2009 September
Danielle Leigh’s Reading Diary — Tale of the Waning Moon vol 1
Hyouta Fujiyama steps out of her usual genre — contemporary yaoi romance — and comes up with a hilariously absurd take on RPG in Tale of the Waning Moon, in which our traveler is a young lovelorn man who has been sent on a mission to fall into the arms of his “fated one.” Who [...]
A review a day: The Big Kahn
A few days ago, I reviewed a book about a woman whose father has lied to her his entire life. That must be a theme in graphic novels this year, because here’s another book about a lying father!
9/13 – If Only…
The Defenders cover text box didn’t have to lie just to make Hawkeye feel better…
Sunday Brunch: 9/13/09
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Every comic you own is magically redrawn overnight by one particular artist. Who is it? Links below.
Top Five Most Iconic Hawkeye Covers
Here are the top five most iconic covers featuring Hawkeye (with iconic being determined mostly subjectively by what covers are called to mind when one thinks of Hawkeye, 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 character). The [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 255
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 neat Joker/Superman moment from John Byrne’s Superman run…
A review a day: You Have Killed Me
Another day, another review! This time, it’s a noir tale of crime and lust! Aren’t they all?
Top Five Most Iconic Lobo Covers
Here are the top five most iconic covers featuring Lobo (with iconic being determined mostly subjectively by what covers are called to mind when one thinks of Lobo, 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 character). The [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 254
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 rough moment in the life of Wonder Woman, courtesy of Greg Rucka and Drew Johnson…
A Look Back at the Effect of 9/11 on Comics
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
- 4 Comments
Don MacPherson has a great piece on the effects of the 9/11 tragedy on the world of comics. Check it out here.
The 16 Best Team-Up Book Runs: # 6-4
- by MarkAndrew
- in General
- 19 Comments
Fine, fine, fine. Y’all like the White Rabbit? I’ll give you the White Rabbit! (And if the response in fandom in GENERAL is as strong as it was in the comments to this last post, Marvel’s sitting on a potential gold-mine here.) Anyway, here are the first few parts of the list. 15-14 13-11 10-9 [...]
Drawn & Quarterly Anniversary Party Saturday Night at Rocketship!
Drawn & Quarterly is celebrating 20 amazing years in business this Saturday night at Rocketship in Brooklyn in conjunction with Drawn & Quarterly exhibiting at the Brooklyn Book Festival. You should stop by if you’re in the neighborhood. I’ll be there! Check out Rocketship’s website for directions and more information.
What I bought – 10 September 2009
If your best friend Harry has a brother Larry, who in five days from now is gonna marry, why would Larry hope you can make it there, if you can, ’cause in the ceremony you’ll be the best man? That doesn’t make any sense!
A review a day: The Impostor’s Daughter
Let’s check out a book that’s been getting some good press out there in the real world, shall we?
This Year’s Long Weekend on the Road
Julie and I had to delay our annual back-roads bookscouting expedition this year, but we did get one.
