Bill Reed
Atomic Robo and the Ghost of Station X Does Everything Right
Atomic Robo and the Ghost of Station X #5 comes out this week, at the good shops, anyway, but I have had the blessed opportunity to read it before its dainty paper flesh can touch store shelves, and boy howdy, is it a doozy. I figured this would be a fine time to look back [...]
The Boisterous One
- by Bill Reed
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I’m a Bill Mantlo fan, and I have been since before I knew who Bill Mantlo was. Before I read the credit boxes, I was drawn to his stories. I have a portrait of ROM Spaceknight hanging above me as I write this. It’s for that reason that I must share with you this heartrending, [...]
I have read the best comic I have read this year (so far)
Atomic Robo and the Ghost of Station X #2 is out today, from Red 5 Comics, at your finest comic shops, opium dens, and hoosegows. You’re going to buy it. Here’s why:
Advance Review: Pigs #1
- by Bill Reed
- in Comic Reviews
In which we didn’t start the fire, it was always burning since the world’s been turning. All this time I have been hiding amongst you, but at last I have been activated by my Communist masters to… write this review.
Advance Review: Atomic Robo and the Ghost of Station X #1
In which Bill writes a review ahead of release for Red 5 Comics‘ new #1, Atomic Robo and the Ghost of Station X, and can’t figure out if “Advance” or “Advanced” is more proper, grammatically. Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener are the new Giffen/DeMatteis/Maguire, and I’ll tell you why.
Don’t Beware: Green Lantern’s All Right
- by Bill Reed
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In which Bill finally gets around to taking a critical look at the Green Lantern movie, which may be playing in your local second-run theater, possibly under its foreign market title of “Green Screen Lantern.” There will be SPOILERS, but you’ve all seen it by now anyway. High school students have, for decades, read and [...]
Random Thoughts!… with Bill Reed!? (June 7, 2011)
Random Hijack! Yes, I am stealing Chad Nevett’s bit for a week whilst he takes a hiatus from this column. Yes, this is all Travis Pelkie’s fault. It’s Random Thoughts time! Get excited! (Or don’t. It’s really up to you. This is a free country.)
6/3 – Gratuitous Guttenberg says…
- by Bill Reed
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The Green Lantern movie is going to be just liked Buried, that Ryan-Reynolds-in-a-box film, except this time the box was green and someone has digitally replaced it with a galaxy.
What Bill Bought: April 2011
In which Bill steals Burgas’ bit whilst he’s out of town. A schlemihl is a schlemihl. What can you “make” out of one? What can one “make” out of himself? You reach a point, and Profane knew he’d reached it, where you know how much you can and cannot do. But every now and then [...]
Charlie Sheen vs. Comics: The Definitive Guide
Despite civil unrest and political strife in various nations, and a recent natural disaster, there remains one news story that towers above all the rest, and has caused all the world’s people to band together in solidarity– yes, I’m speaking of Charlie Sheen’s continual public meltdown, which has provided a seemingly endless series of new [...]
Comics Haiku Review Revue Deux
Comics Should Be Good Haikus should also be good Let’s hope these don’t suck.
Theory: Christian Bale’s Batman = Adam West’s Batman
Thanks to The Hub, I’ve been treated to an episode of the brilliant 1960s Batman TV show just about every night of the week. It’s been a long, long time since I’ve seen many of these stories, and I’m positively delighted to experience them once again. Being a tenth-level geek, however, has the back of [...]
Style Equals Substance?
Sometimes, the style in which a work is presented becomes the substantive element of that work, a thematic tactic used to make allusions outside the confines of the narrative. Form often follows function, but sometimes, form is function. So Matt Seneca wrote this pair of pieces about Grant Morrison’s short-lived revamp of Wildstorm’s Wildcats and [...]
Sunday Continental Breakfast: 2/13/11
Your regularly-scheduled Brunch has been sent to Aunt Mabel’s farm for a while, whilst other projects take shape. That said, here’s a few neat links anyway…
Sunday Brunch: 2/6/11
Your weekly-ish survey of the news, criticism, and art, sequential or otherwise, found on the comics internet. I hope you’re taking good notes, because there will be a quiz.
