LINK: Skyscrapers of the Midwest #3 First Look
The Isotope, San Francisco’s ultra-hip comics retailer, has an exclusive First Look at Skyscrapers of the Midwest #3, Joshua Cotter’s award-winning series published by AdHouse Books: “Without a doubt, Josh Cotter is one of those comic creators whose work the Isotope looks forward to the most. Sure, we’ve got a special place in our heart
LINK: Elsewhere, in the Comics Blogiverse
Traffic’s been up in these parts over the past couple of months, making me feel the need to post something relatively substantial every day, but the 9-to-5 hasn’t been letting up and I’ve been attempting to get to bed before midnight on a regular basis, especially since the Con. Started on a post about making
Buzzscope / PopCultureShock Update
NOTE: We’re slowly making the no-longer-secret shift back to PopCultureShock official, so please update your links and bookmarks accordingly: www.popcultureshock.com/comics. Finally dug out from under the NY Comic-Con/Speakeasy-induced backlog last night and, excepting Comics You Should Own (which will be back on track this Friday), we’re all caught up. A quick recap for those of
INFO: Managing Editor Wanted
Buzzscope is almost ready to officially complete its relaunch as PopCultureShock, and I’m now looking to bring another editor onboard to assist me with copyediting and trafficking of our recurring columns. We’ve seriously ramped up our comics content over the past 5 months, bringing on a wide range of columnists and ongoing features, and I
On the Shelves: 2/22/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 2/22/06. 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: Runners & Special Clips + Top 5 List
One of my favorite comics of 2005, Runners: Bad Goods, has made the jump to the movies! Well, kind of… RUNNERS SCI-FI ANIMATED SHORT ONLINE! The highly-acclaimed sci-fi adventure comic Runners, by Sean Wang, is now a fully animated short! The 3-D computer-animated Runners feature from The DAVE School — makers of the X-Men Minimates
COMMENT: Valentino’s Black Emissary
Jim Valentino’s latest project, Emissary, sounds like it could generate some interesting message board debates that would likely become a regular feature on Fanboy Rampage…if it lasts long enough. This May, Image’s Shadowline imprint releases a book that poses the question of how the real world we live in would react to an actual super-being.
CBC Quickees: DMZ, G0DLAND, X-Factor and more
Snatching a handful of comics from the top of my most-recently read stack, in no particular order… Teen Titans #32: Why do I torture myself? I picked up the Captain Carrot/Kid Eternity arc and was sorely disappointed, and this alternate angles/extended scenes edition of Infinite Crisis #4 was like a self-inflicted kick in the nuts.
LINK: The X-Men (Vs.) Sneak Preview
The boys over at Metagame have an article up with pictures of the swag available at this weekend’s preview tournament. Everyone gets a side-by-side stacker of Colossus and Wolverine doing the fastball special. Playmats, deck tins, and T-Shirts are random door prizes. The extended art Snikt! card is for top players in the tournaments. I’ve
On The Shelves: 2/1/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! It’s the beginning of Black History Month. Flashback: one year ago. Still one of my favorite posts. My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 2/1/06. The full shipping is list available at ComicList. [NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all