Just came out of an advance screening of Batman Begins and was fully intending to review it here but my mind is still reeling.HOLY MUTHAFUCKING SHIT!!!!You'll have to wait til next week for more than that because I don't want to spoil a single thing. And there's plenty to spoil.Woah.Tip your hat to David Goyer, Christopher Nolan and the entire perfectly-cast group of actors. Even Katie Holmes!
Miller owns up to mistakes, promises 30 years of comics Alias Enterprises burst onto the comics scene a few months back, hot on the heels of a trio of successful titles published under the Image banner: Lullaby, The Imaginaries, and Lions, Tigers and Bears. With multi-page advertising spreads in Previews, and an all-out internet PR-blitz promoting their relatively little-to-unknown creators and/or properties and their $0.75 first issues, Alias was poised to make a bang throughout the month April with an aggressive slate of 12 brand new titles all scheduled to hit the stands before Free Comic Book Day. As the…
Support Our Independent HeroesBenefiting CBLDF, A.C.T.O.R. and Independent ComicsLong Beach, NY -- June 9, 2005 - Independent Publisher Terminal Press is making an effort to benefit both industry veterans and future generations of comic creators with the creation of Independent Hero.Their mission is to provide support to charities who protect our freedom and those who came before us, while creating an opportunity for up and coming comic creators to publish their work and contribute to the comic book industry.Several products, including Reminderbands and T-shirts will be available for purchase through independenthero.com and in select retail locations with profits going to…
My second game with the company softball team is tonight @ 6pm, back at the Coleman Oval Playground on Market & Monroe Streets, in the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge. I missed our only practice and last weekend's double-header so I have no idea if I'll be returning to shortstop or what. Prefer the infield to the outfield, but unless we've vastly improved I'd likely see the same amount of action either way. Need to buy a pair of sweats, though, as my only pair fall down when I run!Salomé has guaranteed another year of marriage, winning us a couple…
A review of Skyscrapers of the Midwest #2, and interview with its creator, Joshua W. Cotter
If you follow this site at all, you know that when I come across an indie comic I love, I pimp the hell out of it! 100 Girls, Fade From Grace, Western Tales of Terror and Elk's Run have all received an extra helping of rave reviews from me for being superlative examples of great comic books. I've even given away free copies of some of them to ensure they get into the hands of potential fans. A while back, in January's Indie Spotlight, I raved about another comic, Joshua W. Cotter's Skyscrapers of the Midwest, a completely random discovery…
Support Independent Comics!Independent comics (and manga) being released tomorrow, 6/8/05, courtesy of ComicList. 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.Recommendations, sometimes blind, in BOLD. Which ones are YOU reading?AC COMICS Best Of The West #51, $6.95 Femforce To Die For GN, $15.95ACTOR Actor Darkness Prelude Foil Cvr Ed, $5.00A. D. VISION Yotsuba Manga Vol 1 TPB, $9.99ADHOUSE BOOKS Skyscrapers of the Midwest #2, $5.00AMAZE INK (SLAVE LABOR GRAPHICS) Patty Cake & Friends Vol 2 #14, $4.95 Slave Labor Peepshow Vol 4 #6,…