2010 July
Blogathon 2010 Tomorrow!
Tomorrow (July 17), starting at 9am, this year’s blogathon will begin at GraphiContent. That means I will be posting every 30 minutes for a full 24 hours (49 posts in total). This year, I will be discussing pretty much all of the Hellblazer comics I own (list here) and will be doing so to raise [...]
Blue Moon Reviews — Afterschool Charisma, Vol. 1
Sigmund Freud. Florence Nightingale. Napoleon Bonaparte. These are not merely the names of eminent historical figures. They are also the names of students at a certain high school. These children are the fruit of leading-edge genetic engineering technology. In other words… they are clones.
Friday In An Age Undreamed Of — no, the OTHER One.
This is something that I’ve never been able to figure out.
Comic Book Legends Revealed #269
Welcome to the two-hundred and sixty-ninth 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-eight. 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 196
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, [...]
NANA Project #6: Volumes 11 and 12
I’m happy to welcome everyone back after a brief hiatus from the NANA project! We took a very interesting detour last time to discuss the various ways the NANA manga had been edited for the North American marketplace. This time around, Melinda, Michelle and I discuss the new emotional status quo between Nana and Hachi [...]
The 75 Most Memorable Moments in DC Comics History Master List
Here’s a list of the moments posted so far (posted in no particular order) that you will be able to choose from for your top ten picks for the “Most Memorable Moments in DC Comics History when the voting starts July 31st (you can find more details here). Remember that point – these are not [...]
The 75 Most Memorable Moments in DC Comics History!
DC Comics is celebrating 2010 as their 75th Anniversary, so I figure we might as well celebrate their history a little here, too! So each day for the rest of this month I will be posting the most memorable moments from the history of DC Comics. When all is said and done, there will be [...]
Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason on Batman and Robin? Thumbs Up
Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason taking over Batman and Robin is very good news. I mean, obviously, I’d prefer it be Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, but hell, I’m sure Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason would prefer the book be Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. But if you’re not going to have Grant Morrison on [...]
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 195
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 [...]
Superman #701 – There’s Something Beneath That Facileness
There are a whooooooooooole lot of silly arguments in Superman #701, where writer J. Michael Straczynski sets up ridiculously simplistic straw man positions and then has Superman triumphantly quash the arguments. That’s really quite annoying (and if it keeps up, it could be a major detraction from the “Grounded” storyline), but luckily, there is enough [...]
Batman #701 – Least Essential Comic of the Week
- by Brian Cronin
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It’s kind of sad to see a comic book pretty much meet your worst expectation, but that was Batman #701, the first part of two “missing chapters” that bridge the gap between Batman RIP and Final Crisis. The problem is, of course, that writer Grant Morrison already DID that in Batman #682-683, making at least [...]
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 194
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 [...]
Random (Fill In) Thoughts (July 13, 2010)
- by Brad Curran
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Random Thought: Hey, I still get to blog here! It’s random thoughts fill in time; get excited! (But it’s a fill in, so don’t totally lose your mind, okay? Keep it within reason.)
As Tony Danza Would Say…
“Sad Nooze, everyone.” Atlas is ending with issue #5. Chris Sims has all the scoop with writer Jeff Parker here. When Comics Critics #121 said “the near future,” I don’t think they thought that it would be less than a month…
