Mike Mignola
Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 338: Jenny Finn #2
Every day this year, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. As it’s now December, I will be examining the LAST pages of random comics, so watch out for SPOILERS! Today’s page is from Jenny Finn #2, which was published by Oni Press and is cover dated September 1999. This scan is from Jenny Finn: Doom Messiah, the trade paperback published by Boom! Studios in 2008. Enjoy!
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SHE HAS NO HEAD! – Fourth Annual Awesome Women In Comics Holiday Gift List, 2012
Welcome back to my annual female positive comics holiday gift list!
So the holidays are upon us again and you’ve decided that in these tough economic times you want to support the comic industry by giving everyone on your list sweet comics. And not only that, but you want to take it one step further and only give female positive comics…well, in that super specific case you’ve found the right list.
You think Saga is going to make the list? Here's a hint, it totally is.
Trade paperbacks, older editions, and miscellaneous for November 2012
Another month, another bunch of trade paperbacks. Plus: real books? What craziness is this????
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Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 291: Hellboy: The Third Wish #1
Every day this year, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. This month I will be showing pages that are either scary or are part of “scary” issues (as scary as a comic can be, of course), because it’s October! Today’s page is from Hellboy: The Third Wish #1, which was published by Dark Horse and is cover dated July 2002. This scan is from Hellboy: Library Edition volume 3, which was published in October 2009. Enjoy!
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Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 290: Hellboy: Conqueror Worm #4
Every day this year, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. This month I will be showing pages that are either scary or are part of “scary” issues (as scary as a comic can be, of course), because it’s October! Today’s page is from Hellboy: Conqueror Worm #4, which was published by Dark Horse and is cover dated August 2001. This scan is from Hellboy: Library Edition volume 3, which was published in October 2009. Enjoy!
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Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 289: Hellboy: Wake the Devil #3
Every day this year, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. This month I will be showing pages that are either scary or are part of “scary” issues (as scary as a comic can be, of course), because it’s October! Today’s page is from Hellboy: Wake the Devil #3, which was published by Dark Horse and is cover dated August 1996. This scan is from Hellboy: Library Edition volume 1, which was published in May 2008. Enjoy!
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Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 149: Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser #3
Every day this year, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. Today’s page is from Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser #3, which was published by Marvel and is cover dated 1991 (although this scan is from the trade that Dark Horse published in 2006). Enjoy!
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She Has No Head! – Support The Good
So, many of you saw that I broke the internet two weeks ago with my post about the visual representations of men and women in superhero comics and the apparently still radical idea that “No, it’s not equal”. So how does one follow up THAT column? Do you try to break the internet even harder? Or do you go the completely opposite route? Well, for starters, if you missed it, read this piece I did for my new gig at Lit Reactor, which is chock full of fantastic books that don’t commit any of the “No, It’s not equal” sins.
Trade paperbacks, older editions, and miscellaneous for January 2012
As I’m getting more and more things in trade these days and many of those don’t come out very quickly, I often miss titles that everyone is raving about for my year-end lists (see: Daredevil). So I’ve decided to do a post every month about the various trade paperbacks I got in the month. I’ve also included editions of things that may be from an earlier year but which I didn’t get until now or which have been re-released, and some other stuff, too. I’m still going to review new graphic novels individually, but this is for anything that doesn’t fall into that category. Sound good? Great. Let’s check some stuff out!
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A review a day: The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects
Is this Bill Reed’s favorite comic ever? Only he knows for sure!!!!
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Some Comments On Wolverine Saga (And Some Actual Wolverine Comics, Too)
You can’t really review a plot synopsis with photoshopped panels from old comics distributed to comic shops for free, in order to inform people about Wolverine’s convoluted history (and possibly scare them off of ever reading another coming again), because there’s a new movie coming out. Especially when you skimmed the damn thing.
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