2010 February
What I’m reading – Portland Noir; The More Than Complete Action Philosophers!
- by Greg Burgas
- in General
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There’s nothing cooler than reading!
Beast Back to the Avengers!
Well, Secret Avengers, at least. Marvel released their first Secret Avengers promo, and it’s pretty clearly Beast (click to enlarge). Now it makes you wonder what Secret Avengers will be (great name, by the way). Ed Brubaker and Mike Deodato will be the creative team, so I’m guessing it almost certainly will be the replacement [...]
She Has No Head! – Discovering The Unknown
The Unknown. Mark Waid (writer), Minck Oosterveer (art). Boom! Studios. $24.99. Hardback, slipcover edition. Mark Waid and Minck Oosterveer’s The Unknown starts very strong. Strong enough that by the second page I knew that unless things really went off the rails at some point, that I would be reading straight through until the end. And [...]
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 38
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 [...]
There’s something disturbingly sexy …
- by Greg Burgas
- in General
- 23 Comments
… about Blondie’s referee outfit: (Let’s face it – Blondie and Dagwood think it’s sexy, too. Why else would she own it unless it was to play depraved sex games with Dagwood involving penalties against the “tight end” and the “pulling guard” and where the “safety” is brought into play? Another question is – does [...]
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 37
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 [...]
It’s another edition of Name That Artist – the sensation that’s sweeping the Internet!
- by Greg Burgas
- in General
- 27 Comments
Okay, maybe not. But these are always fun, aren’t they?
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 36
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 [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #246
Welcome to the two-hundred and forty-sixth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of the previous two hundred and forty-five. Comic Book Legends Revealed is part of the larger Legends Revealed series, where I look into legends about the worlds of [...]
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 35
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 — Kimi Ni Todoke vol 3
Today’s romance comic, Kimi Ni Todoke: From Me To You, features a simple but moving story about a group of young people getting to know and care for each other
What I bought – 3 February 2010
Turkish influence would have been better for Georgia than Russian influence, because Atatürk took a backward Turkey and made it modern, while Lenin and Stalin took a directionless Russia and made it backward. (Robert Kaplan, from Eastward to Tartary)
02/04 — Cynical Comic Book Guy Says…
The bad joke about further Watchmen material is that 99.9999% of the people who bitch about the idea will still buy whatever DC puts out.
2/4 – If Only…
Everyone’s dreams could come true… (Sadly, this was just someone messing with Cap’s head. It hardened him to the point where when he finally did meet Fury, he was unenthusiastic)





