2011 June
Wildstorm, War and Western Comics Take the Stage for DC Today!
Before they presumably announce their plans for Superman tomorrow (it better involve Morrison!), DC decided to give us one last really odd mixture of titles, in what I like to call WWW: Wildstorm, War and Western comics.
When We First Met #10
Each day in June you’ll get an entry showing you the first appearance of seemingly minor characters, phrases, objects or events that later became notable parts of comic book lore. Not major stuff like “the first appearance of Superman,” but rather, “the first time someone said, ‘Avengers Assemble!’” or “the first appearance of Batman’s giant [...]
A Month of Comic Book Sites – Good Ok Bad
All throughout June, I’ll spotlight a different web site about comic books.. Like with the month of independent comics, the month of LGBT comics and last month’s month of webcomics, I figure I will let you comic book site/blog owners out there suggest your comic book web site (or blog) for spotlight during this month. [...]
The Line It Is Drawn #44 – OUR DC Number Ones!
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 – The Nightly News
Before he was a “Marvel Architect,” Jonathan Hickman gave us a comic … endorsing terrorism? Sure, why not!
DC Reveals Their Teen Titles…
And there are some major surprises mixed in there!
Committed: Designs on the Future
- by Sonia Harris
- in Committed
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This week a little girl’s passion for comic books and a new movie with an old soul came together to transport me right back to those first fleeing experiences of early comic book love.
When We First Met #9
Each day in June you’ll get an entry showing you the first appearance of seemingly minor characters, phrases, objects or events that later became notable parts of comic book lore. Not major stuff like “the first appearance of Superman,” but rather, “the first time someone said, ‘Avengers Assemble!’” or “the first appearance of Batman’s giant [...]
A Month of Comic Book Sites – Marvel Flipside
All throughout June, I’ll spotlight a different web site about comic books.. Like with the month of independent comics, the month of LGBT comics and last month’s month of webcomics, I figure I will let you comic book site/blog owners out there suggest your comic book web site (or blog) for spotlight during this month. [...]
Comic Critics #164!
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 sixty-three strips at the archive here and you can read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog. Enjoy!
Random Thoughts!… with Bill Reed!? (June 7, 2011)
Random Hijack! Yes, I am stealing Chad Nevett’s bit for a week whilst he takes a hiatus from this column. Yes, this is all Travis Pelkie’s fault. It’s Random Thoughts time! Get excited! (Or don’t. It’s really up to you. This is a free country.)
If Only…The Wire: The Animated Series
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
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Over at Warren Ellis’ Whitechapel, Paul Sizer offered up the following brilliant piece of art envisioning the Wire as a 1970s Hanna-Barbara cartoon series. Excellent work, Paul!
Tuesday Is The Day DC Decides To Blow Our Minds With #1′s
It is not that the new ongoing series that DC has revealed already have been boring or anything, as they have not, but a goodly percentage of them were just the return of comics that were already being put out by DC (Birds of Prey, Detective Comics, Batman, Batman: Dark Knight, Flash, Green Arrow, Green [...]
When We First Met #8
Each day in June you’ll get an entry showing you the first appearance of seemingly minor characters, phrases, objects or events that later became notable parts of comic book lore. Not major stuff like “the first appearance of Superman,” but rather, “the first time someone said, ‘Avengers Assemble!’” or “the first appearance of Batman’s giant [...]
A Month of Comic Book Sites – 20th Century Danny Boy
All throughout June, I’ll spotlight a different web site about comic books.. Like with the month of independent comics, the month of LGBT comics and last month’s month of webcomics, I figure I will let you comic book site/blog owners out there suggest your comic book web site (or blog) for spotlight during this month. [...]
