Link: Erik Larsen Goes Off
Wow! An open letter to comic book creators everywhere: Is that all you’ve got? Really? Because if it is– that’s pretty fucking sad. …I understand the desire to clutch on to the security of a guaranteed page rate. And I understand the attraction of working on characters that you grew up with. But at what
On The Shelves: 9/28/05
Support GOOD Comics! Try something NEW! My weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 9/28/05. 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, find another
Glutton for Punishment
Quick update… School is taking some time to fall into place as I get used to the pitfalls of independent study. I’ve never been particularly good at self-discipline but if I get through this, it’ll only be because I got better at it. Of course, because I like to make things as tough as possible,
Buzzscope Reviews: 9/21/05
…and a couple of other things below, including a “big” announcement. ShadowHawk #5Recommending this as a jump-on point, which under normal circumstances it would be perfect as, comes with a huge caveat because of the upcoming changes that will supposedly represent “a complete 180.” In the Scope: Beckett’s New Image ExaminedJeff Amano and Gabriel Benson
INFO: Free Manga; Marvel Misstep
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LINK: Hope for One Year Later?
[via Fanboy Rampage] “The good new [sic] is, and I garauntee [sic] you this, when we’re on the other side of the CRISIS, those days are GONE. Just gone. We’re sick to death of heroes who are not heroes, we’re sick to death of darkness… Batman’s broken. Through no ONE person’s fault, but he’s a
LINK: Comics Sales Figures
[via The Beat] I’m going to come back to this at a later date because this sort of thing fascinates me, but for now, I just wanted to bookmark it. A Quick Business History of Comic Books: Part One (1934-1960) A Quick Business History of Comic Books Part Two: 1960-2005 For now: 1942Captain Marvel 1,000,000
CBC Quickees: 9/14/05
Better late than never, and it’s a small but mostly good batch… All-Star Batman & Robin The Boy Wonder #2 (DC Comics, $2.99): Oh, Frank, what in the hell are you doing? On first read, I groaned at how bad the scripting was, particularly Batman who sounds like a crazed Adam West auditioning to play
On The Shelves: 9/21/05
Support GOOD Comics! Try something NEW! My weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 9/21/05. 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, find another
Buzzscope Reviews: 9/14/05
Remember when I used to post 3-5 of these every week? Between school cutting into my leisure reading time – what, you thought I got paid for this stuff? – and not wanting to review anything I’ve previously covered (with purely subjective exceptions), it’s been pretty tough to write up the longer reviews recently. Add