2010 June
Scott’s Classic Comics Corner: Some Understated 100th Issues
According to the little counter on the right hand margin of this stie, this is my 100th installment of the Classic Comics Corner. Beginning with Comics on Parade #100, comic books have typically celebrated their 100th issue with some sort of special issue. This week, I’m taking a look at some classic comics that had [...]
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 172
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 [...]
A review a day: Tumor
I love it when a book for which I have huge expectations lives up to my own hype! Whoo-hoo!
She Has No Head! – Review: Neil Young’s Greendale
Neil Young’s Greendale. Joshua Dysart (writer). Cliff Chiang (art). Dave Stewart (colors). Todd Klein (letters). Karen Berger (editor). Vertigo. 160 pages. Color. Hardcover. $19.99 I’ve mentioned my as yet unpublished novel a few times before in this column because it happened to relate cursorily to whatever I was talking about that week. But there’s nothing [...]
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 171
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 [...]
A review a day: Power Out volume 1
Yes, another first volume of a longer story. Dare I go online and continue reading? You already know the answer!!!!!!
Meta-Messages #6
This is the sixth in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) explaining the context behind (using reader danjack’s term) “meta-messages.” A meta-message is where a comic book writer comments on/references the work of another comic book in their comic. Each time around, I’ll give you the context behind one such “meta-message.” Here is an [...]
Sunday Brunch: 6/20/10
We’re light on links this week, but there are some intriguing things to think about in today’s post, as well as a bit of a rant, a bit of a ramble, and a bit of a review. Onwards! QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What comic series or topic is the internet ignoring? What needs to be [...]
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 170
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 [...]
Hexed Weekend
“I can’t make up my mind,” I admitted to my wife. “I mean, on the one hand, there’s the Megan Fox Rule. On the other, well… it’s Jonah Hex. I love Jonah Hex, it’s been one of my favorite comics for decades.”
A review a day: Stuck Rubber Baby
I suppose I should have read this 15 years ago, but I took a while. So sue me. Now, it’s been re-released, and I read it this time! Yay, me!
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 169
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 [...]
Cliff Chiang Signing at Rocketship Tonight!
- by Brian Cronin
- in Events Calendar
Last minute notice, I know, but if you’re in Brooklyn, stop by some time tonight to see star artist Cliff Chiang (he’s the bestest) at Rocketship do a signing to commemorate the release of Greendale this week!
A review a day: Moving Pictures
More Second World War stuff, this time from the Team Supreme of Canada!
Comic Book Legends Revealed #265
Welcome to the two-hundred and sixty-fifth 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-four. Comic Book Legends Revealed is part of the larger Legends Revealed series, where I look into legends about the worlds of [...]
