Comics You Should Own
Comics You Should Own - Fantastic Four #347-349
- by Greg Burgas
- Monday, April 23rd, 2007 at 9:28 PM EST
Why those issues, you might ask? Why indeed …
Comics You Should Own - The Extremist
- by Greg Burgas
- Monday, April 9th, 2007 at 9:07 PM EST
The problem with doing these in alphabetical order is occasionally you get two things in a row written by the same person. Luckily, it’s been a while since I wrote about Enigma, and I threw the old one about 300 in between, so it doesn’t feel like I’m slurping Peter Milligan. But when the man writes […]
Comics You Should Own flashback - 300
- by Greg Burgas
- Thursday, March 8th, 2007 at 3:39 PM EST
The movie 300 is coming out this weekend, and I thought that some people who haven’t read the comic might wonder what all the fuss is about. So I thought I’d repost the very first Comics You Should Own (now with pictures!), from way back in February 2005. The good old days! […]
Comics You Should Own - Enigma
- by Greg Burgas
- Sunday, February 18th, 2007 at 8:09 PM EST
You know, we don’t get enough gay superhero books narrated by a lizard, do we? Thankfully, we have at least one!
Comics You Should Own - Elementals #1-5
- by Greg Burgas
- Monday, February 5th, 2007 at 11:07 AM EST
Ah, let’s set the way-back machine for 1984, and check out a creator who achieved overnight success just 18 years later! How does that work?
Comics You Should Own - Elektra: Assassin
- by Greg Burgas
- Sunday, January 21st, 2007 at 9:25 PM EST
It’s been a while since I did one of these posts, what with the vacation and the holidays and the Seven Soldiers stuff. But if we’re going to jump back in, where better to start with the ultraviolent glory that is Elektra: Assassin? It’s as if Miller and Sienkiewicz wondered if they could kill a […]
Comics you should own - Dreadstar #41-64
- by Greg Burgas
- Sunday, October 22nd, 2006 at 6:07 PM EST
Dreadstar by Peter David (writer), Angel Medina (penciller, issues #41-50, 53-56, 60-61, 63-64), Chuck Wojtkiewicz (penciller, issues #51-52), John Calimee (penciller, issues #57-58, 62), Steve Epting (artist, issue #59), Sam Grainger (inker, issues #41, 43), Bob Dvorak (inker, issues #42-50, 53-55, 57), Tom Baxa (inker, issue #50), Eric Vincent (inker, issue #51-52), Tim Tyler (inker, […]
Comics you should own - Dreadstar #1-40
- by Greg Burgas
- Friday, September 22nd, 2006 at 3:17 PM EST
Next up on the list of Comics You Should Own is a little tale of a space-faring rebel with his band of troublemakers. I didn’t write about Dreadstar after Doom Patrol to prove not all Comics You Should Own are deep, philosophical stories about the very nature of existence and the desire for love, but can sometimes be grand […]
Comics you should own - Doom Patrol #19-63
- by Greg Burgas
- Sunday, September 10th, 2006 at 9:07 AM EST
I’m back! In case you haven’t noticed, the fine folk at PopCultureShock redesigned their site, and it became clear that a column devoted to ancient comics just wasn’t where they were going, so I bowed out. I’m glad they gave me the opportunity, but now I’m bringing my rambling love for obscure and not-so-obscure titles […]
Comics You Should Own Archive
- by Greg Burgas
- Monday, July 17th, 2006 at 5:22 PM EST
Here are links to all the Comics You Should Own essays I have written so far. Enjoy!
A new Comics You Should Own - without Batman!
- by Greg Burgas
- Sunday, July 16th, 2006 at 10:37 AM EST
Yes, I am aware that I was pimping Detective Comics a lot recently - that’s what happens when I do things in alphabetical order! However, I’ve moved on now, and my latest column at PopCultureShock looks at the mystical and spiritual Dr. Fate, written by J. M. DeMatteis and drawn (mostly) by Shawn McManus. Groovy […]
Dark, super-depressing Batman? It must be Comics You Should Own!
- by Greg Burgas
- Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 at 7:25 AM EST
I was on the fence about including David Lapham’s recent 12-part “City of Crime” as Comics You Should Own, even though I liked it. Then I re-read the series in one sitting, and it blew me away. Excellent, excellent stuff. So therefore, it’s the subject of my latest column. Read if you like!
Peter Milligan + Batman = Comics You Should Own
- by Greg Burgas
- Tuesday, June 13th, 2006 at 12:19 PM EST
My latest Comics You Should Own column looks at the brief and strange run by Peter Milligan as the “regular” writer of Detective Comics. By “regular,” of course, I mean that he wrote a few issues, took some time off, wrote a crossover with Batman that I don’t think is that worthy, and finally […]
The best Batman artist ever?????
- by Greg Burgas
- Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006 at 8:35 PM EST
My latest Comics You Should Own column features Detective Comics #583-594 and #601-614, Alan Grant and John Wagner writing (and Grant alone from #601 onward) with Norm Breyfogle on pencils. Breyfogle, as I’ve mentioned before, doesn’t get the credit he deserves, but he just might be the best Batman artist ever. He’s definitely in the […]
