2010 August
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 243
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 comics posted so far! Today [...]
The Line it is Drawn #5 – Comic Book Characters in Different Time Periods
Let’s get the standard stuff out of the way. You should follow Comics Should Be Good on Twitter (if you have Twitter, that is – if you don’t, you can go sign up). Here is our Twitter page… http://twitter.com/csbg. And here are the Comics Should Be Good writers who are on Twitter (the links go [...]
Comics You Should Own flashback – Dr. Fate #1-4; #1-24
Hey, look! It’s the last of the old posts that I need to move to this blog! That must mean the archives will no longer have dead links! Huzzah!
Random Thoughts! (August 31, 2010)
Random Thought! This time of year always depresses me. It used to be because it was time to go back to school. Now, it’s because I don’t get to go back to school. It’s random thoughts time! Get excited!
Scott’s Classic Comics Corner: A Study in Sherlock Pt. 1
Over the next couple of weeks, I will be showcasing some of comic book appearances of a certain Baker St. based detective. This week, I’ll take a look at some of his exploits during the Golden Age.
Check out the Cross Hatch Podcast!
Our own Alex Cox is now doing a regular podcast with Brian Heater and Sarah Morean from the Daily Cross Hatch! Check it out here. Alex is always fun to hear talk about comics, so this is sure to be a great podcast!
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 242
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 comics posted so far! Today [...]
Finally, Also Mourning the Loss of the Big Seven JLA
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
- 70 Comments
I loved Justice League International. I thought it was great. If you are going to do a completely different take on the idea of a “Justice League” like that, then fair enough, you don’t need a Big Guns JLA. You can do more with the second (and third) tier characters. But then Giffen and DeMatteis [...]
Also Mourning the Loss of the Spider-Man “Brain Trust”
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
- 20 Comments
Honestly, I think Marvel’s solution with regards to the new set-up of Amazing Spider-Man makes a lot of sense. As Stephen Wacker has mentioned, you’re talking about a dollar less per month than you’re currently paying for six less story pages. And if it addresses the production issues that were eventually beginning to pile up [...]
Mourning the Recent Vertigo Cullings
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
- 28 Comments
Honestly, canceling lower-sales-tier books is something Vertigo has been doing since, well, soon after they began, really. If you recall, the launch of Vertigo actually happened with the first issue of Doom Patrol AFTER Grant Morrison’s run, so Rachel Pollack “only” had 23 issues on the book before it was canceled. Animal Man lasted 32 [...]
Comic Critics #129!
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 twenty-eight strips at the archive here and you can read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog. Enjoy!
DC Reveals Which Batman Books Will Feature Bruce and Dick
DC Comics’ nifty PR blog, The Source, revealed today which titles will be starring Bruce Wayne as Batman and which ones will be starring Dick Grayson as Batman. We knew Grant Morrison’s Batman, Inc. would be Bruce and Tony Daniel’s Batman and Peter Tomasi and Pat Gleason’s Batman and Robin would obviously be Dick. But [...]
She Has No Head! – Mourning The Loss Of Yet Another Creative Team
Black Widow #1 – 5. Marjorie Liu (writer). Daniel Acuna (art and covers). Blambot’s Nate Piekus (letters). Marvel. 22-pages, full color. $2.99. I’m not sure I know how to write about the first five issues of the new Black Widow series without talking about my concern, frustration, and puzzlement as to why the creative team [...]
A Year of Cool Comics – Day 241
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 comics posted so far! Today [...]
Sunday Brunch: 8/29/10
Slapped together at the last minute, just the way you like it! The scrapple of linkblogs! It’s… MONTY PYTHON’S FLYING QUESTION OF THE WEEK: If you could have dinner with any comics creator, living or dead, who would it be, and, more importantly, what would you order?
