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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 […]
Valiant Comic Book Alphabet of Cool - K
- by Brian Cronin
- Thursday, May 1st, 2008 at 11:58 PM EST
Here is yet another unique Valiant character!!
Enjoy
A Silver Age Observation…
- by Brian Cronin
- Thursday, May 1st, 2008 at 6:13 AM EST
I dunno, this might be something that everyone already knows, but it just occurred to me - the first four, and heck, the ONLY four Golden Age heroes that I can think of to be rebooted for the Silver Age were all heroes who were originally from Max Gaines’ All-American Comics, right?
Flash, Green […]
4/30 - Pretentious Purmudgeon says…
- by Bill Reed
- Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 at 9:34 PM EST
Ghost Rider is readable? I actually want to buy Iron Man? I’m going to be reading Thor and X-Men comics again? My word, the End Times are truly upon us.
Winners Announced at Project: Rooftop’s Iron Man Contest!
- by Brian Cronin
- Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 at 11:05 PM EST
Here is the winning entry by Daniel Krall (click to enlarge)!
Check out the runners-up at Project: Rooftop here!
We should have seen it coming!
- by Greg Burgas
- Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 at 2:50 PM EST
Below … a murderer’s dark past uncovered!!!!! Fear what lurks under the fold!!!!!
Warning: Road Work Ahead!
- by Brian Cronin
- Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 at 3:41 AM EST
Just dropping a line to note that there will be some site maintenance on Wednesday night at 9pm Pacific time. We’re moving to a new server. I have no idea how long the site will be off-line (I doubt it will be all that long), but just thought it’d be nice to give you folks […]
Beanworld is BACK!
- by Brian Cronin
- Monday, April 28th, 2008 at 9:18 PM EST
Check out George Khoury’s column here for the news that Larry Marder’s Beanworld is going to be collected by Dark Horse, leading to an ALL-NEW series by Larry Marder for Dark Horse (edited by the great Diana Schutz)!!
Awesome news!
Take a Look at the Top 100 Comic Book Runs Master List
- by Brian Cronin
- Monday, April 28th, 2008 at 3:53 PM EST
As we come to the Top Five this week, take this time to look back at the rest of the Top 100!
Click here for the Top 100 Comic Book Runs Master List.
Wizard hits issue 200 … and we are there!
- by Greg Burgas
- Thursday, April 24th, 2008 at 6:57 AM EST
I usually only buy one issue of Wizard (”The magazine of comics, entertainment, and pop culture”) a year, and that’s the end-of-the-year extravanganza! But hey, Wizard hit issue #200, so of course I had to pick it up. Let’s look at what Wizard thinks is noteworthy about the last 17 years of comics.
John Seavey’s Storytelling Engines: Justice League of America
- by Brian Cronin
- Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 at 9:15 AM EST
Here’s the latest Storytelling Engine from John Seavey. Click here to read John’s description of what a Storytelling Engine IS, anyways. Check out more of them at his blog, Fraggmented.
Too Close for Comfort?
- by Brian Cronin
- Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 at 7:38 AM EST
Don MacPherson has an interesting piece up about one of the covers comic legend Jim Steranko is doing for Radical Publishing’s new Hercules series.
Check it out!
A Travesty of Copyright Theft
- by Brian Cronin
- Monday, April 21st, 2008 at 3:31 PM EST
On his website, Luc Latulippe revealed some terrible news about a friend of his, Darren Di Lieto, who essentially had his entire website downloaded (his drawings as well as a number of interviews he has done), printed out as a 350-page book and then published by a Hong Kong-based company, who is selling the book […]
Highlights of the Schrag/Brown Event
- by Brian Cronin
- Monday, April 21st, 2008 at 9:38 AM EST
Remember the Ariel Schrag/Jeffrey Brown event I mentioned last week?
Alex has pics of the event up at Rocketship’s blog - check them out!
Nerdiest Fundraiser Ever?
- by Brian Cronin
- Monday, April 21st, 2008 at 6:39 AM EST
Joe and Alex are both contributing in a Dungeons and Dragons pledge event fundraiser, where you choose a player to donate money to, so they can have more gold (and with more gold, of course, they have a better chance of winning, so your pledge directly affects their game).
All the money is for a good […]
