Brian Cronin
Month of Art Stars: Artist’s Choice – Eduardo Risso
- by Brian Cronin
- Friday, July 3rd, 2009 at 11:45 PM EST
Every day in June I featured the work of a great artist, only instead of me picking the artist to feature, they were picked by their peers, fellow professional comic book artists who are picking out artists (from the past and present) who they think deserve special attention. Do note that most artists I asked [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #214
- by Brian Cronin
- Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 at 11:50 PM EST
Welcome to the two-hundred and fourteenth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of the previous two hundred and thirteen.
Comic Book Legends Revealed is now part of the larger Legends Revealed series, where I look into legends about the worlds of [...]
Week of NBM Reviews – Mijeong
- by Brian Cronin
- Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 at 11:49 PM EST
This week’s look at NBM comics continues with Byun Byung-Jun’s collection of short stories, Mijeong.
The work is an interesting collection, because the stories do not really seem to have much of an underlying theme, seeing as how they’re from different times in Byun’s life and from different original sources. I suppose you could not that [...]
Month of Art Stars: Artist’s Choice – Edvin Biukovic
- by Brian Cronin
- Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 at 11:05 PM EST
Every day in June I featured the work of a great artist, only instead of me picking the artist to feature, they were picked by their peers, fellow professional comic book artists who are picking out artists (from the past and present) who they think deserve special attention. Do note that most artists I asked [...]
Captain America: Reborn #1 Review
- by Brian Cronin
- Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 at 9:30 PM EST
While I would have preferred that Captain America: Reborn #1 be part of the regular Captain America series (especially the odd few months while it will be running concurrently with the regular Captain America book), that’s an extremely minor complaint. Captain America: Reborn #1 is a good comic book, and that’s the most important thing.
Batman and Robin #2 Review
- by Brian Cronin
- Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 at 1:12 PM EST
I liked the first issue of Batman and Robin a lot, but the second issue is even better, on both the writing and the art side of things, which makes for a great comic book.
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 183
- by Brian Cronin
- Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 at 11:19 AM EST
Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here’s the archive of the moments posted so far!
Today is the mid-point of the calendar year, so to celebrate the occasion, I’ve chosen a particularly classic scene from Batman: [...]
Month of Art Stars: Artist’s Choice – Rudy Nebres
- by Brian Cronin
- Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 at 11:52 PM EST
Every day in June I featured the work of a great artist, only instead of me picking the artist to feature, they were picked by their peers, fellow professional comic book artists who are picking out artists (from the past and present) who they think deserve special attention. Do note that most artists I asked [...]
Week of NBM Reviews – Dungeon: Zenith Vol. 3
- by Brian Cronin
- Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 at 11:24 PM EST
My week-long look at NBM titles continues with the latest English translation of the popular Dungeon (in French, Donjon) series of titles.
Dungeon is the expansive Dungeons and Dragons satire that French comic creators Joann Sfar and Lewis Trondheim started in 1998. Similar to George Lucas’ idea of having Star Wars stories set in the [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 182
- by Brian Cronin
- Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 at 10:43 PM EST
Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here’s the archive of the moments posted so far!
Today we look at a neat Batman moment from Grant Morrison that was a bit of a precursor to his more [...]
Comic Critics #76!
- by Brian Cronin
- Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 at 3:15 PM EST
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 seventy-five strips at the archive here and you can read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog.
Enjoy!
Month of Art Stars: Artist’s Choice – Reed Crandall
- by Brian Cronin
- Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 at 11:56 PM EST
Every day this month I’m going to feature the work of a great artist, only instead of me picking the artist to feature, they will be picked by their peers, fellow professional comic book artists who are picking out artists (from the past and present) who they think deserve special attention. Do note that most [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 181
- by Brian Cronin
- Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 at 11:46 PM EST
Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here’s the archive of the moments posted so far!
Today we look at another neat moment from the Return of Barry Allen from Mark Waid’s Flash run.
Enjoy!
Week of NBM Reviews – Arlene’s Heart
- by Brian Cronin
- Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 at 11:25 PM EST
A week of NBM reviews continues with today’s look at Victoria Francés’ graphic novel, Arlene’s Heart.
I say graphic novel, but really, it’s more like an art book, although I suppose there’s enough graphic content (of the other meaning of the term) that, in a way, it is a graphic novel!
The story tells the tale of [...]
Week of NBM Reviews – First Time
- by Brian Cronin
- Monday, June 29th, 2009 at 11:56 PM EST
Every weekday this week, I’ll review a book from NBM Publishing (I actually have six review copies, but Greg Burgas already reviewed one, Miss Don’t Touch Me, so I figure I’ll stick with the other five).
We begin with First Time, a book written by a French writer Sibylline and drawn by a variety of artists, [...]
