Let's do another comic book review shall we? I've been backlogged like crazy. Some of it has to do with overworking. Some of it has to do with pure laziness. But hey! We have a new design for the web site, right?
A few years back - right before the start of Annihilation: Conquest - I decided to give the Annihilation trade paperbacks a try. I wasn't buying any Marvel books at the time ...
I'll be the first to admit that I was a little jealous of Project Superpowers when I first heard of it. After all, I had the exact same idea of grabbing some public domain characters and creating my own comic book universe out of them (so did many others apparently, including Alan Moore). Of course, I could never get the funding together to do so. My name isn't Alex Ross.
Regardless (because irregardless ...
I became a steady collector of comic books in 1990. Before that, I had loved super-heroes, but lacking any steady place to pick up comics. It was always a few here and a few there. Over the last 20 years (with a short period of maybe 3 years when I had stopped collecting) I've amassed a huge collection of comic books. The problem is, I'm no longer a collector. I still love reading ...
I've been on a collected editions kick as of late. I've gone back and re-read such Jim Starlin fare as the Infinity Gauntlet and his Silver Surfer issues (specifically his "Rebirth of Thanos" arc), as well as taking some looks at Alex Ross and Jim Kruegar's Project Superpowers. To top it all off, I finished up the first volume of Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus as well. In between the reading ...
In lieu of my edict to not post television show reviews until a certain concept or arc can be reviewed in whole, you'll also notice that I haven't been posting comic book reviews either. There's a two-fold reason for that. For one, most of my comics are ordered from Midtown Comics, and unfortunately I keep getting them later and later as the weeks go by. This doesn't bode well for timely ...
My break in writing from my blog usually coincides with my travels for my job, but there will probably be a slightly more extended break in certain aspects of my writing. More specifically, comic book reviews may be absent until releases get back on track. Thanksgiving pretty much broke my rhythm. Since my comics usually come from Midtown Comics (with no alternative in my immediate area), my comics are usually delivered on Saturday. With the ...
How about that? Reviews on a Thursday? How can it be? I was up in New Jersey this week, so I suspended my Midtown Comics subscription, opting instead to stop by my local comic shop and say hello. It also meant that I actually received my comics on a Wednesday instead of the Saturday delivery that I've been getting with Midtown. I definitely miss grabbing issues fresh off the rack.
Adventure Comics #4: This ...
I'm becoming very much disenfranchised with Midtown Comics. I signed on to their subscription program because there aren't any quality comic book stores in my area of Virginia, but Midtown Comics has been disappointing me with just about every obstacle that pops up.
This time, I ordered the trade paperback for War of Kings: Road to War of Kings, and unlike the last time I ordered separate comics and payed for two shipping ...
This post is late. This post is beyond late. In fact, I'm actually writing it on a Tuesday and back dating it for Saturday just so I don't mess up my naming convention. To add a little more fuel on the lateness fire, this post consists of comics for last week and the week prior. I spent some time in New Jersey recently, and it forced me to put my mail on hold ...
I seem to be getting adjusted to not having my comics until Saturday. The Midtown Comics orders aren't bothering me too much when it comes to lateness. I'd still rather receive them on Wednesday, or even Thursday, but so far, the later date hasn't been too much of a downer. It actually gives me something to look forward to on Saturday, and keep me from running out too early in the day ...
Ok. I'm back, but notice the date change. These reviews are now going to be posted on Saturday. A little later than I would like, but I'm trying out Midtown Comics, and their deliveries don't show up until Saturday. Why Midtown Comics? The closest comic book store to my new home town is in Harrisonburg, Virginia; but unfortunately, when I walked through their doors on Wednesday at around 4:30pm, their shelves ...
In the midst of moving to Virginia and starting a new job, I really wasn't sure if I was going to get this review in on time... but here it is. Two highly anticipated books debuted this week: Superman: Secret Origin and Spider-Woman. More on those later. The important thing to notice in the higher ratio of $3.99 to $2.99 books that seem to be popping up. If this gets any worse ...
Lots of books to go over this week, and quite a few rants too. As a whole, I'd have to say that it was a good week for the comic books that I read, being pretty much anchored by the excellent Batman and Robin #4, featuring the Red Hood. More on that later though.
Action Comics #881:I long for the days that Geoff Johns was writing solid Superman stories in Action Comics. I ...
Normally I'd drop a blog review of the week's comic book pulls on the following day of their release, but since new books came out on a Thursday due to the Labor Day holiday, I'm all about punctuality. Imagine that. This was another light week however... so don't expect the Magna Carta
To the pull list...
Superman: World of New Krypton: I'm really tired of this New Krypton/World Without ...
Why Marvel and DC insist on having a huge chunk of titles dropping on the same week I'll never know. Last week was a nightmare for the wallet, while this week, I felt like an idiot walking up to the counter with a single book - an annual. If that annual hadn't come out, I would have been leaving empty-handed. Seriously guys, spread your titles out a little more. It'll actually increase sales ...
Have you heard the news? Comic books aren't for kids anymore. Oh, you have heard. But do you know the reason? Not because of the highly complex tales. No. No. Simply because of the highly, err... high cost.
I made the largest purchase of my life on Friday. As such, I need to start cutting back on some of my expenses. I love comic books, but I'll be honest with you. The cost ...
Let's be honest, Freddie Mercury is a comic book character in his own right. His flamboyant stage presence and otherworldly persona cemented him not only in music mythology, but in pop culture mythology as well. His contributions to the pop culture, such as the Highlander theme song and the theme to the Flash Gordon movie are just barely surpassed by his mainstream sports culture odes "We Will Rock You" and "We are the Champions ...
Fiction and comic book writer Brad Meltzer has gotten the ball rolling on a charity to help preserve the house where the idea of Superman was created. Get with the program:
The house where Google was created is saved. The farm where Hewlett Packard was founded is preserved. And Richard Nixon's house is a museum. But the house where Superman - one of the world's most recognized heroes - was created? It's a wreck ...
Rushkoff is no stranger to taking non-fiction themes and wrapping them into a fictional story. Ecstasy Club is one fine example. However, some writers are quick to learn that the graphic novel format is a completely different monster than the traditional fictional form. Fortunately, Rushkoff takes it slow and easy, keeping with what he knows rather than overextending his imagination to realms he's yet to explore.
Club Zero-G is a cyberian comic book. Anyone ...