2011 January
Scott’s Classic Comics Corner: A Patchy History of Comics
Everyone from Nick Fury to Bette Davis in The Anniversary has proven that eye patches add dramatic impact to a character’s overall look. They have played a role in the funnybook world from the very beginning. This week, I’m taking a look at some classic characters with eye patches.
I Saw It Advertised One Day #21
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. Enjoy!
A Month of Cover Theme Games #17
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 [...]
A review a day: Orc Stain volume 1
Why did I skip this when it came out in single issues? Your guess is as good as mine!
She Has No Head! – Linda Medley’s Castle Waiting Volume II
Castle Waiting Volume II. Linda Medley (writer/artist). Fantagraphics. Black & White. Hardcover. 375 pages. $29.99 The true star of Linda Medley’s Castle Waiting, and it should be obvious from the title, is the Castle. It’s as large if not a larger a presence than any of the other wonderful characters in Medley’s ensemble piece, and [...]
I Saw It Advertised One Day #20
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. Enjoy!
A Month of Cover Theme Games #16
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 [...]
A review a day: The Wednesday Conspiracy
Who loves European comics? You do, yes you do! Don’t deny it!
An Interesting Effect of the Pervasiveness of Shared Continuity
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
- 14 Comments
Something interesting occurred to me the other day. I’ve read every published issue of Erik Larsen’s Savage Dragon (which is roughly, I dunno, 172 or so issues). I know a lot about Savage Dragon. However, I had completely forgotten about the vision that Wildstar had had back in 1996′s Savage Dragon #29 that was ultimately [...]
Into the back issue box #56
Oh, Jim Balent – what life must have been like for you before you found your true calling!!!!
I Saw It Advertised One Day #19
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. Enjoy!
A Month of Cover Theme Games #15
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 X-Cat Came Back…
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
- 20 Comments
We didn’t need our second fill-in artist, Michael Magtanong, this week for the animal edition of The Line It Is Drawn (which you can check out again here). So here is his piece now! The inspiration for this piece is the classic cover for X-Men (Volume 1) #101… Read on to see Michael’s take on [...]
A review a day: Fluorescent Black
It’s about time I finished up my 2010 comics, isn’t it?
The Guide to Album Covers by Comic Book Artists
Here’s the goal – to have the ultimate guide to album covers drawn by comic book artists. How we’ll do it – every Saturday, I will add ten more album covers to the list. What you do is that you e-mail me albums you’d like me to feature, and I’ll keep adding them until we [...]
