Announcements
Happy Third Anniversary, Robot 6!
Our pals at Comic Book Resources’ other comic book blog, Robot 6, celebrated their third anniversary today! In honor of the occasion, they took over CBR’s front page for the day! Plus, we all participated in a special edition of their regular feature, “What Are You Reading?” Check it out here. Congrats to JK and [...]
Meet the Line it is Drawn Trial Artists!
These are the ten excellent artists who will be doing three more weeks of drawings as they try-out to become a new artist for the Line it is Drawn. Check out the pieces they’ve done already and marvel at the awesomeness that they bring to the table!
The Line it is Drawn Try-Out Update
Hey folks, just figured I’d give another update on the Line it is Drawn try-out. As I mentioned last time, we added two new artists that you’ll meet hopefully tomorrow. Also, I have contacted the ten artists with the next highest amount of votes and they have all agreed to continue to try out during [...]
Regarding the Line it is Drawn Try Out
Just thought I’d fill everyone in on where we are. After all the votes were cast by you folks and our judges (including awesome comic book pros Fred Van Lente and Eric Trautmann, who both have had their suggestions used in past Line it is Drawn installments), we have two new regular artists. You’ll be [...]
Time is Running Away…
Yep, so it’s come to this…SEVEN years of Comics Should Be Good! Seven years ago today this little ol’ blog was started up by Alex, Joe, two Pauls, Tadhg and myself (with a super cool name picked out by Joe). Thanks guys, for starting this place up with me! We’ve come a long way from [...]
Only Four Shopping Days Left Until Fred Van Lente Day!
Yes, it is that most glorious time of the year once again – Fred Van Lente Day approaches!! Tuesday, December 6th will be Van Lente-riffic, with a lot of breaking Van Lente news, plus some great preview pages for you to marvel at! Plus, Fred and I will be doing an online panel about comic [...]
Welcome to the House to Astonish!
I’m pleased to announce that we’re going to be hosting a second comic book podcast here at Comics Should Be Good! On top of the always awesome 3 Chicks Reading Comics Podcast, we’ll also be having Alistair Kennedy and Paul O’Brien’s House to Astonish podcast, which has just recently celebrated its third year of great [...]
The Line it is Drawn – Call to Artists!
Some sad and some exciting news, everyone! First, the sad – all three of our original The Line it is Drawn artists – Caanan Grall, Daniel Irizarri and George Zapata – are going to be moving on. George, as you may or may not know, is hard at work on the independent comic book series, [...]
Someone New!
Megan Parker will be doing the occasional piece about comics here. If you don’t know Megan, she is on Twitter as TheElfGirl. She also wrote a bunch of articles for Pink Kryptonite. Her first piece will be up in thirty minutes. I just figured I’d give her a quick introductory post so you’re not wondering [...]
You may not have known Minck Oosterveer’s work, but here’s a chance to do so
I just got an e-mail from Chip Mosher of Boom! Studios about the death of Minck Oosterveer earlier this week. Oosterveer was a Dutch artist who only recently started working in the States, most notably on the Boom! series The Unknown, which was written by Mark Waid. The Unknown was a cool comic about a [...]
Shelter From the Storm of Hard Rain
As the effects of Hurricane Irene makes her way up the East Coast, I think there is at least a decent chance that I’ll be losing power in my neighborhood. Hopefully not, but if I do, well, that would be why you don’t see me posting. Just figured it was worth letting you folks know. [...]
Random Thoughts is Saved!
The final tally for money raised for the Hero Initiative is a stunning $535, boosted by my promise to revive Random Thoughts here on Comics Should be Good if the total reached $500. I would like to thank the following people for their donations: p0w, Raymond Conlon, Alec Berry, Dan Billings, Tim Callahan, Sandy Nevett, [...]
Max Overacts Could Be Released as a Book – And You Can Help!
Caanan Grall is trying to release his excellent (and Eisner-nominated) Max Overacts as a print volume, but he needs YOUR help to get it done! Simply put, he just needs people to pledge to buy the book so that he can raise enough money to print it out. Here is the site for the information. [...]
No Random Thoughts… Yet
Well, the deadline came and went this morning, and the goal of $500 for the Hero Initiative as part of my Blogathon and with the promise of the return of Random Thoughts was not met. But, because Brian so wants to see the feature return, he’s talked me into extending the deadline until Friday evening [...]
Just a Few More Hours to Keep Random Thoughts Going!
- by Brian Cronin
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Chad Nevett has promised that if he can raise $150 for the Hero Initiative (the fund for veteran comic book creators in financial need) by 9am Tuesday morning (Eastern Standard Time) that he will return to doing Random Thoughts every Tuesday (starting with today). So come on, people, it’s for charity, for crying out loud! [...]
