2011 January
A Month of Cover Theme Games #31
Every day this month, I’ll give you a new cover theme game! If you don’t know the game by now, it works like this: I’ll show you three covers. They all have something in common, whether it be a character, a trait all three characters share, a locale, a creator, SOMEthing. And it isn’t something [...]
I Saw It Advertised One Day #35
We conclude a MONTH of I Saw It Advertised One Day! Each day this January I’ve given you a piece looking at advertisements in comic books over the decades that amused me for whatever reason. In each installment, we’ve take a look at three ads! Here is an archive of all installments of this feature. [...]
Thoughts on Tim Drake’s Origin…
I was talking to my pal Jake the other day, and he was complaining about the relative treatment from online fans about Tim Drake and Damian Wayne. He noted that Tim Drake appears to be disproportionally popular on the internet, and he felt that Damian Wayne’s initial treatment of Tim (not to mention the fact [...]
She Has No Head! – Ladies Comics Project: Phase II, Part One
Even after spending the last year plus writing She Has No Head!, a column about women and comics, I continue to have a real interest in and curiosity about women and comics, and specifically why women do and don’t read comics and what they do and don’t respond to as readers when they do read. [...]
I Saw It Advertised One Day #34
We continue a MONTH of I Saw It Advertised One Day! Each day this January you’ll get a piece looking at advertisements in comic books over the decades that amused me for whatever reason. In each installment, we’ll take a look at three ads! Here is an archive of all installments of this feature. Just [...]
A Month of Cover Theme Games #30
Every day this month, I’ll give you a new cover theme game! If you don’t know the game by now, it works like this: I’ll show you three covers. They all have something in common, whether it be a character, a trait all three characters share, a locale, a creator, SOMEthing. And it isn’t something [...]
Sunday Brunch: 1/30/11
The comics internet, in Dagwood sandwich form. (One bite! I dare you!)
I Saw It Advertised One Day #33
We continue a MONTH of I Saw It Advertised One Day! Each day this January you’ll get a piece looking at advertisements in comic books over the decades that amused me for whatever reason. In each installment, we’ll take a look at three ads! Here is an archive of all installments of this feature. Not [...]
A Month of Cover Theme Games #29
Every day this month, I’ll give you a new cover theme game! If you don’t know the game by now, it works like this: I’ll show you three covers. They all have something in common, whether it be a character, a trait all three characters share, a locale, a creator, SOMEthing. And it isn’t something [...]
Cross-Hatchings for January 2011
Busy week here, so it’s a lot of small stuff. Some pulps, some Marvel, some old DC television. And something any parents of imaginative twelve-year-old girls might be interested to know.
The Guide to Album Covers by Comic Book Artists 1/29/11
Here’s the deal – the end goal is to get the ultimate guide to albums covers drawn by comic book artists. Every Saturday, I’ll post ten album covers by comic book artists. I’ll add these ten to the master list (which you can find here). What you do is that you e-mail me albums (at [...]
I Saw It Advertised One Day #32
We continue a MONTH of I Saw It Advertised One Day! Each day this January you’ll get a piece looking at advertisements in comic books over the decades that amused me for whatever reason. In each installment, we’ll take a look at three ads! Here is an archive of all installments of this feature. This [...]
A Month of Cover Theme Games #28
Every day this month, I’ll give you a new cover theme game! If you don’t know the game by now, it works like this: I’ll show you three covers. They all have something in common, whether it be a character, a trait all three characters share, a locale, a creator, SOMEthing. And it isn’t something [...]
The Age of X Dialogues Part One — Age of X Alpha #1
What happens when two of your favourite Comics Should be Good bloggers geek out at the prospect of alternate reality X-Men fun? “The Age of X Dialogues” where Kelly Thompson and I will discuss every issue of the “Age of X” storyline that began this week with Age of X Alpha #1.
Comic Book Legends Revealed #297
Welcome to the two-hundred and ninety-seventh 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 ninety-six. Comic Book Legends Revealed is part of the larger Legends Revealed series, where I look into legends about the worlds of [...]
