2009 June
Very Clever Cover to Start Bagley’s JLA Run With…
- by Brian Cronin
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Very clever approach by Mark Bagley to mark the beginning of his run on Justice League of America with James Robinson (click on the image to enlarge)… Robinson’s an excellent comic book writer – I hope his upcoming Justice League of America run shows that.
I’d Go To This If I Wasn’t A Shut In: Grant Morrison Signing At Meltdown
- by Brad Curran
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They want good questions for the Q&A, though, so maybe I wouldn’t. It’s on July 1st, same days as Batman and Robin #2 comes out. Clive Barker will chant with Grant before the signing, which will only be of the FC hardcover and Batman and Robin #1 and 2. While you can’t rub Morrison’s face [...]
Brad Surveys The X-Men: Hope He Survives The Experience!
- by Brad Curran
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Hey, remember when Dirk Deppey reviewed a bunch of X-Men comics that one time? This is sort of like that, but without the dripping disdain for Chris Claremont, so some of you may want to leave now.
Captain America: Reborn Incentive Covers Not Much of an Incentive
- by Brian Cronin
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Think what you will about the relative evil of comic books having variant covers that a comic book retailer has to order X amount of copies of the regular cover to purchase a copy of the variant cover. Whatever you might think about it, it’s become a pretty standard sales tactic by Marvel and DC [...]
Gabe Asks You A Question, Re: Prototype
- by Brad Curran
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This gives me all the excuse I need to write about video games here again.
Comic Book Legends Revealed #212
Welcome to the two-hundred and twelfth 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 eleven. Comic Book Legends Revealed is now part of the larger Legends Revealed series, where I look into legends about the worlds [...]
Month of Art Stars: Artist’s Choice – Kelley Jones
Every day this month I’m going to feature the work of a great artist, only instead of me picking the artist to feature, they will be picked by their peers, fellow professional comic book artists who are picking out artists (from the past and present) who they think deserve special attention. Do note that most [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 169
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! Now that I’ve gotten the one Spider-Man scene that I wanted out of the way, I can do the follow-up!! Enjoy!
What I bought – 17 June 2009
You know, with all due respect to Brad Curran, if you couldn’t find something at the comics shoppe this week, you’re a) waiting for the trade on absolutely everything; b) very much affected by the economic crisis; or c) just not trying that hard. If it’s one of the first two, I can appreciate that. [...]
Thanks, Tony!
- by Brian Cronin
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In the latest issue of Comic Buyer’s Guide (out this week), Tony Isabella reviewed my book (which, again, you can purchase here) and he gave it five out of five stars! Thanks, Tony!
Comic Critics Year One! (#73)
Here is the one-year anniversary of the Comic Critics strip, courtesy of Sean Whitmore (writer) and Brandon Hanvey (artist)! You can check out the first seventy-two strips at the archive here and you can read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog. To celebrate the event, I even make a guest appearance, [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 168
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! Okay, now that I’ve gotten past the other stuff, now I can finally use the Spider-Man moment I wanted to get [...]
Is Obama The Wolverine Of Presidential Guest Stars?
- by Brad Curran
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Or, this made me want to apply this to comics. I mean, I guess I have nothing against comics companies cashing in Obama mania. I don’t hate the guy, even if he is a Socialist Muslim/Christian or whatever is scaring Glen Beck to tears this week, but I don’t think he’s Composite Liberal Jesus (which [...]
Month of Art Stars: Artist’s Choice – John Paul Leon
Every day this month I’m going to feature the work of a great artist, only instead of me picking the artist to feature, they will be picked by their peers, fellow professional comic book artists who are picking out artists (from the past and present) who they think deserve special attention. Do note that most [...]
The First One-Year Anniversary of Steve Rogers’s Death
- by Chad Nevett
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Now that I’ve had a chance to read Captain America #600, I finally remembered something that had been nagging me all week: this isn’t the first time Marvel has celebrated the one-year anniversary of Steve Rogers’s death! Now, that happened seven-and-a-half months ago in the pages of…
