Kelly is a writer and artist who has a neat blog called 1979 Semi-Finalist. She also writes for the TV review blog, The Best Shows You're Not Watching.

Kelly's column is called "She Has No Head!" and mostly centers on women in comics. It will run on Mondays!

Welcome, Kelly!

19 Comments

• At November 10, 2009, Mer wrote:

  Women in comics - nifty!

  Welcome, Kelly.

• At November 10, 2009, Mario wrote:

  I just checked out the latest posts on 1979 and i have to say think Kelly will fit right ...

• At November 10, 2009, danjack wrote:

  Great to have another Female point of view.

  Just checked out the blog & it was pretty kool.

  Welcome aboard & ...

• At November 10, 2009, Nitz the Bloody wrote:

  " welcome to the blog, Kelly, hope you survive the experience! "

  Well, someone had to put it like that...

• At November 10, 2009, justin wrote:

  Even though I don't agree with everything this blog says...it's still my favorite blog and I look forward to having ...

• At November 10, 2009, Danielle Leigh wrote:

  Welcome, Kelly! Can't wait to read your columns!

• At November 10, 2009, Wesley Smith wrote:

  Just out of curiousity, are we talking about women characters or women creators?

• At November 10, 2009, Mecha-Shiva wrote:

  Hey, cool, welcome Kelly, indeed.

• At November 10, 2009, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  There's not enough women writing, drawing, reviewing, or blogging comics.

  Welcome aboard.

• At November 10, 2009, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Just out of curiousity, are we talking about women characters or women creators?

  Yes.

  Seriously, though, women characters, women creators, anything and ...

• At November 10, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  Ew! More girls!

• At November 10, 2009, Apodaca wrote:

  The fact that her blog is named after a great song by The Bad Plus makes me think I will ...

• At November 10, 2009, Dan Felty wrote:

  Hello!

  Come to think of it, I love Comics Should Be Good! Thanks for helping, everybody!

• At November 10, 2009, Adam wrote:

  She is a badass. I've been reading her blog since she was doing a daily comic. Looking forward ...

• At November 10, 2009, Kelly Thompson wrote:

  Thanks everyone for the amazing welcome - I hope I can do it justice.

  And to APODACA - I wish I ...

• At November 10, 2009, Huge Awesome Announcement « 1979 Semi-Finalist… wrote:

  [...] got an amazing offer last week from Brian Cronin over at CBR’s Comics Should Be Good to start contributing ...

• At November 11, 2009, Blackjak wrote:

  Welcome to the ever-growing CSBG team!

  At this rate, maybe CBR will become a sub-section of CSBG instead?

  ;-)

• At November 11, 2009, Ben Cohen wrote:

  This is super exciting. I have know Kelly since we studied together at SCAD in the Sequential Art department. ...

• At November 11, 2009, Mortenzen wrote:

  Welcome ! :)

Julie and I are huge nerds and we love Jeopardy! so it's been really fun for us watching Mrs. Len Wein continue to hammer her opposition... especially since a three-day total of around $36,000 will probably go a long way towards restoring their home after the disastrous fire not too long ago. Check your local listings and tune in tonight, and let's hope her winning streak continues!

In other news, we're taking some students along to the upcoming Seattle Comic-Card show and we will be seeing Mr. Wein there, which should be a lot of fun. I'm rooting around in the archives to see if I have anything on this list. I need to thin the herd anyway and this is certainly a good cause. I encourage you folks out there to do the same.

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• At October 29, 2009, David Hackett wrote:

  She's been great. The first and third game particularly when she pulled out such strong and dramatic finishes, the ...

• At October 29, 2009, Greg Hatcher wrote:

  Yeah, last night was a squeaker, we were so delighted when she pulled out the win that we actually yelled ...

• At October 29, 2009, Joe Lewis wrote:

  I had a friend, Larry Taylor, who was on Jeopardy a few years back. I was sitting at my ...

• At October 29, 2009, Brad Curran wrote:

  I had no idea this was happening. Cool.

• At October 29, 2009, Greg Hatcher wrote:

  Woohoo! She won again -- she's at something like $67,000 total now.

• At October 29, 2009, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Yeah, it was a great win.

  Although I can't believe that that dude didn't know the answer to Final Jeopardy. Really, ...

• At October 30, 2009, Greg Hatcher wrote:

  Well, she lost tonight, but still, four days is respectable, and nearly $68,000 is certainly a nice package to be ...

* Not really.

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• At August 27, 2009, Nitz the Bloody wrote:

  Years ago, that could have been a great publication. Sadly, the death of the newsstand means the best I'll get ...

• At August 27, 2009, Mark Temporis wrote:

  Doesn't work, Nitz. DAMN YOU!

• At August 27, 2009, MarkAndrew wrote:

  I'm more of a "Sandwich Aficionado" man. "Enthusiast" sold out to big Mayo back in the '80s and hasn't ...

• At August 27, 2009, The Mutt wrote:

  It's meat between bread with condiments! Of COURSE a hot dog is a sandwich!

  And while Sandwich Enthusiast always had better ...

• At August 27, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  I've actually had hours-long arguments over the sandwichtude of a hot dog. I maintain it is not a sandwich, due ...

• At August 27, 2009, The Mutt wrote:

  Is a hamburger not a sammich?

  Meat between bread. Grab bread. Eat meat.

  Sammich.

• At August 27, 2009, danjack wrote:

  Mmmmmm.... sammich.

  DFTBA

• At August 27, 2009, Matchstick wrote:

  Neither fully diagonal (45º) or straight (90º) is the correct sandwich cutting angle. About 60º is preferable.

• At August 28, 2009, Joe wrote:

  @Bill:

  "Non-vertical"? You eat your sandwiches that don't lay on a horizontal plane? What non-Newtonian-geometrical sandwiches are YOU eating?

• At August 28, 2009, bad trotsky wrote:

  One of the things my bros on another site love to post about. We all possess the ability to rant ...

• At August 28, 2009, Tom from West Chester wrote:

  A hot dog is a sandwich. A hot dog is virtually identical to a sausage sandwich, except that the ...

• At August 28, 2009, Anonymous wrote:

  With a bun being only once piece of bread, wouldn't it be an openfaced sandwich?

Finally, though, there's a place for our fine commenters (commentators?) to go when they can't agree to disagree in polite, civilized tones. I present to you The Almighty Bitching Thread, at our very own forum, where one may continue exercising their free speech well after the originating entry has fallen off the first page and all order and sanity has left the building. And that way, everyone's in one place when the building eventually burns down.

Well, that, or we can all calm down and make nice. I enjoy seeing massive amounts of comments, but I prefer said comments to be jovial in nature. Comics should be good, and so should their readers. After all, we don't want Overlord Cronin to nuke us all from orbit.

9 Comments

• At June 27, 2009, Dan Felty wrote:

  Politely, and in the spirit of the week, I think the term "bitching" is not very respectful of women. ...

• At June 27, 2009, Michael M wrote:

  Or Kvetching.... there's a word that doesn't get used enough.

• At June 27, 2009, Dork wrote:

  The week? Is there some sort of Canadian Chanukah going on?

• At June 27, 2009, Chris Jones wrote:

  The term "Complaining" is not terribly respectful to people who complain. Can we make it the "Happy Funtimes Alwaysgood" thread?

• At June 27, 2009, Dario Delfino wrote:

  The correct P.C. term is "Satisfaction Impaired," Chris.

  As in, "many readers were satisfaction-impaired upon reading Final Crisis #7."

  Also, Hawkman rules.

• At June 27, 2009, Adam wrote:

  Ironically, the thread was invented the day after a cartoon (on this very blog!) about someone wanting to stab Jeph ...

• At June 27, 2009, Gavin wrote:

  Okay, I'll finally join the forum...you convinced me.

• At June 27, 2009, fourthworlder wrote:

  Slow down, calling it bitching may in fact be an up front post-feminist reverse empowerment, perfectly acceptable in today's post-modern/pre-societal ...

• At June 28, 2009, Jack Norris wrote:

  Ah, none of those threads really got all that bad. A little spirited, but no real frothing.

Again, here is the cover by Mickey Duzyj, who rocks (click to enlarge)...

Should be fun.

I hope all of you who pick up the book dig it! All those who've read it, feel free to share your thoughts, good or bad, in the comments!

16 Comments

• At April 28, 2009, Loren wrote:

  Today? I saw it in Borders on Sunday.

  So, do you have your signing tour planned yet?

• At April 28, 2009, garbonzo wrote:

  Got my notice yesterday from amazon that it shipped! Can't wait to read it!!!

• At April 28, 2009, Ninjazilla wrote:

  Looking forward to it.

• At April 28, 2009, Scott wrote:

  If I can track down a copy in time, will you sign it this weekend?

• At April 28, 2009, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Ha!

  Why, naturally, of course! :)

• At April 28, 2009, Wraith wrote:

  I love that cover, too. Hopefully the book is a big success... I plan to snag a copy.

• At April 28, 2009, jazzbo wrote:

  I also got my notice from amazon yesterday. Congrats. Can't wait to read it.

• At April 28, 2009, Anonymous wrote:

  Saw it at a small local bookstore in Halifax, N.S. last Friday.

• At April 28, 2009, Jack Norris wrote:

  So, why was the "urban" part dropped from the "comic book legends" posts again?

• At April 28, 2009, Brian Cronin wrote:

  I like the sound of the shorter title. It's catchier.

• At April 28, 2009, David S wrote:

  Congratulations. Very exciting for you and comic fans everywhere.

• At April 28, 2009, Çteve! wrote:

  I received my two copies last thursday. Wanna make fun of Canada now ? My colleague at work already finished ...

