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The cover of Batman #701 and #702 proclaim that these issues are the "missing chapter of BATMAN RIP."   Wouldn't it be more correct to call these the "missing conclusion of BATMAN RIP?" Posted via email from Wednesdays Haul’s posterous

I was cutting the lawn this evening so I blame these thoughts on engine fumes. Comics have become a lifestyle.  I don't know if that's a good thing.  Maybe more on this later. I want comics (and all entertainment) really that make me feel something, dammit.  If you're not making me feel, you're not doing [...]

Over at Indie Pulp this week, I wrote a bit about The Walking Dead V12: Life Among Them. There have been stretches during The Walking Dead where it felt like Kirkman was only interested in physically and emotionally torturing his characters. Whole volumes have been about taking Rick and the other survivors to the darkest [...]

Last week at Popdose, I wrote a bit about Warren Ellis and John Cassaday's secret history of the 20th century in Planetary: Warren Ellis and John Cassaday know where the bodies are buried.  Not literal bodies but the fictional corpses of the 20th century heroes and legends.  In a 1998 short introductory story, Planetary literally [...]

Via Boxwatcher who posted a link to this on twitter. Autographs & Photo Ops Pre-Sells Available Now! Don't Miss Your Chance To Meet Rod Blagojevich! Rod's Appeal: Blagojevich To Appear At Chicago Comic Con! Former Illinois Governor To Sign Autographs, Pose For Pictures, Meet Fans At Pop Culture Festival Saturday! The verdict is in! Former [...]

Over at Popdose, I mused a bit on the presumed guilt and sins of Mr. Tony Stark. In the end, when Tony wakes up and sees the world around him, a world that he’s largely responsible for, Fraction gives Tony his own little reboot.  This is not a Crisis on Infinite Earths or even Spider-Man: [...]

This is a couple of week's old but I forgot to post it here.  Over at Popdose, I wrote a bit about Jason's The Werewolves of Montpellier: Jason never lets you get close to his characters.  In this book, like in most his other books, he never easily lets you into the story.  He draws [...]

Honestly, I haven't been really paying any attention to when The Beat posts the sales numbers for the past few months.  Of course, I give them a cursory glance but those numbers don't really affect the way I buy or enjoy books.  I buy books at the top of the sales charts and I buy [...]

Last week was kind of a wash when it came to writing.  But I’ve been reading a lot, hoping to parlay it into some writing in the next week or two.  Let me just say, a weekend with Peter Bagge and Buddy Bradley makes for a weird weekend. Sweet Tooth #12– I think this one [...]

I just got back from the shop and I found an incredible book from Marvel– Vampire Tales V1 (cover is above.)  That's a really ugly and generic cover.  Sure, it's a nice image in and of itself but it's weak when compared to the original Vampire Tales covers (check here for the cover gallery.) This [...]