Comics Took A Back Seat This Week
It was a rough weekend here at stately Gonzalez Manor, between a nasty virus laying the kids low and our respective exhaustion meters hitting their red lines, coupled with my 9-to-5 making it impossible to stay on top of my four-color fixation most of the week. Days like this are what escapist entertainment were made
CBC Quickees: TPB Bonanza; Morrison Spotlight
Let’s just get to it, yes? Black HoleBy Charles Burns (Pantheon, 2005; $24.95) There are some comic books that I simply do not have the critical vocabulary to properly review, like a casual art fan who finds himself in The Prado standing speechless before Breughel’s “The Triumph of Death” in all its full-size glory. I
On The Shelves: 1/18/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 1/18/06. 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,
COMMENT: Silver Bullet Comics is at it AGAIN!
UPDATED. I’m sure they consider this one more subtle than the last one they ran, with Power Girl’s heaving breasts and a “What a pair!” tagline, which Ronée took them to task for and was quickly removed. Nice way to live down to a stereotype. Idiots! And what does that say about Matt Brady, who
COMMENT: Buzzscope Update
I just sent out an email to all of our columnists updating them on what’s what over at Buzzscope and, in doing so, was rather impressed with the roster we’ve put together over the past couple of months. Check it out: WeeklyRonée Garcia Bourgeois’ “What A Girl Wants” (every Monday)Jim Salicrup’s “Addicted to Comics” (every
On The Shelves: 1/11/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 1/11/06. 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,
COMMENT: Speculation – Evolve or Die?
Paul O’Brien’s monthly analysis of Marvel’s sales for November 2005 has several interesting tidbits sprinkled througout that suggest speculation isn’t dead. “…NEW AVENGERS, still Marvel’s top selling ongoing title. It’s actually now below the normal sales level of ASTONISHING X-MEN, mind you, so things might be different when that book resumes publishing. With the lengthy
On the Shelves: 1/5/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! Happy new year! My weekly look at select comic books being released THURSDAY, 1/5/06. 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
COMMENT: Comics & "the Mainstream"
The Comics Reporter’s Tom Spurgeon, in his first CR Sunday Magazine of the new year, said: “Screw being mainstream anyway. Comics has a lot of its cultural power not just as a secondary art form, but as a semi-disgraced secondary art form. I think because of their personal neuroses, which in many cases expresses itself
Buzzscope Comics: Best of 2005
What’s good? What’s worth the money? What will leave you satisfied when it’s done, and not wishing you’d bought a copy of Entertainment Weekly, or rented Batman Begins instead? Fear not, loyal reader, because we here at Buzzscope have read way more comic books this year than, say, Andrew Arnold – plus, we don’t self-consciously spell comics with an annoyingly pretentious “x” – slogging through some of the worst comics to hit the shelves, in order to bring you the Best Comics of 2005.