On the Shelves: 6/21/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 6/21/06. 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?: 6/19/06
“Spider-Man is an unusual franchise; just when you think it’s run out of sharks to jump, Marvel unveil a new aquarium.”–Paul O’Brien, Article 10, 19 June 2006 “For that matter, should Peter Parker wear any kind of a costume now? Once the world knows your true identity, what’s the point of wearing a mask?”–Jake on
INFO: Categories are del.icio.us!
Phase One of our total revamp of the site is more than halfway through as I’ve spent most of this weekend tagging every single post from November 2004 through December 2005, enabling everyone (myself included) to easily sort through and access our content, regardless of how old it is. I played around with Technorati tags
CONTEST: BOOM! Sampler Giveaway Extended
Due to light response so far — and our continued absence from the Comic Weblog Linkatron 5000 since the move from blogspot.com — I’m extending our BOOM! Sampler Giveaway another full week to June 23, 2006. Details at the original post, where all entries should be submitted. Many thanks to those who’ve promoted the contest
MARKETING: Superman Joins MySpace
The Superman Returns marketing onslaught continues… Man Of Steel Seeks Friends AN AMERICAN CULTURAL ICON HAS landed in the leading American social networking site with the posting of a MySpace profile to promote the new “Superman Returns,” premiering June 28. By Thursday evening, just five days after the site quietly went live, the profile had
LINK: Sent Forth from the Power
It usually takes me a few issues after I drop something from my pull list to lose the phantom limb feeling whenever I’m picking up my weekly stash, but in the case of 52, I miss it about as much as I miss Mo Vaughn playing for the Mets. I am still enjoying Douglas Wolk’s
On The Shelves: 6/14/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 6/14/06. 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,
Omar’s Random Thoughts: Wonder Woman & Metamorpho
Goddamn. Someone should write a review about Wonder Woman volume 3 number 1. That was a good read. Inner Fanboy enjoyed it very much. That fanboy zeal, of course, makes me worried that it’s totally inaccessible to a new reader. Does Wonder Woman get new readers that don’t know a lot about her to begin
CONTEST: BOOM! Sampler Giveaway
In honor of our new look and impending relaunch (and in a shameless attempt at generating some traffic to bear witness), I’m giving away a sampler of comics from Wizard Magazine’s “Best New Publisher,” Boom! Studios. Jeremiah Harm #1-3Hero Squared #1Cthulhu Tales #1What Were They Thinking?! Some People Never Learn #1War of the Worlds: Second
COMMENT: So Ashamed!
I found a cosplay woman attractive. I’m officially lost in nerddom. Help me. Someone please, take away the comics! If you don’t know what cosplay is, you are a better man than I.