COMMENT: Under the Covers
Pop quiz: What’s the difference between these three magazine covers? If you said “everything”, you get a no-prize! I purposefully made the images small so the copy would be hard to read and you’d first have to focus on the pictures. On the Teen People cover, Ms. Simpson (good thing she kept her maiden name,
COMMENT: Superman Returns Sequel Hinges on $200m
For those who thought I was off the mark with my speculation over Superman Returns’ not broaching $200 million domestically, rumor has it that the suits at Warner Brothers are worried it won’t make that much and have made it the line in the sand on whether or not a sequel gets made: After a
Hot Butter on Breakfast Toast
The company softball season is rolling along, and after a tough loss last night we are now 4-2, with three games remaining in the regular season. Last two games I played center field and moved up to the second spot in the batting order and have done quite well. Plan on switching back to SS,
On the Shelves: 7/12/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 7/12/06. 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,
Say What?: Battle of the Sex(ists)es
“My career really didn’t begin until I started working on books that I helped create. Vertigo is probably the only publisher today that wouldn’t have laughed me out of their offices for pitching them a fully painted hardcover novel for ‘mature readers’ about the Iraq war… starring talking lions.”–Brian K. Vaughan, Graphic Attack: Vertigo Raises
COMMENT: ‘Twas Marketing Killed the Son of Krypton
While Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest finishing first at the box office this weekend was a no-brainer, I doubt even the most optimistic pundit predicted an eye-popping, record-breaking haul of $132 million in its first three days. $132 million: aka Biggest. Opening. EVER! Savvy, indeed! Boxofficemojo’s ALL TIME BOX OFFICE: OPENING WEEKENDS chart
CBC Quickees: Death, Villains and more…
Just as I decide to drastically cut back my pull list, a slew of great new comics are seemingly coming out every other week now, including a couple of unexpected treats from DC thanks to Brave New World. At this rate, I may have to stop drinking just to keep up! Let’s do this… Death
Crystal Ball: September 2006 Solicitations, Part II
Support GOOD Comics! Pre-order something new EVERY month. Part I featured a look at Marvel, DC, Image and Dark Horse’s offerings for September 2006, and now Part II casts the spotlight on the 10 most interesting books being solicited by “independent” publishers. The full solicitations for September can be found at comicsconspiracy.biz. [NOTE: Most of
COMMENT: Terrence Howard as the Joker?
While adding a few new blogs to The Watchtower today, I came across Valerie D’Orazio’s Occasional Superheroine and a post she made about Robin Williams’ desire to portray the Joker in the sequel to Batman Begins. But Williams, despite a career slump in sub-Disney hell, is still an Icon. And maybe that’s what the franchise
REVIEW: Artesia Besieged #1
I started going through some #1s I’ve read recently last night, intending to write up another round of Quickee reviews, but it turned into a lovefest for the previously hyped Artesia as I was sucked back into the Known World and didn’t want to leave! As I noted a few weeks back, I picked up