The Secret of the Wednesday’s Haul

In my review for 100 Bullets V12: Dirty, I linked to a character map (spoilers!) showing how all of the characters related to one another.  Thanks to the way that Blogger handles images, it’s not clear where that roadmap came from.  My pal and co-worker Matthew Brady first put it together in 2007 and then [...]

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When the calm before the storm contains a family systematically killed, an unrepentant murderer getting a last minute reprieve from death, a baby cut out of its mothers womb and the recruitment of a trained killer, can you really have any hope of surviving the oncoming storm?
Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso have spent the last [...]

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When was the last time we saw a 10th issue of anything from Frank Miller?
Thinking back on Miller’s long career, he’s only done one run longer than 8 issues before and that was on Daredevil back in the early 80s.  Since leaving the title for the first time, almost everything else since then has been [...]

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HOWTO Rip DVD Movies To Your iPod Using Free Software
(tags: tips technology)

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What a long, strange trip?
Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka’s Gotham Central seems so long ago now and actually a part of simpler times, before Infinite or Final Crisises, before 52 and Countdown.  Back then, Crispus Allen and Renee Montoya were just cops and detectives, working the night shift in Gotham.  Gotham Central was a fantastic [...]

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Mightygodking.com » Blog Archive » You’re Going Sadly Unrecognized In Certain Quarters, Charlie Brown
I've really got to go back and reread Peanuts.
(tags: comicstrips Peanuts Charles_Schultz)

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Dead Ahead has one strong selling point for me– Alex Nino.  The Filipino artist has for long time been a source of mystery and fascination to me.  I’ve always had a handful of comics that he’s illustrated as well as a Philip Jose Farmer novel that Nino provided illustrations for.  I honestly probably haven’t really [...]

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Comic Book Resources > CBR News: SINGLES CLUB: Gillen & McKelvie on Phonogram 2
This is one of the books I'm looking most forward to right now.
(tags: comics)

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Only now at the end is it really clear about what Grant Morrison was really trying to do with All Star Superman.  In the twelfth and final issue, Superman is depowered, weakened by the rampant energy that’s taking over his body while Lex Luthor is the new superman, getting the power he’s long desired to [...]

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Internet Archive: Details: An Evening With Groucho - Single Episodes
(tags: mp3 comedy)

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Is it just me or is grant Morrison’s recently wrapped All Star Superman the ultimate take on Superman as Christ motif? While the events may be slightly out of order, we’ve seen Superman die (issue #11,) descend into he’ll (#5 I think) and now he’s ascended into a heaven in #12.
It’s not a perfect [...]

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Ande Parks- Shouting from the Basement: Friday… Something Nice from Big John Buscema and Li'l Bill Sienkiewicz!
Ande Parks' blog contains some nice lessons about appreciating comic art. I really enjoyed his quick breakdown of a Buscema/Sienkewicz collaboration.
(tags: comics)

Tom Spurgeon on building a comic "library"
"I stopped thinking New Comics Day and started thinking about building [...]

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I love it when Roger Ebert writes about the life and profession of a film critic.  In his latest blog entry,“CRITIC” IS A FOUR LETTER WORD, he talks a bit about why he writes and what he hopes to achieve with his own criticism.
“I believe a good critic is a teacher. He doesn’t have the [...]

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Myspace.com Blogs - EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Read a chapter from Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly’s LOCAL! - MySpace Comic Books MySpace Blog
This chapter was probably my favorite LOCAL story.
(tags: comics)

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Continuing the series of “25 Books that I need to…” from a couple of days ago, here’s a list of books that I need or want to reread:

Mage The Hero Discovered and The Hero Defined by Matt Wagner
Grendel by Matt Wagner & various
Promethea by Alan Moore and J.H. Williams III
Queen and Country by Greg Rucka [...]

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The Acidemic Journal of Film & Media
Focusing on Eternal Sunshing of the Spotless Mind, one of my personal favorite movies from the last 10 years.
(tags: film)

Film Criticism in the Age of the Internet: A Critical Symposium
(tags: film criticism)

du9 - L'autre Bande Dessinée - Kevin Huizenga
(tags: comics interview)

Sean Phillips: INCOGNITO teaser
(tags: comics)

The King of Queen & [...]

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Wednesday’s Haul is back with an episode looking at Grant Morrison and the differences between him and Geoff Johns.
You can download the episode here.

 

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All Star Superman #12– This series has been one of the best and most entertaining stories around the past couple of years and I’m actually sorry to see the last issue is already here.
Loveless Vol 3 Blackwater Falls TP
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 #5 Regular Clint Langley Cover (Secret Invasion Tie-In)
Spider-Man Brand New Day [...]

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Pink Floyd member Richard Wright dies age 65 - Yahoo! News
LONDON - Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65.
Pink Floyd's spokesman Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He says the [...]

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updated now to include the elusive 25th book.
These are comics that I either haven’t read any or all of.

Rogan Gosh by Peter Milligan and Brendan McCarthy
X-Force/X-Statix by Peter Milligan and Michael Allred
Grateful Dead Comix by Timothy Truman
Howard the Duck by Steve Gerber and Gene Colan
The Tomb of Dracula by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan
Terry and [...]

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This week, I joined Brad at Replay Factor to talk about mixtapes.  Here’s the description from Brad’s site:
We’ve all done it, right?  You just had to express your feelings in song.  Maybe it was for a girl (or guy) or a friend or yourself, but you had something to say and since you’re not a [...]

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jackiekarma: The Complete Jackie (so far)
(tags: comics)

The Comics Reporter interviews Scott McCloud
"The trim size that became the standard in the industry, it's just a little too narrow. It doesn't feel right. So I had the opportunity to make it a bit squarer and slightly smaller, because I think it handles better at that size."
(tags: comics [...]

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a.k.a. “An appreciation of Val Staples”
Val Staples doesn’t get enough credit for Criminal.  You always hear talk of how great Ed Brubaker’s story is or how fantastic Sean Phillips artwork is and they richly deserve the credit they get for their work.  The story and art of Criminal are a near perfect blend but they’re [...]

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Apple denies iPhone podcast app for "duplicating iTunes"
If Apple is not allowing a podcast catcher on the iPhone, they really need to update the iPod features so that an iPod Touch or an iPhone can do their own podcast catching.
(tags: iphone)

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Finally, someone got Brian Wilson and Zooey Deschanel in the same room | PopWatch Blog | EW.com

The Comics Reporter: Does A Revitalized Chicago Bode Well For Continued Comics Growth?
"Chicago isn't New York or Los Angeles when it comes to being a comics town, but I think it's more representative of the country between the coasts [...]

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