2009 May
Sunday Brunch: 5/24/09
After one week called off for gallivanting and one called off for illness, the brunch is back! Unfortunately, it seems we hit those summer doldrum days, when there isn’t much breaking the internet in half. What can I scrounge up?
The Comic Book Alphabet of Cool – R
We continue our tour through the alphabet, with a different cool comic book item each day, from A to Z! Today we look at one of the best comic book characters based on a Beatles song!
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 143
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 the second part of a Suicide Squad issue I’ve already featured! Enjoy!
Same Stuff, Different Day?
In the comments to last week’s Star Trek column, someone asked a question that I thought was worth taking a full column to answer, especially since this phenomenon seems to be driving so many superhero comics today. So I’m going to answer it here now. Or try to, anyway.
Manga Before Flowers — All the Viz News That’s Fit to Blog
A lot of things are currently happening with Viz and I thought it was time to do a little news round up for this blog. Below I remark upon 1) end of Shojo Beat magazine this summer, 2) the creation of an on-line seinen manga mag IKKI, following in the footsteps of the long defunct [...]
The Comic Book Alphabet of Cool – Q
We continue our tour through the alphabet, with a different cool comic book item each day, from A to Z! Today we look at a hero who was replaced with a female hero of the same name when he was killed off.
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 142
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 the last issue of Grant Morrison’s Batman (before his run continues anew in Batman and [...]
Comic Critics #65!
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 sixty-four strips at the archive here and you can read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog. Enjoy!
Comic Book Legends Revealed #208
Welcome to the two-hundred and 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 two hundred and seven. Comic Book Legends Revealed is now part of the larger Legends Revealed series, where I look into legends about the worlds [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 141
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 great moment from early in Mark Waid’s run on Flash! Enjoy!
The Comic Book Alphabet of Cool – P
We continue our tour through the alphabet, with a different cool comic book item each day, from A to Z! Today we look some cool comic stuff that ends up on people’s walls.
My Top Ten (Marvel August) Covers
Here are the Marvel solicits for August, and here are my Top Ten covers for the month!
What I bought – 20 May 2009
“What do you want? What do you want?” “I want comics reviews! Yes I do.” Screw rock and roll – let’s get to the reviews!
I Don’t Like MMO Video Games…
- by Brad Curran
- in General
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but I do like this gallery of Flash images from the long in the making DC Universe game, which can be found at Kotaku. I especially like this one. Since I avoid MMOs like I do other addictive drugs I’ll probably never play this. Even if this screen, showing the Flash running with two player [...]
I Sure Did Read A Bunch Of Comics Recently
- by Brad Curran
- in General
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Now I’m going to write about them. I’m just not in the mood to try and dress up my “Not Another Occasional Comic Book Review” material any more than that.
