2011 October
Review time! with Torn
One more book from Western Australia! You know you want to read it!
Committed: Airplane Reading for Funerals
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Taking eight flights and traveling something like 14,000 miles in the last two weeks I’ve had some reading time on my hands. Thankfully I had friends with me, including Batwoman, Buffy, Hellblazer, Supergirl, Unwritten, Secret Avengers, and Wolverine. A girlfriend once told me that she loved to fall asleep with a book, it felt like company. [...]
Meta-Messages – Brian K. Vaughan Would Like to Tell You a Useless Factoid…
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 using the characters in their comic. Each time around, I’ll give you the context behind one such “meta-message.” Here is an archive [...]
The Scariest Comic Books of All Time! – Sin Titulo
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 [...]
Where are the good dude conversations in comics?
“This book, kind of by accident, is the most interesting female book out there, because it’s just chock full of all these really strong, interesting, different women.” — Kelly, 3 Chicks podcast episode #28, referring to Batwoman. “I really like the way this book is coming together in terms of the female characters. I don’t [...]
Random Thoughts! (October 25, 2011)
Random Thoughts! It’s a regular edition this week. So, be happy! Or not. I don’t know what you people want. It’s Random Thoughts time! Get excited!
The Greatest Daredevil Stories Ever Told! – Voting
Here’s the first of the daily voting threads for The Greatest ____ Stories Ever Told! Our first character up for voting is Daredevil, the Man Without Fear! Matt Murdock, the blind lawyer also known as Daredevil, has been one of Marvel’s most popular characters for decades now, and has a long line of great stories [...]
The Return of the Greatest Stories Ever Told!
As I promised you, when we hit 3,000 Twitter followers, I’d bring back another month-long installment of The Greatest Stories Ever Told! Click here to see the results of the 2010 voting! Beginning today, each day you will get a chance to vote on the greatest ____ stories ever told! The ____, of course, will [...]
The Scariest Comic Books of All Time! – Mikey’s Friend!
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 [...]
Meta-Messages – Alan Grant and Lobo Go Meta Crazy!
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 using the characters in their comic. Each time around, I’ll give you the context behind one such “meta-message.” Here is an archive [...]
Comics You Should Own – Northlanders #21-28
What can I say? Brian Wood writes a mean Viking story!
Review time! with The Eldritch Kid: Whisky & Hate
Another comic from the blokes in Western Australia! Can you handle it????
She Has No Head! – Some Totally Dated Mini Reviews Of The DCU 52…
Even though I’ve devoted the last four weeks of this column to the “New DCU 52″ via The Comics Project, I find myself itching to share some of my thoughts on the new 52 books that I read. Which brings us here, to one more totally unnecessary post on the New DCU 52. Thanks to [...]
Meta-Messages – Grant Morrison Spoofs the Punisher
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 using the characters in their comic. Each time around, I’ll give you the context behind one such “meta-message.” Here is an archive [...]
The Scariest Comic Books of All Time! – Shut-In
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 [...]
