2010 October
Comic Book Legends Revealed #283
Welcome to the two-hundred and eighty-third 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 eighty-two. Comic Book Legends Revealed is part of the larger Legends Revealed series, where I look into legends about the worlds of [...]
Halloween Cool Comic Countdown Calendar
The Halloween Cool Comic Countdown Calendar continues! The way it works is that from October 19th through October 31 (Halloween, natch), in place of the regular Year of Cool Comics feature, I’ll be featuring one cool comic book a day that is Halloween-themed! It’s a 13-day countdown to All Hallow’s Eve! And just like an [...]
What I bought – 20 October 2010
What can be broken, should be broken. (Dimitri Pisarev, 1840-1868)
You Must Pick One Or the Other #1
This is the first of a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of posts where I present two different approaches to the same idea by two different comic book creators and you folks get to pick which one you like best! To begin, let’s take a look at two explanations for Mister Fantastic’s name! Enjoy!
Contentious Curmudgeon says …
- by Greg Burgas
- in General
- 38 Comments
I just finished reading the nice hardcover of American Flagg! It was the first time I had ever read the original Chaykin issues. “Overrated” is the word that immediately springs to mind. I don’t get the love, I’m afraid. Off the top of my head, I can think of three seminal, independent comics from the [...]
Halloween Cool Comic Countdown Calendar
The Halloween Cool Comic Countdown Calendar continues! The way it works is that from October 19th through October 31 (Halloween, natch), in place of the regular Year of Cool Comics feature, I’ll be featuring one cool comic book a day that is Halloween-themed! It’s a 13-day countdown to All Hallow’s Eve! And just like an [...]
2010 Wonder Woman Day Coming This Weekend!!!
This Sunday, October 24th, is the fifth annual Wonder Woman Day in Portland, Oregon and Flemington, New Jersey! I could tell you about it, but I think this here poster pretty much sums it up beautifully (click on it to enlarge)… I WILL point out that one of the pieces of Wonder Woman art being [...]
Comic Critics #135!
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 thirty-four strips at the archive here and you can read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog. Enjoy!
Committed: The Playwright
- by Sonia Harris
- in Committed
- 4 Comments
It’s possible that The Playwright might be the least appealing book I’ve ever picked up, at least on the surface. The back cover contains the description of the main character “He once saw a pigeon defecate onto a businessman’s shoulder.” which implies that this is a rather tedious book. On the contrary, it is a [...]
Blue Moon Reviews — Cross Game, Vol. 1
The back cover really says it best: “Cross Game is a moving drama that is heartfelt and true, yet in the brilliant hands of manga artist Mitsuru Adachi, delightfully flows with a light and amusing touch. The series centers around a boy named Ko, the family of four sisters who live down the street and [...]
The Line It Is Drawn #12 – Comic Book/Video Game Mash-Ups
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 [...]
Halloween Cool Comic Countdown Calendar!
Welcome to the very first Comics Should Be Good Halloween Cool Comic Countdown Calendar! The way it works is that from October 19th through October 31 (Halloween, natch), in place of the regular Year of Cool Comics feature, I’ll be featuring one cool comic book a day that is Halloween-themed! It’s a 13-day countdown to [...]
Random Thoughts! (October 19, 2010)
Random Thought! Life has gotten busy all of a sudden… It’s random thoughts time! Get excited!
Spotlight on Caanan Grall at NYCC
One of our own resident The Line It Is Drawn artists, Caanan Grall, had a lot of cool stuff to show from his time at New York Comic Con, including the print release of his comic for Zuda, Celadore!! Read more to see some awesome sketches he did at the con (including one our own [...]
Halloween Pin-Up Countdown!
Over at her website, the nifty artist Stephanie Buscema has been doing a Halloween Pin-Up Countdown, where each week leading up to Halloween she debuts a new Halloween pin-up painting. After Halloween, they will be in her store for purchase! Here’s the first one… (click to enlarge) Be sure to check out her website for [...]
