2011 July
Drawing Crazy Patterns – Spider-Man Lifting Heavy Objects
In this feature, I spotlight five scenes/moments from within comic book stories that fit under a specific theme (basically, stuff that happens frequently in comics). Today, in the last one of the month, I will spotlight Spider-Man lifting heavy objects! Enjoy!
Comic Book Easter Eggs – The Classic “Buried Alien” Bit
All throughout July, I shared with you three comic book “easter eggs” a day. An easter egg is a joke/visual gag/in-joke that a comic book creator (typically the artist) has hidden in the pages of the comic for readers to find (just like an easter egg). They range from the not-so-obscure to the really obscure. [...]
The Muppet Blackest Night
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Back when we were doing the Line It Is Drawn Muppet week, “Big Mike” Shirley sent me a series of pin-ups by Rita Moore (of Electric Chinchilla – the drawings are sent with her permission, of course) of Muppets as various members of the Green Lantern mythos, including all the rainbow corps. Check ‘em out!
Comic Book Easter Eggs – Day Two of Kingdom Come Easter Eggs!
All throughout July, I will be sharing with you three comic book “easter eggs” a day. An easter egg is a joke/visual gag/in-joke that a comic book creator (typically the artist) has hidden in the pages of the comic for readers to find (just like an easter egg). They range from the not-so-obscure to the [...]
Comic Critics #170!
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-nine strips at the archive here and you can read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog. Enjoy!
What I bought – 20 and 27 July 2011
Later, over cigarettes and coffee, Perry returned to the subject of thievery. “My friend Willie-Jay used to talk about it. He used to say that all crimes were only varieties of theft. Murder included. When you kill a man you steal his life. I guess that makes me a pretty big thief. See, Don – [...]
Drawing Crazy Patterns – Who Are You REALLY, Superman?
In this feature, I spotlight five scenes/moments from within comic book stories that fit under a specific theme (basically, stuff that happens frequently in comics). Today and yesterday spotlight patterns involving Lois Lane. Today, we examine Lois’ famous obsession with finding out Superman’s secret identity. Here are five examples! Enjoy!
Comic Book Easter Eggs – Day One of Kingdom Come Easter Eggs!
All throughout July, I will be sharing with you three comic book “easter eggs” a day. An easter egg is a joke/visual gag/in-joke that a comic book creator (typically the artist) has hidden in the pages of the comic for readers to find (just like an easter egg). They range from the not-so-obscure to the [...]
Drawing Crazy Patterns – You Could be Lois Lane’s Twin!
In this feature, I spotlight five scenes/moments from within comic book stories that fit under a specific theme (basically, stuff that happens frequently in comics). Today and tomorrow will spotlight patterns involving Lois Lane. Today, just like how there are a lot of exact doubles of Clark Kent/Superman running around, so, too, are there a [...]
Friday With The Best
Every so often, I get asked to contribute to some sort of online ‘best of’ list. This time it was the folks over at Hooded Utilitarian, who asked me to give them my “Ten Best Comics of All Time.”
Comic Book Legends Revealed #325
Welcome to the three hundredth and twenty-fifth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, learn the story of the amazing Brave and the Bold hidden teasers! Plus, could there have been a Young Avengers…in 1990?!!? Also, was Xorn really supposed to be Magneto? Click [...]
Drawing Crazy Patterns – Green Arrow Quitting the Justice League
In this feature, I spotlight five scenes/moments from within comic book stories that fit under a specific theme (basically, stuff that happens frequently in comics). Today, anything Hawkeye can do, so can Green Arrow (and often first), so here are five instances of Green Arrow(s) quitting Justice League(s)! Enjoy!
Comic Book Easter Eggs – Carmine Infantino and Frank Quitely Say Hello to Some Old Friends
All throughout July, I will be sharing with you three comic book “easter eggs” a day. An easter egg is a joke/visual gag/in-joke that a comic book creator (typically the artist) has hidden in the pages of the comic for readers to find (just like an easter egg). They range from the not-so-obscure to the [...]
Marvel Granted Summary Judgment on Kirby Lawsuit
We knew that it was an uphill battle for Jack Kirby’s estate to reclaim the copyright on the characters he created for Marvel, and today a judge sent them back down the hill with her decision to grant Marvel’s request for summary judgment on the case, thereby stating that Jack Kirby did, in fact, create [...]
A Thing of the Past: DC’s Late 80s/Early 90s Checklist System
Like the name says, this is just about little “blasts from the past.” I was flipping through some old (circa 1990) DC comics when I came across the DC Checklist that they used to print in their more expensive comic books (like Legends of the Dark Knight). At the time I thought their checklist system [...]
