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Interesting Article on the Superhero Fashion Exhibit

The New York Times had an interesting article in the paper today about the Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Check it out here.

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Valiant Comic Book Alphabet of Cool - Q

It’s the one a lot of you all have been waiting for!
Enjoy!

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Comics ARE Good

  • by Joe Rice
  • Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 at 8:07 PM EST

It’s very easy to be down on comics.  There are so many crappy ones.  There are crappy ones made, at least in part, by people whose work you normally really admire.  Like that DC 0 thing, Jesus, what a piece of crap!  And, yeah, it’s easy to throw a dart at a shop and have […]

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Name that artist is back!

  • by Greg Burgas
  • Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 at 10:20 AM EST

Oh, it was so popular the first time I did this, I figured it was time for another round of … name that artist! I’ll eat my children if you figure this one out!*

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Vote for Project: CBRunway!

I told you folks about this recently, but it was too late to vote. So now I’m telling you with time to vote!
So go to this thread on CBR and vote in Project: CBRunway!

It is a design thread run by my buddy Matt Bib on CBR’s Artist and Writer Showcase forum.
This week’s challenge is:
[Y]ou […]

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An EXTRA Free Comic Book Day!

Don MacPherson dropped me a line to spread the word that Strange Adventures, in downtown Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, had to postpone their Free Comic Book Day due to severe flooding in the area. So it’s now THIS Saturday! Bonus Free Comic Book Day for you lucky Canadians in New Brunswick!

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Elvis Road Review

  • by MarkAndrew
  • Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 at 8:31 PM EST

So I’m sitting in the Haunted Bookshop writing this, and Michael Chabon, who wrote The Amazing Adventures of Cavelier and Clay was just standing right behind me, looking  through the Literary Biography section.  We had, of course, been talking about him not half an hour before.
This is, like, the third most surprising thing that’s happened […]

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MoCCA Programming Schedule is Up!

Check it out here!
I am probably actually going this year! MoCCA is cooler than normal cons, right?

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Free Comic Book Day in Mesa!

Yes, you could have gone to the CBR front page and checked out their live blog for instant updates on what was happening in Mesa on Saturday, or you could wait until I got home, uploaded my pictures to my PC, typed up a post and added the pictures, and then published it! I […]

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Some Responses to the Latest Comics Journal

  • by MarkAndrew
  • Sunday, May 4th, 2008 at 3:19 AM EST

Hey, big old Robert Kirkman cover this time out.

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Live blogging a-go!

Okay, let us give this a try!

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The Plot of the Incredible Hulk?

Scott King has a funny bit on his blog here where he describes what he believes to be the entire plot of the new Hulk movie, based solely on the trailer to the film.
Let’s see how right he is!
Thanks to “Doug Funny” for the link.

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Again, the Top 100 Comic Runs Master List

It can be found here for your quick reading pleasure.

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5/2 - Selective Selleck Reviews… Iron Man!

  • by Bill Reed
  • Friday, May 2nd, 2008 at 8:25 PM EST

Iron Man is Marvel’s best movie since Spider-Man 2 (though that isn’t really a mighty feat). It serves the mythos well, but does not wallow in it; it creates a charming, captivating Tony Stark; it refuses to shy away from its political message or the complexities of its themes (i.e., “weapons are bad, but […]

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Valiant Comic Book Alphabet of Cool - K

Here is yet another unique Valiant character!!
Enjoy

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