2009 August
Snark Blocker – Nextwave Double-Page Spreads
In the penultimate issue of Nextwave (#11), the team finds itself forced to fight through various hordes of bizarre villains to get to where they need to go. Writer Warren Ellis and artist Stuart Immonen chose to depict these various battles as a series of SIX double-page spreads in a row! It looks amazing – [...]
The Reread Reviews — Ultimate Human
Yes, so soon after the monstrous blogathon, I have returned to write a reread review. Well, actually, I wrote this on Friday and scheduled it for today, but, still, that’s a lot of comics-related writing in a short period of time. This week, I continue my journey through the Ultimate universe with my absolute favourite [...]
Should it make the list?
- by Brian Cronin
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This is a really cool panel (and it very nicely captures all of their personalities) by Walt Simonson. Should it make the Top 70 Most Iconic Panels in Marvel History list? I know at least one current Marvel Comics writer who thinks yes. How about you? Vote now! Should it make the list?(answers)
Sunday Brunch: 8/23/09
Another shamefully light week in the world of links to stuff on the comics internet, which means either I am dreadfully unobservant, or everyone else is as lazy as I am! It’s probably the former. Still, this column may slip to a bi-weekly schedule in future installments, or cease altogether, depending how many cool things [...]
The Top 70 Most Iconic Panels in Marvel History – Day 22
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 234
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 major sequence from Peter David’s Hulk run (with another chance to vote on a possible iconic [...]
Some Responses to the New Avengers Blog-a-thon.
- by MarkAndrew
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Over at GraphiContent. (Which is raising money for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and it would be swell if you’d GO DONATE!, and tell Chad via a comment on his blog that you did.) Man, I hated these comics.
December’s skip week: Who cares if you don’t get your comics?
With all the brouhaha about no new comics on 30 December, not many people are wondering what this will do to retailers. I’m here to correct that!
The Blogathon Has Begun!
- by Chad Nevett
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I’m nearly an hour into the blogathon over at GraphiContent! I’ve just begun my look at Bendis’s Avengers stuff having written about Avengers Disassembled, which kicked the whole thing off. In a few minutes, The Pulse: Thin Air will get discussed. $110 has been pledged/donated to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and I’m hoping [...]
The Top 70 Most Iconic Panels in Marvel History – Day 21
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 233
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 fun scene from Nextwave #10…
Thanks, Captain Comics!
- by Brian Cronin
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Andrew Smith, better known to readers of Comics Buyers Guide and his syndicated column as Captain Comics, just put up a review of my book on his blog. Check it out here. Many thanks to the good Captain! I also note that in the comments, Commander Benson (who also has a column at Smith’s site [...]
Another Blogathon Reminder
- by Chad Nevett
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Tomorrow, beginning at 9 am EST, I will be doing a blogathon at my blog, GraphiContent to raise money for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. A blogathon is where you post every 30 minutes for 24 hours. So, basically, from 9 am Saturday until 9 am Sunday with 49 posts total during that time. [...]
Serialized Friday, Chapter One: JUNGLE DRUMS!
As I mentioned last week, recently we’ve acquired quite a few of the old Saturday-afternoon serials on DVD. There’s a lot of hidden treasures to be unearthed there, and for the next couple of columns, I’ll be giving you a rundown of a few of them.
Comic Book Legends Revealed #221
Welcome to the two-hundred and twenty-first 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 twenty. Comic Book Legends Revealed is now part of the larger Legends Revealed series, where I look into legends about the worlds [...]
