2011 March
Month of LGBT Comics – Dar!: A Super Girly Top Secret Comic Diary Vol. 1
All this month I’ll be reviewing different comic books with LGBT themes (LGBT standing for “Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgender”), based on submissions from the actual creators of the comic books themselves. Here is an archive of the comics featured so far! The month continues with the first collected volume of Erica Moen’s diary comic, [...]
Dwayne McDuffie’s Back Pages
Every day this month I will share with you the first (at least as far as I know) U.S. professional work by a notable comic book creator. Here is an archive of the creators who have been featured so far. Today’s featured creator is Dwayne McDuffie! Enjoy!
Whilce Portacio’s take on Batman Confidential #1, Page 6
I know folks were curious as to how Whilce Portacio brought Andy Diggle’s script to life in the published edition of Batman Confidential #1 (page six), so I figured I would share it with you all now…
Comics You Should Own – Namor, the Sub-Mariner #1-25
Handily enough, Marvel has just released the first part of this in trade, so it’s easy to pick up! How about that?
Random Thoughts! (March 7, 2011)
Random Thought! What is America’s obsession with Mountain Dew? Why so many flavours? It’s random thoughts time! Get excited!
Comic Critics #152!
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 fifty-one strips at the archive here and you can read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog. Enjoy!
David Finch’s Back Pages
Every day this month I will share with you the first (at least as far as I know) U.S. professional work by a notable comic book creator. Here is an archive of the creators who have been featured so far. Today’s featured creator is David Finch! Enjoy!
Month of LGBT Comics – This Gay Existence #1
All this month I’ll be reviewing different comic books with LGBT themes (LGBT standing for “Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgender”), based on submissions from the creators of the comic books themselves. Here is an archive of the comics featured so far! The month continues with the first issue of Adam Fair’s brutally hilarious The Gay [...]
Dwayne McDuffie, the Maestro
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Michael Magtanong did not have a piece in this week’s The Line It Is Drawn tribute to Dwayne McDuffie, but he really wanted to do a piece anyways, so read to see his tribute to McDuffie based on BigMike20X6 suggestion of: Static, Ben 10 and the Teen Titans
Flippin’ through Previews – March 2011
You know, I can’t believe I’m thinking this … but I might buy BOTH Flashpoint AND Fear Itself! Can you handle it?!?!?!?
Superman Gets Licked on Jimmy Fallon!
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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon was celebrating their 2nd anniversary this past week, so as part of that celebration, they brought back one of their old bits on Thursday, “Lick it for Ten,” where audience members are given the opportunity to lick something for ten bucks. Read on to see what Christina from Long Island [...]
Review time! with Doodle Inc.
Yes, it’s a review of Greg Hatcher’s students’ comic! Can the universe survive?!?!?
Temptation’s Page Voting Time!
A couple of weeks back I told you all about our new art contest – I give you an actual script page from a comic book and you draw the page. A whole pile of you (over50!) responded and now we have all of the entries to show you all! The top entry will be [...]
Theory: Christian Bale’s Batman = Adam West’s Batman
Thanks to The Hub, I’ve been treated to an episode of the brilliant 1960s Batman TV show just about every night of the week. It’s been a long, long time since I’ve seen many of these stories, and I’m positively delighted to experience them once again. Being a tenth-level geek, however, has the back of [...]
Saturday with the Fourth Estate. Also? A Hot Blue Babe.
The Cartooning class and myself have just wrapped up day two of Emerald City ComicCon…





