CBC Quickees: Public Enema and more…
It’s been a long time between reviews, yes? Between the revamp here and PopCultureShock’s server crapping out for almost a week, I skipped my Pull List Propaganda column this month and the pile is growing again. I’m saving the TPBs — including Bluesman Vol. 1 & 2 and East Coast Rising — for next month’s
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
Crystal Ball: September 2006 Solicitations, Part I
Support GOOD Comics! Pre-order something new EVERY month. My monthly look at select comic books being solicited for release in September 2006. The full solicitations for DC, Marvel and Image are available at Comic Book Resources. Dark Horse’s solicitations are available at Comics Continuum. Independent publishers will follow in a separate post. [NOTE: Not all
On the Shelves: 6/21/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 6/21/06. 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,
MARKETING: Superman Joins MySpace
The Superman Returns marketing onslaught continues… Man Of Steel Seeks Friends AN AMERICAN CULTURAL ICON HAS landed in the leading American social networking site with the posting of a MySpace profile to promote the new “Superman Returns,” premiering June 28. By Thursday evening, just five days after the site quietly went live, the profile had
LINK: Sent Forth from the Power
It usually takes me a few issues after I drop something from my pull list to lose the phantom limb feeling whenever I’m picking up my weekly stash, but in the case of 52, I miss it about as much as I miss Mo Vaughn playing for the Mets. I am still enjoying Douglas Wolk’s
On The Shelves: 6/14/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 6/14/06. 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,
CONTEST: BOOM! Sampler Giveaway
In honor of our new look and impending relaunch (and in a shameless attempt at generating some traffic to bear witness), I’m giving away a sampler of comics from Wizard Magazine’s “Best New Publisher,” Boom! Studios. Jeremiah Harm #1-3Hero Squared #1Cthulhu Tales #1What Were They Thinking?! Some People Never Learn #1War of the Worlds: Second
LINK: Defending Ronée
My official statement on the whole Ronée + Soma/Brownstein affair went up on PCS earlier this week, and reaction so far has been mostly what I’d hoped: muted and, I daresay, somewhat chastened. Official Statement on “What A Girl Wants” Controversy Based on my own internal investigation of the information Ms. Bourgeois had available before
POLL: Niche Comics Sites?
Thinking “aloud” here… NEWSarama and CBR have gobbled up two of the better group blogs out there recently, while peripheral niche sites like the Ninth Art are shutting down. Meanwhile, the sleeping giant, Wizard, is finally doing something with their web site, already snagging exclusive columns from Bendis and Johns, and likely becoming the new