LINK: Comic Movie Tidbits
ITEM: Heath Ledger as the Joker? Hmm… not a terrible choice, but I don’t know that he’s got the required gravitas for the role. If that’s the direction Nolan is going, though, I’d rather see Ryan Phillipe given a shot at it. Of course, my number one choice remains Terrence Howard. ITEM: The Incredible Hulk‘s
CBC Quickees: Death, Villains and more…
Just as I decide to drastically cut back my pull list, a slew of great new comics are seemingly coming out every other week now, including a couple of unexpected treats from DC thanks to Brave New World. At this rate, I may have to stop drinking just to keep up! Let’s do this… Death
CONTEST: BOOM! Sampler Winner
“If winning Wizard’s award for Best New Publisher didn’t make them front and center of your buy pile, maybe my pleas will. You need to buy their books. One visit to the website will show this isn’t some normal run-of-the-mill I have friends in comics operation. They’re one of the few remaining operations that gives
HYPE: Bumperboy and the Loud, Loud Mountain
Bumperboy and the Loud, Loud MountainBy Debbie Huey; Published by AdHouse Books128 one-color pages 5.5″ x 7″ $8.95 US funds ISBN: 0-9766610-1-2 Ship date: July, 2006 Diamond Code: MAY06 2772
HYPE: Artesia
A proper review is forthcoming soon, but I couldn’t contain my excitement about my latest, greatest discovery: Mark Smylie’s Artesia. It’s the perfect combination of compelling lead character, richly detailed setting and absolutely beautiful artwork that marks the best epic fantasy tales. I picked up Artesia: Besieged #1 on a lark last week, having enjoyed
HYPE: Elk’s Run Hits the Big Time
First the Harvey Awards, now this: Villard Acquires Rights to Elk’s Run New York, NY – June 5, 2006 – Villard, a division of the Random House Publishing Group, announced today that it will be publishing Elk’s Run by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Noel Tuazon. The graphic novel will collect the complete eight-issue comic book
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
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,
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
On the Shelves: 5/24/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 5/24/06. 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,