COMMENT: Previews is Your Friend?
Guess it depends on who YOU are? Shopping as I do at Midtown Comics, I’ve never pre-ordered anything before, and as a result, have never had a need to do more than quickly flip through a copy of Previews, Diamond Comics Distributors’ monthly catalog of product being solicited to the direct market. I picked up
On the Shelves: 10/25/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 1/25/06. 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,
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: 1/11/06
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,
Buzzscope Reviews…?
No date in the subject because there are no reviews this week! The Roundup format is going into the shop for a bit while we rethink our approach to reviews. Back when they represented a significant percentage of our content, I felt it was important to have a Roundup every week, even if it meant
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.
Buzzscope No Mo–?
The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry… but Batman always has a back-up plan! My latest Establishing Shots is up, wherein I pull a Quesada, explaining what happened to the big January 2, 2006 surprise. I also announce three of our newest columnists, one of whom hasn’t been announced anywhere else
Buzzscope Reviews: 12/21/05
Thanks to the holidays and, partly, the NYC transit strike, it’s a light week for the weekly review roundup over at Buzzscope. Nevertheless, I managed to cover a few myself, including ELK’S RUN #4, IRON MAN: THE INEVITABLE #1 and, very briefly, INFINITE CRISIS #3. Check ’em out. Also, check out Ronée’s latest column, “Well
On the Shelves: 12/21/05
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month! There’s a transit strike going on here in NYC, so who knows when I’ll be able to pick up my books this week! Nevertheless, here’s my weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 12/21/05. The full shipping is list available at ComicList. [NOTE: Not all