2010 December
Dreadstar December — Dreadstar #3
So far, Jim Starlin has established the history of Vanth Dreadstar, his mission, the history of Syzygy, Oedi, and Willow, and not much else. Maybe the plot should get underway beyond robbing a church and obtaining some supplies, don’t you think? Well, good news! Starlin agrees!
What I bought – 2 December 2010
“I play with life, you say, and that is true, but I play because it pleases me; whereas Christian virtues would bore me in a day, as does the philosophy of Seneca. Because of this, Paul’s eloquence is displayed in vain. He should understand that people like me will never accept his religion. With your [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #289
Welcome to the two-hundred and eighty-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 eighty-eight. Comic Book Legends Revealed is part of the larger Legends Revealed series, where I look into legends about the worlds of [...]
2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar
Every day until Christmas Eve you can click on the respective day on the Advent Calendar to reveal an installment of a Year of Cool Comics devoted to a Cool Christmas Comic Book! You can also click on all previous days on the calendar. Be sure to stop by every day for a cool Christmas [...]
Dreadstar December — Dreadstar #2
The second issue in and Jim Starlin decides to give us the origin of Willow and, for it’s time, it’s rather shocking.
Nick Perks or Norman Rockwell?
- by Brian Cronin
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Nick Perks homaged the legendary American painter on his drawing this week, working off of B_Granderson‘s suggestion of: Peter Parker buying chemicals to make more webs while the clerk eyes him suspiciously, imagining what he needs them for (meth? bomb?) Read on to see the drawing!
Lorendiac’s Lists: Character Aliases that Marvel and DC Have Both Used (5th Draft)
CHARACTER ALIASES THAT MARVEL AND DC HAVE BOTH USED (5TH DRAFT) Pop Quiz! Each of the following aliases has been used by: A) One or more Marvel characters. B) One or more DC characters. C) All of the above. (Bearing in mind that when I label characters as “Marvel” or “DC,” I include any who [...]
Guess the Real Spoiler! (December 1, 2010) Updated with Answer!
Two years ago, on the Wednesday after American Thanksgiving, Secret Invasion #8 came out. Last year, it was Siege: The Cabal #1. This year… not much. What gives, Marvel? But, even without any big event books, we’re still going to play everyone’s favourite Comics Should be Good game: Guess the Real Spoiler! The rules are [...]
The Line It Is Drawn #18 – The Everyday Lives of Superheroes (and Villains)
Go 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 to the person’s Twitter account) – myself, Chad Nevett, Kelly [...]
2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar
Every day until Christmas Eve you can click on the respective day on the Advent Calendar to reveal an installment of a Year of Cool Comics devoted to a Cool Christmas Comic Book! You can also click on all previous days on the calendar. Be sure to stop by every day for a cool Christmas [...]
A review a day: Rooster Jack comics
Hey, I’m back! Well, I didn’t really go anywhere, but you know what I’m talking about. I’m way behind once again, so let’s get to it! First up: Something that came to me in the mail. You know how much I dig getting stuff in the mail!
Committed: Early Holiday Gift Guide
- by Sonia Harris
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Happy December folks. I don’t know where you come from, but ’tis the beginning of some viciously aggressive holiday marketing as you stock up on gifts and appropriate presents for your holiday-minded friends and family. With that in mind, I’ve put together a handy little shopping list for the people in your life who might [...]
Dreadstar December — Dreadstar #1
A month of discussing the first 31 issues of Dreadstar by Jim Starlin begins here. Or, more properly, below the cut.
Manga Minute — December’s Manga Moveable Feast (12/01/10)
- by Danielle Leigh
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Manga Moveable Feast is currently going on this week and the star attraction is one of my favorite shonen manga, One Piece. “MMF,” as it has come to be known, is a monthly event where manga bloggers are invited to have their say on one manga title that has been chosen in advance. It’s [...]
