2011 December
The Abandoned An’ Forsaked – Poison Ivy’s Name is Lillian Rose?!
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 [...]
The Line it is Drawn Week 2, All 7 Groups!
Here is a handy dandy link to all the seven groups of artists who are trying out for the Line it is Drawn. They each drew a piece based on a suggestion of comic book characters teaming up that haven’t teamed up before (plus links to drawings of a famous person or character being “superfied” [...]
The Line it is Drawn Try-Out Week 2, Group 7
I’ll be posting entries in groups of roughly 20 artists an entry. Check their work out and marvel at all the great talent on display here. Then, after these artists do a second drawing, we’ll ask you all to vote on your favorites. I’ll also have a group of judges vote for their favorites. I’ll [...]
The Line it is Drawn Try-Out Week 2, Group 6
I’ll be posting entries in groups of roughly 20 artists an entry. Check their work out and marvel at all the great talent on display here. Then, after these artists do a second drawing, we’ll ask you all to vote on your favorites. I’ll also have a group of judges vote for their favorites. I’ll [...]
The Line it is Drawn Try-Out Week 2, Group 5
I’ll be posting entries in groups of roughly 20 artists an entry. Check their work out and marvel at all the great talent on display here. Then, after these artists do a second drawing, we’ll ask you all to vote on your favorites. I’ll also have a group of judges vote for their favorites. I’ll [...]
The Line it is Drawn Try-Out Week 2, Group 4
I’ll be posting entries in groups of roughly 20 artists an entry. Check their work out and marvel at all the great talent on display here. Then, after these artists do a second drawing, we’ll ask you all to vote on your favorites. I’ll also have a group of judges vote for their favorites. I’ll [...]
The Line it is Drawn Try-Out Week 2, Group 3
I’ll be posting entries in groups of roughly 20 artists an entry. Check their work out and marvel at all the great talent on display here. Then, after these artists do a second drawing, we’ll ask you all to vote on your favorites. I’ll also have a group of judges vote for their favorites. I’ll [...]
The Line it is Drawn Try-Out Week 2, Group 2
I’ll be posting entries in groups of 20 or so artists an entry. Check their work out and marvel at all the great talent on display here. Then, after these artists do a second drawing, we’ll ask you all to vote on your favorites. I’ll also have a group of judges vote for their favorites. [...]
The Line it is Drawn Try-Out Week 2, Group 1
Welcome to the first Week 2 batch of drawings by artists who are trying out to see if they can nab a spot as one of the regular The Line it is Drawn artists! All day, I’ll be posting entries in groups of roughly 20 artists an entry. Check their work out and marvel at [...]
House to Astonish Episode 74
- by Al Kennedy
- in House to Astonish
Surprise! Early episode! As we weren’t both going to be around in Edinburgh this weekend, we’ve got in a bit under the wire with a nice juicy hour and a quarter of chat on such topics as the passing of Jerry Robinson, the continuing New 52 creative reshuffle, the Kickstarter success of Ashes, the upcoming [...]
Comic Theme Month – Best Avengers/X-Men Story
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 [...]
What I bought – 7 December 2011
“A child is born into a world of phenomena all equal in their power to enslave. It sniffs — it sucks — it strokes its eyes over the whole uncomfortable range. Suddenly one strikes. Why? Moments snap together like magnets, forging a chain of shackles. Why? I can trace them. I can even, with time, [...]
The Line It Is Drawn #69 – Team-Ups and Farewells
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 [...]
R.I.P. Jerry Robinson
The comics world just lost one of its greatest living legends as Jerry Robinson has passed away. Robinson, the long-time Batman artist, was 89 years old. After Robinson left the world of comic books, he worked as a newspaper cartoonist for years. He was active in protecting the rights of artists, and served as the [...]
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 [...]
