Powerpop Comics founder Hobby Jones has started a blog covering the early days of his new publishing company. In the interest of full disclosure, I do some work for Powerpop, but I’m posting this more as someone who is interested in this type of thing. I had encouraged Hobby to start a blog months ago…
Jim Doom: • Captain America #47 – Part 1 of “Oral Pleasure.” • Green Lantern #38 – It will probably be crap because the story has to get trimmed to make room for a pointless Origins & Omens story. • Incredible Hercules #126 – It’s the Book of Doom! I’m pretty curious about this. Doom Fritter…
In this episode: Mysterius the Unfathomable #2 | Johnny Monster #1 | Guardians of the Galaxy #10 Speaking of Guardians of the Galaxy #10, this was definitely my least favorite of the series so far. I have been a huge fan of the writing in this book, but the attempts at snappy dialogue were downright…
He was a big part of making The Sinestro Corps as great as it was. He’s half of the creative team restoring Barry Allen to the DC Universe. He’s also writing a regular column for Newsarama. And now Ethan Van Scriver has taken some time out of his schedule to participate in Doomkopf’s Decem Quaesiti…
In this episode: Action Comics #874 | Nightwing #153 | Incognito #2 | Madman Atomic Comics #13 | Batman #686 Speaking of Batman #686, this was the first of the two-part “Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader” story by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert. I can’t quite put my finger on why I loved this,…
The Cornfed Gamer tipped us off to this AP story about new efforts to create fiction and games based on Muslim superheroes. From the Jakarta Globe: From video games like “Bab el-Hara’’ to a Kuwaiti entrepreneur’s comic book empire featuring Muslim superheroes, the Arab world’s private sector is leading a push to provide Muslim and…
Jim at Cornfed Gamer alerted us to this article at Wired about an action figure museum in Oklahoma. Most notable was the surprise revelation that we have Ronald Reagan to thank for some of the fondest memories of our childhood. Liberal action figure fans may be chagrined to learn that many of their favorite toys…
Jim Doom: • Action Comics #874 – I actually have no idea what’s going on this month, but I’m going to go out on a limb and assume it’ll be dealing with the aftermath of New Krypton. • Batman #686 – This is the beginning of Neil Gaiman’s two-part tribute to Batman and Alan Moore….
Capes Comics of Omaha has unveiled a new web comic, which is based on the adventures within the store, at their facebook page. Of special Doomkopf note is that I can take full credit for the title of the series. Capes proprietor Sean was trying to tell me about the short-lived Image comic Wildguard Insider,…
In this episode: Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #3 | Adventure Comics #0 | Sandman: The Dream Hunters #4 | The Mighty #1 | Immortal Iron Fist #22 Speaking of The Immortal Iron Fist #22, this was my first issue back on board with this series since the disappointing bonus-sized issue #14. Doom DeLuise…