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Category Archives: Comic Books

Archived Comic Book Commentary posts from 2005-2007, plus new commentary and reviews.

On the Shelves: 3/7/07

06-Mar-07

Reading is fundamental. Read what you like; don’t waste your time reading bad comics out of habit!
My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 3/7/07. 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, [...]

Hater Blog: Levitz or Quesada?

05-Mar-07

Dick Hyacinth of the entertaining guilty pleasure and recent addition to the Blogs of Note, Dick Hates Your Blog, has been running a series of “Hate Polls”, pitting the likes of Mark Millar, Geoff Johns, Brad Meltzer and Joe Quesada against each other for the title of Most Hated in Comics. Last week, after Quesada [...]

Marketing Monday: No-Brainer Marketing Efforts, Pt. II

05-Mar-07

Wrapping up the subject of Marketing No-Brainers from two weeks ago, the final no-brainer is the PowerPoint presentation — a portable, printable document offering an overview of all relevant information on the publisher and/or product based on the intended audience. This presentation should bring together all of the other elements of the no-brainer puzzle into [...]