COMMENT: Forest, Trees and Taki Soma
Things that are pissing me off right about now: 1) Tom Spurgeon’s unnecessarily snarky and ill-informed commentary yesterday, which includes an ill-timed reference to old rumors about Friends of Lulu, and barely a cursory mention of the actual situation which precipitated the creation of the Empowerment Fund. 2) Heidi MacDonald’s total lack of reference to
On the Shelves: 4/12/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 4/12/06. 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,
LINK: Sexual Assault Follow-up
Ronée Garcia Bourgeois follows up on her story from a few months back about a sexual assault at a comics convention that led to some serious behind-the-scenes dustups that found us fighting off complaints of libel from one innocent bystander; the guilty successfully hiding behind a ill-conceived bigger (but in actuality, significantly smaller) picture; and
LINK: Establishing Shots #7
My latest column is up at PopCultureShock, a month late and on a completely different subject than I’d originally intended — NY Comic-Con is kind of a dead topic now — but worth reading nonetheless! Establishing Shots #7: It’s Hard Out Here For a PimpYou Gotta Love ’em or Leave ’em Alone I want to
Ye Olde Comick Booke Meme
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
On The Shelves: 4/5/06
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
PANEL: Jova’s Harvest #3
Jova’s Harvest #3By Steve UyMarch 2006, Arcana Studio
PANEL: Blue Beetle #1
Blue Beetle #1Art by Cully Hamner and David SelfWritten by Keith Giffen and John RogersMarch 2006, DC Comics
LINK: The politics of V For Vendetta
Film critic and playwright Brian Dauth, “November 3rd Club” Editor in chief Victor D. Infante, Performance artist and film critic Matt Cornell, Libertarian Party co-founder Dave Nolan and “PopCultureShock” senior comics editor Guy LeCharles Gonzalez discuss The Politics of “V For Vendetta” in the first installment of a new “November 3rd Club” Feature. Read what
On the Shelves: 3/29/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. Man, I was a little pissy last week, yes? Nothing a strong week of comics couldn’t cure, though! American Way, Robin, Supermarket, Scatterbrain, Captain America, Iron Man: The Inevitable, Next Wave, X-Factor…it was like comics’ own Best Week Ever! Here’s my weekly look at select comic books