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The Linking Begins!!!!

Okay, it is still very much a work in progress (as it is a total pain to write down all these blogs, so I’m only up to “E” of the OLD blog roll, let alone adding all the NEW ones!), but a skeletal version of the the Comics Should Be Good Super-Duper Links Page is […]

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Anyone Going to SPACE?

So, I am going to my very first comic convention (I have always avoided them in the past) this Saturday and Sunday with the Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo in Columbus, Ohio.
Who else is going to be there? We should meet up!
And for those folks who aren’t attending, fear not, as I imagine […]

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Friends, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Links!

As you may have noticed, the blog roll is now missing on the sidebar of our front page. Let’s admit it, the thing was pretty cluttered, and I do not know if anyone was ever actually using the thing. It wasn’t the most aesthetically pleasing thing. Instead, we will have a whole separate links PAGE […]

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This Idea Is Good - The 100 Artists Project

Kevin Singles, a moderator over at Penciljack (which is an online community of artists and comic fans), was telling me the other day about this neat charity project that they have going called The 100 Artists Project.
The idea is to get together 100 artists to make two art books and then auction/sell them for charity. […]

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Ghost Rider Movie Contests Are Bad

I can’t believe I forgot to mention this before! Remember that movie ticket giveaway thing I had awhile back? Well, at least one of the winners didn’t get a movie ticket out of it, but instead received, like, a Ghost Rider hat or something like that. I thought that was absurd, so I wrote to […]

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For Visitors to New York for NYCC

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 at 10:12 AM EST

Everyone’s favorite comic book store owner, Alex, wrote a fun guide to Manhattan that I think would be useful for folks visiting New York from out of state for the New York Comic Con.
Enjoy!

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New York Comic Con Meet-Ups!

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 at 2:11 AM EST

This weekend is the New York Comic Con, so here is your chance to meet up with yours truly, as well as a bunch of your other fellow comic fans!
There are currently two significant meet-ups planned involving folks from this here comic book blog.
On Friday night, at 8pm, there will be a dinner at Hudson […]

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Blog Shutdown Tonight

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Tuesday, February 13th, 2007 at 8:05 PM EST

Hopefully the last one for awhile!
The big man, Jonah Weiland, has this to say:
We’ll be doing what will (HOPEFULLY) be the last bit of maintenance on the forums server tonight between 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM. Downtime might range from 60 to 120 minutes, but hopefully things will go smoothly and we won’t require that […]

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They Like Us, They Really, Really Like Us!

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Tuesday, February 6th, 2007 at 2:04 AM EST

Comic Book Resources’ forum announced their annual poster-voted “Corrie” awards on Monday, and Comics Should Be Good won for the “Forum with the Most Potential” (you can check out the potential of the Comics Should Be Good forum here) and, surprisingly (as I wouldn’t even consider this a column), for the Favorite Comic Book Resources […]

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Blog Shutdown Tonight!

Quoting the big boss man, Jonah Weiland:

Hi Folks,
All of CBR (ComicBookResources.com, the CBR Forums and CBR’s blog Comics Should Be Good) will be offline for extended periods of time on Sunday, February 4th between 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM Pacific Standard Time. We’ll be performing server upgrades on two of the servers that run CBR.
What […]

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Fun Stuff from Isotope!

A couple of interesting bits of news from Isotope Comics!
First off, the judges for the fifth annual Isotope Award for Excellence in Mini-Comics have been announced, and submissions for the award are now being accepted (send five copies of your mini-comic to Isotope by March 15th to be considered for the award). Click here for […]

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Vote in CBR’s Corries!

Starting today, Comic Book Resources begins their annual awards, The Corries! This week, they are accepting nominations for your favorite comic books, comic book creators, comic book storylines, etc (when the nominees are determined, there will be a future thread where you pick between the nominees). Check out the nomination thread here. All you have […]

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ComicNe.ws Beta – The Comic News Tracker!

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Friday, December 15th, 2006 at 12:09 AM EST

Let me quote Jonah Weiland a bit here:
The Comic News Tracker is similar to the popular site Digg.com, a community based Web site where you submit and vote on stories you find most interesting. CNT is similar to Digg, but strictly dedicated to the world of comic books, comic strips, manga, online comics and […]

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Happy Fred Van Lente Day!

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Wednesday, December 6th, 2006 at 2:43 AM EST

Merry Fred Van Lente Day everyone!
Can you believe it’s already been a year since the last Fred Van Lente Day? Time flies, eh?
Click here, here and here for last year’s Van Lente Day celebration, but this year should prove to be bigger and funner, as this year, Van Lente has TWO comics that are both […]

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A Reminder…

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Sunday, December 3rd, 2006 at 10:38 AM EST

Only three shopping days left until Fred Van Lente Day.

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