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Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 19: Top 10 #2
Every day this month, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. Today’s page is from Top 10 #2, which was published by America’s Best Comics (which was an imprint of Wildstorm, which at this time was owned by DC) and is cover dated October 1999. Enjoy!
Committed: What British Comic Writers Learned from Thatcher
If a cigar can be just a cigar, and not some obvious phallic symbol to be endlessly sucked and played with, then can a superhero ever be just a superhero, or is it always representative of a deeper, more complex need within us?
Taking no chances: Mainstream superhero comics need a kick in the butt
I spend a lot of time coming up with provocative titles for my posts, you know! How’s that one?
Sunday Brunch: 9/12/10
The biggest Brunch ever? Quite possibly. All the news that’s fit to pimp!
Comics: The most versatile art form?
I was going to call this “Comics are awesome,” but I guess Bill Reed has already cornered the market on that title! Oh, and SPOILERS below, in case spoilering things bothers you. And some minor NSFW work stuff, too. Man, I’m out of control!
Sunday Brunch: 8/8/10
Links, art, criticism, and discussion– sans the porn, it’s another week on the internet! CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK: What if newspaper comic strips were written by today’s premiere comic book writers?I find the newspaper comics page to be a sad, boring place, populated by unfunny drain-circlers, occasionally peppered with decent strips or good art. So [...]
Sunday Brunch: 7/18/10
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Sunday Brunch: 5/16/10
Beneath the fold: links and commentary, as I analyze the geek brain, disagree with things people have said, and put down your favorite sports teams! Oh, and there’s stuff about comics, too. QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Will the upcoming XXX Batman porn parody be the first porno in which the sex is the worst part [...]
Comics You Should Own flashback – Big Numbers
This is the one Comic You Should Own that isn’t even close to being finished and never will. But what we got is so, so good that it deserves the time it will take to hunt it down!
Sunday Brunch: 9/27/09
Not an overabundance of links this week, just the really cool/controversial stuff. Hopefully nothing major hits on Friday, because, as I write this on Thursday, I’m about to run off to Atlantic City to start my new career as a lounge singer.* Rather than a question of the week, I figured I would share this [...]
After Watchmen Checklist: How Many Of These Have You Read?
- by Brad Curran
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You can download the checklist from the After Watchmen… What’s Next? site.
Dynamic Comic Creating Duos! A Top Ten
- by Brad Curran
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The Top 10 Writer/Artist Teams I’ll Read Anything By: 1. Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely 2. Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips 3. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby 4. Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon 5. James Robinson and Paul Smith (Which gives me a shot to beg them to do more Leave It To Chance. Please [...]
Oh Yeah! Two Other Things I Hated In the Watchmen Movie!
- by Brad Curran
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I should pretty well cap any Watchmen movie talk with this, lest I make this a recurring feature, but here are two annoying things about the movie that I totally forgot about earlier.
10 Things I Hated About The Watchmen Movie
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Okay, now I’ve had time to think about all the things that really annoyed me about the Watchmen movie. Let’s see how much I can contradict this!
Yeah, So, I Saw That Watchmen Movie
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Or “I Would Have Titled This ‘I Watched The Watchmen’, But It Turns Out Even I’m Not That Lazy”.
