2009 May
Possibly the Most Harmful Art I’ve Seen in a Comic
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
- 75 Comments
This week’s issue of Uncanny X-Men (#510) possiby has the most harmful art to a story that I’ve seen in a comic. I’ve seen plenty of comics with bad art. I’ve seen plenty of comics where the artist was not a particularly good storyteller. This comic, though, is pretty much one long extended fight sequence, [...]
The Comic Book Alphabet of Cool – O
We continue our tour through the alphabet, with a different cool comic book item each day, from A to Z! Today we look at the letter O, as in “O man is this New God awesome!”
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 140
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 great Batman moment from Grant Morrison’s first JLA storyline. Enjoy!
Judging (Marvel’s August) Books by Their Covers
I’ve already done DC, so now it’s Marvel’s turn. I may get a little sarcastic and mean after ploughing through DC’s covers earlier today and then making a straight run on these ones.
Judging (DC’s August) Books by Their Covers
First off, thanks for all of the great comments last month — and the surprising lack of “Bring back Brian” e-mails. Now, let’s get to judging DC’s August covers by terribly unfair and harsh standards.
Point/Counterpoint
- by Bill Reed
- in General
- 36 Comments
Point (from CBR’s frontpage): The removal of Superman from the DCU – at least temporarily – in the ongoing “World of Krypton” storyline has also been well received, and DiDio said that this was the first time the seminal superhero had been taken out of his book, ever. “When we came up with the concept [...]
Scott’s Classic Comics Corner: Measuring Scarcity
Ever since comic book collecting began as a hobby, people have tried to figure out just how many copies of various issues are floating around out there. This week, I’m going to take a look the scarcity of Golden Age books.
Danielle Leigh’s Reading Diary — The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya vol 1-3
Although some of the delightful weirdness of the The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya anime is lost when the original series of light novels are adapted for the comic book medium, by the end of the second volume I started to sink into the story as if returning to a comfortable and much beloved armchair.
The Comic Book Alphabet of Cool – N
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 cool member of the X-Men!
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 139
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 beginning of the Seven Soldiers series of mini-series by Grant Morrison and J.H. Williams III. [...]
Twitter Style Comics Thoughts On A Blog
- by Brad Curran
- in General
- 20 Comments
It is what it says. I have some random thoughts, and since Chad stole that routine from me by being all new and productive, I’m just going to give each around 140 characters of time.*
What a Revoltin’ Character Development Dis Is!
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
- 40 Comments
I was just recently doing a bit for Entertainment Legends Revealed about The Life of Riley, William Bendix’s radio and television sitcom that included the catch phrase, “What a revoltin’ development dis is!” Naturally, that has become one of Ben Grimm, the Thing’s catch phrases, as well. Ben has also taken on quite a few [...]
Random Thoughts! (May 19, 2009)
Each week, it seems that one of these random thoughts spurs on heated debate while the rest go mostly ignored. If I knew which one it would be, I’d write a whole post on that and forget the rest, but I don’t, so I won’t. It’s random thought time! Get excited!
Captain Britain and MI:13 Cancelled
Paul Cornell announced on his blog today that there will be no solicitation for issue 16 of Captain Britain and MI:13, because issue 15 is the last one. He says a lot in his post, but he also addresses the current arc being the last and how the series will end: Lastly, and this is [...]
Comic Critics #64!
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-three strips at the archive here and you can read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog. Enjoy!
