Help Wanted: Comics Promoters?
Comics Should Be Good offered an essay yesterday by the extremely likeable comics creator Jimmie Robinson that, in his own typically rambling style, makes a good point but lays the “blame” at the wrong doorstop: If you’re reading this, that alone makes you exceptional, makes you care about the medium of comics. You might even
On The Shelves: 11/29/06
Reading is fundamental. Don’t waste your time reading bad comics out of habit! My weekly, semi-informed look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 11/29/06 follows. 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
AdWatch: Platinum Studios’ "Babes"
“You may not be able to get into her pants…but you can have her in yours. Platinum Studios Mobile” It’s in Flash format, so I can’t figure out how to save it and display it here, but I came across it on the main page over at The Pulse (of all places) and you can
Belated Halloween Happiness
Bumperboy is one the reasons I could never give up comics completely! Debbie Huey rocks.
Call me muy lame-o!
So, I’m in Boston with a free night, an expense account and my first appointment tomorrow not until 10am and a mere three blocks away from my hotel and I… 1) Walked 5 blocks over to Faneuil Hall and had dinner at a divey Mexican restaurant I could afford on my own; 2) Rushed back
On the Shelves: 11/15/06
Reading is fundamental. Don’t waste your time reading bad comics out of habit! My weekly sporadic, ill-informed look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 11/15/06 follows. 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
On the Shelves: 8/23/06
Reading is fundamental. Don’t waste your time reading bad comics out of habit! The drought continues as I am now three weeks behind in picking up my stash from Midtown Comics. Here’s my weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 8/23/06. The full shipping is list available at ComicList. [NOTE: Not all of
COMMENT: Civil War, Indies and Marketing 101
The interesting discussion over on The Engine about the potential opportunity Marvel’s Civil War flub has opened up for indies misses a key point: your average Civil War reader doesn’t care about non-Marvel titles, and condescendingly referring to those titles as “spandex super fights” or “Muscular Mutant Man Monthly” suggests they’re not your audience anyway,
On the Shelves: 8/16/06
Reading is fundamental. Reading comics is supposed to be FUN, so don’t waste your time reading bad ones! Tomorrow is my 37th birthday and I’m particularly feeling it in my knees as the softball season is starting to take its toll! Plus, I’m definitely going to have to get my shoulder checked during the off-season
Why I’m Taking a Break: Exhibit A
Wizard sucks? The first of many weekly video blog posts is now up. In this episode I’m talking about Wizard Magazine. Hardly an interesting subject, I know, but as I was flipping through the latest issue I noticed a few things that made me cringe, made me think and made me want to throw up.