• At April 28, 2009, MarkAndrew wrote:

  Nice! Congrats!

• At April 29, 2009, joshschr wrote:

  I ordered through Diamond. I hope it's in today!

• At April 29, 2009, Michael Mayket wrote:

  Mine came from Amazon today. When I opened the box the upper left-hand corner of the front cover was ...

• At May 3, 2009, Çteve! wrote:

  Bon, ben bravo. Le livre est sorti, il est pas mal king pis toute, mais pendant que tout le monde ...

It's called Legends Revealed, and you can visit it at legendsrevealed.com (which has links to Sports Legends Revealed and Entertainment Legends Revealed). Both sites will have (week) daily updates!

Enjoy!

13 Comments

• At April 13, 2009, Marcus Brute wrote:

  Avast! is telling me there's a virus on the site (legendsrevealed.com). Go there at your own risk.

• At April 13, 2009, Patrick C wrote:

  Marcus beat me to it. Avast! says stay away!

• At April 13, 2009, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Avast is off-base. There's nothing wrong with the site.

• At April 13, 2009, joshschr wrote:

  Without denigrating Avast!, I seem to be able to get on legendsrevealed ok at work, and our software is like ...

• At April 13, 2009, Evan McB wrote:

  Threat identified as something called Lucky Exploit

  http://www.finjan.com/MCRCblog.aspx?EntryId=2213

  Avoid clicking the legends revealed link.

• At April 13, 2009, Gen wrote:

  Yup, nothing wrong with the website, guys. I'm also looking at the site through my extra, super web-suspicious work ...

• At April 13, 2009, Eric Grant wrote:

  As a datapoint, I got the same message (Safari on a mac).

• At April 13, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  How do you have time for all this blogging? My God, you really are an artificial intelligence, aren't you?

• At April 13, 2009, jazzbo wrote:

  I got a virus warning at work, but from my home site I don't. I wasn't worried there actually was ...

• At April 14, 2009, Dunc wrote:

  So can I field ROM questions here or on the toy blog?

• At April 14, 2009, Patrick C wrote:

  As an update, the website works fine today, no Avast! problems.

• At April 14, 2009, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Thanks for the update, Patrick.

  So weird.

  My theory is that it is the same thing that sometimes happens to CBR, where ...

• At April 15, 2009, Anthony Strand wrote:

  I didn't have any Avast-related problems.

  I'm excited about this!

He's good, so it's good that he will be sharing his goodness with us at Comics Should Be Good.

8 Comments

• At April 7, 2009, Chad Nevett wrote:

  Thanks, Brian. Glad to be aboard.

• At April 7, 2009, TimCallahan wrote:

  This is the goodest good that ever gooded a good.

• At April 7, 2009, Greg Burgas wrote:

  You know, Chad doesn't seem to have very much to say on his other venues, so why are we giving ...

• At April 7, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  Dude, it's totally a Cousin Oliver trick.

• At April 7, 2009, Ian A. wrote:

  Awesome.

  I'm looking forward to a lot of excellent, Casey-related content.

• At April 7, 2009, TimCallahan wrote:

  And don't forget: 98% more Starlin than ever before.

• At April 7, 2009, Chad Nevett wrote:

  And yet my first post will deal with neither as I choose another favourite, Warren Ellis, to kick things off.

• At April 8, 2009, Nitz the Bloody wrote:

  Welcome to CSBG, Chad. Fortunately, I know you'll survive the experience.

He's now looking for work, so if you're in London and work for/have any connection to an ad agency, please keep Rich in mind.

The man certainly has a way with words and is a great salesman, so it's not like we're talking charity here.

The contact info is richjohnston@gmail.com and 07801350982. Anytime.

5 Comments

• At March 3, 2009, BrianHouston wrote:

  I wish you the best,, my mom was laided off in Nov,, so you have my sympathies.

• At March 3, 2009, Blackjak wrote:

  Unfortunately, I work in the banking sector... (NOT as a banker, I hasten to add!) I will be asking ...

• At March 4, 2009, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  What? He doesn't get paid for LITG, for shame!!!

  You people should be paying him a fortune!!!

• At March 4, 2009, Jax wrote:

  London is not good at the moment, Ive just been handed my notice also.

  If I had the money, and I ...

• At March 5, 2009, Graeme White wrote:

  I really hope he's ok. Over the years he's given a fair bit of tidbits of info and entertained ...

You can follow me on Twitter under the user name "csbg."

Or you can use the following link - Comics Should Be Good on Twitter.

12 Comments

• At February 26, 2009, Michael wrote:

  No.

• At February 26, 2009, Apodaca wrote:

  I think Twitter, like AIM, is gonna be one of those things I just never join in on. Too time-sensitive.

• At February 26, 2009, Ron wrote:

  ITT: Old people.

• At February 26, 2009, Grico wrote:

  Twitter is fun, I added you. You probably want to get a bio and picture up there so people know ...

• At February 26, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  Really? I don't "get" Twitter.

• At February 26, 2009, Brian Cronin wrote:

  I have added a picture and a link to the blog, Grico, thanks for the advice!

• At February 27, 2009, layne wrote:

  Hey, that's not a mini-comic book blog, that's a mini comic book blog! I was expecting Cynical Man and some ...

• At February 27, 2009, Blackjak wrote:

  Cool! Following you! (using my real name...)

  Looking forward to it!

• At February 27, 2009, Dan Bailey wrote:

  C'mon, now. Facebook is as far as I go when it comes to (anti-, in my case)social media.

  Get off, ...

• At February 27, 2009, Blackjak wrote:

  @Dan Bailey: Twitter is basically the Status bit of Facebook (or the wall) without all the apps, ads, etc...

  So ...

• At February 27, 2009, Dan Bailey wrote:

  Blackjak --

  Huh. Interesting. I don't use it *that* much ... but still. Interesting.

• At February 28, 2009, FD wrote:

  I'll follow as long as you don't post spoilers.

Here is the cover by artist Mickey Duzyj. I think he did a very nice job (click to enlarge)...

If you'd like to pre-order it, you can use the following code if you'd like to send me a bit of a referral fee...

Was Superman a Spy?: And Other Comic Book Legends Revealed

84 Comments

• At February 25, 2009, Shaun wrote:

  Congrats Brian! I will be picking this up.

• At February 25, 2009, MushroomJones wrote:

  Congrats man!

• At February 25, 2009, DaveOMac wrote:

  Brian, Been reading your urban legends since you started. Never commented but you always help the work day go by. ...

• At February 25, 2009, jrx10 wrote:

  Congratulations, Brian!!!

  If you want a Brazilian version of the book, give me a call!!!! ;)

• At February 25, 2009, jazzbo wrote:

  Wow, I had no idea this was happening. Congrats! I'll have to pick up a copy.

• At February 25, 2009, Blackjak wrote:

  Found it and pre-ordered on the amazon.co.uk site too!

  http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0452295327/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

• At February 25, 2009, Scott MacIver wrote:

  Congrats BC. Good on ya.

• At February 25, 2009, Semsu wrote:

  Pre-ordered!

  I had said to myself that if you ever put out a book with the Legends I would buy ...

• At February 25, 2009, Apodaca wrote:

  Wow! The cover is really excellent. Congratulations!

• At February 25, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  At last! Revealed to the world! But it's totally going to overshadow my Selective Selleck: Best of the Sexy calendar, ...

• At February 25, 2009, Colin.ynwa wrote:

  Excellent. I'll defo be picking up a copy. Nice one

• At February 25, 2009, Nick Marino wrote:

  OMG Brian this is so awesome. I just pre-ordered with your code. CONGRATS!!!

• At February 25, 2009, DanLarkin wrote:

  Congratulations, Brian!

• At February 25, 2009, Ian A. wrote:

  Dude! Awesome!

  Also: that cover is fantastic!

• At February 25, 2009, Vince Mathews wrote:

  Will Mr. Dido be providing any reviews or quotes for the dust cover? ; )

  I appreciate your column.

• At February 25, 2009, Bald Steve wrote:

  CONGRATS, BRIAN!!! That cover is awesome! If you need someone to review it, just lemme know ;-)

• At February 25, 2009, suedenim wrote:

  I love the cover - it's appropriately commercial and looks "comic-booky" on the stands, but nicely avoids "Pow! Zap! Wham!" ...

• At February 25, 2009, Grico wrote:

  That's great congrads Brian. I'll definitely be picking it up at some point. Maybe Zack Snyder can make a movie ...

• At February 25, 2009, Stephen wrote:

  Awesome. I'll certainly pre-order it.

  ... wait, "half" new stuff? You've been holding out on us! :)

• At February 25, 2009, Blair wrote:

  Ditto everyone above - well done Brian & I've preordered too!

• At February 25, 2009, Izod wrote:

  I've had the fortune to read the galley of this and it is really the top notch work that you'd ...

• At February 25, 2009, aboynamedposh wrote:

  Love the cover.

• At February 25, 2009, Richard Pachter wrote:

  Who broke this story MONTHS ago but then hushed it up. Hmmmmm?

  Seriously, congrats, Brian.

• At February 25, 2009, Nitz the Bloody wrote:

  Congratulations on getting published, Brian. The book design looks excellent, and I look forward to having it in my hands.

• At February 25, 2009, jazzbo wrote:

  Cool, right now you're the #4 seller in the "Superman" category, behing ASS 1 & 2 and Red Son. Not ...

• At February 25, 2009, joshschr wrote:

  I have pre-ordered it and plugged it on the other site I spend time. Best wishes!

