2011 December
The Abandoned An’ Forsaked – Magneto is a Gypsy?
All throughout December, we will be examining comic book stories and ideas that were not only abandoned, but also had the stories/plots specifically “overturned” by a later writer (as if they were a legal precedent). Click here for an archive of all the previous editions of The Abandoned An’ Forsaked. Feel free to e-mail me [...]
Comic Theme Time Month – Best Time Travel Storyline
All December long, I will be doing daily installments of Comic Theme Time. Comic Theme Time is a twist on the idea of a “Top Five” list. Instead of me stating a topic and then listing my top five choices in that topic, I’m giving you the topic and letting you go wild with examples [...]
Flippin’ through Previews – January 2012
Happy New Year! Let’s celebrate by scouring Previews #280 for obscure comics that we can read!
About Next Year’s Weekly Features…
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Okay, five of the six new features have been chosen. Things were close enough for the last feature that I’ll let you folks decide all on your own who gets the last spot between five choices. I am pretty sure that the schedule is such that whichever one gets picked won’t show up until next [...]
Dan Slott’s Greatest Dan Slott Stories Ever Told!
Dan Slott was nice enough to share with fans on Formspring his personal choices for his Top 10 greatest stories ever told. I asked Dan if I could share his list with you folks here, and he said, “Sure,” so here ya go – Dan Slott’s personal picks for the Greatest Dan Slott Stories Ever [...]
The Abandoned An’ Forsaked – So Who is Magma After All?
All throughout December, we will be examining comic book stories and ideas that were not only abandoned, but also had the stories/plots specifically “overturned” by a later writer (as if they were a legal precedent). Click here for an archive of all the previous editions of The Abandoned An’ Forsaked. Feel free to e-mail me [...]
Comic Theme Time Month – Who is the Single Best Superhero Supporting Cast Member?
All December long, I will be doing daily installments of Comic Theme Time. Comic Theme Time is a twist on the idea of a “Top Five” list. Instead of me stating a topic and then listing my top five choices in that topic, I’m giving you the topic and letting you go wild with examples [...]
Saturday in Lincoln City (Despite Parental Warnings)
This is the concluding installment of the tale of our recent excursion to the Oregon coast; a place that we discovered is much better bookscouting– and comics-friendly– territory than one might suppose. Part one is here, and part two lies below the fold.
House to Astonish Episode 75
Happy New Year (Nearly)! It’s our end-of-2011 wrap-up episode, with a special guest in the form of games blogger (and friend of the podcast) Cara Ellison. We’re talking about the big news stories of the year, such as the New 52, the new Ultimate Spider-Man, the closure of Wizard and the future of digital distribution. [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #347
Welcome to the three hundredth and forty-seventh in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week is a special all-Mad edition of Comic Book Legends Revealed! Learn about Alfred E. Neuman’s strange origins! Discover if Mad Magazine actually used to sell straightjackets! And find out the [...]
The Abandoned An’ Forsaked – The Vision is the Human Torch?
All throughout December, we will be examining comic book stories and ideas that were not only abandoned, but also had the stories/plots specifically “overturned” by a later writer (as if they were a legal precedent). Click here for an archive of all the previous editions of The Abandoned An’ Forsaked. Feel free to e-mail me [...]
Comic Theme Time Month – Best Debut Story by a Justice League Member
All December long, I will be doing daily installments of Comic Theme Time. Comic Theme Time is a twist on the idea of a “Top Five” list. Instead of me stating a topic and then listing my top five choices in that topic, I’m giving you the topic and letting you go wild with examples [...]
My Top Ten Comics of 2011
Just for Greg Burgas, I waited until all the 2011 comics were finished being released. As always, it was another difficult year to narrow my favorite comics down to just ten. I think I’ll put up a quick selection of honorable mentions before I get into the top ten (and no ties for number ten [...]
What I bought – 28 December 2011
The Spartans were perfectly aware of the atrocious suffering they were inflicting and never imagined their victims could forget it. The solution was to establish terror as a normal condition of life — and that was Sparta’s great invention: to create a situation in which terror was seen as something normal. (Robert Calasso, from The [...]
The Abandoned An’ Forsaked – Where did Superboy’s DNA come from?
All throughout December, we will be examining comic book stories and ideas that were not only abandoned, but also had the stories/plots specifically “overturned” by a later writer (as if they were a legal precedent). Click here for an archive of all the previous editions of The Abandoned An’ Forsaked. Feel free to e-mail me [...]
