story by Frank Miller; sequential adaptation by Steven Grant; art by Juan Jose Ryp Published by Avatar Press. Originally published as Robocop #1-9. Cover price $29.99. Frank Miller is probably the biggest name in comics-to-film adaptations. Sin City and 300 were both big hits, and now Ronin is on its way. But way back in…
I sure could have used a break. Don’t get me wrong, I loved “52,” and I’m just as excited as the next comic fan for “Countdown,” but, seriously, they could have at least given us a week off to enjoy the finale of one series before throwing us right into the next. The cover of…
Arguable the biggest movie of the year, Spider-Man 3, opened last Friday to record numbers. Naturally, all of us Doomers took in the spectacle. What’d we all think? Well, here’s what four of us thought, at least… Jim Doom: My criticism is that the movie lacked the depth and sophistication of the previous two movies….
Horrible Idea of the Week- Jackpot, Amazing Spider-Man: Swing Shift Mary Jane as a superhero…WTF was Dan Slott thinking?! There was a time when it was commonplace for the non-super-powered friends of superheroes to dress up in colorful costumes and fight crime. That time was the Golden Age, and half the comic blogs on the…
By Fletcher Hanks (compiled by Paul Karasik) Fantagraphics, 2007, $19.95 For a sneak peek into the brain of one of comics’ original weirdos, all you need is to learn the source of the title to this collection. Set almost perfectly in the middle of a dozen or so tales from the pen of Fletcher Hanks…
Welcome one and all to the weekly roundtable o’ Doom, in which we villainous folk tear apart a book. In this second week of our guest star extravaganza (read on to see which blogger is joining the fun) we’re looking at the kicker-offer to World War Hulk. Would it shatter the senses as billed? According…
By Emmanuel Guibert (W) and Joann Sfar (A) Published by First Second, volumes 1-3, $12.95 We make a belated return to the wide world of international comics (redundant, eh?) with a look at Sardine in Outer Space. The third graphic novel in the series will be released this year. Sardine is a space pirate, an…
A very large week for me this week with fairly mixed results. There was the end of one big event (52) and the beginning of another (World War Hulk). There were a couple books nearing the end of a run and the long-awaited rejuvenation of another. Plenty to talk about, so let’s do just that….
Phenomenal. Absolutely phenomenal. I don’t think I’ve had this much fun reading a comic book in years. The end of 52. And, yet, the beginning of so much else. Way back in Week Seven, I went on and on about how much potential Booster Gold has as a hero, and, well, this issue, all of…
I’m all out of ways to reference dominoes while introducing this column, so END OF INTRO. First up is Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #29. Mark Waid’s run on this book was largely panned by LOSH loyalists, but I always enjoyed it. Even when I didn’t know what was going on or if the…