From the monthly archives: May 2006

On the Shelves: 6/1/06

By On May 31, 2006 · Leave a Comment · In Pop Culture

Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month.

My weekly look at select comic books being released Thursday, 6/1/06. The full shipping is list available at ComicList.

[NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it. [...]

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POLL: X-Men: The Last Stand

By On May 30, 2006 · 3 Comments · In Pop Culture

Between the extended Memorial Day weekend and internet buzz, everyone that cares to, should have seen X3 by now. If you haven’t yet, then stop reading.

Spoilers are ahead!!

The theater I saw X3 in had a ton of energy. This was one of the few movie-going experiences where the crowd actually helped prop up [...]

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COMMENT: A Fanboy Returns

By On May 29, 2006 · 3 Comments · In Pop Culture

Yeah, I’ve started collecting comic books again. I mentioned it to my mom. I think she felt a little shame.

Back in the day, I collected a lot of DC and a bit of Marvel and a couple of indies. Indies are fairly easy to catch up on. Marvel is [...]

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COMMENT: NYT on Minorities in Comics

By On May 28, 2006 · 2 Comments · In Pop Culture

[Edited for clarity on 5/30/06]

Funny that this article in the NY Times has been referenced by others for its apparent spoiler re: Batwoman (she’s not Renee Montoya, which is all I care about) instead of its main point, the increasing diversity at the Big Two. Funny strange, not funny ha-ha, of course.

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HYPE: Postcards

By On May 26, 2006 · 1 Comment · In Uncategorized


Because there’s only 24 hours in a day and too many of them are taken up with things I HAVE to do as opposed to WANT to do, I haven’t been able to stay in the loop with Jason Rodriguez’ very cool anthology project, POSTCARDS.

How cool is it? Hit [...]

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