It’s Book of Doom time, and that means that the Legion of Doom does its best to help some publisher sell an additional four copies of some lucky book! This week, it’s Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America – Avengers. And this week’s edition of the Book of Doom features a new element to…
By Mike Carey (W) and John Bolton (A) Vertigo, 2007, $19.99 Of the major comics writers out there right now, Mike Carey is one of the most prolific and diverse. He writes horror titles, big superhero fare and smaller stuff, like Vertigo’s Crossing Midnight. This week sees the release of his original graphic novel that…
Artist of the Week- Kristian Donaldson, Fallen Angel #15 Wait a second! Someone else is getting the Meaningless Award for Artist of the Week the same week Darwyn Cooke’s The Spirit came out? How is that even possible? Well, you just have to combine the always fantastic Fallen Angel with an awesome new artist. I’m…
In a move to appease the victims of World War III (see: fans), DC Comics is going to be releasing some advance looks at Countdown, the new series that spins out of 52. (Note: it’s spearheaded by Paul Dini, so it should be better than sucky.) Now, if you’ve just dropped $130 on 52 and…
It looks like DC’s making this thing a habit now. Even though they certainly have the best of intentions, they just don’t seem to be coming up with the right solutions to their problems. World War III was kind of a letdown. But maybe I didn’t go into it expecting it to be what it…
Well, my Kurt LODers, the week we had all been looking forward to has come and gone – the week of DC’s World War III. It was the story too big to be told in the pages of 52 – the story that would tie up all the loose ends still lingering after twenty-five twenty…
By Dan Brereton (W), Hector Gomez and Sandu Florea (A) Original graphic novel published by Dark Horse Comics. Cover price $9.95. The Plot: Buffy and the rest of the Scooby Gang must prevent vampire queen Lilith from summoning an Old One while Giles’ niece stops by Sunnydale for a visit. The Positives: N/A The Negatives:…
Obviously, World War III is going to dominate the comics front this week. But since we’ve already covered that quite thoroughly, I’m going to limit this little misadventure in reviewing to the non-WW3 books of the week. Yeah, some other stuff came out. Who knew? Worst: JLA #8 Maybe I drank too much Identity Crisis…
The 2007 Eisner Award Nominees have been announced! MASTER NOMINEE LIST 2007 Eisner Awards Best Short Story * “The Black Knight Glorps Again,” by Don Rosa, in Uncle Scrooge #354 (Gemstone) * “Felix,” by Gabrielle Bell, in Drawn & Quarterly Showcase 4 (Drawn & Quarterly) * “A Frog’s Eye View,” by Bill Willingham and James…
[SFX: Podcast of Doom theme music] JIM DOOM: Hello and welcome to our second edition of the Podcast of Doom. I am your co-host, Jim Doom. DOOM DELUISE: And I’m your party-host, Doom DeLuise. [SFX: audience laughter] JD: Well, today Doom and I are going to discuss something very important in comic books these days,…