2009 September
Top Five Most Iconic Hal Jordan Covers
Here are the top five most iconic covers featuring Hal Jordan (with iconic being determined partially subjectively by what covers are called to mind when one thinks of Hal Jordan, 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 [...]
Danielle Leigh’s Reading Diary — Yotsuba&! vol 6
Our long national nightmare ends now that another volume of our favorite comic, featuring the everyday adventures of a green-haired five year old girl named Yotsuba, has been released.
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 263
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 the Cherries clash with…the Pirates of Coney Island (the clash is not without its share [...]
Top Five Most Iconic Thing Covers
Here are the top five most iconic covers featuring the Thing (with iconic being determined partially subjectively by what covers are called to mind when one thinks of the Thing, 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 [...]
The Reread Reviews — Hicksville
And now for something completely different… at least, different from the usual reread review material that I’ve been doing for a while. Spoilers, of course.
The Pithiest Reviews Ever (Slightly Less Pithy Than Advertised)
- by Brad Curran
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Paragraphs and complete sentences; these things are unnecessary when reviewing comics. All I need is sentence fragments and pop culture references. Okay, there will be footnotes for the slow members of the class.
Broken News: Jeph Loeb Totally Glad Everyone Is Mad At James Robinson And Not Him
(Disclaimer: This is satire. Or parody. Some sort of comedic, protected speech that no one can sue me, Brian, or Jonah over. Trust me. It’s also 100% a figment of my imagination. So, hopefully, I’ll only face scorn from the comments section over not being “funny” or “coherent” or “not worthy of existing”, or whatever [...]
A review a day: 10 Beautiful Assassins
Look! Some new-fangled thing all the kids are calling “man-GA.” Or is it “MAN-ga”? Oh, why can’t the Japanese speak English like the rest of us???? And I apologize in advance for not using any of the correct terminology. I’m just dim-witted that way!
Sunday Brunch: 9/20/09
Thank goodness this post didn’t go up on Talk Like a Pirate Day. We all dodged a bullet there. QUESTION OF THE WEEK– U-DECIDE!: New Justice League lineup– the lamest one ever? Links below! No lynxes, though.
Top Five Most Iconic Swamp Thing Covers
Here are the top five most iconic covers featuring Swamp Thing (with iconic being determined partially subjectively by what covers are called to mind when one thinks of the Swamp Thing, but first being determined with a prominent objective standard of whether a cover is homaged a lot or featured a lot in histories of [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 262
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 meet Ginger Brown, who is meeting her new partner, Bigfoot, in Proof #1…
Randomer (Fever Enhanced) Thoughts!
I have a cold. I will now try to pass it on to our readers via the blog. Get sick and miss work!
A review a day: Dark Entries
Hey! It’s the new Vertigo line of crime/mystery graphic novels! How neat!
Top Five Most Iconic Punisher Covers
Here are the top five most iconic covers featuring the Punisher (with iconic being determined partially subjectively by what covers are called to mind when one thinks of the Punisher, 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 261
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 next big turning point in Robert Kirkman’s Invincible…





