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2009 December

A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 337

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 another notable retcon that Ed Brubaker introduced during his run on Captain America – this time re-examining [...]

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What I bought – 3 December 2009

They tax our policy, and call it cowardice, Count wisdom as no member of the war. Forestall prescience, and esteem no act But that of hand. The still and mental parts, That do contrive how many hands shall strike When fitness calls them on, and know by measure Of their observant toil the enemies’ weight [...]

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Powers #1 Review

I meant to write a bit on this last week, but I suppose I can just do it now! Powers finally returned this past week, with a brand-new #1 (the third reboot for the title), but really, the issue could just have easily contineud the original numbering, because while there is a decent amount of [...]

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Danielle Leigh’s Reading Diary — Pandora Hearts vol 1

Jun Mochizuki takes fairy tale symbols and logic and puts them through some kind of psychedelic wash in Pandora Hearts.  The results are fairly confusing, if surprisingly compelling.

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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 [...]

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A Year of Cool Comics – Day 337

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! We [...]

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Top 100 Comic Book Storylines #70-66

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.

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Top 75 Most Iconic DC Covers of All-Time #55-46

Here’s #55-46! Here‘s a master list of all the covers on the countdown so far! Enjoy!

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A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 336

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 cool moment from the first “season” of Planetary…

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Clear Room On Your Calendar This Sunday to Spend Fred Van Lente Day With Us!

And Mr. Fred Van Lente himself, who will be stopping by for an online chat with you, the readers, this Fred Van Lente Day (which is this Sunday), at 4pm Eastern time! So come share the holiday with us, and Fred Van Lente, of course! If you wish to join in the chat, just be [...]

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Guess the Real Spoiler! (December 2, 2009)

Welcome to the brand new Comics Should be Good game inspired by the US having its comics delayed a day because of Thanksgiving while comics still ship today in Canada (and other countries like Israel apparently). I thought this might be a fun way for me to lord my getting comics a day before most [...]

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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), all the way until Christmas Eve!!

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Comics You Should Own flashback – Automatic Kafka

Let’s update another old post in this series. This is the first one I wrote for PopCultureShock, which means it’s been gone from the Internet for quite some time. Yes, I’m starting to update the dead links in the archives. Huzzah! (Plus, there are SPOILERS below. Oh, and nudity. You’ve been warned!)

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A Year of Cool Comics – Day 336

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! We [...]

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Top 100 Comic Book Storylines #75-71

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.

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