2011 October
Review time! with The Deep: Here Be Dragons
Well, it’s only three months late, but I’m finally going to start reviewing some of the comics I got in San Diego! How fun!
Meta-Messages – Garth Ennis Takes a Fond Look at Crossovers
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! – In the Deep
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 [...]
Another Saturday in the Mailroom
I don’t do straight reviews that often, because, well, I’m kind of a softy. I know that no one ever sets out to do a bad comic. Worse, I know from my years of working in print and magazine publication that there’s too much aggravation involved for an indie creator getting any kind of creative [...]
Meta-Messages – Christopher Priest Gets the Last Laugh on…Himself?!
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! – Uzumaki Volume 1
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 [...]
Reader Art Gallery For Halloween!
Hey folks, it occurred to me the other day that because of how the schedule works out, a Halloween-themed The Line It Is Drawn really would not work out this year. So instead, how about we do a Reader Art Gallery for Halloween! So if you feel like showing off your art skills, just do [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #337
Welcome to the three hundredth and thirty-seventh in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, discover the strange story of how close Gerard Christopher (from the Superboy TV series) came to being Superman on Lois and Clark! Plus, was James Robinson ever going to do [...]
Meta-Messages – The Question Thinks Rorschach Sucks
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! – Over His Head
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 [...]
What I bought – 19 October 2011
My granddaughter Andrea wrote a composition for school in which she said that she liked her “grandmother’s imagination.” I asked her what she was referring to, and without hesitation she replied, “You remember things that never happened.” Don’t we all do that? (Isabel Allende, from My Invented Country)
Justice League #2 Review
In the second issue of DC’s flagship title, Justice League, Geoff Johns, Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair continue on the strong path that they set up in the first issue.
Cold War #1 Review
This week, IDW Publishing released the first issue of a brand-new series written and drawn by John Byrne. Titled The Cold War, the series (well, at the very least the first story arc) follows the adventures of a British secret agent named Michael Swann. Swann is a compelling lead, a strong example of the Ian [...]
The Most Incredible Band in the Universe?
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
- 9 Comments
The inspiration for this week’s Line it is Drawn topic (pick four comic characters that you’d like to see in a band – if you have a suggestion, tweet us @csbg) was a bit that blog co-founders Alex Cox and Joe Rice did…wow…nearly seven years ago (we are old). It was…the most incredible band in [...]
Meta-Messages – Peter David Gives Young Justice Nightmares…
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 [...]
