On The Shelves: 4/5/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. Here’s my weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 4/5/06. 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
PopCultureShock Update #513f
Slowly but surely, I’m getting back on track over there. A huge help in that regard was finally finding a managing editor, Kevin MacDonald, who saw my posting on The Engine and endured a grueling interview process that included publicly, and intelligently, talking comics while drinking in an Irish pub. Equally important, though, is that
LINK: The politics of V For Vendetta
Film critic and playwright Brian Dauth, “November 3rd Club” Editor in chief Victor D. Infante, Performance artist and film critic Matt Cornell, Libertarian Party co-founder Dave Nolan and “PopCultureShock” senior comics editor Guy LeCharles Gonzalez discuss The Politics of “V For Vendetta” in the first installment of a new “November 3rd Club” Feature. Read what
On the Shelves: 3/29/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. Man, I was a little pissy last week, yes? Nothing a strong week of comics couldn’t cure, though! American Way, Robin, Supermarket, Scatterbrain, Captain America, Iron Man: The Inevitable, Next Wave, X-Factor…it was like comics’ own Best Week Ever! Here’s my weekly look at select comic books
REVIEW: V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta, on the other hand—while similarly dated and liberally incorporating elements familiar to any fan of the vengeance seeking, flush with resources anti-hero—holds up remarkably well all these years later. It’s a flawed story, mind you, as Moore slips back and forth between compelling melodramatic fiction and hamfisted polemic (similar in some ways to Fahrenheit 911), but the overall result is that of an incredibly engaging tale—part revenge thriller, part political potboiler, part police procedural—that takes the reader on an emotional roller coaster ride before ending on a somber, if obliquely hopeful, note.
Taking a Little Break
Why do bloggers always feel the need to make a post about taking some time off from blogging? I don’t know, but that’s exactly what I’m doing now. I need to get some PopCultureShock affairs in order, not to mention some real world concerns that need to be addressed, and as much as it pains
COMMENT: Pull List Massacre, Part I
Just lopped a bunch of titles from my Midtown Comics pull list, and what’s left appears below. The titles in bold are pretty safe from the axe, for now, while the italicized titles are on the chopping block, either outright or via wait-for-the-trade. I feel like there’s a few titles missing, too, probably stuff I
COMMENT: Friends & Enemies in the Digital Age
In the midst of the whole Speakeasy dustup two weeks ago, Ed Cunard made an interesting point that I wanted to address on the front end of the blog. Of course, Guy, you’re also friends and coworkers at Pop Culture Shock with some creators that got screwed by Speakeasy. Just saying–it seems like everyone talking
LINK: Skyscrapers of the Midwest #3 First Look
The Isotope, San Francisco’s ultra-hip comics retailer, has an exclusive First Look at Skyscrapers of the Midwest #3, Joshua Cotter’s award-winning series published by AdHouse Books: “Without a doubt, Josh Cotter is one of those comic creators whose work the Isotope looks forward to the most. Sure, we’ve got a special place in our heart
PROPS: Gingko Press
I’ve still not gotten around to doing a New York Comic-Con wrapup, here or at PopCultureShock — my week-late Establishing Shots column may get written in time for next week, if I’m lucky — as there’s several comics I picked up that I want to read first, but I wanted to give props to one