2009 December
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 335
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 striking opening of Ed Brubaker’s lauded run on Captain America…
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 335
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 [...]
Top 75 Most Iconic DC Covers of All-Time #65-56
Here’s #65-56! Here‘s a master list of all the covers on the countdown so far! Enjoy!
Danielle Leigh’s Reading Diary — Viz Sig Releases
Today I take a look at the latest releases of two Viz Signature titles — Dogs: Bullets & Carnage and Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit.
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!!
The Advent Calendar For This Year!
For this year, I’m going to be doing an advent calendar for the blog, starting today. I know Advent actually started Sunday, but 1-24 is just a lot easier, so please forgive me. This year, in a sort of continuation from last year’s Advent Calendar, which was diferent Christmas cartoons by notable political cartoonists, I [...]
Random Thoughts! (December 1, 2009)
Random Thought! Winter’s coming! Winter’s coming! Winter’s coming! It’s random thoughts time! Get excited!
Glyph Awards Now Accepting Nominations! And a Certain Someone is a Judge This Year!
The Glyph Awards, the yearly awards for the best in black-themed comic books, is now accepting nominations for the 2010 Awards, which will be given out at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) in May 2010. And this year, I happen to be one of the judges! Click here for details on [...]
3 comics, 2 companies, 1 rant
Or; Why many, many superhero comics these days make me blue. (SPOILERS ahoy, by the way.)
Scott’s Classics Comics Corner: The Many Faces of Ace Comics
Ace Comics has a bit of an odd history. They were around for more than 15 years, and yet produced only 50 titles, none running more than 52 issues. They seemed to have a very focused publication schedule; ensuring that their handful of titles latched onto and then abandoned each new trend. Here’s a quick [...]
Manga Before Flowers — Recommendation Post #6
Eric Rupe gave me the following three key words: “Sci-Fi. Fantasy. Cyberpunk.” He also wrote “My favorite comic writer is Grant Morrison so anything similar to his work is also something I’d be interested in.” I thought I should mention there are really two “go to” titles that everyone would think of first when trying [...]
