IDW
Flippin’ through Previews – February 2012
Are people really upset about that Wonder Woman cover? Really? If you don’t know already, see it on the latest Previews, #281, below!
Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 13: Fallen Angel #14
Every day this month, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. Today’s page is from Fallen Angel #14, which was published by IDW and is cover dated March 2007. Enjoy!
Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 12: 30 Days of Night #1
Every day this month, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. Today’s page is from 30 Days of Night #1, which was published by IDW (back when they still primarily called themselves Idea and Design Works) and is cover dated June 2002. Enjoy!
Flippin’ through Previews – January 2012
Happy New Year! Let’s celebrate by scouring Previews #280 for obscure comics that we can read!
What I bought – 21 December 2011
Was the rise of the radical intelligentsia desirable, was their unchecked progress necessary in order that mankind might be led to the broad uplands of democratic freedom? Or was the very concept of democratic freedom a blind alley, developed to make the world safe for an intelligentsia which is only happy when playing at politics, [...]
Flippin’ through Previews – December 2011
Are you looking to do a little Christmas shopping? Well, too bad – Previews #279 is NOT for you! (Because it, you know, has books for February and beyond, so it’s too late for Christmas shopping, so it’s funny that it’s the “December” issue, right, and … oh, let’s just move on.)
What I bought – 16 November 2011
Every man always has handy a dozen glib reasons why he is right not to sacrifice himself. (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, from The Gulag Archipelago)
What I bought – 9 November 2011
“We took unremarkable men: usual bankers, run-of-the-mill priests, ordinary soldiers and statesmen and wives – and sacramentalized their mediocrity. We smoothed their noons with strings divisi! We pierced their nights with chittarini! We gave them processions for their strutting – serenades for their rutting – high horns for their hunting, and drums for their wars! [...]
Flippin’ through Previews – November 2011
Wolverine #300? How do they even know anymore? The answer lies inside Previews #278!
What I bought – 12 October 2011
But novelists write for countless reasons: for money, for fame, for reviewers, for parents, for friends, for loved ones; for vanity, for pride, for curiosity, for amusement: as skilled furniture makers enjoy making furniture, as drunkards like drinking, as judges like judging, as Sicilians like emptying a shotgun into an enemy’s back. I could fill [...]
Flippin’ through Previews – October 2011
What lurks in the depths of Previews #277? Join me to find out!
Flippin’ through Previews – September 2011
You know it’s a new DC when Aquaman graces the cover of the latest Previews. Has the world gone insane?!?!?!?
What I bought – 31 August 2011
“Life is so embarrassing,” he said. “How I love it.” (Robert Boswell, from The Geography of Desire)
What I bought – 24 August 2011
“Nevetheless, you’ll have to reconcile yourself to the fact that I am,” retorted Woland with a twisted smile. “No sooner do you appear on the roof than you blab nonsense, and I’ll tell you what it is – it’s in your intonation. You pronounced your words as if you refuse to acknowledge the existence of [...]
