2009 November
What I bought – 11 November 2009
“I love my dead gay son!” The Anchor #2 (“Five Furies Part Two: Bark and Hide, Bone and Root”) by Phil Hester (writer), Brian Churilla (artist), Matthew Wilson (colorist), and Johnny Lowe (letterer). $3.99, 22 pgs, FC, Boom! Studios.
Nice to See Jeff Parker Getting a Big Push
Marvel released two more promotional pieces for their “Fall of the Hulks” storyline.
Comic Book Gallimaufry: Pithier Than “Observations On A Variety Of Sequential Arts Periodical Readings”
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I’m 27 years old. That happened recently. Also, I’ve been reading some comics. I’ll talk about that at you some after the jump, if you like.
Manga Before Flowers — Recommendation Post #1
A few things — no single manga is going to perfectly fit some of the great requests I’ve received in the last post, but I’m going to do my best to give people a few options that might work for them! Feel free to chime in with your own thoughts if you think I’ve missed [...]
Nostalgia November Day 12 — Transformers #63
Each day in November, I will read and review/discuss/whatever one comic taken from a box of some of my childhood comics. Today, it’s Transformers #63. The Nostalgia November archive can be found here.
The Top 75 Most Iconic Covers in DC History – Day 11
Okay, in case you didn’t see the introduction, the concept is that each day up to and including the 23rd of November, I’ll be posting four iconic covers from DC Comics’ 75-year history. On the 23rd, you folks will get a chance to pick your Top 10 out of the 90 choices. I’ll tabulate the [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 315
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! A commenter wanted me to celebrate Veteran’s Day with a Cool Comic Book Moment, so fair enough, tomorrow we’ll get the [...]
Manga Before Flowers — Danielle Will Tell You What To Read!
One of the things I first did when I joined the blog (after introducing myself, of course) was make a three-part post of manga recommendations for adults (assuming, of course, that would be of greatest interest to this crowd). But that was a while ago and I figured since I’m always telling MarkAndrew what to [...]
Nostalgia November Day 11 — All-Star Squadron Annual #1
Each day in November, I will read and review/discuss/whatever one comic taken from a box of some of my childhood comics. Today, it’s All-Star Squadron annual #1. The Nostalgia November archive can be found here.
The Top 75 Most Iconic Covers in DC History – Day 10
Okay, in case you didn’t see the introduction, the concept is that each day up to and including the 23rd of November, I’ll be posting four iconic covers from DC Comics’ 75-year history. On the 23rd, you folks will get a chance to pick your Top 10 out of the 90 choices. I’ll tabulate the [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 314
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! A commenter wanted me to celebrate the 234th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps, so fine, I’ll take a break [...]
Nostalgia November Day 10 — Primortals #1
Each day in November, I will read and review/discuss/whatever one comic taken from a box of some of my childhood comics. Today, it’s Primortals #1. The Nostalgia November archive can be found here.
Danielle Leigh’s Reading Diary — Moyasimon vol 1
Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture, by Masayuki Ishikawa, is one of the rare examples in manga of an outlandishly original concept — boy can see germs with the naked eye — which is actually executed quite smartly.
Welcome, Kelly Thompson!
Let’s have a big welcome to Kelly Thompson, who is going to be doing a new regular column for the blog. Kelly is a writer and artist who has a neat blog called 1979 Semi-Finalist. She also writes for the TV review blog, The Best Shows You’re Not Watching. Kelly’s column is called “She Has [...]
Random Thoughts! (November 10, 2009)
Random Thought! Brian Cronin is a pretty cool guy. It’s random thoughts time! Get excited!
