On The Shelves: 11/23/05
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! Ugh! Another Wednesday already? I’m so behind…on everything! My weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 11/23/05. 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
COMMENT: One Year Later Preview
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
COMMENT: October Sales Snark
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
On The Shelves: 11/16/05
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,
COMMENT: On Snobs and Good Comics Shops
I hate snobs. Of any stripe, really; literature, movies, music, TV… I hated them in the poetry scene, where snobbery usually takes the form of condencension towards anyone who was popular and/or topical, without necessarily being the finest craftspeople. I hate them equally in the comics scene, where superhero fans are looked down upon like
On The Shelves: 11/9/05
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! My weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 11/9/05. 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,
Buzzscope/CBC Editorial Office
My “inbox”: The stack on the top left is everything I’ve read recently but not reviewed, either for Buzzscope of CBC Quickees. Approx. 15 comics deep is where intended reviews go to die. 🙁 The stack on the top right, underneath the New York Times‘ Infinite Crisis article, is mostly completed mini-series and story arcs
Buzzscope: Down With the King?
My latest Establishing Shots column is up, a look at what Stephen King’s DARK TOWER project with Marvel means for indie creators. This isn’t Joss Whedon taking on the X-Men or promoting his movie; and it’s not Brad Meltzer taking on some of the most recognizable icons in American pop culture. This is Stephen King
On The Shelves: 11/2/05
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,
Buzzscope: What’s a Nubian? #1
When I first came across PopCultureShock.com last year, it was the combination of the favorable response in their forums to the announcement of Reggie Hudlin taking on Black Panther (in contrast to the immediate sniping over at NEWSarama and throughout the comics blogosphere, with ignorant comments like, “Oh no! He’s going to gangstify the Black