2009 August
The Top 70 Most Iconic Panels in Marvel History – Day 8
Okay, in case you didn’t see the introduction, the concept is that each day up to and including the 24th of August, I’ll be posting three iconic panels from Marvel Comics’ 70-year history (panels meaning any single enclosed drawing, including single page splashes). On the 24th, you folks will get a chance to pick your [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 220
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 classic wedding of Reed Richards and Susan Storm from Fantastic Four Annual #3!
The Reread Reviews — Young Liars Finale Countdown (Issue 7)
In the lead-up to Young Liars ending on (I believe) August 19 with issue 18, I will be rereading the 17 issues already out and discussing them at a rate of one issue per day. I haven’t reread any of these comics since they came out, so it should be fun. Spoilers, of course. Let’s [...]
The Top 70 Most Iconic Panels in Marvel History – Day 7
Okay, in case you didn’t see the introduction, the concept is that each day up to and including the 24th of August, I’ll be posting three iconic panels from Marvel Comics’ 70-year history (panels meaning any single enclosed drawing, including single page splashes). On the 24th, you folks will get a chance to pick your [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 219
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 famous “Silent Issue” of G.I. Joe in honor of the release of the GI Joe film [...]
Friday’s Beach Reading
Years ago, the Comics Journal (or maybe it was Amazing Heroes — it was one of them, anyway) used to do this thing called the Summer Reading list. It’s about what it sounds like. Basically, they just asked a bunch of comics pros and other folks around the business what they were reading for fun, [...]
The Reread Reviews — Young Liars Finale Countdown (Issue 6)
In the lead-up to Young Liars ending on (I believe) August 19 with issue 18, I will be rereading the 17 issues already out and discussing them at a rate of one issue per day. I haven’t reread any of these comics since they came out, so it should be fun. Spoilers, of course. Let’s [...]
Legends Catch-Up
- by Brian Cronin
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If you’ll check out Sports Legends Revealed now, you’ll see that it’s currently completely up to date. That’s a lot of new legends for you folks to read! So do be sure to check them out (if you like sports-related legends, that is. Otherwise, you’ll likely not enjoy them as much).
Comics Bought, Read, Reviewed.
- by Brad Curran
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Knife goes in, guts come out. Comics go in, thoughts come out. Same process, more or less.
Wednesday Comics’ 5th Week Ranked
- by Brad Curran
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Yeah, I’m going to make this my shtick, too, in addition to being redundant.
Comic Book Legends Revealed #219
Welcome to the two-hundred and nineteenth 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 eighteen. Comic Book Legends Revealed is now part of the larger Legends Revealed series, where I look into legends about the worlds [...]
John Ostrander Benefit Auction!
- by Brian Cronin
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I wanted to wait until now to mention it, so no one would forget between the time this was first announced and this weekend, when the action actually is. On Saturday night at the Chicago Comic Con, there is going to be a special auction to raise money to help comic book writer John Ostrander [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 218
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 time when Doctor Doom realized he shouldn’t underestimate Luke Cage…
The Reread Reviews — Young Liars Finale Countdown (Issue 5)
In the lead-up to Young Liars ending on (I believe) August 19 with issue 18, I will be rereading the 17 issues already out and discussing them at a rate of one issue per day. I haven’t reread any of these comics since they came out, so it should be fun. Spoilers, of course. Let’s [...]





