“Best ongoing” for us is really more like “best series,” since two of them are technically limited series. Although both of those limited series just seems to be going on and on and on, so maybe that’s how we got confused X-Factor “I judge this simply by which monthly I am happiest to see when…
So far, we’ve recounted lots of the good and the bad of 2006 in comics, from series to covers to issues to moments and so on. The following is something that didn’t quite fit into our “best of” rubric, so I offer it as a standalone thought. And that thought is, of every bit of…
This is probably the hardest category to make a pick for, becuase as Jim Doom points out, you don’t tend to keep reading a series if you hate it. So this is more like “The worst two issues from an ongoing series that we’re basing out opinions on of 2006.” Apologies if stuff got better,…
With a ton of mega events to choose from in 2006, you’d think the Doomers would be salivating to annoint the greatest. Well, if you thought that, you were wrong. Still, we had a few thoughts. Civil War “I doubted it would happen, but I think Civil War has been executed very well. And I…
The Black Panther/Storm wedding “I don’t think anyone cared about what was dubbed “The Wedding of the Century.” Most fans had already grown sour on Reggie Hudlin’s Black Panther. And with Civil War going on, who the hell cares about the wedding between two wholly unimportant characters? People reading Black Panther, and that’s it. Just…
So you’re reading along in a comic, just minding you own business. You turn the page, and your eyes bulge out of your head. You’re overwhelmed for a moment and at a loss for words. Maybe you even get a little teary-eyed. Every year there are only a handful that stick with us. Those are…
So you’re reading along in a comic, just minding you own business. You turn the page, and your brow furrows. You’re overwhelmed for a moment and at a loss for words. Maybe you even get a pissed off. Every year there are only a handful that stick with us. Those are the moments we all…
A good cover isn’t necessarily all about the artist. A bad cover on the other hand… Rob Liefeld or Michael Turner? “There’s one question that no one has been able to give me an answer to since I first posed it two months ago: “Which cover is uglier?” Both Rob Liefeld and Michael Turner submitted…
While we all pretty much agreed on what makes a bad cover (or who makes a bad cover, rather), the Doomers torn on what makes a good cover. Does an iconic image make the best covers? A cast of thousands? Paint? I’ll just let you decide. Lone Ranger #2 “As has been picked elsewhere, the…
The real artists “Learning about how many artists have lackeys who draw their backgrounds. It reminds me of when I learned that the guy who wrote the Backstreet Boys’ songs wrote Bon Jovi’s comeback hits. If you’re going to get credit for being the artist, do your own work. If two people do the work…