On the Web: Xavier’s School For Gifted Dancers
In the spirit of truly fulfilling our promise to bring you comic randomonia, CBC presents the first installment of On The Web. OTW will bring you the best, and perhaps the worst, video clips the internet has to offer comic fans around the world. Without further ado, in the tradition of that dancing baby that
LINK: Pull List Propaganda
My new review column, Pull List Propaganda, launches today over at PopCultureShock, wherein I review: Infinite Crisis #6, New Avengers: Illuminati, Moon Knight #1, The New Teen Titans #34, Firestorm: The Nuclear Man #23-24, Supermarket #1-2, La Perdida, Mouse Guard #1, Robotíka #1-2, Super Real #1-2, The Last Island, and The Hunger #1-2. I think
Take Me Out to the Ballgame!
Ignoring the kind of luck it takes to catch only their second loss in 10 games, today’s Mets game was a blast as Isaac and I — along with evil Dan, Yankee fan and official bad luck charm! — enjoyed some great weather out at Shea Stadium, decked out in sorta-matching Mets gear. While it
PANEL: Teen Titans #34
Teen Titans #34Art by Tony Daniel, Kevin Conrad, Art Thibert,Richard & Tanya HorieWritten by Geoff JohnsApril 2006, DC
PANEL: G.I. Joe Sigma 6 #4
G.I. Joe Sigma 6 #4Art by Chris Lie, Ramanda Kamarga and Rob RuffoloWritten by Andrew DabbMarch 2006, Devil’s Due
COMMENT: Forest, Trees and Taki Soma
Things that are pissing me off right about now: 1) Tom Spurgeon’s unnecessarily snarky and ill-informed commentary yesterday, which includes an ill-timed reference to old rumors about Friends of Lulu, and barely a cursory mention of the actual situation which precipitated the creation of the Empowerment Fund. 2) Heidi MacDonald’s total lack of reference to
On the Shelves: 4/12/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 4/12/06. 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,
LINK: Sexual Assault Follow-up
Ronée Garcia Bourgeois follows up on her story from a few months back about a sexual assault at a comics convention that led to some serious behind-the-scenes dustups that found us fighting off complaints of libel from one innocent bystander; the guilty successfully hiding behind a ill-conceived bigger (but in actuality, significantly smaller) picture; and
LINK: Establishing Shots #7
My latest column is up at PopCultureShock, a month late and on a completely different subject than I’d originally intended — NY Comic-Con is kind of a dead topic now — but worth reading nonetheless! Establishing Shots #7: It’s Hard Out Here For a PimpYou Gotta Love ’em or Leave ’em Alone I want to
Ye Olde Comick Booke Meme
From Ye Olde Comick Booke Blogge, via Chris @ 2 Guys… Hypothetical situation: Due to diminished readership and rising paper costs, it has been decided only fifteen comic titles will be published from this day forward. You have been charged with the decisions of which titles shall be printed and what creative teams will be