HYPE: Glyphs Anniversary
I don’t usually pay much attention to blog anniversarys — hell, I missed acknowledging our own by a few days last year — but there’s a handful of truly essential blogs out there that I think are deserving of kudos. Without a doubt, one of them is Rich Watson’s Glyphs: The Language of the Black
INFO: 2006 Harvey Award Nominees
Interesting choices in what is essentially the comics version of the Oscars, “the only industry awards both nominated by and selected by the full body of comic book professionals.” And the nominees for the 2006 Harvey Awards are… BEST WRITERBrian Michael Bendis | NEW AVENGERS | Marvel Comics Ed Brubaker | CAPTAIN AMERICA | Marvel
On the Shelves: 6/1/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. My weekly look at select comic books being released Thursday, 6/1/06. 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,
COMMENT: NYT on Minorities in Comics
[Edited for clarity on 5/30/06] Funny that this article in the NY Times has been referenced by others for its apparent spoiler re: Batwoman (she’s not Renee Montoya, which is all I care about) instead of its main point, the increasing diversity at the Big Two. Funny strange, not funny ha-ha, of course. Straight (and
HYPE: Postcards
Because there’s only 24 hours in a day and too many of them are taken up with things I HAVE to do as opposed to WANT to do, I haven’t been able to stay in the loop with Jason Rodriguez’ very cool anthology project, POSTCARDS. How cool is it? Hit the link and check out
Crossroads
The problem with blogging so infrequently is that things pile up to the point where there’s just too much to cover and I end up not covering anything. Bleh. Long story short, things change, all the time, and sometimes there’s the sense that there’s a reason for it, a master plan, and other times, it
COMMENT: 52 Putdown
I’m done. Week Three did nothing for me, and the numerous continuity issues already popping up in and around a series that is all about continuity is just way too distracting. Especially at $2.50 a pop. One of the bigger problems for me is the use of the weekly/daily timeline that doesn’t feel the least
PANEL: The American Way #4
The American Way #4Art by Georges Jeanty, Karl Story, Ray Snyder and Wildstorm FXWritten by John RidleyMay 2006, DC/Wildstorm
INFO: PopCultureShock RSS Feeds
Thanks to Zilla (who’s on a roll!) for pointing out Feed43.com, a cool online utility that enables you to create RSS feeds for sites that don’t have them! Like, say, PopCultureShock! It took about 10 minutes to set up the first one, as I’m completely unfamiliar with the coding involved, but liberal use of their
PANEL: Batman: Year One Hundred #4
Batman: Year One Hundred #4By Paul PopeMay 2006, DC (Thanks to Zilla for the scan.)