2009 July
Danielle Leigh’s Reading Diary — Black Bird vol 1
Black Bird, by Kanoko Sakurakoji, is pure trashy fun. Guilty pleasure reading doesn’t get much better than this.
Breaking Broken News: Open Letter To The Internet Re: That James Robinson Comic
Dear Comic Book Bloggers, I get it. The first issue of James Robinson’s Justice League comic is bad. Really, really bad. Terrible. Risible. Like a Frankenstein’s monster of all the hacky cliches everyone hates about modern superhero comics (or it’s an average DC comic, if you’re T.). It is the worst thing in the history [...]
Random Thoughts! (July 7, 2009)
Another week, another collection of whatever. It’s random thoughts time! Get excited!
Comic Critics #77!
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-six strips at the archive here and you can read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog. Enjoy!
Scott’s Classic Comics Corner: My 12 Favorite Covers of All-Time
It’s summertime, a.k.a rerun season. While not exactly a re-run, this also isn’t exactly new material. The following is a list and discussion of my 12 favourite comic book covers of all-time.
The NANA Project #1 — Volumes 1 & 2
Today I’m pleased to announce first installment of the NANA Project, where Melinda Beasi (Tokidoki Daylight CSBG contributor), Michelle Smith (Blue Moon Reviews CSBG contributor), and I discuss one of our favorite shojo manga titles of all time. Each month I ask Melinda and Michelle questions about two volumes of NANA (no spoilers for later [...]
Month of Art Stars: Artist’s Choice – Dan Panosian
Every day in June I featured the work of a great artist, only instead of me picking the artist to feature, they were 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 artists I asked [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 187
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 see what happens when two mad scientists team up to create a Justice Leaguer! Enjoy!
So Is Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe 2 A Sure Thing Now?
With the announcement that Warner Bros. has purchased Midway Games for $33 million, does that mean that a sequel to Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is a sure thing now? Has anyone heard anything on the subject?
What I’m reading – Jack the Ripper: The Facts, various magazines
- by Greg Burgas
- in General
- 11 Comments
I try to do this weekly, but it’s not always possible. But I’m back this week with more reading selections!
My Comic Book Shoppe – Comic Zone
I asked for others to send in articles about their very own comics shop, and someone actually did! Whoo-hoo! Let’s head to Perth in Western Australia, a city I’ve never been to but would very much like to visit. Frequent commenter Kris Bather would like to tell us all about Comic Zone!
Top Five Fives
- by Bill Reed
- in Top Five
- 21 Comments
Somewhere between your Fantastic Fours and your Secret Sixes, and well before you get near the Sovereign Sevens, you’ve got your Fives. Now, you can call fives, high five, take five, plead the fifth, use the five-finger discount, wear five o’clock shadow, and be five by five after the five-second rule, but you can’t pick [...]
About time.
For years, I’ve said you need a flowchart to track all the different relationships in the X-Men. And now someone’s actually done it. Pity it will probably only be current for a month or two. But still, you have to applaud the sheer determination involved. Via Heidi at The Beat.
Month of Art Stars: Artist’s Choice – Steve Yeowell
Every day in June I featured the work of a great artist, only instead of me picking the artist to feature, they were 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 artists I asked [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 186
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 see how Garth Ennis and John McCrea think you should summon Catwoman. Enjoy!