• At February 25, 2009, Alonso wrote:

  Congrats! That's awesome news, and I'll be sure to pick it up.

• At February 25, 2009, Dan Felty wrote:

  Neat!

  How much retooling have you done to the columns as they appeared here? I imagine you would have taken ...

• At February 25, 2009, Rob III wrote:

  Awesome... and yes the cover is great

• At February 25, 2009, Michael wrote:

  Glad the gag order's finally off. Looking forward to it.

• At February 25, 2009, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Cool, right now you’re the #4 seller in the “Superman” category, behing ASS 1 & 2 and Red Son. Not ...

• At February 25, 2009, Annoyed Grunt wrote:

  I'll definitely pick it up. Is there a referral link for amazon.ca? Ordering it from the American site will ...

• At February 25, 2009, Brian Cronin wrote:

  They just gave me an American one, AG, so just use your Canada one. But I appreciate you asking!

• At February 25, 2009, Da Fug wrote:

  I remember rumblings about a book some months ago in the comments but then never heard about it again. ...

• At February 25, 2009, garbonzo wrote:

  The "can't miss" post of the week is now my "can't miss" book of the summer! I have pre-ordered ...

• At February 25, 2009, Glen Newman wrote:

  Awesome. Can't wait for that. Congrats Brian!

• At February 25, 2009, Michael Mayket wrote:

  Just pre-ordered it myself. I first came here because of the column back in the pre-CBR days. Congratulations ...

• At February 25, 2009, dwiff wrote:

  Great news! Congratulations!

• At February 25, 2009, Andrew Rubio wrote:

  Awesome news! Congrats!

• At February 25, 2009, Nick Pitarra wrote:

  Congrats man! Legends Revealed is my favorite comics related article on the planet! I'll be picking this up for sure. ...

• At February 25, 2009, Gary Reed wrote:

  Like others have mentioned here, never made the effort to drop a note but I do enjoy the column.

  One of ...

• At February 25, 2009, Danielle Leigh wrote:

  Yea!!! I'm so glad to see this announcement...can't wait to learn about these "legends" of which you write. ;-)

• At February 25, 2009, Casey wrote:

  Congratulations. Great column--a book was definitely in order!

• At February 25, 2009, Rohan Williams wrote:

  This is brilliant news! That cover is gorgeous.

• At February 25, 2009, Anonymous wrote:

  It'll be a fun day when i can sell this at my bookstore. I'll tell everyone- Yeah, i know that ...

• At February 25, 2009, Sean Whitmore wrote:

  Fantastic news, Brian, congratulations! I'm gonna get it as soon as I decide what else to buy to get the ...

• At February 25, 2009, Zak wrote:

  That's awesome, congrats!

• At February 25, 2009, FlipNite wrote:

  I pre-ordered - book looks great. Congrats Brian!

• At February 25, 2009, Kevin Garcia wrote:

  This is just volume one right?

  Can't wait.

• At February 25, 2009, Ortiz wrote:

  Great news!! Can't wait for it.

  Congrats Brian. :D

  Peace.

• At February 25, 2009, Corey wrote:

  Good for you Brian! Well deserved and really looking forward to buying my copy. Congratulations!

  And I love the cover!

• At February 25, 2009, Mike Loughlin wrote:

  Congratulations, Brian! I'll have to get a copy.

• At February 25, 2009, said wrote:

  my most honest congratulatuions, brian. i'm afraid the distribution market pretty much sucks here in colombia (so stuff ends up ...

• At February 25, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  Also, Brian, I await the inevitable sequel: "The Case of the Phantom Penis... and even more Comic Book Legends Revealed!"

  Also ...

• At February 25, 2009, Mike Blake wrote:

  Aha! Was preparing to market this part of the reason -- or the main reason -- for dropping the "Urban" ...

• At February 25, 2009, bad_trotsky wrote:

  I visit this site twice a day. When I log on and see a new "Legends" is up, ...

• At February 25, 2009, Alex Rules wrote:

  Nice.

• At February 25, 2009, Roberto Sadovski wrote:

  Shit, I live in Brazil, will have to wait until my next trip to the US. By the way, any ...

• At February 25, 2009, Matty wrote:

  Congrats on being published! I appreciate and marvel at the effort you put out each week in your well ...

• At February 25, 2009, OM wrote:

  ...The "half new stuff" should really contain some fun dirt, Brian. Stuff like:

  Q: "Is it true that the reason Dan ...

• At February 25, 2009, Sijo wrote:

  Congratulations, Brian.

  So, when can we expect the VH1 version? :D

  Hey, comics is about the only thing they haven't exploited for ...

• At February 25, 2009, T. wrote:

  Congratulations Brian!!! I'm going to pick up a copy for sure.

  And yeah, that is a great cover.

• At February 25, 2009, jared wrote:

  Long time reader, never said a word. Your site has kept me sane when I was on a boat in ...

• At February 25, 2009, Buy This Book + Stunning Cover | gotnull.com wrote:

  [...] has all that and a stunning cover as well. I suggest that you get it, or at the very ...

• At February 26, 2009, Scott wrote:

  that cover is so cool...

  i might pick it up...

• At February 26, 2009, plok wrote:

  WOO HOO!

• At February 26, 2009, Birmy wrote:

  Can I get this through Diamond (i.e. my local comic shop)? I'm sure I would have ordered it had I ...

• At February 26, 2009, DeathByGiraffe wrote:

  I pre-ordered mine from amazon this morning. I've enjoyed your blog way too long for free not to support ...

• At February 26, 2009, Dan Bailey wrote:

  Congrats!

  I don't know whether I'm more impressed or jealous. The only book I ever had my name on was ...

• At February 26, 2009, King Oblivion Ph.D. wrote:

  That is supremely cool. Those Comic Book Legends Revealed need more attention. And the cover is great.

  Congratulations, Brian!

• At February 26, 2009, Adam P Knave wrote:

  Fantastic! At long last!

  Pre-ordered through your link, and let me know if I can help somehow with letting the ...

• At February 26, 2009, joshschr wrote:

  I can't wait for the extended comment section at the end discussing the proper use of trademarks v copyrights v ...

• At February 26, 2009, mrc1214 wrote:

  congrats Brian I will be picking this up

• At February 26, 2009, Dan wrote:

  Consider it bought. I enjoy your column every week. I hope your hard work pays you back.

• At February 26, 2009, Dunc wrote:

  Sold. Possibly twice as a gift.

  Congrats!

• At February 26, 2009, BDaly wrote:

  Big congrats Brian.

• At February 26, 2009, Mars Bonfire wrote:

  Brian,

  Let me add my congratulations as well.

  I'll be ordering a copy (thanks to Blackjak for the amazon.co.uk link).

  If ...

• At February 26, 2009, George Travlos wrote:

  Just ordered it through your link. Can't wait to receive it. Nice work. Congratulations.

• At February 26, 2009, Nate wrote:

  no Kindle version.... :(

• At February 26, 2009, Brian Cronin wrote:

  no Kindle version…. :(

  Is that something they'd know about already?

• At February 26, 2009, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Also, thanks to everyone for all the kind words and well wishes!

• At February 27, 2009, universaladdress wrote:

  Wow, sure, I'll buy this.

• At February 27, 2009, John Seavey wrote:

  That's great! Congratulations!

  I'm currently reading through five-plus shelves of unread books I already own, and I've promised myself I won't ...

• At February 27, 2009, Magical Mimi wrote:

  Gratz Brian!

  Of course now I hope it actually comes in when they said it will, so I can buy it ...

This week they are celebrating the great Ms. Rambeau with her own week!

Click here to check out the official thread for the celebration!

3 Comments

• At February 23, 2009, T. wrote:

  Was Monica Rambeau's hair when she first appeared meant to be a Jheri curl? Maybe that could be a ...

• At February 23, 2009, T. wrote:

  I especially love how yummy she looked in her first appearance drawn by JR Jr on pencils and JR Sr ...

• At February 24, 2009, Nick Marino wrote:

  this is great!

Thanks to all of our regular folks - our two Gregs (Burgas and Hatcher), Brad Curran, Bill Reed, MarkAndrew, Danielle Leigh (how awesome has Danielle been, folks?) and our newest contributor, Scott (who has somehow been here for three months already!). Plus 2 and 3, and our mascot, good ol' 1!

And I can't forget to mention the the contributions of Alex, Joe, Pól, Paul McEnery, Tadhg, Tom, Chad, Christopher, Harvey, Kethylia's Manga Mondays and Marionette.

Not to mention Brandon and Sean's Comic Critics, John Seavey's Storytelling Engines and Lorendiac's Lists.

Thanks to Jonah for hosting the blog at Comic Book Resources and to Stephen for keeping up with all our tech stuff.

Thanks, also, to all those folks who come by to read our ramblings.

Thanks to the sites that link to us.

And thanks to anyone else that I forgot to thank!

These past four years have been a blast, and I hope...okay, I'm pretty darn certain that the fun will not stop any time soon.

19 Comments

• At December 10, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  Congratulations, folks!

  It feels like longer (but in a good way!) Can't believe that there actually was ...

• At December 10, 2008, Danielle Leigh wrote:

  *blush* Aww Geez. (Yup, it's official -- I've turned into a true midwesterner).

  Happy Birthday to Comics Should Be Good ...

• At December 10, 2008, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  You guys aren't thinking of abandoning us in our times of need for plain ol' gossip?!?

  Stick around forever and ...

• At December 10, 2008, Joe wrote:

  "Thanks, also, to all those folks who come by to read our ramblings."

  You're welcome.

• At December 10, 2008, David Norman wrote:

  Congratulations on the four-year anniversary and for being the best group comic book blog for fun and positivity. Keep up ...

