Cool Comic Thing
Checking out The Annotated Sandman, volume 1
Yes, I can’t do something simply when I can make it complicated!
Always make a good first impression …
One more thing about the first month of the New 52!
Caanan Grall shares his vision!
So Caanan Grall sent me a picture of what his cover of the first issue of Milagro Reyes, Green Lantern of Earth would look like, and he was nice enough to say I could share it with you:
If I (once again) ran the zoo – 52 DC titles I would totally buy
Some years ago (on the old blog!), I wrote a post about what I would do if I ran DC Comics. Now that they’re doing a “soft” reboot (none of that hard-core stuff around DC – they’re a family company!), I thought I would do what Bully and Bill Reed (among others, I’m sure) have [...]
Charlie Sheen vs. Comics: The Definitive Guide
Despite civil unrest and political strife in various nations, and a recent natural disaster, there remains one news story that towers above all the rest, and has caused all the world’s people to band together in solidarity– yes, I’m speaking of Charlie Sheen’s continual public meltdown, which has provided a seemingly endless series of new [...]
ESPN + Superheroes … How will Marvel marketing screw this up?
If you haven’t seen or heard about the NBA preview in ESPN The Magazine (the world’s most idiotically-named magazine!), it features various Marvel artists blending various Marvel characters with various NBA players. It’s, frankly, pretty goddamned cool. And I’m sure Marvel will see absolutely no bump in comics sales from it, because they’re, well, a [...]
Comics: The most versatile art form?
I was going to call this “Comics are awesome,” but I guess Bill Reed has already cornered the market on that title! Oh, and SPOILERS below, in case spoilering things bothers you. And some minor NSFW work stuff, too. Man, I’m out of control!
Maybe a few more people will actually buy it this time!
Casanova is back, baby! And it’s at Marvel, through their Icon imprint. Whoo-bleepin’-hoo!!!!!!!!! Sadly, it will probably sell many, many, many more copies even though the original was $1.99 per issue and this … won’t be (to be fair, the issues will be combined, so the price won’t be too prohibitive). But damn, this is [...]
Steve Bryant needs your help!
Steve Bryant, creator of Athena Voltaire, a fun, pulpy comic set in the 1930s, has been trying to work on the latest chapter for a few years. With that in mind, he has set up a web site where you can donate money to allow him to work on the book exclusively until it’s finished. [...]
Something fun and inconsequential
My lovely wife, who apparently doesn’t have enough to do at work, often sends me e-mails with various goofy attachments – if you’ve ever worked in an office, you know the kind. So the other day she sent me a bunch of those fake motivational posters, and one made me chuckle and is relevant to [...]
You Can Always Count on Peter Tomasi…
For a little cute gag every issue or so. Whether it be working song lyrics into the dialogue or stuff like this, he always seems willing to not take it all too seriously, which I appreciate a lot.
Nice Comic Book Related Moment on Modern Family
I understand that he has had a long career in the entertainment industry, all well before he was writing comics, but I still took a little bit of “comic book pride” when I saw that this week’s episode of Modern Family (which continues to be a pretty funny show) was directed by former Black Panther [...]
This is Good – Eric Trautmann Continues to Get Gigs
Early last year, I wrote a piece about Eric Trautmann, who, at the time, had just gotten passed over to be the new Checkmate writer (which would have made waaaay too much sense for it to actually happen). At the time, I noted that Trautmann was looking for writing gigs and that I hoped that [...]
The initiation continues!
I’ve written before about how I’m trying to indoctrinate my younger daughter into the world of comics. She used to paw through the Archie digests at the comics shoppe, she made me buy issue #1 of Marvel’s Wizard of Oz series (granted, Eric Shanower and Skottie Young were the creators, so it’s not like it [...]
Bad comics vs. HILARIOUSLY bad comics
Bad comics come and go and are usually forgotten by the next week, because there’s another bad comic or two coming out soon enough. HILARIOUSLY bad comics, however, like a certain comic featuring Oliver Queen weirdly declaring his undying love for a guy who once destroyed the universe and then blamed an giant bug for [...]
