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Fred Van Lente Day

Fred Van Lente Chat Transcript!

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 at 1:29 PM EST

Let's celebrate Fred Van Lente Days Past now, with a transcript of the ultra-cool online chat Fred had with readers this past Fred Van Lente Day (otherwise known as this past Saturday). One bit from the chat that I wanted to spotlight first before you begin reading - Fred and artist Dennis Calero will be [...]

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Hope You Had a Happy Fred Van Lente Day!

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 11:55 PM EST

See you again next year!
The chat transcript of the Van Lente chat will be up some time this week! Look for it!

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X-Men Noir #1 Review

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 11:01 PM EST

X-Men Noir, by Fred Van Lente and Dennis Calero, is a pretty slight genre piece, but it's also a pretty entertaining one at that.

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Top Five Dennis Calero Covers

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 10:30 PM EST

Here are the top five Dennis Calero covers!
Enjoy!

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Top Five Variant Takes on the X-Men

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 10:27 PM EST

Here are the top five variant takes on the X-Men! Note I don't mean What If...?s or Alternate Realities, but stuff like X-Men Fairy Tales.
Enjoy!

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Top Five Action Philosophers Covers

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 10:04 PM EST

Let's work in some Ryan Dunlavey love, too! Here are the Top Five Action Philosophers (the cool philosophy history series by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey) covers!
Enjoy!

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Marvel Zombies 3 #3 Review

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 9:07 PM EST

This week saw the penultimate issue of the third Marvel Zombies mini-series by Fred Van Lente and Kev Walker, and like the previous two, it's been a blast!

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Top Five Marvel Zombies Stories

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 6:17 PM EST

Marvel Zombies has been quite the popular concept, no? So here are the Top Five stories containing the Marvel Zombies!
Enjoy!

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The Fred Van Lente Chat is Going On NOW!

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 1:32 PM EST

So come here and chat!

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The Fred Van Lente Chat Room is Live!

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 1:16 PM EST

Click here to go to the chat room (then just enter your name and enter the room and join the chat!)
The chat will officially begin at 3:30 PM Eastern!

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Fred Van Lente to do Wolverine Comic for Free Comic Book Day 2009!

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 10:00 AM EST

Yep, Fred Van Lente, along with art team supreme Gurihiru (from Power Pack fame) is going to be doing a new Wolverine one-shot comic book for Free Comic Book Day 2009! The comic, sub-titled "Origin of an X-Man," is presumably designed to coincide with the release of the Wolverine movie, due out the day before [...]

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Hulk Family #1 Review

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 8:00 AM EST

Fred Van Lente wrote two of the four stories in this week's Hulk Family #1!
Let's take a look!

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Alex Cox Interviews Fred Van Lente

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 4:00 AM EST

Alex put up this interview back in August. It's a great read! - BC
(cross posted at rocketshipstore.com)

Fred Van Lente has been a good customer and pal since the first day we opened the doors of the store. We've been on the sidelines to watch him finish writing his self-published ACTION PHILOSOPHERS, become one of the [...]

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Top Five Female Superheroes Using Old Male Codenames

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 3:19 AM EST

Okay, that is a terrible title, but I couldn't think of a shorter way of saying what I'm trying to get across. Basically, a common thing is for new female superheroes to show up using the names of older male characters. Sort of how when Hank Pym stopped going by Yellowjacket, Rita DeMara started to [...]

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Have a Holly, Jolly Fred Van Lente Day!

  • by Brian Cronin
  • Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 2:36 AM EST

Can you believe it's already that most wonderful time of the year?
The timing could hardly be any better this year for Fred Van Lente Day, as Thursday saw the release of THREE new Marvel Comics written by Fred!! WOW! What are the odds?!?
So expect reviews of those three books throughout the day.
In addition, for Fred [...]

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