2011 August
Comics You Should Own – Noble Causes
One of the best superhero comics of the century (so far)? I think so!
3 Chicks Review Comics – Episode 023
IT’S EPISODE 023! CLICK HERE TO LISTEN, DOWNLOAD, AND/OR SUBSCRIBE TO ITUNES NOW. Inside this episode! This week we review Greg Rucka’s The Punisher #1, X-23 #13 with Phil Noto!, and Terry Moore’s new series Rachel Rising #1. For our hot topic this week we have special guests Erica McGillivray and Jennifer Kate Stuller from [...]
I Love Ya But You’re Strange – Where’s My Money, Honey?
Every day this August I’ll be spotlighting strange but ultimately endearing comic stories, one a day (basically, we’re talking lots and lots of Silver Age comic books). Here is the archive of past installments of this feature. It just occurred to me that in the archive, I was using Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #8-9 [...]
Almost Hidden – The Haunting of Jim Corrigan
Even with this large amount of comic books that have been collected in trade paperbacks, there are still a number of great comic books that have never been reprinted (I’d say roughly 60% of them are DC Comics from the 1980s through the mid-1990s). So every day this month I will spotlight a different cool [...]
I Love Ya But You’re Strange – Mummy Batman and Robin!
Every day this August I’ll be spotlighting strange but ultimately endearing comic stories, one a day (basically, we’re talking lots and lots of Silver Age comic books). Here is the archive of past installments of this feature. Today we look a story from Detective Comics #320, by Dave Wood, Sheldon Moldoff and Charles Paris, titled [...]
Almost Hidden – Chester Williams, American Cop
Even with this large amount of comic books that have been collected in trade paperbacks, there are still a number of great comic books that have never been reprinted (I’d say roughly 60% of them are DC Comics from the 1980s through the mid-1990s). So every day this month I will spotlight a different cool [...]
Shapeshifting Saturday
Lately, I’ve been thinking about my personal ambivalence towards digital comics and where that comes from.
I Love Ya But You’re Strange – The Bizarre Tale of Transilvane
Every day this August I’ll be spotlighting strange but ultimately endearing comic stories, one a day (basically, we’re talking lots and lots of Silver Age comic books). Today we look a two-parter by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta from Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #142-143, where Kirby puts his own particular spin on the newly lifted [...]
Almost Hidden – The Children’s Crusade
Even with this large amount of comic books that have been collected in trade paperbacks, there are still a number of great comic books that have never been reprinted (I’d say roughly 60% of them are DC Comics from the 1980s through the mid-1990s). So every day this month I will spotlight a different cool [...]
What I bought – 3 August 2011
“Sometimes I ask myself,” Emmerich said. “What is the function of a murderer? Is he the person you go to in order to confess?” (Don DeLillo, from The Names)
Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Heart of the Joker? The Shadow Knows!
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Nick Perks did a bonus drawing for this week’s The Line It Is Drawn. Read on to see his take on the Joker versus the Shadow, as suggested by TroutDaCrema
Comic Book Legends Revealed #326
Welcome to the three hundredth and twenty-sixth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, discover how a story about abortion, of all things, ended up with the effectual end of the Popeye daily comic strip. Plus, did Batman: The Killing Joke inspire a popular [...]
First Look at Anne Hathaway as Catwoman is Also Cool Looking
Not quite Henry Cavill as Superman, but the first image released of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman look pretty neat. I imagine she’ll be wearing a mask at some point in the film.
I Love Ya But You’re Strange – It’s a Sweet Christmas, Luke Cage!
Every day this August I’ll be spotlighting strange but ultimately endearing comic stories, one a day (basically, we’re talking lots and lots of Silver Age comic books). Today we look at an extremely offbeat Christmas story from Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #7 by Steve Englehart, George Tuska and Billy Graham titled “Jingle Bombs.” This [...]
