Month: January 2009

Best Crossover of 2008

Jim Doom says: New Krypton! Thanks to that great New Krypton #1 special, I’ve started buying Superman and Supergirl, whereas I previously only bought Action. My initial plans were to just avoid the crossover and drop Action for a while. Good work, DC! Fin Fang Doom says: New Krypton! There’s nothing better than a crossover…



Worst Crossover of 2008

Doom DeLuise says: Batman RIP! While I enjoyed the Batman RIP story told within the pages of Batman proper, I can’t say that I much cared for dragging all of the other Bat-books into the big crossover event, as they never really interconnected in any sort of crossing-over fashion, aside from the fact that it…



Best Mini-Series of 2008

Jim Doom says: Sandman: The Dream Hunters! It’s only halfway complete by 2008’s end, but I love the first two issues. The story and the art are beautiful. I’m also not a faithful Neil Gaiman follower in any way, so my love of this has nothing to do with Gaiman or Sandman loyalty. And the…



Secret Invasion dominates year-end sales charts

USA Today’s report on Diamond’s year-end sales numbers show absolute domination from Marvel and Secret Invasion in particular. Had the series gone ten issues (instead of the already-too-many eight issues) it may well have swept the top 10. Matt Brady at Newsarama provided some perspective on the chart’s translation to real sales. While Diamond does…



Worst Mini-Series of 2008

Fin Fang Doom says: DCU: Decisions! What a cool idea for a mini-series timed to coincide with the election: how would a Presidential election go in the DC Universe? Clearly Americans in the DCU would have different concerns than actual Americans would (Homeland Security might understandably rank a little higher for them). But DCU: Decisions…



Book of Doom:
Incognito #1

Sorry it took so long for this review to get up, but we’ve been behind in getting our comics, and we’ve all been pretty busy with other stuff. Hope you can forgive us, because this is the last time I’m ever apologizing for anything, ever again. Incognito #1, to me, seems like a perfect first…



Local news for January 10, 2009

• Announcing 12 Hour Comics Day! Some participants from Lincoln’s 24 Hour Comics Day this past fall have put together a more modest and unofficial sequel for Saturday, January 17th at Jones Coffee in Lincoln. You can find out more information at the 12 Hour Comics Day facebook page. As with 24 Hour Comics, Doomkopf…



Best and worst of 2008:
Friends of Doomkopf (part 1)

As Doom DeLuise, Fin Fang Doom and I continue our annual tradition of crowning and condemning, we also have some year-end thoughts to share from several friends of Doomkopf. Robb @ Capes Comics: Best Artist: Gary Frank Gary Frank has been the most unique and important artist to draw Superman since Curt Swan. His run…



Best Trend of 2008

Doom DeLuise says: The Emergence of the Marvel Film Universe! When Iron Man came out this summer, one of the coolest parts of the entire thing was how, after the credits, Nick Fury showed up at Tony Stark’s mansion and mentioned that they were forming the Avengers Initiative. A month later, The Incredible Hulk came…



Worst Trend of 2008

Jim Doom says: Bringing people back to life! So we just got Wally West back not long ago, and now Barry Allen is back too. I’m afraid Legion of 3 Worlds is going to bring Bart back as well. Azrael’s coming back in a few months. A whole bunch of people are coming back to…