2009 December
Random Thoughts! (December 8, 2009)
Random Thought! I had written the all-wrestling random thoughts column I promised in the comments section of last week’s post, but I was informed by Brian that my contract states that comics must be the central focus of all posts. Other topics can be mentioned and discussed, but this is Comics Should Be Good, not [...]
A review a day: Ed Contradictory #1-2
Here’s another comic book sent to me in the mail. Ah, mail. Is there anything it can’t do?
Scott’s Classic Comics Cover: A Ruff Overview of Dog Comics
A short while back, I discussed a great Gold Key one-shot called Duke, of the K-9 Patrol. It got me thinking about other canine-centric adventure titles and it occurred to be that this was really something of a subgenre during the 50s and 60s. I’m not taking about animated dogs such as Scooby-Doo or Pluto, [...]
Top 100 Comic Book Storylines #45-41
Here are the next five storylines on the countdown, as voted on by you, the readers!! Here is the master list of all storylines featured so far.
Top 75 Most Iconic DC Covers of All-Time #25-16
Here’s #25-16! Here‘s a master list of all the covers on the countdown so far! Enjoy!
2009 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar
Remember, each day, click on that day’s door to see what Christmas comic strip from a notable comic strip is featured for that day (you can also continue to look at previous day’s cartoons – by the by, depending on the size of your monitor, the strip might be reduced to fit your screen), all [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 341
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 finish our look at Incredible Hercules #114!
Danielle Leigh’s Reading Diary — Itazura Na Kiss vol 1
Kaoru Tada writes the contemporary romantic comedy shojo playbook in Itazura Na Kiss (1991-1999) but unlike many of her imitators, her characters always seem genuine even when they find themselves in fairly contrived “only in a shojo manga” situations.
A review a day: Lava-Roid #1
Hey! I’m back with some reviews of some comics a bit off the center of the radar screen. I had fun doing it in a “review-a-day” format, so let’s do that again, shall we? I wasn’t planning on reviewing single issues when I do these, but what the hell. For the next few days I’ll [...]
She Has No Head! – Awesome Women In Comics Holiday Gift List 2009
So the holidays are upon us and you’ve decided that in these tough economic times you want to support the industry by giving everyone on your list comics*. And not only that, but you want to take it one step further and only give female positive comics…well, in that super specific case you’ve found the [...]
Manga Before Flowers — Recommendation Post #7
Rin wrote the following, “I like josei / shojo series that are not too romantic or smutty, my two favourites are Honey and Clover and NANA.” I could not have asked for a request more up my alley. I’m not recommending Ai Yazawa’s Paradise Kiss because I assume everyone who reads NANA has also read [...]
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 341
Here is the latest in our year-long look at one cool comic (whether it be a self-contained work, an ongoing comic or a run on a long-running title that featured multiple creative teams on it over the years) a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here‘s the archive of the comics posted so far! Sweet [...]
Top 100 Comic Book Storylines #50-46
Here are the next five storylines on the countdown, as voted on by you, the readers!! Here is the master list of all storylines featured so far.
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 340
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, what else – a comic co-written by Fred Van Lente!!!
And a Partridge With Fred Van Lente!
Thanks so much to Bret Taylor (of Howyadoin Graphics – be sure to check his site out) for the drawing! That just about does it for Fred Van Lente Day 2009, folks! I hope you had fun! And most importantly of all, Happy Fred Van Lente Day!!
