tom Peyer
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 [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 11
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 a recent cool moment from Alex Robinson’s nifty new graphic novel, Too Cool to be Forgotten. Enjoy!
Danielle Leigh’s Reading Diary — 1/11/09
Okay, I’ve got a big stack piling up and if I don’t talk about it soon the crushing guilt won’t allow me to read more manga. Which is my thing, dontchaknow. You probably already did. Today I share very brief reactions to the following: Andromeda Stories vol 1 by Ryu Mitsuse and Keiko Takemiya Batman: Death Mask [...]
Where were you when the world ended?
Being a spoiler-filled (except for the final issue) narrative of your Winter Men reading experience, in nine (somewhat lengthy) parts.
A Month of Writing Stars – Marc Sumerak
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 [...]
Another Weekend in Westchester
Since the last column featuring my former student Rachel’s questions about the X-Men was so popular, I thought I’d share a few more highlights from that correspondence. She’s been chugging right along in her reading, catching up with Essential X-Men volume one and Astonishing X-Men: Gifted, among others. Brace yourselves, though… since last time, Rachel’s [...]
