Tag: Rant

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COMMENT: Dawson Ditches Speakeasy

After ending 2005 with a flurry of bad press, fledgling indie publisher, Speakeasy Comics, kicked off 2006 with the first of what was presumably going to be a string of big announcements which would reposition them as a player to be reckoned with in the industry: Rosario Dawson’s Occult Crimes Taskforce (O.C.T.) “Rosario Dawson is

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COMMENT: Moon Knight Hype; WonderCon News

Joe Quesada’s hyping the new Moon Knight series, and while he’s been on point lately – at least with the examples he gives here – I have to admit to cringing a little bit whenever he goes in to spin mode in connection to anything I’m looking forward to. NRAMA: “Scribe” – If you had

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COMMENT: Comics Bloggers’ Poll 2005 Results

UPDATED The results are in from the inaugural Comics Bloggers’ Poll 2005, and like so many voting experiences of mine over the past six years or so, I find myself once again disappointed in my fellow Americans bloggers. James Meeley notes the skewed turnout, with only 2 of the 50 bloggers voting being women, while

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CBC Quickees: TPB Bonanza; Morrison Spotlight

Let’s just get to it, yes? Black HoleBy Charles Burns (Pantheon, 2005; $24.95) There are some comic books that I simply do not have the critical vocabulary to properly review, like a casual art fan who finds himself in The Prado standing speechless before Breughel’s “The Triumph of Death” in all its full-size glory. I

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On The Shelves: 1/18/06

Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 1/18/06. 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,

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On The Shelves: 1/11/06

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INFO: Comics Bloggers’ Poll 2005

Did you “create or contribute to a comics blog” in 2005? Then you probably have some pretty strong opinions about what you liked and didn’t like in comics last year, yes? Now you can add your two cents to the discussion in a bit more concentrated way via the Comics Bloggers’ Poll 2005. The comics

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LINK: Even More on Speakeasy

Chuck Saterlee pulls the curtain back a bit further over on the Bendis Board thread that started it all. I’m quoting it in its entirety as I wouldn’t be surprised if he was asked/made to delete it at some point, as it airs what could charitably be called dirty laundry. My name is Chuck Satterlee

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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

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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,

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