Final Crisis
Committed: Event Banner Envy
There’s a dilution of the bold and uncompromising design of comic books, and it is the event banner. Last year there were event banners scattered across the face of nearly every DC title, and they were a mess.
I’d Go To This If I Wasn’t A Shut In: Grant Morrison Signing At Meltdown
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They want good questions for the Q&A, though, so maybe I wouldn’t. It’s on July 1st, same days as Batman and Robin #2 comes out. Clive Barker will chant with Grant before the signing, which will only be of the FC hardcover and Batman and Robin #1 and 2. While you can’t rub Morrison’s face [...]
The One Thing I Got From Final Crisis: A Spinoff Series I’d Like To See
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I enjoyed the climax of Final Crisis, and the series as a whole, even if I can’t articulate why, really. Certainly not in the way that the Savage Critic crew have (or even in the way that Jeff Lester articulated why he mostly didn’t, while throwing in some insight of Watchmen to boot). I mean, [...]
Scott Keith On Batman’s Death That No One Cared About
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I liked the scene (and that issue of Final Crisis in general) where Batman met his doom that no one cares about at all. One of the Internet Wrestling Community (that is an actual phrase, for the non intiated) biggest luminaries did not. Just felt like bringing that to everyone’s attention. A week late. While [...]
Top 10 Nouns I Enjoyed In Comics This Year
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It’s still 2008 in my time zone, so I might as well fulfill my duty as the straggler around here and toss in my contribution to the year end retrospectives.