• At December 10, 2008, Joe Rice wrote:

  So when do we start buying the blog so many shots that it ends up going home with something regrettable ...

• At December 10, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  So when do we start buying the blog so many shots that it ends up going home with something regrettable ...

• At December 10, 2008, T. wrote:

  Congrats guys!

  You really are the best comics blog out there. If it weren't for you guys, I'd probably have ...

• At December 10, 2008, Chris McAree wrote:

  Congratulations folks!

• At December 10, 2008, Biggles wrote:

  Congrats guys. And long may you continue.

• At December 10, 2008, Ian A. wrote:

  Happy birthday-slash-anniversary!

• At December 10, 2008, Apodaca wrote:

  Wow. I can't believe how fast that's gone by. You guys are about the only online comics discussion I engage ...

• At December 10, 2008, sgt rawk wrote:

  You people are GOOD PEOPLE. I'm new to this internet tendency and none of you beat me up, even though ...

• At December 10, 2008, Bill Reed wrote:

  Alright! An excuse reason to get good and drunk! Hurrah!

  Only here could I be considered a "regular" folk.

• At December 10, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  I just did a Happy Hooligan review the other day!

• At December 10, 2008, David wrote:

  Thanks for the great posts. This site is definately one of my favorite places to learn about older comics that ...

• At December 10, 2008, DanLarkin wrote:

  Congrats, guys!

• At December 10, 2008, Mike Loughlin wrote:

  Happy anniversary! Thank you Brian and everyone else, for providing such a great site!

• At December 11, 2008, Tyson wrote:

  Congrats! I enjoy both the writers and commentors here - this is a fun place to read about/discuss comics.

As part of his North american Tour, Achewood creator Chris Onstad will be signing books at Rocketship, this Friday, November 7th.

Achewood is pretty much the greatest webcomic ever. This is a fact proven by science and religion. TIME Magazine totally agrees! This is the only New York appearance by Mr. Onstad and Mr. Smuckles, so don't miss it!

The event starts at 7 pm.

3 Comments

• At November 6, 2008, Lord Paradise wrote:

  I read a bunch of older Achewood strips and a few newer ones, and didn't get the hype. The ...

• At November 6, 2008, Joe Rice wrote:

  I cannot frickin wait. This seriously might be the event I've anticipated most.

• At November 8, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Sorry I couldn't make it, Alex!

  I really, really wanted to come to this one in particular (I mean, Achewood?!!? Awesome!), ...

Sorry, I'm bitter. But that's how we're supposed to be on the Internet, right?

39 Comments

• At April 15, 2008, Mecha-Shiva wrote:

  That does suck. I don't pay much attention to sales, but that really seems like a book that would ...

• At April 15, 2008, Tommy wrote:

  I'm actually surprised it lasted as long Brubakerless as it did. Do you think it might get a post-Final Crisis ...

• At April 15, 2008, Annoyed Grunt wrote:

  I heard someone speculate that the covers actually hurt the book. The T&A crowd might not have found ...

• At April 15, 2008, sgt pepper wrote:

  Catwoman should join the Titans. Solved.

• At April 15, 2008, Greg Hatcher wrote:

  I sympathize. But still, 80-some issues is better than ten or twelve, which is where a lot of my "beloved ...

• At April 15, 2008, Mario wrote:

  I really hope the put David Lopez on a bigger assingment this time, he deserves a series with a higher ...

• At April 15, 2008, Greg Burgas wrote:

  Of course you're right, Greg. Pfeifer wrote the book for almost 40 issues, which is pretty darned good. ...

• At April 15, 2008, mightygodking wrote:

  I don’t pay much attention to sales, but that really seems like a book that would sell well.

  Except for ...

• At April 15, 2008, Thok wrote:

  Greg Hatcher, I think it's more likely that comic book fans who post on the internet have different tastes than ...

• At April 15, 2008, Annoyed Grunt wrote:

  'Because, to take Mark Waid’s famous example, if you go according to what fans SAY they want, then the biggest ...

• At April 15, 2008, Scott Free wrote:

  Wow, this does suck for a variety of reasons.

  No more explorations of Selina's complex psyche.

  No more Adam Hughes covers.

  I'm ...

• At April 15, 2008, Dean wrote:

  See, my theory is that fans just straight-up lie about what they want. Because, to take Mark Waid’s famous example, ...

• At April 15, 2008, D.W. Clark wrote:

  I think Thok has a valid point about the impact of small town comic book shops. I live in a ...

• At April 15, 2008, Matt D wrote:

  Well this sucks.

  Ok, I've moved on.

  What's Will on next?

• At April 15, 2008, M Bloom wrote:

  That's a pity. I've only been reading since #72, but I've been enjoying it a lot.

  That said, I, for one, ...

• At April 15, 2008, winterteeth wrote:

  In response to the "fans as liars" idea, I think there is some truth to it- but not quite ...

• At April 15, 2008, jazzbo wrote:

  I think winterteeth pretty much nailed it. I also think it depends on where exactly on the internet you're looking. ...

• At April 15, 2008, Andrew Collins wrote:

  All-New Atom also just bit the dust, which surprised me quite a bit. DC had actually done some hyping of ...

• At April 15, 2008, Edward Liu wrote:

  "So is everyone on the internet lying about what they like? Or are none of the people reading that stuff ...

• At April 15, 2008, The Mutt wrote:

  A title that has been for years consistently good and often great, ruined by crossover madness. Sheesh!

• At April 15, 2008, Chris wrote:

  This is all my doing. Since I never liked Catwoman as a character, I have been plotting this for ...

• At April 16, 2008, Dean wrote:

  All-New Atom also just bit the dust, which surprised me quite a bit. DC had actually done some hyping ...

• At April 16, 2008, Matt wrote:

  It is a shame.

  The 'leather and goggles' Catwoman was a vast improvement over the previous representation but after issue 50 ...

• At April 16, 2008, Kai wrote:

  This is disapointing but I'm not really surprised. I seem to have developed a pattern of backing all the series ...

• At April 16, 2008, Michael wrote:

  Yeah, I have to go with the "there are just more people buying than posting on the Internet" theory as ...

• At April 16, 2008, Rene wrote:

  What winterteeth said.

  People in the Internet aren't only more argumentantive than in RL, it's also very hard to resist trying ...

• At April 16, 2008, Dan wrote:

  I loved the series, but it seemed to be getting to this point. I had my doubts about it's long-term ...

• At April 16, 2008, Greg Hatcher wrote:

  So how long until Birds of Prey is canned?

  I have to think it's on the bubble, and so is Brave ...

• At April 16, 2008, Spiderguies wrote:

  Marvel also canned MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN, one of their better titles. A shame.

  CATWOMAN is up until #82.

• At April 16, 2008, montoya wrote:

  You know, I kept hearing about how great Catwoman was, but two issues after I started picking it up, the ...

• At April 16, 2008, All_STAR_BUMWIPE wrote:

  Don't base your Catwoman experience on the craptastic Salvation Run tie-in.

  Pick up the trade "Catwoman's Dead" if you really want ...

• At April 16, 2008, All_STAR_BUMWIPE wrote:

  And the world should be broken up that we're not treated to a regular Adam Hughes cover featuring Selina Kyle ...

• At April 16, 2008, Dan Bailey wrote:

  As I noted in the DC Universe thread noting the cancellation (which is how I found out about it), the ...

• At April 16, 2008, Doug Atkinson wrote:

  I'm with winterteeth and Rene. There's little reward in standing up for something unpopular when you know you're going ...

• At April 16, 2008, Michael wrote:

  Dan - That's exactly what happened to me with Young Justice. I start picking it up, love it, buy ...

• At April 16, 2008, Ian L. wrote:

  I always buy Titans, I never buy Catwoman. Titans have interested me and usually manage to keep me interested ...

• At April 16, 2008, Marc wrote:

  I loved the book, but if they were going to cancel it, they should've done it BEFORE Salvation Run; that ...

• At April 16, 2008, Dan Bailey wrote:

  Actually, BIrds of Prey is also a comic that's doomed, because I've gone the Catwoman route with it & added ...

• At April 17, 2008, ninjawookie wrote:

  Fuck shit crap!

  Of course it got cancelled!

  It was consistently a great title since it started (except when Gulacy joined)!

  Surely ...

So please, folks, comment with your suggestions for categories. Here are some samples of the type of thing I'm looking for - "Best Turnaround on a Comic Book Title WithOUT a Creative Change," "Funniest Comic Book of the Year," "Best Ed Brubaker Comic Book of the Year." Stuff like that.

I'll pick the best 10-15, and then we'll post our picks for each category!

43 Comments

• At January 1, 2008, scooby wrote:

  How about something for "Most Surprisingly Good Comic of the Year". In other words, which comic did you not expect ...

• At January 1, 2008, Omar Karindu wrote:

  "Best Wild Pop-Culture Remix" -- Strong contenders would be Matt Fraction and Grant Morrison.

  "Best Boundary-Pushing of the Medium" -- Not ...

• At January 1, 2008, DubipR wrote:

  Here's some ideas:

  - Best All Ages Comic

  - Best Single Issue

  - Best Story Arc

  - Underrated Comic Writer of 07

  - Underrated Comic ...

• At January 1, 2008, dhole wrote:

  I'd like to throw in "Best ON SCHEDULE comic of the Year". (not just awarded for actually staying on schedule, ...

