[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,…
We’re back for another month of Previews, and once again I’m parsing the thing so you don’t have to. If I come across as distracted, it’s because I’m doing some serious multi-tasking and watching Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story as I write. Maybe we’ll be lucky and Steve Coogan’s comedic brilliance will rub…
When browsing the countless comic blogs out there, it is absolutely unavoidable that you will stumble upon literally dozens of blogs that make fun of comics from the mid-20th century. It’s pretty easy to do. Comics then had a completely different tone and operated from a vastly different slang-set, so there are bound to be…
Recent years have seen a serious influx of talent from outside mediums (TV, films, etc.) into the comics business, and it’s brought both some highs and some lows. But, for the most part, it’s brought attention to comics and new voices, more than enough to offset the major delays of Allan Heinberg’s Wonder Woman or…
Imagine for a second that you’re the figurehead for a major comic book company. Your highest profile book is late. Really late. Like “I couldn’t get into R-rated movies when the last issue came out but I just saw 300” late. In one forum or another, one of the fans of said comic book asks…
[SFX: Podcast of Doom theme music] JIM DOOM: Hello and welcome to the first ever Podcast of Doom. I am your co-host, Jim Doom. DOOM DELUISE: And I’m your other co-host, Doom DeLuise. Glad to be here. You look nice. Is that a new shirt? JD: What shirt? DD: Oh, my bad. Nice tattoo. [laughter]…
They say you don’t know what you have until to you lose it. But in this case, I don’t think I knew what I had until I had it again. I didn’t have a lot of friends in high school. Not that I was ever unhappy in high school (well, not any unhappier than every…
Longtime readers (both of you) might remember that back in October, several members of the Legion of Doom participated in a 24 Hour Comics Day in Lincoln, NE. Jim Doom was kind enough to organize the event and Doominator, Doom DeLuise and myself each participated, along with a few other friends and one complete stranger….
I don’t know why, but I feel like doing a quick run-through of this month’s previews and giving my shoot-from-the-hip thoughts. As always, I reserve the chance to regret my actions later. And, I make no promises for this becoming a continuing feature. We’ll see. The numbers at the start of each section are the…
In lieu of my traditional Meaningless Awards of the Week, this week I’m singling out one man for his contributions to comics as of late. No one has done more to influence my love comics in the past five years than the current Marvel editor-in-chief, Joe Quesada. And for that, I’m not only presenting him…