2009 September
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 273
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! Here is the last cool Casanova moment, from the beginning of the second storyline!
Short And Sweet Review For New Shang-Chi Master Of Kung Fu One Shot
- by Brad Curran
- in General
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It’s awesome. Everyone should buy it, but especially Greg Hatcher, because it is pandering to him pretty heavily. But everyone should (hopefully) enjoy the lead story, by Jonathan Hickman and Kody Chamberlin, where Shang-Chi and Deadpool bond over hot dogs and something awesome happens frequently (at least every other panel; I’ll have to re-read to [...]
9/30 — Cynical Comic Book Guy Says…
I saw a guy reading the new Teen Titans on the bus and instead of thinking “Gee, that guy’s reading a comic on the bus! Awesome!” I thought, “Why is that idiot reading that piece of crap comic?”
Top Five Most Iconic Captain America Covers
Here are the top five most iconic covers featuring Captain America (with iconic being determined partially subjectively by what covers are called to mind when one thinks of Captain America, but first being determined with a prominent objective standard of whether a cover is homaged a lot or featured a lot in histories of the [...]
Lorendiac’s Lists: Character Aliases that Marvel and DC Have Both Used (4th Draft)
Here is the archive of the lists Lorendiac posts here, and here is his latest piece!- BC. Let’s suppose you hear from a Very Reliable Source that a new miniseries is scheduled; it will be a joint effort from Marvel and DC. It will feature the following characters, all of whom have previously appeared in [...]
Sorta Defeats the Purpose, No?
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
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From Dark Wolverine #77… Unbenown to Norman Osborn, Reed is secretly communicating with Daken (this is all part of Daken’s plans to basically screw everyone over to help himself). However, genius that Reed is, his “secret” communication (which he even quite thoughtfully encrypts) has his name on it. Sorta defeats the purpose, no?
Top Five Most Iconic Barry Allen Covers
Here are the top five most iconic covers featuring Barry Allen (with iconic being determined partially subjectively by what covers are called to mind when one thinks of Barry Allen, but first being determined with a prominent objective standard of whether a cover is homaged a lot or featured a lot in histories of the [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 272
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! Here is the first of the last two cool Casanova moments on the list!
Danielle Leigh’s Reading Diary — 20th Century Boys vol 4 & 5
With volumes 4 and 5 of his epic 20th Century Boys, Naoki Urasawa delivers not “a gripping drama about men who save the world from annihilation,” as one character requests of two unsuccessful manga artists in volume 5, but a story that is much more complicated and brave than that.
Cronin Theory of Comics – At Least Explain Characterization Changes
I’m totally cool with the idea of Writer X coming on to a book and deciding that she/he wants to change the characterization of a character. I mean, if I think the change is a poor one it’ll irritate me, but at least it’ll be a case where I get it – the writer has [...]
Random Thoughts! (September 29, 2009)
I hate Brad Curran! It’s random thoughts time! Get excited!
Comics You Should Own – The Incredible Hulk #454-467
Yes, it’s the end of Peter David’s epic run on this title. And yes, I skipped some of his run. Sorry, they’re just not ones you should own!
Scott’s Classic Comics Corner: More Gold Key One-Shots
Earlier in the year, I looked at some of the terrific one-shots Gold Key produced. I decided it was high time to revisit this topic and take a look at another handful of one-shots. I’ve tried to steer clear of movie adaptations and books basked on TV shows as the number of candidates would be [...]
This is Good – Eric Trautmann Continues to Get Gigs
Early last year, I wrote a piece about Eric Trautmann, who, at the time, had just gotten passed over to be the new Checkmate writer (which would have made waaaay too much sense for it to actually happen). At the time, I noted that Trautmann was looking for writing gigs and that I hoped that [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 271
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! After that quick break for porn, back to Casanova!
