On The Shelves: 11/2/05
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! My weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 11/2/05. 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. If not,
Buzzscope Reviews: 10/26/05
Fear Agent #1Remender’s anachronistic snark adds an interesting layer to the story as he firmly establishes that Fear Agent‘s setting isn’t a simple derivative of the usual touchstones; it’s not “like Star Wars” or “similar to Buzz Lightyear.” Young Avengers #8Allan Heinberg still shines as one of Marvel’s best scripters, nailing the pacing, snappy dialogue
Buzzscope: What’s a Nubian? #1
When I first came across PopCultureShock.com last year, it was the combination of the favorable response in their forums to the announcement of Reggie Hudlin taking on Black Panther (in contrast to the immediate sniping over at NEWSarama and throughout the comics blogosphere, with ignorant comments like, “Oh no! He’s going to gangstify the Black
COMMENT: September’s G*ddamn Sales Figures
Over on the Buzz Blog, I posted some comments on September’s sales figures that saw All Star Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder #2 top the list with approximately 178,000 copies pre-sold to the direct market. Further down the chart, though, something else caught my eye: ARANA #8 (13,758) and #9 (12,920) both outsold the
On the Shelves: 10/26/05
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! My weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 10/26/05. 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. If not,
Buzzscope Reviews: 10/19/05
After last week’s no-show, this week I’ve got two really good ones! X-Men and Power Pack #1Cynical bastards who’d rather question Wolverine and Sabretooth’s convenient presence in the woods, or where this story fits in Runaways continuity need not even bother pick it up. They wouldn’t understand. Everyone else, stop complaining about “What if Scarlet
LINK: When Comics and Politics Clash!
Over at Newsarama, a lively debate sprung up on their message boards. That’s nothing new to Newsarama regulars, though. They have one of the most active forums on the web. Fans regularly log on to bitch *cough, cough* discuss topics related to comic books, but this one was slightly different. This time the “Hero” being
NOT Like Riding a Bike
There’s plenty of things you can go back to after years away – particularly stuff that’s bad for you like smoking, and poetry slams – but school definitely isn’t one of them. Another weekend, another cram session, made that much more stressful by a week laid up with something flu-like and all day yesterday taken
LINK: Wisdom of the Batman
Batman: “Nobody wants war.” Robin: “Gee, Batman. Belgravia’s such a small country. We’d beat them in a few hours.” Batman: “Yes, and then we’d have to support them for years.” Batman’s a better war planner than anyone in the Bush Administration apparently. Thanks to Batman Lecturing Robin.
Like a bad penny…
Me and poetry, together again for the first time in ages! Tuesday, October 25, 2005 @ 7pm Barnes & Noble Bookstore 3105 East Main Street Mohegan Lake, NY 10547 Helping Zork bring poetry to Westchester. Cover: FREE! This is right near where I graduated High School, so I’m paranoid I’ll bump into someone I once