2011 October
Meta-Messages – Grant Morrison Meets Animal Man
All October long I explored the context behind (using reader danjack’s term) “meta-messages.” A meta-message is where a comic book creator comments on/references the work of another comic book/comic book creator (or sometimes even themselves) in their comic. Each time around, I’ll give you the context behind one such “meta-message.” Here is an archive of [...]
The Greatest Deathstroke Stories Ever Told! – Voting
Here’s the latest of the daily voting threads for The Greatest ____ Stories Ever Told! Our next character up for voting is Deathstroke the Terminator. I figure one of the scariest bad guys out there, Deathstroke the Terminator, is a good figure for Halloween voting! If not THE greatest villain created during the 1980s, Deathstroke [...]
Halloween 2011 Reader Art Gallery!
Happy Halloween! Here is a gallery of reader-submitted drawings – all following the theme of comic book characters teamed-up/mashed-up with characters from horror books/films/etc. Enjoy!
The Scariest Comic Books of All Time! – Jenifer
A reader named Chris S. suggested that I devote October to the scariest comic books of all-time, as suggested by you readers out there! Sounds like a plan to me! So all October-long, I featured 31 comic book tales. Here is an archive of all the comics featured so far! We finish with a collaboration [...]
Review time! with Necessary Monsters
It really is just coincidental that I’m posting this on Halloween.
3 Chicks Review Comics – Episode 029
IT’S EPISODE 029 CLICK HERE TO LISTEN, DOWNLOAD, AND/OR SUBSCRIBE TO ITUNES NOW. Inside this episode! Sue and I review Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo’s Wolverine & The X-Men #1 and an advance review of Jeremy Whitley and M. Goodwin’s PrinceLess #1 (available 11/2/11 on Graphicly and 11/9/11 in stores!). For our hot topic we [...]
Meta-Messages – The Dark Albatross Saga
All October long I will be exploring the context behind (using reader danjack’s term) “meta-messages.” A meta-message is where a comic book creator comments on/references the work of another comic book/comic book creator in their comic. Each time around, I’ll give you the context behind one such “meta-message.” Here is an archive of the past [...]
The Greatest John Ostrander Stories Ever Told! – Voting
Here’s the latest of the daily voting threads for The Greatest ____ Stories Ever Told! Our next creator up for voting is John Ostrander. Ostrander broke on to the comic book scene in the 1980s with work at First Comics, where he co-created Grimjack. He moved to DC Comics and wrote Legends, Suicide Squad, Manhunter [...]
The Scariest Comic Books of All Time! – Hellboy: The Crooked Man
A reader named Chris S. suggested that I devote October to the scariest comic books of all-time, as suggested by you readers out there! Sounds like a plan to me! So all October-long, I’ll be featuring 31 comic book tales of terror, based on YOUR suggestions! So e-mail me at bcronin@comicbookresources.com your scary suggestions! Here [...]
One Fan’s Comic Book Dream Band
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
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Reader Pat Prendergast was inspired by this week’s The Line It Is Drawn theme of rock bands made up of comic book characters, so he sent me a drawing of his personal dream comic book character band. Siryn on vocals, Booster Gold on lead guitar, Todd Ingram (one of Ramona Flowers’ evil exes) slapping the [...]
Scary Afternoons
My boss Katie had a call from a parent who was upset about my class last week. The mother of one of my students had heard we were planning a ‘scary movie’ for my Young Authors class this Monday — Halloween day — and she really didn’t feel her eleven-year-old son was ready for something [...]
Meta-Messages – Joe Casey and Ashley Wood Say Goodbye to a Friend…
All October long I will be exploring the context behind (using reader danjack’s term) “meta-messages.” A meta-message is where a comic book creator comments on/references the work of another comic book/comic book creator in their comic. Each time around, I’ll give you the context behind one such “meta-message.” Here is an archive of the past [...]
The Scariest Comic Books of All Time! – Foul Play
A reader named Chris S. suggested that I devote October to the scariest comic books of all-time, as suggested by you readers out there! Sounds like a plan to me! So all October-long, I’ll be featuring 31 comic book tales of terror, based on YOUR suggestions! So e-mail me at bcronin@comicbookresources.com your scary suggestions! Here [...]
The Greatest Loki Stories Ever Told! – Voting
Here’s the latest of the daily voting threads for The Greatest ____ Stories Ever Told! Our next character up for voting is Loki. Just in time for Halloween, we are spotlighting one of the top tricksters there is, Thor’s evil step-brother, Loki. He has been the bane of Thor’s existence for basically as long as [...]
Comic Critics #178!
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 seventy-seven strips at the archive here and you can read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog. Enjoy!
