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2011 December

Committed: Reading “Time Flies” (by Garth Ennis and Philip Bond)

Recently I had the very good luck to get my hands on a copy of the Garth Ennis and Phillip Bond 2000AD series; Time Flies. After years of searching for back issues, a friend who collects 2000AD gave me a “spare” copy of 2000AD Extreme Edition #19, which compiles the entire series. It isn’t that [...]

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The Top 50 Most Memorable Covers of the Marvel Age, Day 9

All the way until December 20th, I will be doings posts featuring seven memorable Marvel covers from the past 50 years (since Fantastic Four #1 came out, the beginning of the “Marvel Age”). I will be posting them in essentially random fashion. It does not matter if a cover shows up today or Day 15, [...]

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Comic Theme Month – Best Cover Artist of the 1940s

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 [...]

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The Abandoned An’ Forsaked – Will Magnus is a Robot?

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. Today we look at the [...]

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2011 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar

Just like a real Advent Calendar, every day until Christmas Eve you can click on the respective day on the Advent Calendar to reveal a special treat! In this instance, the “special treat” is the revelation of #100-51 on the Top DC and Marvel Characters list! Be sure to stop by every day for the [...]

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Random Thoughts! (December 13, 2011)

Random Thought! “You said you didn’t give a fuck about hockey and I never saw someone say that before.” It’s Random Thoughts time! Get excited!

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The Abandoned An’ Forsaked – Is This Really the Origin of Ultimate Iron Man?

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. Today we look at the [...]

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2011 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar

Just like a real Advent Calendar, every day until Christmas Eve you can click on the respective day on the Advent Calendar to reveal a special treat! In this instance, the “special treat” is the revelation of #100-51 on the Top DC and Marvel Characters list! Be sure to stop by every day for the [...]

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The Top 50 Most Memorable Covers of the Marvel Age, Day 8

All the way until December 20th, I will be doings posts featuring seven memorable Marvel covers from the past 50 years (since Fantastic Four #1 came out, the beginning of the “Marvel Age”). I will be posting them in essentially random fashion. It does not matter if a cover shows up today or Day 15, [...]

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Comic Theme Month – Best Resolution In a Comic Series of a Plot From a Canceled Series

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 [...]

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Another Line it is Drawn Try-Out Entry

For whatever reason, Daniel Cox’s e-mail containing his drawing for the second week of the Line it is Drawn try-out period never reached me. So Daniel sent it to me again, so I’ll post it here for you all, along with a chance to vote for Daniel in the poll, if you so choose. Read [...]

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2011 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar

Just like a real Advent Calendar, every day until Christmas Eve you can click on the respective day on the Advent Calendar to reveal a special treat! In this instance, the “special treat” is the revelation of #100-51 on the Top DC and Marvel Characters list! Be sure to stop by every day for the [...]

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The Abandoned An’ Forsaked – Your Dad’s the Whizzer?

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. Today we look at the [...]

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The Top 50 Most Memorable Covers of the Marvel Age, Day 7

All the way until December 20th, I will be doings posts featuring seven memorable Marvel covers from the past 50 years (since Fantastic Four #1 came out, the beginning of the “Marvel Age”). I will be posting them in essentially random fashion. It does not matter if a cover shows up today or Day 15, [...]

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Comic Theme Month – Best Comic Hero Turned Villain

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 [...]

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