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LINK: Read The Expatriate for Free!

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:April 20, 2006
Post category:Reviews
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One of several great comics Image publishes that's been hobbled by sporadic and late-shipping issues, The Expatriate is definitely one of my favorites. Check out my review of the second issue, and then hit artist Jason Latour's blog for daily doses of the first four issues...for FREE!!!Why? Let LaTour explain it:Just for the simple fact that we can. Because we made this thing with love and sweat and tears and balls the size of Jupiter.... and we don't think enough of you are reading it. (See we're not completely made of gold, we have ulterior motives :))We want you to…

Ye Olde Comick Booke Meme

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:April 5, 2006
Post category:Pop Culture
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From Ye Olde Comick Booke Blogge, via Chris @ 2 Guys... Hypothetical situation: Due to diminished readership and rising paper costs, it has been decided only fifteen comic titles will be published from this day forward. You have been charged with the decisions of which titles shall be printed and what creative teams will be assigned to them... What fifteen comic books will we find on the racks next month and who will be the creative teams behind them? This is kind of tough since I still tend to favor characters over creators -- except in the case of creator-owned…

On The Shelves: 4/5/06

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:April 4, 2006
Post category:Media Personal Pop Culture Reviews
Post comments:4 Comments

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 not, find another one; or try Khepri.com or MidtownComics.com] PICK OF THE WEEK Revolution On The Planet Of The Apes #3ADHOUSE BOOKS Superior Showcase #1, $2.95 The follow-up to last year's FCBD standout, Superior Showcase #0 (which was a spinoff of the unfortunately out-of-print Project:…

LINK: Project Rooftop

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:March 11, 2006
Post category:Uncategorized
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PROJECT ROOFTOPProject Rooftop is where cartoonists and illustrators bring their costume design skills to task in tribute to the superheroes and villains we’ve grown up with. This site is intended to promote positive costume design as well as foster continued interest for these amazing characters.This site was inspired by a lot of different things, including the recent Batgirl Meme, and AdHouse Books‘ Project: Superior, the television program Project Runway, the videogame tribute site Lifemeter, the introduction of the superhero fashion designer Edna Mode in The Incredibles, and the growing number of indie comics artists, especially on LiveJournal, where superhero redesigns…

LINK: Why Batman Annual #25 Sucked

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:March 10, 2006
Post category:Pop Culture
Post comments:4 Comments

Don't take my word for it, since I've hated the Jason Todd returns angle from the very beginning and was extremely biased going into this issue, which I read in the store and then put right back on the shelf, eyes completely glazed over and, for the first time ever, looking forward to reading a Grant Morrison story.Instead, take One Guy's (no relation) word for it, as posted on Four Color Meat & Fish:Is This the End of Zombie Jason?I had been against the idea of Jason Todd’s return from the start... But Judd [Winick] went and did something that…

COMMENT: Dawson Ditches Speakeasy

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:February 22, 2006
Post category:Media Pop Culture
Post comments:3 Comments

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 an artist in the purest sense. She can act, sing, as well as write. She’s just an all around creative person. We are thrilled to collaborate with Rosario, David and Tony on this one of a kind project. The Rosario Dawson fans of the world are…

COMMENT: Moon Knight Hype; WonderCon News

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:February 11, 2006
Post category:Pop Culture
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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 to pick ONE new ongoing title coming out sometime this year as your own "One to Watch", which would it be and why?JQ: That book is simply called, Moon Knight! It is everyone's favorite new title up here at Marvel. Charlie [Huston] and David [Finch] are…