2011 October
The Scariest Comic Books of All-Time! – His Face All Red
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 [...]
Always make a good first impression …
One more thing about the first month of the New 52!
All-Ghouls School Preview Pages!
- by Brian Cronin
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Marc Sumerak’s brand-new original graphic novel, All-Ghouls School, comes out today from IDW. It is drawn by David Bryant with colors by Hi-Fi (and, of course, a story by Sumerak). Read on for seven preview pages from the graphic novel!
Committed: Confusing Bodybuilders with Superheroes
Yesterday I posted a link on my Twitter to this, joking that if they drew busty female superheroes in the same way that they draw male ones, that they’d look like this new version of Jodie Marsh. Surprisingly, a few people suggested that women ought to be drawn this way because it would be more realistic, [...]
Comic Critics #177!
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-six strips at the archive here and you can read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog. Enjoy!
Meta-Messages – Alan Davis Once Again Lets Us Know It Was All A Dream…
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! – The Wolves of Saint August
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 Spectre and the Shadow: Two Fellows Who Know What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men
- by Brian Cronin
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Nick Perks did a bonus drawing for last week’s The Line It Is Drawn about comic book characters teaming up with pulp novel characters. Nick drew the following suggestion of iOneO: shadow & spectre Read on to see what Nick came up with!
Meta-Messages – Frank Miller Comments on Jim Lee’s New Art Style
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! – A Frog is a Frog
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 3
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 [...]
3 Chicks Review Comics – Episode 027
IT’S EPISODE 027 CLICK HERE TO LISTEN, DOWNLOAD, AND/OR SUBSCRIBE TO ITUNES NOW. Inside this episode! This week we review Kate Beaton’s Hark! A Vagrant from Drawn & Quarterly, Christos Gage and Rebekah Isaac’s Angel & Faith #2, and Ron Marz and Sami Basri’s Voodoo #1. Hot Topic this week is the strange idea that [...]
Meta-Messages – Joe Kelly Wonders What IS So Funny ‘Bout Truth, Justice and the American Way?
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 writer comments on/references the work of another comic book in their comic. Each time around, I’ll give you the context behind one such “meta-message.” Here is an archive of the past installments! Today [...]
The Scariest Comic Books of All-Time! – Panorama of Hell
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 [...]
Greg reviews every single new DC comic!
Oh, yes, it’s time once again for something crazy like this. Brace yourselves! You might want to get a glass of water and some provisions before you start reading. It’s a long one, in case you can’t guess.
