From the monthly archives: January 2007

Blogaround Challenge 2007 Update

By On January 26, 2007 · Leave a Comment · In Pop Culture

…and the Massive Archaia, Viper & Spider-Man Giveaway!

3 Prize Packs, 33 comic books…FREE SHIPPING!!!

On your own blog, in a post titled “Blogaround Challenge 2007″, write a brief review of three blogs that are not currently on your personal blogroll. Mine the blogrolls of your favorite blogs, Google’s Blog Search, [...]

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Free Comic Book Day 2007

By On January 25, 2007 · Leave a Comment · In Marketing, Pop Culture

This year’s Free Comic Book Day is on Saturday, May 5 — the same weekend Spider-Man 3 opens — and the list of comics that will be available is pretty impressive. My initial thoughts on some of them:

Archie Comics (Gold): Archie Comics Little Archie 2007

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PANEL: Bone Volume 3: Eyes of the Storm

By On January 24, 2007 · Leave a Comment · In Uncategorized


Bone Volume 3: Eyes of the Storm
By Jeff Smith
Color by Steve Hamaker
February 2006, Scholastic/GRAPHIX

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Suburban Dysfunction & Blaxploitation

By On January 24, 2007 · 1 Comment · In Pop Culture, Reviews

Ghost World
By Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics Books, 1998; $11.95)

I skipped the movie version of Ghost World when it came out because I could tell from the previews that it wasn’t my cup of tea; stories of suburban angst make my skin crawl (ie: I hated American Beauty), suburban teenage angst even more so. [...]

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On The Shelves: 1/24/07

By On January 23, 2007 · Leave a Comment · In Pop Culture

Reading is fundamental. Don’t waste your time reading bad comics out of habit!

My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 1/24/07. The full shipping list, as always, is available at ComicList.

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

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