I gave Nightwing a chance. I really, really did. Out of all the One Year Later books, his was the one I found myself most interested in. During the events of Infinite Crisis, they gave Nightwing the type of push that usually ends with the hero dying (ie, Superboy, Hawkeye, etc), so I naturally assumed…
So I had no idea the extent to which “big name” artists have underlings doing the hard work for them. I’d seen that Keith Giffen was credited with breakdowns on “52,” but they’re hardly having big-name illustrators finishing the pages. I’d chalked that up to the schedule and an effort at consistency in otherwise overwhelming…
This post is written largely from a perspective of ignorance and angst. Marc Silvestri was one of my favorite artists as a kid. His pencils with Dan Green’s inks back in the Australia days of Uncanny X-Men captured my imagination more than anything else when rummaging through my cousins’ comics. The roughness and fluidity had…
In promotion of the upcoming 20th Anniversary DVD release of Transformers the Movie, the good folks behind the film have put out some sample clips on YouTube demonstrating the picture enhancement and new 16×9 formatting. I know it’s not necessarily comic book stuff, but any comics fan who doesn’t also love the Transformers is not…
Today I accomplished something I’ve been dreaming of for nearly a decade. And believe it or not, I have Wizard, The Comics Magazine to thank. Years and years ago, Wizard used to be really awesome. They didn’t spoil major storylines, the humor was less sophmoric, and they weren’t a mouthpiece for Marvel or DC. And…
I picked up my comics this week and had a mild surprise when the fill-in clerk handed me my larger-than-usual stack of books in a white plastic bag emblazoned with the Free Comic Book Day logo. A bit dispirited, I paid and left. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have a problem with Free Comic…
Seems only fitting to post this on a Sunday. I wrote a piece for another outlet about all the wiki projects involving comic books, and one of the most interesting links I found catalogued a ton of Marvel, DC and smaller press characters by their religion (or lack thereof). Here’s the link to the page…
This started out as a comment in response to the Civil War Machine Derailed post and accompanying web-based criticism of Marvel’s decision to delay Civil War due to shipping concerns. Regarding all the uproar, I couldn’t disagree more. There seem to be two prongs to this argument – a case made on behalf of the…
For years, first X-Man Cyclops had been regarded as an orphan, entrusted to the care of Charles Xavier and never really having had a home. That is, until Uncanny X-Men #54 (then just called X-Men), where his long-lost brother Alex was revealed! And Alex was a mutant! We of course know him now as Havok,…
Here is disgraced Texas representative Tom DeLay. Aside from your knowledge of Tom DeLay, does he seem familiar? What about if I do this?