2011 January
Another 1/11/11 Themed Post!
- by Brian Cronin
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While it is still 1/11/11, I figure commenter the Third Man’s idea of doing 11 #111 covers was a good one, so, well, here they are! I tried to replicate the eleven comics I featured earlier as best as I could. Cable ended with issue #108, though, and the Outsiders did not sniff #100 (nor [...]
I Couldn’t Pass Up the Chance to do a 1/11/11 Themed Post
- by Brian Cronin
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So, today, on 1/11/11, here are 11 “1st Issue Collectors Item”s!! (Click on each cover to embiggen it)
3 Chicks Review Comics – Episode 006
It’s Episode 006! CLICK HERE TO LISTEN, DOWNLOAD, AND/OR SUBSCRIBE TO ITUNES NOW. Inside this episode! Is Return Of The Dapper Men as good as everyone’s been saying? How big a let down was Spider-Girl #2 from issue #1 (which we loved)? And what in the hell is up with Weird Worlds #1 – and [...]
The Beatles Meet Star Trek…and Other Shlocky Oddities
- by Brian Cronin
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Not exactly comics, but I think that comics fans can appreciate the approach of the website Temple of Shlock, which collects old one-sheets and movie ads for horror, action and exploitation films (a lot of overlap with the stuff our own Greg Hatcher often writes about) along with interviews with actors and filmmakers from those [...]
I Saw It Advertised One Day #14
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 #10
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 [...]
Another Month of LGBT Comics!
Similar to my request for February’s Month of Indie Comics, where folks who make mini-comics or self-published comics can send in their work for spotlight/review throughout the month of February, I will be doing a similar event for the month of March with LGBT Comics. So if you have an LGBT-related comic book, feel free [...]
She Has No Head! – The Return Of The Dapper Men Review
The Return Of The Dapper Men. Jim McCann (writer). Janet Lee (art). Dave Lanphear (letters). Todd Klein (designer). Archaia Comics. Hardcover. 128 pages, Full Color. $24.95. I got The Return Of The Dapper Men in late November at a time when my life was exploding in chaos and commitments…but I opened it anyway (how could [...]
A Month of Cover Theme Games #9
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 Comic Creator in Need!
Daniel Best has a piece up at his site where Alan Kupperberg explains the awful situation that long-time comic book colorist Tom Ziuko is in, both financially and having to deal with some rough health problems that have prevented him from being able to work (so it’s doubly bad – he can’t afford his health [...]
I Saw It Advertised One Day #13
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!
Sunday Brunch: 1/9/11
In which the author gives himself an existential crisis about the state of pop culture, and also links to a picture of a bear eating a space ninja
I Saw It Advertised One Day #12
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 #8
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 #11
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!
