2010 May
A review a day: Pug
Derek McCulloch, writer of Pug, was nice enough to send me a galley proof of this graphic novel, so let’s check it out!
Three Comic Art Legends Working Together on New Satirical Book
- by Brian Cronin
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Erich Origen and Gan Golan, the team behind “Goodnight Bush” (the popular parody of President George W. Bush, as told through the “Goodnight Moon” children’s book), have teamed up again for a superhero parody of the current economic crisis, Unemployed Man. And along for the ride are three comic art legends – Ramona Fradon (two [...]
Thank You, Bryan H.!
- by Brian Cronin
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So, back at the end of March I did two installments of Year of Cool Comics on Strangeways: Murder Moon and Stagger Lee. I saw that and thought, “Huh, that’s a funny coincidence – back-to-back days and they both begin with ‘ST’.” So then I thought, “Hey, I wonder how many ‘ST’ comics I could [...]
The Greatest Beast Boy/Changeling Stories Ever Told! – Voting
Here’s the latest of the daily voting threads for The Greatest ____ Stories Ever Told! I’m doing a bit of a “Splash Page Tribute” for four days. I’ll be choosing two creators that were at the center of a “Top 10 Stories” debate between Chad and Tim (who do the Splash Page Podcast) (Warren Ellis [...]
The Greatest Geoff Johns Stories Ever Told! – Voting
Here’s the latest of the daily voting threads for The Greatest ____ Stories Ever Told! I’m doing a bit of a “Splash Page Tribute” for four days. I’ll be choosing two creators that were at the center of a “Top 10 Stories” debate between Chad and Tim (who do the Splash Page Podcast) (Warren Ellis [...]
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 125
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 [...]
The Greatest Darkseid Stories Ever Told!
Every day in May we will reveal the greatest stories ever told starring a particular character or written/drawn by a particular creator (and throughout the month, you’ll get daily chances to vote for NEXT week’s lists). These lists are voted on by YOU, the reader! Here is the list of characters/creators featured so far (along [...]
Danielle Leigh’s Reading Diary — From Me to Natsume
Today I review the latest volumes of two of my favorite on-going shojo series — Kimi Ni Todoke: From Me to You volume 4 and Natsume’s Book of Friends volume 2.
A review a day: The Secret History Omnibus
I reviewed every issue of this as they came out, but it took quite a while, so let’s check out the giant-sized collection of the first seven issues! This is in honor of the new issue, which came out today!
Committed: Accidental Comic Reading
- by Sonia Harris
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This week I almost feel like I ought to issue a public health warning or something. I can’t remember which was the US TV station that used to give you helpful/obvious information/warnings and then show that rainbow with the tagline “the more you know”, but this is sort of like that. Simultaneously, I also have [...]
The Greatest Steve Englehart Stories Ever Told!
Every day in May we will reveal the greatest stories ever told starring a particular character or written/drawn by a particular creator (and throughout the month, you’ll get daily chances to vote for NEXT week’s lists). These lists are voted on by YOU, the reader! Here is the list of characters/creators featured so far (along [...]
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 124
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 [...]
The Greatest Thor Stories Ever Told! – Voting
Here’s the latest of the daily voting threads for The Greatest ____ Stories Ever Told! I’m doing a bit of a “Splash Page Tribute” for four days. I’ll be choosing two creators that were at the center of a “Top 10 Stories” debate between Chad and Tim (who do the Splash Page Podcast) (Warren Ellis [...]
Comics You Should Own flashback – Camelot 3000
Moving on with the reconstruction of the archives, we come to this. What could be the deal with this?
Random Thoughts! (May 4, 2010)
Random Thoughts! Yes, comics thoughts this week. Hopefully. It’s random thoughts time! Get excited!
