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2011 April

Comic Critics #158!

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-seven strips at the archive here and you can read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog. Enjoy!

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Top 125 Comic Book Writers: #90-86

Here are the next five writers on the countdown, based on your votes for your favorite comic book writers of all-time! Here is the archive of all the writers featured so far!

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The Comic Book Fools of April – Unsung Beetle Bailey Goodness!

Every day in April I will be featuring a humorous comic (either an issue or a series of strips) that I found particularly amusing. Feel free to e-mail me at bcronin@comicbookresources.com the comic stories that are your favorites when it comes to hilarity, and I’ll see if I can’t feature some of them this month, [...]

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Long Weekend In The Dalles

“So, what would you think about driving down to the Gorge this weekend?” I asked my bride.

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Top 125 Comic Book Artists: #90-86

Here are the next five artists on the countdown, based on your votes for your favorite comic book artists of all-time! Here is the list of all artists featured so far!

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The Comic Book Fools of April – Pornographic Coloring Books!

Every day in April I will be featuring a humorous comic (either an issue or a series of strips) that I found particularly amusing. Feel free to e-mail me at bcronin@comicbookresources.com the comic stories that are your favorites when it comes to hilarity, and I’ll see if I can’t feature some of them this month, [...]

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What I bought – 13 April 2011

“Am I ever going to be told what you really think you’re doing?” “You have been told.” “Lie upon lie.” “Perhaps that’s our way of telling the truth.” But then, as if she knew she had smiled once too often, she looked down and added quickly, “Maurice once said to me – when I had [...]

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That Time Peter Parker Struck His Pregnant Wife…

Since it has become a bone of contention in the latest edition of Comic Book Legends Revealed, let’s take a look at the actual scene in question, from Spectacular Spider-Man #226, by writer Tom DeFalco, layout artist Sal Buscema and finisher Bill Sienkiewicz…

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Comic Book Legends Revealed #309

Welcome to the three hundredth and ninth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, we discover a hidden secret about Hank Pym’s domestic abuse incident, learn about the comic book writer who discussed radiation creating “Homo Superior” ten years before X-Men #1 and figure [...]

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Top 125 Comic Book Writers: #95-91

Here are the next five writers on the countdown, based on your votes for your favorite comic book writers of all-time! Here is the archive of all the writers featured so far!

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The Comic Book Fools of April – Aunt May, Herald of Galactus!

Every day in April I will be featuring a humorous comic (either an issue or a series of strips) that I found particularly amusing. Feel free to e-mail me at bcronin@comicbookresources.com the comic stories that are your favorites when it comes to hilarity, and I’ll see if I can’t feature some of them this month, [...]

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Lorendiac’s Lists: 9 Recruiting Strategies for Super-Teams

Let’s say that you are part of an established team of superheroes, and you feel the team needs some new blood. How do you find it? For that matter, how do you narrow the field if there are more candidates than you really want at this moment? Today I’m not much interested in how the [...]

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The Line It Is Drawn #36 – American Comic Book Characters and Manga/Anime Characters

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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Top 125 Comic Book Artists: #95-91

Here are the next five artists on the countdown, based on your votes for your favorite comic book artists of all-time! Here is the list of all artists featured so far!

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The Comic Book Fools of April – The Justice League Goes to French Class

Every day in April I will be featuring a humorous comic (either an issue or a series of strips) that I found particularly amusing. Feel free to e-mail me at bcronin@comicbookresources.com the comic stories that are your favorites when it comes to hilarity, and I’ll see if I can’t feature some of them this month, [...]

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