2011 September
Silver Age September – Spider-Man Versus the Master Planner!
After a month of spotlighting the strange (if endearingly strange) history of comic books (and especially the Silver Age), I think it is worthwhile to show the comic books of the Silver Age that are simply great stories period. Here is an archive of all the Silver Age comics features so far! Today we finish [...]
2011 Top Marvel Characters #3-1
After nearly 1,400 ballots were cast, YOU the reader ranked your favorite comic book characters of all-time from 1-10. I assigned point totals to each ranking and then tabulated it all into a Top 50 list. We’re now revealing that list throughout September. Here is the master list of all the characters revealed so far. [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #334
Welcome to the three hundredth and thirty-fourth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, in honor of his 80th Anniversary this Tuesday, today’s legends are all Dick Tracy related! Did Dick Tracy really coin the phrase “Crime Does Not Pay”? Did Chester Gould actually [...]
Silver Age September – Clark Kent’s Incredible Delusion
After a month of spotlighting the strange (if endearingly strange) history of comic books (and especially the Silver Age), I think it is worthwhile to show the comic books of the Silver Age that are simply great stories period. Here is an archive of all the Silver Age comics features so far! Today we look [...]
The Line It Is Drawn #59 – Comic Book Characters/Pulp Novel 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 [...]
Let’s Talk About the DC # 1s: 9/21/11 and 9/28/11.
So, whadya think of week four and week five? I’ve got this BIG ASS pile of comics in front of me, so… tell you what. Reviews for the last few weeks will be by request only. If there’s a DC # 1 that wasn’t sold out at my shop and I didn’t already review that [...]
What I bought – 28 September 2011
“… All idealization makes life poorer. To beautify it is to take away its character of complexity — it is to destroy it.” (Joseph Conrad, from The Secret Agent)
2011 Top DC Characters #3-1
After nearly 1,400 ballots were cast, YOU the reader ranked your favorite comic book characters of all-time from 1-10. I assigned point totals to each ranking and then tabulated it all into a Top 50 list. We’re now revealing that list throughout September. Here is the master list of all the characters revealed so far. [...]
Wolverine #16 Review
Jason Aaron spent the first 14 issues of his new Wolverine series tearing Wolverine’s soul apart, and after the events of last issue, Wolverine is in unfamiliar territory. However, things have to move forward. Can Aaron bring this story to a reasonable close in just one issue? Why yes, yes he can.
2011 Top Marvel Characters #4
After nearly 1,400 ballots were cast, YOU the reader ranked your favorite comic book characters of all-time from 1-10. I assigned point totals to each ranking and then tabulated it all into a Top 50 list. We’re now revealing that list throughout September. Here is the master list of all the characters revealed so far. [...]
Silver Age September – Mademoiselle Marie in Star Spangled War Stories
After a month of spotlighting the strange (if endearingly strange) history of comic books (and especially the Silver Age), I think it is worthwhile to show the comic books of the Silver Age that are simply great stories period. Here is an archive of all the Silver Age comics features so far! Today we look [...]
Review time! with Planet of the Apes volume 1
Or, Chip Mosher and me: A Love Story.
Committed: Your friend, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac
Today I want to focus on a great comic book, one which has given me some comfort in times of stress, and has become an odd sort of touchstone for the idiosyncrasies of life. Of course I’m talking about Johnny the Homicidal Maniac…
2011 Top DC Characters #4
After nearly 1,400 ballots were cast, YOU the reader ranked your favorite comic book characters of all-time from 1-10. I assigned point totals to each ranking and then tabulated it all into a Top 50 list. We’re now revealing that list throughout September. Here is the master list of all the characters revealed so far. [...]
Silver Age September – Captain America in “The Gladiator, the Girl and the Glory”
After a month of spotlighting the strange (if endearingly strange) history of comic books (and especially the Silver Age), I think it is worthwhile to show the comic books of the Silver Age that are simply great stories period. Here is an archive of all the Silver Age comics features so far! You all have [...]
