2011 October
The Line It Is Drawn #61 – Comic Book Characters and Board Games
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 [...]
Committed: More Content, Please
It’s not enough. I want more. If I’m going to buy a monthly comic book, instead of waiting for a trade paperback compilation, then I want creators to pack in as much story and development as possible. It isn’t enough to just meander delightfully through 20-24 pages without anything much happening, I’m not buying these [...]
Meta-Messages – Christopher Priest Makes Fun of…Christopher Priest?!
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! – The Wallace Expedition
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 [...]
So Far So Cool With the Avengers Trailer!
Marvel released the Avengers trailer today. It is only a trailer, of course, but it looks quite cool. What did you folks think?
Random Thoughts! (October 11, 2011)
Random Thought! I promised a half-assed edition and a half-assed edition is what you’re going to get! It’s Random Thoughts time! Get excited!
Comic Book Robot Road Trip to Vegas!
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
- 8 Comments
We didn’t have room for Sean McFarland’s piece in this week’s The Line It Is Drawn (which is about comic book characters presented in different genres than they normally appear – you can see what the other artists drew here). So now you can see Sean’s depiction of mercuryeric‘s suggestion of: MODOK, Malfunctioning DOOMBOT, MACHINE [...]
Meta-Messages – Dwayne McDuffie Explains to us That Doom is no Deadbeat
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! – I Was Killing When Killing Wasn’t Cool
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 [...]
She Has No Head! – The Comics Project, Part 4
Welcome back to The Comics Project, where I asked 22* non-comics readers and lapsed comics readers to pick out an issue of the new DCU 52 and report back. Head over to Part One if you’d like to read a full introduction for the project. Without further ado, let’s dig in! As always, beware of [...]
Meta-Messages – Gerard Jones Asks Green Lantern a Question About Skin Color…
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! – Blood Clot Boy
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 [...]
Flippin’ through Previews – October 2011
What lurks in the depths of Previews #277? Join me to find out!
Meta-Messages – Bob Haney Lets Spider-Man Know His Place
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 [...]
