2009 February
NYCC Thoughts on Immonen’s Next Move
I have recently been bemoaning the artwork on New Avengers, so to learn that Stuart Immonen, only one of my favorite artists in all of comics, is going to be the next artist on the title, well, I quite reasonably am extremely excited! Not only is Immonen a great artist, but he’s also timely, so [...]
NYCC Thoughts on Hickman’s Fantastic Four
When I featured Jonathan Hickman on a Month of Writing Stars, I noted that he was likely to soon be too famous for such a feature, and unsurprisingly, a week or so later, it was announced that he is going to be following Mark Millar on the Fantastic Four! This is great news, as the [...]
A Less Cool Steranko Cap Moment
- by Brian Cronin
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It’s funny, as awesome as Steranko’s run on Captain America was (well, by “run” I of course mean those three issues – that were not even all consecutive), whenever I read them, I always hit this double-page spread and laugh a little bit. To set the scene, Cap is “back from the dead” and he [...]
Comics Are Awesome: Episode XVIII
SWIPE FILE time! Then again, I suppose there’s only so many ways you can draw a gorilla strapped into a chair. But, man! Only seven issues apart? Was audience turnover that fast, or is this a long-running plot thread where Captain Comet commits murders in the body of a gorilla and blames it on other [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 38
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 finish our second day of a two-day look at a classic issue of Steranko’s Captain America. Enjoy!
Talk About A Niche Market…
- by Brian Cronin
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Marvel is going to be doing a book by Chris Claremont and Tom Grummett called X-Men Forever. The concept behind the book? It is a sort of “What If…?” comic based on the idea of “What If…Chris Claremont never left the X-Men?” so it continues the story from 1991′s X-Men #3. (click to enlarge) In [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 37
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 take a look at a classic issue of Steranko’s Captain America. In fact, let’s do this as a two-day [...]
Friday’s Quest
This is a house of illness this week, I’m afraid, so there’s not much in the way of a column. However, I do have one little nugget from the odds-and-sods pile I’m going to go ahead and put up, because it’s too good not to share. On one of our thrift-shop bookscouting expeditions that I [...]
I Can See the Future
- by Bill Reed
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You may not have believed me then. But believe me now. Okay, so the release date is off by a month, but Marvel is still publishing a Dark Wolverine book. Will Cooking with Wolvie: The Sharpening be next!?
Retro Debate: Was Killing Wonder Man the Best Solution?
- by Brian Cronin
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So, Tom Brevoort stopped by this week’s Comic Book Legends Revealed to say that the character Mark Gruenwald was talking about Marvel killing in October 1993 (as related in this week’s column) was Wonder Man. So I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the arguments in favor of killing Wonder Man [...]
Comic Critics #35!
Here is the latest installment of the Comic Critics strip, courtesy of Sean Whitmore (writer) and Brandon Hanvey (artist)! You can check out the first thirty-four strips at the archive here and read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog here! Enjoy!
What I bought – 4 February 2009
Yes, I’m back doing weekly reviews. Did you miss me? I know that you did! You can’t hide it!
Comic Book Legends Revealed #193
This is the one-hundred and ninety-third 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 ninety-two. Let’s begin!
Friday Night in New York City
- by Brian Cronin
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At 8:30 PM Friday Night in New York City, I will be at Connolly’s Pub & Restaurant at 43 W 54th St, New York, NY (there are four Connolly’s in Manhattan, but this is the one where I’ll be). If you would like to meet up for a drink at such time (or some fine [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 36
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 take a look at Aquaman using his powers in an interesting fashion. Enjoy!