• At January 1, 2008, Ro b Einhorn wrote:

  Best Waste of Time read

  Best Place to Read Your Comics

• At January 1, 2008, Erik wrote:

  Two books that would be best served if their creators switched books

  Rookie writer/artist of the year

• At January 1, 2008, Michael wrote:

  Best Book By A Creator You Thought Was Dead

  Best Comic John Byrne Would Hate

  Best Comic John Byrne Would Love

  Best Comic ...

• At January 1, 2008, Steve M wrote:

  Creepiest Cover

• At January 1, 2008, Tim Callahan wrote:

  Best Comic Based on Earlier, Better Steve Gerber Comics

  Best Comic Involving Either "Count" or "Down" or Both

  Best Comic Set in ...

• At January 1, 2008, clmcshane wrote:

  New Character that you most want to dropkick to the South Pole -

  Best ongoing subplot (lasts at least 6 ...

• At January 1, 2008, FunkyGreenJerusalem wrote:

  - Least annoying retcon.

  - Best page layout

  - Best Kirby reprint set (there were a lot last year)

  - Most innovative use ...

• At January 1, 2008, FunkyGreenJerusalem wrote:

  - Best moment in Scott Pilgrim

• At January 1, 2008, Rob T. wrote:

  How about:

  - Best Single Issue

  - Best Story Arc

  - Best Comic No One Read

  - Best On-timecomic of the Year

  - Best Splash ...

• At January 1, 2008, Colossus 2000 wrote:

  Best Tentacle Rape Cover :)

• At January 1, 2008, Dave T. Game wrote:

  Best New Comic with an Old School Feel

• At January 1, 2008, Scott MacIver wrote:

  Best comic you can read with your girlfriend.

  Best comic artist that doesn't offend your girlfriend.

• At January 1, 2008, Chris wrote:

  Best Moment of the Year

  Most Stupidest Moment of the Year

  Most Suprisingly Good Book of the Year

• At January 1, 2008, mightygodking wrote:

  Most Impressive Justification For Claiming That All-Star Batman And Robin Is A Good Comic

• At January 1, 2008, Rohan Williams wrote:

  Following up on one of Omar's suggestions, I'd like to see an award for 'Best Expansion of a Throwaway Concept' ...

• At January 1, 2008, Randy wrote:

  Best delayed mini

  Best delayed young avengers comic

• At January 1, 2008, T wrote:

  “Best Wild Pop-Culture Remix” — Strong contenders would be Matt Fraction and Grant Morrison.

  “Best Boundary-Pushing of the Medium” — Not ...

• At January 1, 2008, T wrote:

  Here's another one: "Most avoidably delayed comic." Meaning this comic was not just delayed, but it was so obvious ...

• At January 1, 2008, Rebis wrote:

  Best Fill-in/Pinch-hit Job by a Writer

  Best Fill-in/Pinch-hit Job by an Artist

  Best New Pairing of Writer to Character(s)

  Best New Pairing of ...

• At January 2, 2008, E.D. wrote:

  "Best Non-Zombie Cover Homage"

  "Best Cliffhanger"

  "Best Resolution of a Cliffhanger"

  "Best Rationalization of Another Writer's Error"

• At January 2, 2008, Matthew E wrote:

  How about a classic:

  "Sensational Character Find of 2007"

• At January 2, 2008, Pedro Bouça wrote:

  Retcon of the year!

  Seriously, every year has more than its fill of retcons, why can't we choose the most significant?

  Best,

  Hunter ...

• At January 2, 2008, Jordan D. White wrote:

  Best use of MODOK.

  Best use of lame villain.

  Best tangential crossover tie-in.

  Best comic to overcome low-expectations.

• At January 2, 2008, Eric wrote:

  Best Kiss

  Most Sexist Moment

  Least Deserving of Publisher's Hype

  Most Overrated

  Most Underrated

  Best/Worst Couple

  Best/Worst Line-up (Super Team)

  Team/Character most Deserving of their own comic

  Best ...

• At January 2, 2008, kushiro wrote:

  Most/Least Realistic depictions of anatomy.

  Most/Least Realistic Use of Dialogue.

  Most/Least Deserved Cancellation.

  The Elk's Run ("Where the heck did this comic go?") ...

• At January 2, 2008, Matthew J. Brady wrote:

  Best manga/non-American comic

  Weirdest concept

  Best cover/cover artist

  Best alien/monster

  Good comic most likely to be cancelled soon

  Most overrated comic

  Best award category

• At January 2, 2008, Greg Hatcher wrote:

  Although I like your other suggestions a lot, these two sound like they would just turn into excuses for yet ...

• At January 2, 2008, E.D. wrote:

  "Best Comic With Orders Above 100,000"

  "Best Comic With Orders Below 10,000"

  Using ICV2 numbers, of course.

  "Best Co-Writing"

  Given the number of comics ...

• At January 2, 2008, Mullon wrote:

  Best use of sound-effect/onomatopeia.

• At January 2, 2008, Bill Reed wrote:

  Best use of MODOK.

  2007 *was* the year of MODOK, but I think we all know what would take home the ...

• At January 2, 2008, winterteeth wrote:

  Best Sound FX

  Best Anthology Title

  Most Literate Comic

  Best Single Issue title (My vote would be for Total Eclipso: The Heart from ...

• At January 2, 2008, John Trumbull wrote:

  Most Unintentionally Funny Comic of the Year

  Most Out-Of Character Moment

  Best In-Character Moment (I'm thinking of this in terms of an ...

• At January 3, 2008, Chris wrote:

  The "Don't Call It a Comeback!" Award (looking at you over there, Nova)

  The Punisher's Most Creative Bad-Guy Murder Sequence (missle ...

• At January 3, 2008, DanCJ wrote:

  Best Category Suggestion

• At January 3, 2008, Omar Karindu wrote:

  In defense of the "Pop Culture" category, surely Brian O'Malley could swoop in and take it?

• At April 16, 2008, aliss term life insurance wrote:

  aliss term life insurance...

  mat Fledermaus Calceolaria ...

• At May 25, 2008, cost of flood insurance wrote:

  cost of flood insurance...

  Delphically lowness,Canis orchestras ...

• At June 22, 2008, giochi online stregonerie wrote:

  giochi online stregonerie...

  Uganda either insurgent pollute Lenten modeling ...

• At July 18, 2008, online baccara wrote:

  online baccara...

  proclivity!doted taught woodland toruses downed ...

Thanks to all of our regular guys - our two Gregs (Burgas and Hatcher), Brad Curran, Bill Reed and MarkAndrew. Plus 2 and 3, and our mascot, good ol' 1!

And I can't forget to mention the the contributions of Pól, Paul McEnery, Tadhg, Tom, Chad, Christopher, Harvey and Marionette.

Not to mention John Seavey's Storytelling Engines, Lorendiac's Lists and Kethylia's Manga Mondays!

Thanks to Jonah for hosting the blog at Comic Book Resources and to Stephen for keeping up with all our tech stuff.

Thanks, also, to all those folks who come by to read our ramblings.

Thanks to the sites that link to us.

And thanks to anyone else that I forgot to thank!

These past three years have been a blast, and I hope...okay, I'm pretty darn certain that the fun will not stop any time soon.

37 Comments

• At December 10, 2007, Bill Reed wrote:

  *sniff*

  They grow up so fast.

• At December 10, 2007, GarBut wrote:

  I'm waiting to be the 3rd person to post deserved congratulations to you, so that I can therefore be the ...

• At December 10, 2007, Scott MacIver wrote:

  Hey, don't thank us, you guys do all the work.

  That's what brings me back, after all.

• At December 10, 2007, Ian Astheimer wrote:

  Three years?

  Kudos, folks.

  Well done.

• At December 10, 2007, yo go re wrote:

  "super cool." yeah, THAT'S it...

• At December 10, 2007, Michael wrote:

  I love how the anniversary of this blog and my nervous breakdown coincide.

• At December 10, 2007, Corey wrote:

  Happy birthday!

• At December 10, 2007, georgeblanks wrote:

  I almost thouhgt this post was about "Tempus Fugitive", a mini-series from way back when, written and painted by ...

• At December 10, 2007, Da Fug wrote:

  YAY, CSBG! Congrats all. This is the only comics blog I read every day.

• At December 10, 2007, BDillon wrote:

  Congrats guys! Heck of an achievement!

• At December 10, 2007, Wayne wrote:

  Bravo!

  How about a "highlight reel"?

• At December 10, 2007, Black Lutefisk wrote:

  Easily my favorite blog. You guys are muchly appreciated.

• At December 10, 2007, Apodaca wrote:

  What kind of a person comes to a blog regularly and then complains about the name?

  Congrats on the anniversary, guys. ...

• At December 10, 2007, FunkyGreenJerusalem wrote:

  WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

• At December 10, 2007, sgt pepper wrote:

  Love the site. Keep it up.

• At December 10, 2007, Happy wrote:

  Congrats! This really is a fun place to read about and discuss comics. Not only do I enjoy ...

• At December 10, 2007, Rohan Williams wrote:

  Congratulations, Brian! Like a few others have said, this is the only comics blog I read every day.

• At December 10, 2007, Robert Parizek wrote:

  Congrats! Three years, nice!

• At December 11, 2007, Pól Rua wrote:

  Now if I can just keep this gruelling post-a-year pace up...

  Good stuff, you lot.

  The Cronin never sleeps.

• At December 11, 2007, Graham Vingoe wrote:

  this has become my favourite comics blog in quite a short time. keep up the fantastic work guys

• At December 11, 2007, Denn wrote:

  This is the only comics blog I read with any regularity. Thanks for the entertainment & here's to 3 more!

• At December 11, 2007, Bat2supe wrote:

  Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeers !!!!

