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2011 March

Month of LGBT Comics – Sticky

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! I’ve had some major internet connectivity issues the last few days, so I [...]

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Steve McNiven’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 Steve McNiven! Enjoy!

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The Age of X Dialogues Part Three — X-Men Legacy #246

Welcome back to two of your favorite Comics Should be Good bloggers geeking out over alternate reality X-Men fun! “The Age of X Dialogues” where Kelly Thompson and I discuss every issue of the “Age of X” storyline. We continue this week with X-Men Legacy #246.

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Comic Book Legends Revealed #304

Welcome to the three hundredth and fourth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of the previous three hundred and three. Comic Book Legends Revealed is part of the larger Legends Revealed series, where I look into legends about the worlds [...]

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Month of LGBT Comics – Manly

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! I’ve had some major internet connectivity issues the last few days, so I [...]

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Ron Garney’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 Ron Garney! Enjoy!

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What I bought – 9 March 2011

She told him about God, who resembled her strongly, an amiable, loving and sad person given to losing things, and dropping things. He it was, struggling to hold aloft so much, that fumbled and let fall their mother from out his tender embrace. (John Banville, from Doctor Copernicus)

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The Line It Is Drawn #31 – Superheroes, Then and Now

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 [...]

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Ivan Reis’ 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 Ivan Reis! Enjoy!

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Month of LGBT Comics – Nightlife

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! I’ve had some major internet connectivity issues the last few days, so I [...]

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Committed: Comics Color London Fashion Week

How surprising to find that the London Fashion Week was awash with strong, solid blocks of color. Deeply reminiscent of the superheroic comic book coloring of previous decades, I had to embrace this trend.

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J.M. DeMatteis’ 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 J.M. DeMatteis! Enjoy!

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Month of LGBT Comics – Wandering Son

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 Shimura Takako’s Wandering Son (as translated by Matt Thorn), [...]

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March Reader Art Gallery Deadline Thursday!

If you wish to contribute a piece of art to the March Reader Art Gallery (based on any one of the past Line It Is Drawns, although I’d prefer you use February’s editions, just for the sake of variety), the deadline is this Thursday! Hope to see some more contributions this month (although one artist [...]

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Old Marvel Review II: Fantastic Four # 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Here’s the deal: I’m talking about the very first couple of issues (one Marvel Masterworks volume worth)   of each of the  long-running Marvel comics franchises – Fantastic Four, Hulk, Thor, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Daredevil, Avengers, X-Men, and Captain America – in more-or-less chronological order by series.  I’m attempting to provide (A) historical context on these [...]

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