• I haven’t chimed in since the big Black Friday sales, but it sounds like it was a big hit for everyone in town. • The gang at Capes Comics Lounge released a new video podcast this week, “Batman R.I.P.: more like Batman: WTF,” which you can view at comicbookcrossfire.libsyn.com or on the Capes myspace…
“Well Marvel, I see your ‘douchebag’ and raise you a ‘Goddamn’ (Final Crisis #5) and a ‘Tits’ (Final Crisis: Revelations #4).” I noticed fairly early on as a child that DC comics always had harsher language than Marvel, particularly in Batman, with its occasional “hell” and “damn.” To a kid, it simultaneously made Batman seem…
Sorry for the tardiness on this — I was waffling on what to choose for this week’s Book of Doom and leaning toward Detective #851 but apprehensive about choosing a third Batman book in three weeks. Once I got to the shop, I realized that Secret Invasion: Dark Reign #1 came out. Apparently I looked…
We’ve been talking about Punisher War Zone for a while here at Doomkopf, starting back in February when script problems surfaced and then again in June when the trailer was released. Doom DeLuise and I caught a showing today and we were literally the only people in the theater! Shucks, how is Marvel going to…
This was a big week for comics. The conclusion of Secret Invasion, the beginning of Batman: Last Rites … I’m sure there were other things. Secret Invasion #8 was the anticlimactic finale to the mega-event that wouldn’t end. I’ll get to how I feel about the conclusion in a minute, but I can’t believe it…
• ComicMix assembles The Stories that Informed Batman RIP. It amazes me that the same Grant Morrison who drew from and referred to all of these stories could be the same person that was dismissive of internet nerds with awareness of continuity issues. • Great Caesar’s Post asks the question, “Which subversive group bent on…
Welcome to Part 2 of the review of the December 2008 Previews, continued from yesterday. This is what happens when comics don’t come out until Thursday. The first few pages of Previews are loaded with crap. It’s just clutter. Note to publishers: The design of the first few pages of Previews is so bad I…
A look back at the many times Batman has died before courtesy of Tony Z™ at Comics N Things. I think my favorite cover has to be Batman #299 with that evil Statue of Liberty. I have no idea who that is but she is awesome.
With comics being delayed until Thursday this week, I contemplated delaying this a day too. But I’m on a blogging roll, and you don’t stop a blogging roll. Much of the talk this past week was about Batman #681, the conclusion to Batman RIP. It was our Book of Doom this week, and though both…