2010 May
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 141
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 Kurt Busiek Stories Ever Told! – Voting
Here’s the latest of the daily voting threads for The Greatest ____ Stories Ever Told! Our next creator up for voting is Kurt Busiek. Busiek has done a series of notable comics for Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse, Valiant and his own creator-owned company! Some of these series include Astro City, Marvels, Conan, Avengers, JLA, [...]
Friday In The Old Neighborhood
I don’t know if this ever happens to you, but it happens to me a lot, at least with my older books.
Comic Book Legends Revealed #261
Welcome to the two-hundred and sixty-first 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 sixty. Comic Book Legends Revealed is part of the larger Legends Revealed series, where I look into legends about the worlds of [...]
The Greatest Marv Wolfman 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 140
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 Hawkeye Stories Ever Told! – Voting
Here’s the latest of the daily voting threads for The Greatest ____ Stories Ever Told! Our next character up for voting is Hawkeye! Of all the Avengers who never had a long-lasting ongoing title, Hawkeye is probably the most popular. He’s had a series of classic tales while a member of the Avengers and the [...]
What I bought – 19 May 2010
They hated Thomas for his courage, his brief moment as a bird. Everybody has dreams about flying. Thomas flew. One of his dreams came true for just a second, just enough to make it real. (Sherman Alexie, from “This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona”)
The Greatest Keith Giffen 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 139
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 Mark Millar Stories Ever Told! – Voting
Here’s the latest of the daily voting threads for The Greatest ____ Stories Ever Told! Our next creator up for voting is Mark Millar. Millar has been one of the most successful comic book writers of the past ten years, writing a number of hit comics for DC, Marvel and Image Comics. This is on [...]
Avengers #1 Review
You have to give Brian Michael Bendis this much – when you figure he will zig, he zags. I don’t think anyone would have expected that the first issue of the whole “return to the classic Avengers” deal would revolve around the plot of the Marvel Straight-to-DVD movie, “Next Avengers,” about the sons and daughters [...]
Happy Avengers Day!
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
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In honor of the release of today’s Avengers #1 by Brian Michael Bendis and John Romita Jr., Marvel is designating today, May 19th, as Avengers Day, an actual Marvel holiday which was first celebrated in Avengers #45, which you can see below, along with a link to a cool list of the Best Avengers Stories [...]
Committed: Superhero Job Satisfaction
Superheroes don’t get career choices. They’re beings with powers which dictate what they’ll do. Unlike us, with our grab bag of vague skills and strengths, we’re asked to believe that having a super power is so overwhelming that it forces people into one specific career. They must be vigilantes, living outside of society’s rules… Really?
The Greatest Rogue 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 [...]
