2010 February
Committed: Flying
Out of all of the fantasies of having super powers that I’ve had over the years – super-strength, invisibility, telepathy, stretchiness, super-speed, x-ray vision, prescience, being green, ninja killing techniques, invulnerability – I’ve never thought about being able to fly.
Lorendiac’s Lists: Timeline of First and Final Appearances of Every Supergirl, Superwoman, Etc. (5th Draft)
Here is the archive of the lists Lorendiac posts here, and here is his latest piece!- BC. Some of you may remember previous Drafts of this work, although it’s been three years since I posted the last one. Now it’s back! It is one of the longest things I have ever posted at once on [...]
Scott’s Classic Comics Corner: 1949 – A Year In Review Part 2
Continuing from last week’s entry, here’s a further look at what was happening in funnybooks in 1949. To do justice to this year (which gets more and more interesting the more I peel away at the onion), I’ve divided into 3 parts:
Blammo #5 Review
Blammo #5 is a full-color issue of Noah Van Sciver’s Blammo series. Each issue of Blammo consists of a series of short stories on a variety of topics. With such an eclectic mix of stories, it is extremely impressive to note just how many of the stories Van Sciver completely nails. This is a great [...]
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 40
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 [...]
Scenes from a Box of Comics: Part the First
It’s been quite a while, but it’s time once again for the world’s most behind-the-times comics reviews! We’ll start with a couple of reviews that had been sitting in the “Drafts” folder for a few months, and then launch into some reviews that are considerably more up-to-date– but not too up-to-date. I have a reputation [...]
Random Thoughts! (February 9, 2010)
Random Thought! I’m still tired. It’s random thoughts time! Get excited!
2/9 – Well-Mannered Weller says…
- by Bill Reed
- in General
- 27 Comments
Dearest Friends at Dynamite Entertainment, Were you to entertain the notion of a second RoboCop comic book periodical series and wished it to be one of high repute, I would, without hesitation, recommend my good friend Bill Reed, a writer of fine caliber and excellent breeding. I am certain that he could bring infinite justice [...]
Phonogram: The Singles Club #7 and the joy of comics
The final issue of Phonogram: The Singles Club comes out tomorrow. I wasn’t going to bring it up early, but Kieron Gillen sent me the issue through the electronic mail, so I figured I would. Deal with it!
Moon Knight Back to the Avengers?
See the question mark? That signifies that I am not positive about this one, unlike yesterday’s promo definitely being the Beast. In any event, Marvel has released the second Secret Avengers promo, and I think it is most likely Moon Knight. The shape works and the tagline fits (actually pretty damn perfectly, as the current [...]
Tenma the Saint: Thoughts on Monster vol 1-7 PART 1
In Monster, Naoki Urasawa asks “is killing someone ever justified?” I don’t mind the asking of the question, but the qualified answer that is given kind of bothers me. The reason the answer is “qualified” is because the test-case appears to be the saintly Dr. Tenma’s quest to end the life of the titular monster. [...]
Time to Burn Your Retinas, People!
Mike Sterling, of the always entertaining Progressive Ruin, has made the move from Blogger to WordPress and now has a new design for his site. It is really, really bright white. I mention this only because, hey, it’s an excuse to link to a fun comic book site, so why not, right? Welcome to WordPress, [...]
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 39
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 [...]
Thoughts on the Latest Addition to Wizard’s Family of Comic Cons
Don MacPherson has an interesting editorial up about the news that Wizard has purchased another convention to add to the 10 cons they already had in their Wizard World family of conventions. Do you agree with Don’s reservations?
2/8 – Gratuitous Guttenberg says…
- by Bill Reed
- in General
- 20 Comments
I expect Marvel to announce “Next Avengers” by Ellis and Immonen any day now. Nextwave by any other name would smell as sweet. (Update: A Cornell/Kirk “Avengers U.K.” would also be nice. If you’re gonna be milking, pick a strong teat.)