• At December 11, 2007, Mark S wrote:

  I particularly love the upbeat feel this blog maintains so much of the time - congratulations and here's to the ...

• At December 11, 2007, Mahmud Asrar wrote:

  Hopefully we'll see the day when this article celebrates it's 30th year too!

  Congrats and best regards!

• At December 11, 2007, J to the AAP wrote:

  Salud!

• At December 11, 2007, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  You're getting older.

  Congrats.

• At December 11, 2007, BDaly wrote:

  Congrats. Best blog around.

• At December 11, 2007, Kirth wrote:

  Great writing and research!!!

  Um...more content, please.

• At December 11, 2007, Joe Rice wrote:

  Good job, Brian!

• At December 11, 2007, Bald Steve wrote:

  Congrats, guys!!!

  This is a daily stop for me and I look forward many more insightful, hilarious, and spot-on articles and ...

• At December 11, 2007, Luis C. wrote:

  Happy Birthday!

  Congratulations on 3 long hard and wonderful years of excellent work. Keep at it!

• At December 11, 2007, layne wrote:

  Nice work, folks. Thanks for everything!

• At December 11, 2007, Paul Girardin wrote:

  You guys have a special place in my comics lover heart !

  I wish you many more years ... so like ...

• At December 11, 2007, Mer wrote:

  Yay!

  Big hugs to CSBG!

  And thanks for all that comics learnin'.

• At December 11, 2007, Chris Simpson wrote:

  Happy Birthday (for yesterday).

  Great blog. Keep up the good work.

• At December 11, 2007, Tyson wrote:

  Congrats! I love this blog.

• At December 11, 2007, James the Wise wrote:

  A very happy unbirthday to you! Wait, it's your actual birthday. Well make sure you pinch yourself 3 times.

According to Wikipedia and this thread on the Soap Operus forums, started by a man who knew him.

Howard avoided publicity and didn't do interviews, so I can't give you much detail on his life. Wayne Howard started in the industry working for Will Eisner(!) and spent time in Wally Wood's studio, sometimes ghosting for Mr. Wood. Later on, Howard did a few job for Marvel and DC inking Marvel Team-up and Wonder Woman, but the bulk of his work was for Charlton, including...

or, better yet....

A title Howard, solo, conceived. He also drew the covers for the book, did much of the interior art, colored, inked, and lettered, occasionally scripted and was creator-credited BY NAME on the cover - An unheard of practice for Charlton comics at that time. (Or ever.)

Midnight Tales, especially, is a favorite of mine - Heck it's my all-time favorite Horror Anthology title periodfullstop. Instead of a single, Crypt-Keeper style narrator, the heroes of the series were Professor Coffin and his exceedingly comely niece Arachne who pull double duty - sometimes acting as observers, sometimes active participants in the stories. It's a funny, sexy, all-round enjoyable comic series, scary only when you least expected it.

Sadly, Howard left the comics industry in 1983.

I never met him, but I had a hell of a lot of respect for his work.

I think the major strength of Howard's art was it's unpredictablity: The camera would swoop down and slide, telling the story from eight or nine different angles on a single page, until static shots were rare enough to mean something. The panels themselves would alternate between near George-Perez level detail (check the above and below covers) and uncluttered, one-or-two figure drawings depending on the story's immediate needs. On top of this story-based-randomness, Howard had a psychologist's eye for body language - Look at how much personality every one of the figures has in the image below.

I would unhesitatingly call him one of the unrecognized greats of his generation. And I know I'm not alone. I remember buying back issues at a Detroit Convention and ending up in a half hour long conversation with five or six strangers about how much we liked Wayne Howard's work and how sad it is that he's stuck in relative obscurity. So RIP, Mister Howard. Thanks for giving us as much of your work as you did, but we selfishly wish there had been more.

Howard is survived by his wife and one student, the last of the Wally Wood school.

30 Comments

• At December 10, 2007, Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Dec. 10, 2007: No naked buttcracks wrote:

  [...] [Top Story] Mark Andrew brings word that longtime Charlton artist Wayne Howard died yesterday of a heart attack. He ...

• At December 10, 2007, R. Nicholas wrote:

  It was my pleasure to know Wayne Howard and call him my friend, he will be missed.

• At December 10, 2007, Eisen wrote:

  A good friend, he was kind, respectful and the kind of man this world needs more of. Rest in peace. ...

• At December 10, 2007, TrashCan wrote:

  I, and anyone who had the priveledge of talking to this man, cannot avoid the fact that Wayne Howard was ...

• At December 10, 2007, pk wrote:

  True that TC True that.

• At December 10, 2007, MGirly wrote:

  He was like a father to me.. and probably to a lot of other people. It has been such a ...

• At December 10, 2007, pkirchner wrote:

  I met Wayne Howard when I was working for Wally Wood in 1974. We became friends and spent a ...

• At December 10, 2007, Hounder wrote:

  Wayne was a friend to me. But, more than a friend he was kind of a father figure. I met ...

• At December 10, 2007, Niviene wrote:

  He was 58, not 59. Though we always joked he was 58 going on 12. He saw the ...

• At December 10, 2007, Rottingbeef wrote:

  Who is the one remaining student?

• At December 10, 2007, littledove wrote:

  I just received a call..all I can say is Mr. Howard was amazing. I think I can safely say there ...

• At December 11, 2007, Eefie wrote:

  Nivi that was beautifully said, I have indeed never met anyone who had a bigger heart! I only knew him ...

• At December 11, 2007, John "The Unimonster" Stevenson wrote:

  Once again, another great childhood memory passes away. Go in Peace, Wayne...

• At December 11, 2007, Kinnear wrote:

  Wayne Howard's passing marks the saddest day of my life. I've known Wayne for some 10 years or so now. ...

• At December 11, 2007, MarkAndrew wrote:

  Very nice comments, folks. (Really sad, but very nice.)

  Thank you for sharing your memories.

• At December 11, 2007, Poka Poka Dragon wrote:

  I'll miss you SE. You were one of the best men I've ever known.

  Your friend,

  -David

• At December 12, 2007, Mana wrote:

  We will all miss him. He knew how to make us feel warm and welcome. He was a friend.

• At December 12, 2007, Synaptic Sugar » Blog Archive » The Eagle has landed wrote:

  [...] Wayne Howard passed away at age 58 last Sunday. More than for his terrific work in the field of ...

• At December 12, 2007, Triana wrote:

  Wayne ran an IRC game channel for about 13 years. During that time there were probably 4-500 people who ...

• At December 12, 2007, Tommy wrote:

  What can I say that hasn't already been said? Perhaps a story of the man I knew.

  I met Wayne ...

• At December 17, 2007, Knightewolfe wrote:

  What can I say about Wayne that hasn't already been said.

  I met him several years ago while searching for ...

• At December 17, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Ben Carver put up a nice tribute to Wayne at his site here - http://www.pointguardian.com/

• At May 2, 2008, Mike Carlson wrote:

  I was at college with Wayne, where he already had found his standard dress outfit, and once locked his room ...

• At June 6, 2008, Jude wrote:

  I didn't know Wayne Howard personally, but his artwork grabbed me enough to always pick it up and buy on ...

• At July 22, 2008, Stephen Stanley wrote:

  So, I decided to google Wayne. And the title of this blog says it all.

  I "met" Wayne in the mid ...

• At September 1, 2008, Niviene wrote:

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• At September 25, 2008, purple_reading_giraffe wrote:

  I met Wayne Howard in late 74 or early 75 (it's hard to remember exactly) as a teen. He ...

• At September 25, 2008, ChronoSerge wrote:

  Wayne was a very nice guy who made everyone feel like they were his friend, and he always seemed happy ...

• At September 25, 2008, MarkAndrew wrote:

  Oh my gosh. That is a self portrait! I had that issue hanging on one of those sleeve ...

• At May 6, 2009, mcook wrote:

  Does anyone know if Wayne Howard ever painted in watercolor. I have seen a painting with his name on ...

I know voting has been a bit sparse, so please, folks, help make the list cooler and send your top 10 favorite cartoonists (defined as artists who write and draw their comics, from Walt Kelly to Charles Schulz to Erik Larsen to Steve Ditko to Frank Miller) to Ryan, at the e-mail address - ryankirk80@hotmail.com

I know Ryan would like to get as many votes as possible so that the rankings can fairly accurately depict people's thoughts.

So vote!!

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Project: Rooftop to host 'Wieringo Week' tribute
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In memory of Mike Wieringo, who passed away Aug. 12, Project: Rooftop has announced an open call for redesigns of Bart Allen (Impulse/Kid Flash/The Flash), the character created in 1994 by Wieringo and Mark Waid.

Submissions will be accepted through Sunday, with the best entries showcased during a special "Wieringo Week," which also will feature some of the best costume work from Wieringo's career.

"Mike had a timeless appreciation for these awesome characters and enjoyed the heck out of online costuming/drawing events, so I think he'd really dig this kind of fun being held in his honor," writes Project: Rooftop founder Dean Trippe. "Whether you consider yourself a friend, fan, or both, come join us in remembering Mike Wieringo, whose incredible artwork and unfailing kindness continue to serve as a source of unending inspiration and joy."

For full details, visit the Project: Rooftop website at www.projectrooftop.com.
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Project Rooftop is where cartoonists and illustrators bring their costume design skills to task in tribute to the superheroes and villains we've grown up with. This site is intended to promote excellence in costume design as well as foster continued interest for these amazing characters.

The website is www.projectrooftop.com

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All characters are copyrights and trademarks of the respective publishers and creators. All of the designs here were created not for profit and this site is used solely for artistic enjoyment.

