Cynical Comic Book Guy
02/17 — Cynical Comic Book Guy Says…
In Spider-Woman #6, Agent Brand says that Norman Osborn doesn’t know S.W.O.R.D. exists. Now, this is obviously a mistake. What she meant was that retailers and readers don’t know S.W.O.R.D. exists…
(With apologies to Mr. Gillen and Mr. Sanders…)
02/04 — Cynical Comic Book Guy Says…
The bad joke about further Watchmen material is that 99.9999% of the people who bitch about the idea will still buy whatever DC puts out.
S.W.O.R.D. is cancelled: Why, God, why?!?!?!?!?
No, this isn’t a post hand-wringing about the cancellation of a cool Marvel series. This is a post about why you shouldn’t wring your hands. Oh, and how S.W.O.R.D. never stood a chance. I know, shocking.
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12/17 — Cynical Comic Book Guy Says…
Your comic quote of the day comes from Tom Spurgeon: “I used to dream of a heaven where I ran around punching comics fans in the face, but after reading some of those hilarious posts yesterday I realize that would be much too tiring for a proper afterlife.”
9/30 — Cynical Comic Book Guy Says…
I saw a guy reading the new Teen Titans on the bus and instead of thinking “Gee, that guy’s reading a comic on the bus! Awesome!” I thought, “Why is that idiot reading that piece of crap comic?”
