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COMMENT: One Year Later Preview

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:November 18, 2005
Post category:Pop Culture
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Thanks to Jason Richards for boiling down the DiDio interview over at NEWSarama:Plastic Man is CANCELLED.Gotham Central is CANCELLED.Batman: Gotham Knights is CANCELLED.Batgirl is CANCELLED.JLA is CANCELLED. (wha? huh?!)Adventures of Superman is being CANCELLED and the Superman title is being reverted back to its original numbering (starting with #650).Flash is ENDING (not yet sure what the difference is with being CANCELLED).the "current run" of Wonder Woman is ENDING as well.Plastic Man is no surprise and actually has nothing to do with One Year Later. I believe low sales and Kyle Baker's contract ending took care of that one. Regardless what…

COMMENT: October Sales Snark

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:November 16, 2005
Post category:Pop Culture
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Now that I've kind of gotten used to the Pulse not running their two sales tracking columns (they seem to have gotten back on track recently), I scan ICv2's numbers a bit more closely myself. Spurgeon and CBG do some great analysis, though, and their links are included here...INFINITE CRISIS TOPS THE OCTOBER SALES CHARTS!!!Well, duh!ICv2.com reports: "Infinite Crisis #1, with a total of 249,265, is second [in 2005 sales] only to Frank Miller and Jim Lee's All Star Batman and Robin, The Boy Wonder #1, which sold 261,046 in July." Shipping with a variant cover by George Perez and…

On The Shelves: 11/16/05

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:November 15, 2005
Post category:Media Pop Culture Reviews
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Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month!My weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 11/16/05. 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, find another one; or try Khepri.com or MidtownComics.com]AMAZE INK (SLAVE LABOR GRAPHICS) Pirate Club #8, $2.95The digest collection of this caught my eye a week or two ago. Might finally pick it up.BLUE KING STUDIOS Black Heart Irregulars #2, $3.00The first issue was kinda fun, "like The…

Buzzscope Reviews: 11/9/05

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:November 14, 2005
Post category:Reviews
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Decimation: House of M - The Day AfterUnlike Countdown, however, which plot-hammered the DC Universe into submission and sacrificed Blue Beetle on the altar of the Big Event, Claremont’s The Day After does a more effective job of making its many featured characters interesting and appealing, while introducing a legitimate threat that doesn’t leave the casual reader in the dark as to its severity or scope.Yep, just one this week. Been busy playing editor, along with all the "real life" stuff that seems to never end. Sue me! If you want more, check out the comments to Dorian Peace's review…

On The Shelves: 11/2/05

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:November 1, 2005
Post category:Media Pop Culture Reviews
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Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month!My weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 11/2/05. 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, find another one; or try Khepri.com or MidtownComics.com]ACC STUDIOS Liberality For All #1 (Of 8), $2.99Part of me feels obligated to pick this up, just because I believe I should be aware of all the "notable" comics out there, and part of me is reluctant to validate…

COMMENT: September’s G*ddamn Sales Figures

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:October 25, 2005
Post category:Personal Pop Culture Reviews
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Over on the Buzz Blog, I posted some comments on September's sales figures that saw All Star Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder #2 top the list with approximately 178,000 copies pre-sold to the direct market. Further down the chart, though, something else caught my eye:ARANA #8 (13,758) and #9 (12,920) both outsold the series that spawned her, AMAZING FANTASY #12 (11,983), though Araña can presumably look to its digest collections to justify its continued existence. She's also outselling Indie darlings (and Premier Publisher counterparts) GIRLS #5 (12,002), INVINCIBLE #26 (11,574) and SEA O/RED #4 (4,764), despite Marvel's pretty much…

LINK: Wisdom of the Batman

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:October 21, 2005
Post category:Uncategorized
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Batman: "Nobody wants war." Robin: "Gee, Batman. Belgravia's such a small country. We'd beat them in a few hours." Batman: "Yes, and then we'd have to support them for years."Batman's a better war planner than anyone in the Bush Administration apparently.Thanks to Batman Lecturing Robin.