Preview: DC’s October Solicitations
CBR has DC’s October Solicitations up, and here’s what I’m particularly looking forward to reading and/or snarking: BATMAN: GOTHAM COUNTY LINE #1 Written by Steve Niles; Art and cover by Scott HamptonAcclaimed writer Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) joins distinctive painter Scott Hampton (BATMAN: NIGHT CRIES) for a 3-issue Prestige Format miniseries that uncovers
Preview: Marvel’s October Solicitations
Buzzscope has Marvel’s October Solicitations up, and here’s what I’m particularly looking forward to reading and/or snarking: House of M #8 (of 8)Marvel’s big summer event that may or may not have huge repercussions for the entire Marvel Universe, depending on which interview you read, concludes. One thing’s clear already, it’s yet another story centering
Comment: The Comics Blogiverse
The myriad comic book-related blogs that have sprung up over the past couple of years run the gamut from unpretentious reviews and commentary by enthusiastic fans to jaded bile and snark by agenda-driven wannabes looking to break into the industry. The Comic Weblog Linkatron 5000 links to them all without prejudice so I thought I’d
R.I.P.: Jim Aparo (1932-2005)
Jim Aparo is one of the first artists I have a distinct memory of from my earliest days of collecting comics, and his version of Batman remains to this day one of my favorites. He was one of the first artists whose styles I could recognize at first glance and who could get me to
Our 7th Anniversary
Rereading that last post, it almost sounds like our vacation sucked, but that’s just work filtering through and tainting my perspective. We had a great time, the most “quality time” we’ve had together since…hell, Spain in 2000, right before Isaac was born? I was thinking about the past 7 years the other day, and what’s
Bourbon Street Stinks!
How come no one warned me? Bourbon Street at night is like everything I hate about Hoboken, magnified 10 times over, plus strip clubs! And it stinks like a mix of old alcohol and stale mop water. For all its unappealing skankiness, though, we did have fun people-watching the first two nights; and while I
INFO: Free Comic Book Day 2006
Diamond Comic Distributors has announced this weekend in San Diego that Free Comic Book Day 2006 will take place on Saturday, May 6th, the second consecutive year the event will take place separate from the release of a comic book-based movie. Marketing will be in full swing for the summer slate of comic book-inspired movies,
Try Something Different: 7/20/05
Support Independent Comics! Independent comics (and manga) being released tomorrow, 7/20/05, 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? ACTIVE IMAGES Gunpowder Girl & Outlaw
Batman Begins vs. Fantastic Four: Different Paths to Success
The friendly rivalry between Marvel and DC knows no boundaries. What started decades ago in print has now spilled over onto celluloid. About a month apart in their release dates, the iconic figures of Batman in DC’s Batman Begins, and Marvel’s Fantastic Four battle it out for comic book supremacy on film. Two different paths,
You Can’t Serve Two Masters
There’s a passage somewhere in the Bible to that effect, the equivalent of the more recent “can’t have your cake and eat it, too.” The whole poetry & comics thing is one example, where a couple of months back I was inspired to get back into the scene and start performing again, only to be