2010 April
Comic Critics #112!
Here is the latest installment of the Comic Critics strip, courtesy of Sean Whitmore (writer) and Brandon Hanvey (artist)! You can check out the first hundred and eleven strips at the archive here and you can read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog. Enjoy!
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 94
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 [...]
Greg reviews every manga series he reads, part 3: Ooku: The Inner Chambers
This only has two volumes out so far, so it’s not further up on the list, but dang, it’s good.
DC/Marvel Character Tourney Finals Voting!
The final round of voting begins now! Simply choose your favorite (whether it be that you think they’re more interesting, more appealing, whatever criteria you want to use) in the following match-up. The voting concludes at 10pm (Eastern) Monday night! The seeding was mostly based on the results of our 2007 DC/Marvel Character Poll and [...]
Find Out Who Made It To the DC/Marvel Character Tourney Finals!
Here are the winners from the Final Four! Out of 1,789 votes, the results were… 1. Batman (Bruce Wayne) 1,483 83% 2. Rorschach 306 17% Out of 1,767 votes, the results were… 1. Spider-Man (Peter Parker) 1,283 73% 1. Wolverine (Logan) 484 27% Voting for the finals begins in a minute!
Sunday Brunch: 4/4/10
Brunch? Hah! The semi-new format begins here, as a full meal of links, musings, reviews, and unwitty witticisms awaits you beneath the cut on this Easter Sunday. QUESTION(S) OF THE WEEK: With the new Twilight graphic novel selling heavily despite being blindingly awful, it’s got me thinking: Should comics adapt prose works? Which novels would [...]
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 93
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 [...]
Flippin’ through Previews – April 2010
There is one book in Previews, issue #259, that you must order. YOU MUST!!!! But, pray tell, which one might it be? Can you guess????
Greg Rucka Departs DC Comics
As you might have heard, Greg Rucka is not going to be working at DC Comics for the foreseeable future. This, of course, means that Rucka is no longer going to be able to continue the fantastic work he’s been doing on Batwoman and the Question. Heck, this puts Batwoman’s future at DC totally into [...]
Comics Are Awesome #31
Clearly, Smilin’ Jack is a fan of natural male enhancement.
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 92
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 [...]
And Friday’s Contestants Are…
This is just a silly little thing I’ve been meaning to write up for a while, an amusing comics-related moment from the single nerdiest DVD box set I own.
Comic Book Legends Revealed #254
Welcome to the two-hundred and fifty-fourth 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 fifty-three. 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 91
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 I bought – 31 March 2010
I watched Count Tolstoy leave and thought how it is not he who knows the truth who is right, but he who is convinced of the truth of his lie. (Milorad Pavić, from Landscape Painted With Tea)





