2009 June
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 164
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 begins a tripartite look at the beginnings of the awesome Milestone hero, Static! Enjoy!
Cup O’ Joe on CBR Now!
- by Brian Cronin
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I forgot to mention this yesterday! It was announced yesterday that Joe Quesada’s “Cup O’ Joe” column will be appearing on Comic Book Resources now, only it will be more of a separate blog/website than just a column! Pretty darn cool news for CBR! You can check out Mr. Quesada’s new Cup O’ Joe page [...]
Month of Art Stars: Artist’s Choice – Jason Shawn Alexander
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 163
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! I actually wasn’t planning featuring today’s moment any time soon, as I liked the subtly of the earlier moment in this [...]
One More Friday In Westchester
In other words, the ongoing X-nerdification of my former student and occasional studio assistant, Rachel — documented previously here and here — is still in progress.
What I bought – 10 June 2009
Under the jump: A buttload of comics, and probably the only thing anyone will want to talk about is a certain artist butchering a decent script. What about the gun-toting bear, people? What about him?????
Comic Critics #71!
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 seventy strips at the archive here and you can read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog. Enjoy!
Comic Book Legends Revealed #211
Welcome to the two-hundred and eleventh 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 ten. 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 – Jacob Chabot
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 162
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 funny issue of Justice League Europe. Enjoy!
Batman #687 Was an Odd Issue
- by Brian Cronin
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There were rumors awhile back that Judd Winick was going to be the writer for the Battle for the Cowl mini-series. It instead turned out to be written by the book’s artist, Tony Daniel. Well, in Winick’s first issue as the ongoing writer on Batman, he basically wrote his own version of Battle of the [...]
Month of Art Stars: Artist’s Choice – Chris Samnee
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 161
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 the opening of a great Adam Strange mini-series by Andy Diggle and Pascal Ferry. Enjoy!
Lucky “Unlucky” Breaks
- by Brian Cronin
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I was doing a bit the other day about how Milton Bradley’s fledgling lithography business almost went under when his best-selling print of the year (1860) starring Abraham Lincoln suddenly became useless from a commercial standpoint. This, of course, forced him to try out new ways of making money to supplement the print shop, and [...]
Danielle Leigh’s Reading Diary — Jack Frost vol 1
Jinho Ko’s Jack Frost is kind of like an undead!Battle Royale. Except because all the characters are undead they just keep killing each other again and again.