1 Comments

• At August 24, 2007, Ian Astheimer wrote:

  This has the makings of a wonderful tribute. I can't wait to see what the artists produce.

  (Has anyone dubbed ...

The question is - who are your favorite Marvel and DC characters (and yes, when I say "top" in the title, I just mean "your favorite," I know that confused some people last time)?

So everyone, please pick your Top 10 all-time favorite DC Comic characters, specifying which character you mean if it is a legacy character, like Green Lantern or Flash (including Vertigo and Watchmen, just not counting anything from Wildstorm, V for Vendetta or licensed comics, and All Star and Elseworlds characters count as separate characters) and your Top 10 all-time favorite Marvel characters, specifying which character you mean if it is a legacy character, which is rare in the Marvel Universe (not including licensed characters or Icon or Epic books, and Ultimate characters count as separate characters). So it'll be two lists, with 10 people on each list).

You then rank your favorites 1-10 (with 1 being your favorite, 2 second-favorite, etc.).

For each first place vote, the character will get 10 points. For every second, 9 points, etc.

I will let folks vote until 11:59 pm EST, September 9th, so we can get as many votes as possible (the more votes cast, the better the results are)!

Voting is really easy. Simply e-mail me (let's use bcronin@comicbookresources.com for this one, okay?) with your 10 favorite DC characters and your 10 favorite Marvel characters. Just vote by e-mail. Don't vote in the comments section, especially because I'd prefer for the results to be pretty secretive.

You must pick 10 characters per list for your choices to be counted!

Starting September 10th, I'll count down the results, AFI-style, with the Top 50 DC Comic Characters and the Top 50 Marvel Comic characters.

Okay? Start voting!!!

NOTE: The following groups count as one character (I'll add more as it becomes appropriate):

Female Furies
Metal Men
Inferior Five
Warriors Three
Moon Boy and Devil Dinosaur
Legion of Substitute Heroes
Red Ghost and the Super-Apes
We3

The following groups do not count as one character:
X-Statix - Too many great, distinct characters
Power Company
Thunderbolts
GLA/GLX/GLI

Regarding Legion of Superheroes characters, please specify which version you mean (pre-Zero Hour, Post-Zero Hour, Current series).

And for characters like Hank Pym and/or Robbie Baldwin, vote for whichever costumed identity you would like (just one per character, though, so no Speedball AND Penance), but I'll be combining the votes at the end (so a vote for Penance is the same as a vote for Speedball).

If any ruling you were confused by makes you wish to revise your list, just e-mail me a revised list (make sure you say "Revised List" in the title, though)

121 Comments

• At August 22, 2007, stealthwise wrote:

  Lists Should Be Good? God, I hope that something like Superboy Prime doesn't take a high spot...

• At August 22, 2007, A. Dave Lewis wrote:

  **raises hand, emphatically**

  Ooo! Ooo! I have a question!

  Is "Ultimate Spider-Man" a different character from "Spider-Man?" Huh, is he, is he?

• At August 22, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Superboy Prime will be at least top ten, I bet.

• At August 22, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Good question, Dave. I edited the piece to address it.

• At August 22, 2007, Conor E wrote:

  When you say Vertigo, is that everything, not just stuff associated with the main DCU like Sandman or Swamp Thing?

• At August 22, 2007, Bill Reed wrote:

  No licensed characters? Does ROM not count!? Nooooooo

• At August 22, 2007, MarkAndrew wrote:

  If you don't vote for Stegron I will come to your house and beat up your pets.

  Starting with ...

• At August 22, 2007, The Mutt wrote:

  So is it supposed be the top ten DC, the top ten Marvel AND a top ten Over All?

• At August 22, 2007, chdb wrote:

  This better not end up being like that sucky DC list where Batman and Superman were one and two. The ...

• At August 22, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  So is it supposed be the top ten DC, the top ten Marvel AND a top ten Over All? Top ...

• At August 22, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  When you say Vertigo, is that everything, not just stuff associated with the main DCU like Sandman or Swamp Thing? ...

• At August 22, 2007, Ian wrote:

  Now if my favorite character is say... Penance, then will my vote be added to everyone that votes for Speedball ...

• At August 22, 2007, Mecha-Shiva wrote:

  Hmm... my first draft contained no women at all. I can't decide if that is an honest critique of ...

• At August 22, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Now if my favorite character is say… Penance, then will my vote be added to everyone that votes for Speedball ...

• At August 22, 2007, Linus wrote:

  I imagine the Warriors Three would also count as one choice.

• At August 22, 2007, Richard wrote:

  Paste-Pot-Pete is the greatest character ever. The Porcupine is #2.

• At August 22, 2007, Colossus 2000 wrote:

  Now taking bets at where Wolverine, Spider-Man, Batman and Supes come in...

  Are we all going to be esoteric with ...

• At August 23, 2007, Birmy wrote:

  Here's a vote for the Maverick Minstrel. (Hello, obscurity!)

• At August 23, 2007, Graham Vingoe wrote:

  I've submitted my list already - I've ended up with a mixture of obvious choices and more obscure characters, including ...

• At August 23, 2007, ninjawookie wrote:

  what about DC animated versions.

  The Bruce Timm Animated batman is the perfect Batman.

• At August 23, 2007, John Seavey wrote:

  I've submitted my list--obviously, I can't convince anyone to agree with me, but if Hitman's not on your DC list, ...

• At August 23, 2007, Jordan D. White wrote:

  Questions!

  1. Would you count "The ClanDestine" as one?

  2. Would you count the "GLA/GLX/GLI" as one?

  3. Do "Watchmen" and "V for ...

• At August 23, 2007, Anonymous wrote:

  Best Marvel character ever......

  Gronk!

  "Musclebound Master of Adhesion"

  Fear his sticky awesomeness!!!!

  http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/gronkminion.htm

• At August 23, 2007, Chris wrote:

  Related to the Silver Age Superman, do I need to specify which version of the Legion of Superheroes a certain ...

• At August 23, 2007, Al Ewing wrote:

  Reverse Aquaman is the only choice.

• At August 23, 2007, DCD wrote:

  POP!

  I have turned into a vote for Impossible Man!

• At August 23, 2007, Seamus Gentz wrote:

  "The following groups do not count as one character:

  X-Statix - Too many great, distinct characters

  Power Company

  Thunderbolts"

  Yeah, that makes sense. I'll ...

• At August 23, 2007, avengers63 wrote:

  I would suggest that if a team is mainly characters with their own books (JLA, Avengers), then individual entries are ...

• At August 23, 2007, Jordan D. White wrote:

  I don't know about that... you think the Fantastic Four should be one character? No way. All four ...

• At August 23, 2007, Dan K wrote:

  Do pre and post crisis versions of DC characters count as seperate choices?

  Sentinels count as one choice, right?

• At August 23, 2007, Dan K wrote:

  Also, are you counting V for Vendetta as being DC?

• At August 23, 2007, Chud wrote:

  I think that the Blackhawks, the Enforcers and the Red Ghost and the Super-Apes should all count as single entries. ...

• At August 23, 2007, Chris wrote:

  I can verify that Red Ghost and the Super-apes have at least one vote. Because they are awesome, and deserve ...

• At August 23, 2007, Glen Newman wrote:

  No Wildstorm? Then I can't put in Elijah Snow! :(

• At August 23, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Watchmen was a DC comic, so it counts. V for Vendetta wasn't originally, so it doesn't.

• At August 23, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Questions!

  1. Would you count “The ClanDestine” as one?

  2. Would you count the “GLA/GLX/GLI” as one?

  3. Do “Watchmen” and “V for ...

• At August 23, 2007, Jordan D. White wrote:

  Just glancing over my list as I sent them, I noticed something strange. I'm much more of a Marvel ...

• At August 23, 2007, avengers63 wrote:

  "I don’t know about that… you think the Fantastic Four should be one character? No way. All four of the ...

• At August 23, 2007, Jordan D. White wrote:

  4. I say no - I think it is implied that if you’re voting for a Superman or a Spider-Man ...

• At August 23, 2007, Jordan D. White wrote:

  "Sure.. all four are main characters. Who almost never appear continuously in other books. Yes, there have been changes in ...

• At August 23, 2007, chdb wrote:

  Okay, wait, we seriously have to distinguish Legion characters by boot number?

  That's ridiculous. Brainiac Five is Brainiac Five is Brainiac-goddamned-Five.

• At August 23, 2007, The Mutt wrote:

  I found the top three on each list really easy to write down. The next three came to mind easily, ...

• At August 23, 2007, Mightygodking.com » Blog Archive wrote:

  [...] Comics Should Be Good! is doing a meta-poll about “your favorite characters“, which should be amusing, especially if people ...

• At August 23, 2007, Johnny Bacardi wrote:

  "but seriously, is anyone going to pick one other than the pre-Zero Hour ones?"

  Well, if I was going to participate ...

• At August 23, 2007, Aaron C wrote:

  'This better not end up being like that sucky DC list where Batman and Superman were one and two. The ...

• At August 23, 2007, stealthwise wrote:

  Why the heck doesn't GLI/X/A count as one???

• At August 23, 2007, Zach Adams wrote:

  chdb--I would actually vehemently disagree, and Brainy is the character I'd use as prime illustration. Pre-ZH and post-ZH Querl ...

• At August 23, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Well, if I was going to participate in the poll, I would pick Kinetix. Blast you for pointing out that ...

• At August 23, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Why the heck doesn’t GLI/X/A count as one??? Because they're recognizable characters on their own.

• At August 24, 2007, Zach Adams wrote:

  Brian Cronin wrote:

  "I just can’t see someone saying, “Yeah, Lightning Lad sucked, but Live Wire was awesome!!”"

