2009 September
A review a day: Awakening volume 1
Are they zombies? Or aren’t they? We may never know!
Friday in the Wayback Machine
During the summer of 1975, the way I read comics went through a major sea change. And because of that, the course my life eventually took changed as well.
Comic Book Legends Revealed #225
Welcome to the two-hundred and twenty-fifth 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-four. Comic Book Legends Revealed is now part of the larger Legends Revealed series, where I look into legends about the worlds [...]
Top Five Most Iconic Red Skull Covers
Here are the top five most iconic covers featuring the Red Skull (with iconic being determined partially subjectively by what covers are called to mind when one thinks of the Red Skull, but first being determined with a prominent objective standard of whether a cover is homaged a lot or featured a lot in histories [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 260
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 turning point in Robert Kirkman’s Invincible…
What I bought – 16 September 2009
“Stop hitting people with your Rex Harrison hat!”
The Top 16 Best Team-Up Book Runs: # 2-3
- by MarkAndrew
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And back! All Spider-man all the time this time ’round. Click the “Best Team-Up Books” tag at the bottom for previous installments.
Randomer Thoughts: Micro Reviews!
- by Brad Curran
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Yeah, this randomer thoughts thing is my shtick. See how long it lasts before I get bored (or Nevett internet sues me for ripping him off (even if I did the random thoughts thing here first)(first!!!!)).
A review a day: Some New Kind of Slaughter
Today’s comic is officially titled Some New Kind of Slaughter – or – Lost in the Flood (and How We Found Home Again): Diluvian Myths From Around the World. Now that’s a title!
Comic Critics #85!
Here is the latest installment of the Comic Critics strip, courtesy of Sean Whitmore (writer) and Brandon Hanvey (artist)! You can check out the first eighty-four strips at the archive here and you can read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog. Enjoy!
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 259
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 introduction of the lead character of Rick Remender and Tony Moore’s Fear Agent…
Randomer Thoughts On New Comic Book Day
- by Brad Curran
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That’s right Nevett, I’m upping the ante! By slinging together a bunch of semi coherent musings on my trip to the LCS before I pass out from exhaustion! Get bowel quakingly terrified!
Top Five Most Iconic Question Covers
Here are the top five most iconic covers featuring The Question (with iconic being determined partially subjectively by what covers are called to mind when one thinks of The Question, 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 review a day: Gauze
Today: A comic that’s a perfect example of how bad art can almost ruin a good story, and why all editors in the world should be replaced … by me!
So, 600 Postcards, Huh?
- by Brian Cronin
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As I just posted, 200 people were willing to pledge to purchase an Aquaman hoodie. To repeat, 200 people were willing to pledge to pay $55 for this. So when DC announced the other week that if they received 600 postcards requesting that they renumber Wonder Woman (as she’d be approaching her 600th issue soon) [...]
