2011 March
Comics Should Be Good’s 3rd Annual March Madness!!
Welcome to the 2011 DC/Marvel Comic Character Tournament! As the NCAA basketball tournament goes along, so will a series of polls matching various comic book characters against each other. The first two years, I had you judge the polls based on which characters you liked the best. This year, we’re mixing it up. Instead, you’ll [...]
DC/Marvel Tourney, DC Street Level Region, Round 1
The first round of voting begins now! Simply choose which characters you think would win in a (non “to the death”) fight in the following match-up. The voting concludes 48 hours from right now! Each competitor has, let’s say, a half hour to prepare (so it’s not like Booster Gold just walking up to Robin [...]
DC/Marvel Tourney, Marvel Street Level Region, Round 1
The first round of voting begins now! Simply choose which characters you think would win in a (non “to the death”) fight in the following match-up. The voting concludes 48 hours from right now! Each competitor has, let’s say, a half hour to prepare (so it’s not like Wolverine just walking up to Black Widow [...]
The Line It Is Drawn #32 – Superheroes in Famous Music Videos
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, Greg Hatcher, Chad [...]
Comics You Should Own – DC: The New Frontier
I actually thought quite a bit about including this … but will you figure out the reason I did? Find out below!
Month of LGBT Comics – This Gay Existence #2
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! A week ago, I reviewed the first issue of Adam Fair’s This Gay [...]
Barry Windsor-Smith’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 Barry Windsor-Smith! Enjoy!
Temptation’s Page Winner Revealed!
Okay, folks, here are the results! Read on to see which entrant won!
Another Look at Being a Member of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
Yesterday, I detailed the first two types of membership you could have as a member of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, the anti-censorship organization. Today I’ll show you the next two levels. First, you have Advocate. For $100, you get all the same stuff from the previous levels, but you also get a CBLDF [...]
Committed: My Favorite Radiation-Induced Superheroes
In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Japan and ensuing tsunami, multiple problems maintaining the countries nuclear reactors are being wrestled with. Amongst all the recent worldwide natural disasters, this threat of nuclear radiation is a man-made one. While fears and concerns about the outcome are varied, as a source of fictional drama, comic [...]
Month of LGBT Comics – Rainy Day Recess: The Complete Steven’s Comics
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 upcoming Northwest Press collection of David Kelly’s Steven’s [...]
Chris Bachalo’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 Chris Bachalo! Enjoy!
The I’ds of March 2011
The concept is this – I tell you things that I’d have done in certain comics!! But don’t worry, I’m not talking about simple 20/20 hindsight things like pick a famous bad storyline and just say, “I wouldn’t have done that.” No, I mean more like tweaks and nudges, stuff like that. You can check [...]
Random Thoughts! (March 15, 2011)
Random Thought! Back on Tuesdays where this belongs… It’s Random Thoughts time! Get excited!
You Should Become a Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Member!
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
- 51 Comments
I’m going to be taking the next few days to fill you in on the various membership levels of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, the organization that, well, does just that – supplies legal defense for comic book related matters pertaining to protecting the First Amendement rights of comic book creators and retailers. I’m [...]
