2010 January
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 14
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 moments posted so far! Today [...]
What Do You Think of Marvel’s Blackest Night Returns Program?
In case you haven’t heard already, Marvel is doing a special program (done on their own, Diamond Comics is not involved in the deal) where retailers can return 50 covers of unsold copies of certain DC comic books in return for a special variant cover for Siege #3. The books are: Adventure Comics #4 Booster [...]
What I bought – 13 January 2010
As a rightist professor pontificated, “When democracy gets democratic, it doesn’t work at all.” (Isabel Allende, from My Invented Country)
Attention Canadian Human Target Fans
- by Chad Nevett
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While the Fox adaptation of DC’s Human Target premieres on Sunday, the first episode will also be airing in Canada on CTV tomorrow (Friday) night at 10 pm, two days before the US premiere. It’s not unusual for this to happen as Canadian stations accomodate broadcasting shows from a variety of US networks (Studio 60 [...]
Can You Spot the Cuss Word on This Cover of Ka-Zar?
- by Brian Cronin
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Note: As the question clearly involves, you know, a cuss word, you might not want to read on if you have a problem with profanity. On the cover of Ka-Zar #1, from Marvel (a 1970 release), some people say that there is a curse word hidden on the cover. Can you spot it?
Pros and Cons of the Return of Birds of Prey
Yesterday, DC announced that Birds of Prey is returning with a brand new ongoing series written by Gail Simone and drawn by Ed Benes. PROS: Birds of Prey is returning with a brand new ongoing series written by Gail Simone CONS: and drawn by Ed Benes.
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 13
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 moments posted so far! Today [...]
Committed: Byrne’s Superman
In 1986, when John Byrne’s revamp of Superman came out, I was so excited. I was a teenager, and I suppose my taste was pretty cheesy at times…
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 12
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 moments posted so far! Today [...]
Manga Before Flowers — Manga Vocab!
This column is an attempt to address the fact that I often use manga vocabulary I don’t always explain when I write reviews or talk about manga in this forum. I assume (probably quite incorrectly) that if you are reading my posts you already know the terms I use most frequently. But recent comments from [...]
Random Thoughts! (January 12, 2010)
Random Thought! Fact: 2010? Better than 1910. It’s random thoughts time! Get excited!
Meta-Messages #2
This is the second in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) explaining the context behind, using reader danjack’s term, “meta-messages.” A meta-message is where a comic book writer comments on/references the work of another comic book in their comic. Each time around, I’ll give you the context behind one such “meta-message.” Today we look [...]
Scott’s Classic Comics Corner: Ned Kelly’s Impact on Western Comics
After re-reading Peter Carey’s excellent, True Story of the Kelly Gang, I decided to look up Australia’s notorious 19th Century outlaw on Wikipedia. I learned that a new Batman villain, the Swagman has a design based on Kelly gang’s armor. That’s all fine and dandy, but we should not forget the earlier impact of the [...]
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 11
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 moments posted so far! Today [...]
Danielle Leigh’s Reading Diary — Natsume’s Book of Friends vol 1
Yuki Midorikawa instantly becomes one of my favorite new comic book creators with her charming and sensitive portrayal of a young man who bridges two very different worlds — the human and the supernatural — in Natsume’s Book of Friends.
