This Comic Is Good
Death Note: You Guys Were Right, this Comics is Good.
- by MarkAndrew
- Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007 at 12:47 PM EST
Short one. Not much to say, I guess, but I am full of enthusiasm.
Honestly, I did have some trepidation when I picked these up. This series was recommended in the comments to Burgas’ Fun Comics post, and it sounded interesting enough to overcome my anti-Manga bias. Which is pretty strong. […]
1) I Killed Adolf Hitler and 2) The Living and the Dead: These Comics Are Good
- by MarkAndrew
- Sunday, October 14th, 2007 at 9:39 PM EST
1) Ya know, drawing good is kind of overrated. All that ultra-detailed George Perez crap, or that Jaime Hernandez thing where the figure drawing is note perfect every single time? “Meh,” sez I. We don’t need it.
I figure this out ’cause I’m reading Jason’s “I Killed Adolf Hitler,” and I’m doing this […]
This Comic Is Good - Mr. Stuffins
- by Brian Cronin
- Wednesday, April 11th, 2007 at 3:35 AM EST
Today, a new book comes out from Boom! Studios called Mr. Stuffins, and I think it quite nicely demonstrates the differences between a comic book story and a film script. This is the exact sort of high concept story that, as a film, would be so dumbed down and ruined by “too many cooks in […]
This Comic Is Good - ‘The Mighty Skullboy Army’
- by Pól Rua
- Friday, February 23rd, 2007 at 4:26 AM EST
‘Mighty Skullboy Army’ is a comic by Jacob Chabot (http://www.beetlebugcomics.com) which I first spotted in a Dark Horse anthology trade highlighting up-and-coming cartoonists.
For ages, I mourned of ever seeing more. The art was crisp, the gags funny, and hell, I have a real weakness for monkeys and I’ll be damned if Unit 2 isn’t the […]
This Comic Is Good - Graphic Classics: Rafael Sabatini
- by Brian Cronin
- Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006 at 2:55 PM EST
Graphic Classics has now done more than a dozen comic collections adapting the works of great writers, and each one has been highly entertaining and quite affordable ($12) for the amount of story contained in each volume. Their most recent entry, devoted to the work of Rafael Sabatini, is no exception to this trend.
This Comic Is Good - The Lone and Level Sands
- by Brian Cronin
- Monday, February 6th, 2006 at 3:00 PM EST
Ever hear the story about how the film Speed was originally intended to be a sequel of Die Hard? As it were, Die Hard, as such an interesting action film, completely changed the realm of action films in the scope of its influence, to the point where there was a cottage industry made up of […]
This Comic Is Good - Action Philosophers
- by Brian Cronin
- Tuesday, December 6th, 2005 at 3:07 PM EST
I hope you have your ceremonial Fred Van Lente wreathes lit up, for it is time to learn why I think that Action Philosophers (specifically, the first three issues), the comic that Fred Van Lente writes (and Ryan Dunleavy draws) from Evil Twin Comics, is a good comic.
This Comic Is Good - The Silencers: Black Kiss
- by Brian Cronin
- Tuesday, December 6th, 2005 at 3:03 PM EST
As Fred Van Lente Day draws to a close for this year, after you have put out all the ceremonial Van Lente candles and cleared up all the wrapping paper from the presents, I will now explain to you why Silencers: Black Kiss, a comic from Moonstone Press, written by Fred Van Lente, and illustrated […]
This Comic Is Good: The Surrogates
- by Harvey Jerkwater
- Thursday, November 10th, 2005 at 4:34 PM EST
On a recommendation from beloved comicblogger Neilalien and a thirst for something different, I picked up the first two issues of Top Shelf’s new sci-fi miniseries The Surrogates.
Dang.
It’s good.
This Comic Is Good - Fin Fang Four
- by Brian Cronin
- Wednesday, October 19th, 2005 at 4:40 PM EST
I am sure a bunch of good books came out this week, like Amazing Joy Buzzards, Astro City, Authority: Revolution and Conan, but I am confident enough in saying that, even before reading those books, that I think that Fin Fang Four was the best book of the week.
This Comic Is Good - Smoke and Guns
- by Brian Cronin
- Wednesday, August 31st, 2005 at 4:42 PM EST
On the inside front cover of Smoke and Guns, the new graphic novel from AiT/Planet Lar, there is the following quote from the series, “That’s it. Nobody shoots my shoes.” That quote was an excellent choice to place there, as it sums up the spirit and style of this comic perfectly.
This Comic Is Good - Adventure Classics
- by Brian Cronin
- Saturday, August 13th, 2005 at 4:43 PM EST
Tom Pomplun sent me a copy of the latest collection of Eureka Productions‘ Graphic Classics series (Volume Twelve, to be precise), Adventure Classics, and I am really glad that he did, because it is a wonderful collection.
This Comic Is Good - DC’s Greatest Imaginary Stories
- by Brian Cronin
- Friday, August 12th, 2005 at 4:44 PM EST
A few months back, I said here, in reference to DC’s Greatest Imaginary Stories, “Who made a deal with the Devil so that we got something so freaking cool?!!?!?”
And having read the book, my question still stands.
This Comic Is Good - Flytrap: Juggling Act
- by Brian Cronin
- Sunday, July 17th, 2005 at 4:47 PM EST
Flytrap - “Juggling Act” is a mini-comic by Steve Leiber (art) and Sara Ryan (story) about a woman who becomes the manager of a travelling circus (called the Flytrap Circus, natch).
This mini-comic details how Maddy becomes the manager (future mini-comics will detail her misadventures with the group).
It is quite good.
This Comic Is Good - Street Angel
- by Brian Cronin
- Sunday, June 19th, 2005 at 4:45 PM EST
Yes, I already recommended Street Angel here, but that was per reader request, and anyhow, what I am recommending today is the Street Angel trade paperback, which is a whole other animal.
