2011 September
Silver Age September – Animal Man in Strange Adventures!
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 [...]
Scott Beatty on “Six Stories That Changed How I Read (and Write) Comics”
by Scott Beatty As a kid growing up during the Seventies and Eighties, my comics “world-view” was dominated by the so-called Bronze Age of storytelling. I didn’t discover back-issues until my 11th birthday, and what I knew of comics “continuity” (i.e. the long rich history that came before my newsstand purchases) was limited to the [...]
2011 Top Marvel Characters #17-15
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 – The Avengers Fight Against Kang (And Then Alongside Kang?!?)
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 [...]
Friday in the Superman Gallery – Mike Meyer Update
First of all – let’s get the good news out front. They got the guy.
Let’s Talk About the DC # 1s: 9/14/11
- by MarkAndrew
- in General
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So last week’s post is here. Brian Cronin’s review of JLA # 1 is here. Greg Burgas’ review of ALL th3 52 will be here as soon as he finishes. Last week a bunch of the DC number ones sold out before I came waltzing into the shop a day late. This week, I decided [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #332
Welcome to the three hundredth and thirty-second in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, discover whether Popeye’s use of spinach actually led to an increase in the sales of the plant! In addition, marvel at a strange early Comics Code censoring of a Superman [...]
2011 Top DC Characters #17-15
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 – The Supergirl From Krypton!
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 [...]
Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente Help the CBLDF With a “Master Class” About Self-Publishing Comics
- by Brian Cronin
- in Events Calendar
Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente are doing a “master class” about self-publishing comic books this Saturday, September 17th. Besides being a helpful lesson on the ins and outs of self-publishing your own comic book, it is also a fund-raiser for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. It is the best of both worlds! Click [...]
What I bought – 14 September 2011
To know you do not know is to know a great deal. Wisdom consists in knowing there is no such thing. (Joseph Heller, from Picture This)
Neat Trailer for All-Ghouls School!
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
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Check out this neat video trailer for IDW’s upcoming All-Ghouls School graphic novel (which is being released in October). Cool stuff. It is written by Marc Sumerak, drawn by David Bryant with colors by Hi-Fi!
2011 Top Marvel Characters #20-18
After nearly 1,400 ballots were cast, YOU the reader ranked your favorite comic book characters 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. The countdown [...]
Silver Age September – The Original Origin of the Red Skull!
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! Greg Pak has [...]
The Line It Is Drawn #57 – Super Mike Week!
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 [...]
