Not a lot of time for commentary this week other than it’s packed with some good books. Must be the pre-San Diego Comicon push. Neon Genesis Evangelion Shinji Ikari Raising Project Vol 1 TP (dcbs) Pixu Mark Of Evil HC (dcbs) Green Lantern Vol 4 #43 Regular Doug Mahnke Cover (Blackest Night Tie-In) (lcs) Showcase [...]
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Death is cheap. Especially death in comic books. So yeah, an Avenger died in Secret Invasion #8 but what does it really matter? We all know that some day, writer Brian Michael Bendis, Dan Slott, Greg Pak or some unknown up-and-comer will bring her back. Heck, my money is on Bendis, the man who killed [...]
Tags: Brian Michael Bendis, comics, Leinil Francis Yu, Secret Invasion
Over at CBR last week, Timothy Callahan in his When Words Collide column had an article up that’s covering some very familiar ground– the floppy vs the trade. In that article, Tim discusses his preference (the floppy– henceforth referred to here as “the single issue” for my buddy David) and his own reasons for liking [...]
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Comics aren’t out until Thursday this week. This is another decent week even if nothing here is really going to set the world on fire. With a couple of the more high-profile books coming out this week, I’m going to be interested in looking back and seeing how the larger stories have been crafted. Justice [...]
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I don’t know why I clicked on a MSNBC article about Mariah Carey needing 20 pieces of luggage for a 3 day trip but I found the following story added on at the end: An exit strategy for ‘Pushing Daisies’ ABC’s Pushing Daisies definitely seems marked for execution unless ratings magically improve. But show creator [...]
Tags: comics, Pushing Daisies, television
I saw the Neon Genesis Evangelion book in Borders over the weekend and started worrying that I wasn’t going to see the book for a couple of more weeks. I’m so glad that it’s on this week’s release list. Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 Vol 3 Wolves At The Gate TP (DCBS)– I’ve enjoyed [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
iFanboy has set up a donations page to support Grand Rapids comic retailer David Pirkola, who was critically shot in a robbery attempt at his store Friday night. From their site: We’ve spoken with Peter Ryan, who along with Stephen Jayner owns Capital City Collectibles in Lansing, MI and are close friends and co-owners of [...]
Tags: Apparition Comics, comics, donate, iFanboy
We always hope our children will enjoy the things that we do even if we wish better for them. I never planned to raise up my son as a geek but that’s the way it happened. Instead of Big Bird or Barney, he prefers DC: The New Frontier, Jeff Smith’s Bone and Hayao Miyazaki movies. [...]
