Brain Dump: Thanksgiving Edition
Turkey Day was as close to perfect as I could imagine; Salomé and the kids, a few friends, some good food, low-stress. Friday we hung out in Jersey, and Saturday and Sunday we chilled. Priceless! Five things I’m thankful for, in no particular order (except for the first one): 1) Salomé, Isaac and India: Without
COMMENT: Cosmic Spider-Man is Broken!
This past March, my sporadic co-blogger Dan did a write-up on the [new at the time] Marvel Knights expansion set to Upper Deck’s Vs. System, the trading card game that lets you pit superheroes and supervillians against each other, Magic-style. I’d never played, but owned a few of the random cards that had been distributed
On The Shelves: 11/23/05
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! Ugh! Another Wednesday already? I’m so behind…on everything! My weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 11/23/05. 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
COMMENT: One Year Later Preview
Thanks to Jason Richards for boiling down the DiDio interview over at NEWSarama: Plastic Man is CANCELLED.Gotham Central is CANCELLED.Batman: Gotham Knights is CANCELLED.Batgirl is CANCELLED.JLA is CANCELLED. (wha? huh?!)Adventures of Superman is being CANCELLED and the Superman title is being reverted back to its original numbering (starting with #650).Flash is ENDING (not yet sure
COMMENT: October Sales Snark
Now that I’ve kind of gotten used to the Pulse not running their two sales tracking columns (they seem to have gotten back on track recently), I scan ICv2’s numbers a bit more closely myself. Spurgeon and CBG do some great analysis, though, and their links are included here… INFINITE CRISIS TOPS THE OCTOBER SALES
On The Shelves: 11/16/05
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! My weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 11/16/05. 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,
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
LINK: Superman Returns
Alright folks, the official web site for Superman Returns has opened up. I just took a quick tour and I really like it. It’s very clean, nothing fancy. In fact, it’s the polar opposite of the Fantastic Four web site. The site has 11 wallpapers ready for downloading, and 8 production stills on display. For
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,
Buzzscope/CBC Editorial Office
My “inbox”: The stack on the top left is everything I’ve read recently but not reviewed, either for Buzzscope of CBC Quickees. Approx. 15 comics deep is where intended reviews go to die. 🙁 The stack on the top right, underneath the New York Times‘ Infinite Crisis article, is mostly completed mini-series and story arcs