  Neither can I. ...

• At August 24, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Neither can I. But that doesn’t change the fact that there are characters who I like better in one version ...

• At August 24, 2007, Hasx4 wrote:

  Can anyone point to the results of last years top 100 writer and artists

• At August 24, 2007, avengers63 wrote:

  "Why the heck doesn’t GLI/X/A count as one???"

  "Because they’re recognizable characters on their own."

  I completely disagree with this. If ...

• At August 24, 2007, Matthew E wrote:

  I'm including which version it is for the Legionnaires I'm voting for, but I'm doing so under protest. Brainiac 5, ...

• At August 24, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  I was mostly just trying to prevent characters like Gates from being ignored, Matthew, and I think you'll agree, that ...

• At August 24, 2007, Matthew E wrote:

  That makes sense.

  Except the part about Gates being ignored. How could anyone ignore Gates? What could be more memorable than ...

• At August 25, 2007, Ryan S. wrote:

  Does the Haunted Tank count as a character?

• At August 25, 2007, Travis Johnson wrote:

  I've got a strange and kind of perverse interest in Marv from Sin City. Sure, there's the "Conan in a ...

• At August 25, 2007, Travis Johnson wrote:

  ...

  I think I did it wrong.

• At August 27, 2007, Odinwolf wrote:

  Can we do Independants too? Image/Dark Horse/Top Cow and all those guys rolled into their own third category? My Marvel ...

• At August 27, 2007, Don Sparrow wrote:

  Making this list CHARACTERS rather than heroes made my choices near-impossible! Trying to figure out where my favourite villains ...

• At August 27, 2007, CSBG’s Top 100 Marvel and DC Characters! | Between The Staples by Robert J. Parizek wrote:

  [...] August 27th, 2007 [...]

• At August 27, 2007, Digital Alterity » Blog Archive » Favorite Comic Book Characters (At This Moment) wrote:

  [...] When Brian Cronin over at Comics Should Be Good came up with the idea to compile a Top 100 ...

• At August 27, 2007, Mr Met wrote:

  Wow, just sent mine in... that was tough.

  The interesting thing I found was that in my top 10 were ...

• At August 27, 2007, Shawn S. wrote:

  Uh.. sorry about the 2 #4's. Take off Darkseid.

• At August 27, 2007, NecroVMX wrote:

  Does a character have to be among the living to make the cut? (i.e., captain america)

• At August 27, 2007, Alexa wrote:

  Wait, why no Wildstorm? Especially now that it's Earth-50. I refuse to participate in any list where I don't ...

• At August 27, 2007, NecroVMX wrote:

  Apparently some people are illiterate and can't understand "don't vote in the comments)

• At August 27, 2007, Comics Should Be Good! » Comics Should Be Good’s Top 100 Marvel and DC Characters wrote:

  [...] Here’s the link to the original entry (if you didn’t get there directly from CBR’s front page). [...]

• At August 27, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Yes, please, folks, do not vote in the comments.

• At August 27, 2007, Shawn S. wrote:

  Uh... yep. I'z cain't reed to good.

• At August 27, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  No problem, Shawn - I just copied your votes and e-mailed them to my account (as I did to the ...

• At August 27, 2007, Shawn S. wrote:

  Thanks. I appreciate it. Let that be a lesson to everyone. Skimming articles can become a bad ...

• At August 27, 2007, NecroVMX wrote:

  By the way I disagree with anyone suggesting the Fantastic Four should be one entity on the list.

  For example, I ...

• At August 27, 2007, Shawn S. wrote:

  I can agree with the Ben Grimm statement. After all, if you count MTIO and his '83 series he ...

• At August 27, 2007, dethtoll wrote:

  spider jerusalem should be on this list. the man may be fictional, but he is an inspiration to me as ...

• At August 27, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  You can certainly vote for Spider Jerusalem, if you wish.

  He's a DC character.

• At August 27, 2007, Chris Robin wrote:

  People are voting in the comments because watching the list take shape is the fun of making such lists. Getting ...

• At August 27, 2007, lobocomics wrote:

  Man... i wonder where "BUENO EXCELENTE" will rank.... (favorite Hitman charachter....he singlehandedly defeated Lobo... No lie)

• At August 27, 2007, Fred Fusco wrote:

  What about Moonshadow? Is he DC/Vertigo or Marvel/Epic (I'm assuming Epic counts, like Vertigo does for DC)? And ...

• At August 27, 2007, Fred Fusco wrote:

  Oh and I assume The Young Avengers count as one?

• At August 27, 2007, Noto wrote:

  DEADPOOL!!!!!

• At August 27, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  People are voting in the comments because watching the list take shape is the fun of making such lists. Getting ...

• At August 27, 2007, Todd Lawrence wrote:

  No female characters on my list, either. Like Mecha-Shiva wrote above, I'm not sure if that makes me a ...

• At August 27, 2007, cal wrote:

  So you want two lists? One for DC and one for Marvel or the vote doesn't count? "cause does that ...

• At August 28, 2007, noypi wrote:

  Can I make a Marvel list only? i only have 5 or less favorites from DC.

• At August 28, 2007, Remy wrote:

  GAMBIT !!!

• At August 28, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  So you want two lists? Yep.

• At August 28, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Can I make a Marvel list only? i only have 5 or less favorites from DC. That's the neat thing ...

• At August 28, 2007, Mory Buckman wrote:

  Do Fables characters count?

• At August 28, 2007, Ken Raining wrote:

  I don't quite understand why Vertigo characters that were not previously owned by DC (Such as We3 or Jesse Custer) ...

• At August 28, 2007, Kevin wrote:

  Would Conan count? He was published by Marvel for years and years...but Dark Horse holds the rights currently.

  Frankly, ...

• At August 28, 2007, cal wrote:

  Well if people have to make to lists to have their vote counted and are forced to randomly choose characters ...

• At August 28, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Then those would be their ten favorite characters. If someone really cannot make a list, though, they do not have ...

• At August 28, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  I don’t quite understand why Vertigo characters that were not previously owned by DC (Such as We3 or Jesse Custer) ...

• At August 28, 2007, cal wrote:

  "Then those would be their ten favorite characters. If someone really cannot make a list, though, they do not have ...

• At August 28, 2007, NecroVMX wrote:

  Cal that person said they had a full marvel list and 5 favorites from DT. Brian suggested he pad ...

• At August 28, 2007, cal wrote:

  "Cal that person said they had a full marvel list and 5 favorites from DT. Brian suggested he pad the ...

• At August 28, 2007, Chud wrote:

  What about the Suicide Squad? Certainly, the characters are separate and stand alone, but I am in LOVE with the ...

• At August 28, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  I think the Squad is just too distinct. I know Deadshot already has quite a few votes.

• At August 28, 2007, cal wrote:

  Okay, don't hate me, but one last question- So a list of DC and a list of Marvel, I've finally ...

• At August 29, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Yeah, two lists

  One list of 10 Favorite DC characters

  then

  One List of 10 Favorite Marvel characters

• At August 29, 2007, cal wrote:

  Okay, got it now. Thanks.

• At August 29, 2007, ryan s. wrote:

  How about Marvel's Dracula? Is public domain the same as licensed?

• At August 29, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  No, I'd say public domain is okay, or else Thor and Hercules wouldn't count, right?

• At August 29, 2007, Daggah! wrote:

  Sooo...where do I send my list into???

• At August 29, 2007, David page wrote:

  I am not a huge fan of marvel so I couldn't do a list of marvel though my insane dc ...

• At August 30, 2007, Hondo wrote:

  This was not easy to do. My DC list was also insanely long. I had about 30 characters ...

• At August 30, 2007, Hondo wrote:

  Whoops !

  I copied my list for reference as I posted and accidently posted it along with my comments.

  Sorry

• At August 31, 2007, DanCJ wrote:

  The characters like We3 and Jesse Custer are completely and totally DC characters. Heck, Death appeared on DC letterhead!!!

  Actually no. ...

• At September 1, 2007, fourth worlder wrote:

  OK this is probably a dumb question and you may have actually answered it somewhere in all these comments that ...

• At September 1, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  One vote per person!

• At September 2, 2007, fourth worlder wrote:

  That was fun, I brainstormed a list right away, put it aside, and came back to it yesterday to rethink.

  The ...

• At September 3, 2007, acespot wrote:

  What category do Amalgam characters such as Dark Claw go under? Are they DC or Marvel or must they ...

• At September 3, 2007, Inq. of the Week: Tights and Spandex : Critical Hits wrote:

  [...] Now, though not a lot of you said you were into comics, this week’s Inq is about comics and ...

• At September 4, 2007, Comics Should Be Good! » Top 100 Marvel and DC Characters wrote:

  [...] Click here to see how to vote! Less than a week left to cast your ballots! [...]

• At September 6, 2007, Blog@Newsarama » A Top 40, and only a little Countdown wrote:

  [...] A Top 40, and only a little Countdown Thursday September 6, 2007, 12:00 pm Grumpy Old ...

• At September 8, 2007, wildwolfkid wrote:

  The Original Pre-Crisis Legion of Super-Heroes with ties to Superboy/Superman was one of DC's best selling titles for almost 30 ...

• At September 8, 2007, wildwolfkid wrote:

  If I can't vote for the Legion as a team then I Vote For the (Kal-El Superboy) the one who ...

• At September 9, 2007, Comics Should Be Good! » Less Than One Day Left to Vote! wrote:

  [...] Click here for the details on how to vote. [...]

• At December 5, 2007, slayer wrote:

  u fucken nerds fuck off 2 the pics y dont u