2009 August
My Top Ten (Marvel October) Covers
Here are the Marvel solicits for October, and here are my Top Ten covers for the month! Honestly, I totally forgot that I didn’t do this one yet. I got caught up in SDCC that week and never thought about it until now.
The Reread Reviews — The Ultimates 2
Last week, I dropped the ball in a couple of areas, but I plan to make up for that this week. Maybe. We’ll see. Spoilers below — like who the traitor to the Ultimates was. Non-spoiler answer: a huge disappointment. Fun.
Sunday Brunch: 8/16/09
Sunday Brunch limps back, clearly not at full force. Nothing’s so much as breathed heavy on the internet lately, let alone broken it in half. Let’s see what links I can scrounge up.
The Top 70 Most Iconic Panels in Marvel History – Day 15
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 227
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 finish our look at Ultron Unlimited…
The Reread Reviews — Young Liars Finale Countdown (Issue 14)
In the lead-up to Young Liars ending on September 2 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 dance!
Lorendiac’s “Timeline: The Shifting Continuity of Hugo Strange”
Here is the archive of the lists Lorendiac posts here, and here is his latest piece!- BC. Over the last few years, I’ve occasionally stated in online discussions that Hugo Strange got the reboot treatment after COIE — “reboot” meaning that all of his previous appearances were flushed down the toilet and forgotten by him, [...]
Weekend Couch Potato
Once again, it’s time for a column made up of various shorter items that have been accumulating in my In Box. Most of these notes are about various DVD releases that have been arriving lately, so we’ll just call this the Home Video Roundup, I guess.
The Top 70 Most Iconic Panels in Marvel History – Day 14
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 226
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! Folks wanted to see what came next after yesterday’s Ultron Unlimited moment, so I’ll oblige today and tomorrow…
What I bought -12 August 2009
You know, this world is full of people who look a lot like Gavin McLeod!
The Reread Reviews — Young Liars Finale Countdown (Issue 13)
In the lead-up to Young Liars ending on September 2 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 dance!
Comic Book Legends Revealed #220
Welcome to the two-hundred and twentieth 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 nineteen. Comic Book Legends Revealed is now part of the larger Legends Revealed series, where I look into legends about the worlds [...]
The Top 70 Most Iconic Panels in Marvel History – Day 13
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 225
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 memorable moment from the Avengers storyline Ultron Unlimited…
