Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
It’s been a pretty good few years for the Fantastic Four/Future Foundation (no matter what Eddie Campbell says). After being largely neglected by the comics community at large – probably since the Waid/Wieringo era – it seems like the books…
So the DC Comic Solicits were released yesterday to a big underwhelming thud. It’s not that there weren’t any interesting ideas shown; see the wonderful solicit for Wonder Woman. It’s just I’m underwhelmed with a sense of not caring. I…
Paul Gravett takes a look at the works of Milo Manara. Really wonderful read, though it is NSFW due to nudity. Manara can’t draw a woman that doesn’t look like she’s not in the midst of an orgasm. He also…
I recently came across a wonderful little story done by Jim Steranko for Comixscene #4, published May-June of 1973. ‘The Block’ isn’t the world’s best story, nor is it Steranko’s best work; it’s very heavy handed in delivering it’s message…
So. Did you guys get anything good this week? I know I did. Damn you Scalped – you find a new way to break my heart every time. There’s a strange emotional weight tied to each and every issue of…
So about last week. I’m sure you may have noticed that this column went on a mini hiatus. Sorry about that. Had some stomach based maladies. The good news is that I got a chance to read some stuff and…
With the nominees for the Joe Shuster Awards just released, I thought I’d take a closer look and see how some of them line up with my own personal preference. I was lucky enough to be part of the nomination…
“I thought we had moved on from a time when a non-white Anglo-Saxon character might be seen as unusual.” – Writer David Hine addresses recent controversy over the introduction in Detective Comics of Nightrunner, a French Algerian Muslim recruited by…
Before I talk about Batman, Let’s start with some X-Men: First Class. Since they announced that XMFC was going to be a period piece I was pretty pumped for it. With the exception of Sandman Mystery Theatre we haven’t had…
Two Items of Awesomeness Through TUMBLR! First we Have Dan Hipp (Amazing Joy Buzzards and Gyakushu!) showing us what Shadowlands could have been had it not been hampered by Billy Tan’s art. And then the lovely Gail Simone lets us…