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Monthly Archives: July 2006

They Said it Wouldn’t Last!

18-Jul-06

Salomé and I celebrate our 8th anniversary today!

Related Reading via Amazon:

The Official Price Guide to Pop Culture Memorabilia: 150 Years of Character Toys & Collectibles (Office Price Guide to Pop Culture Memorabilia: 150 Years of Character Toys & Collectibles)

The Politics of Jesus

Secrets to Winning at Office Politics: How to Achieve Your Goals [...]

On The Shelves: 7/19/06

18-Jul-06

Read GOOD Comics, not just the ones you’re used to! Try something new EVERY month.
My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 7/19/06. 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 [...]

Review: Iron West

17-Jul-06

Iron WestBy Doug TenNapel (Image Comics, 2006; $14.99)
Going for wacky is a dangerous gambit, particularly in comics where it can easily drift over into unintentional camp or, even worse, come completely unhinged and end up convoluted and unfunny, so when I realized Doug TenNapel’s Iron West included both Sasquatch and the Loch Ness Monster in [...]

LINK: Raising the Bar for Comics Journalism

17-Jul-06

Heidi MacDonald — of the recently relocated The Beat, and defender of all that is righteous in the comics world — proves that, with great power comes great responsibility, using the high-profile visibility of her new Publisher’s Weekly platform to…well, to dish dirt.
Dept. of Scandal IA while ago we told you about budding filmmaker Matt [...]

CBC Quickees: On Pirates and Expatriates

16-Jul-06

The Left Bank GangBy Jason (Fantagraphics, 2006; $12.95)
Why Are You Doing This?, an enthralling Hitchkockian mystery with a big heart, was my first exposure to the Norwegian cartoonist Jason, and it firmly put him on my list of creators from whom I’ll check out anything they do. Unfortunately, for me, his English translations are published [...]