So that Fin Fang Doom’s tribute to the late Mike Wieringo could stay up a little longer, this week’s Doomino Effect is a little bit late. But now, it’s time. Speaking of being a little bit late, I’ll start with Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America – Iron Man, the fifth and final chapter…
Hello my little white dots on black fields, and welcome to this week’s Doomino Effect. This week was the first week at my new comic book shop. Last year, I had to find a new comic book shop, and the winner of that search was a great store that I really liked shopping at. Unfortunately,…
If you weren’t able to make it to Comic-Con this year, DC is making it a little easier on you by posting podcasts of their panels at their downloads page. The selections are: » CMX: Manga in Demand » Vertigo Voices: The Fables Forum » DC: The Big Guns » Spotlight On Christos N. Gage…
I keep intending to cut back on how much I’m buying, but I ended up with nine comics this week. You know what that means – nine times for me to show off my fancy domino-based rating system! First up is Green Arrow: Year One #2. Green Arrow for me was one of the few…
Hello fiends, and welcome to this week’s devilish double-shot with our roundtable reviews of Grendel: Behold the Devil #0 and Batman #666. Starting off with Grendel, when I picked this, I didn’t realize right off that it was just a preview issue. I was more entranced by the fact that it fit with the theme…
While most organizations reporting on San Diego’s Comic-Con are probably looking for the exciting announcements and leaks, the San Diego Union-Tribune ran a story Wednesday revealing the convention’s “charity” status. …the 38th annual San Diego Comic-Con International, which opens tonight, is registered with the federal government as a public charity, placed in the same general…
This week’s Book of Doom is about something greater than comics. It’s about an age-old battle. Something even bigger than Wolverine vs. Batman. It’s about good vs. evil…God vs Satan. And this week, we choose Satan. In honor of July 25th – also known as Christmas in July – also known as The Anti-Christ…mas –…
It’s Tuesday, it’s Doomino Time – I finally finished off my stack of last week’s comics so I shall let her rip. First up is the book I almost didn’t read – The Spirit #8. I sat down with my stack and realized I didn’t even crack open the issue, so I made a point…
DC’s new line of web comics, Zuda Comics, is drawing nearer to its complete launch. As mentioned on their facts sheet, “Zuda Comics will be all-new, original comics made specifically for the web” and “…the majority of comics we publish will be selected by the Zuda community. We’ll put up a batch of the comics…
Well, a lot has changed since I last did one of these here Doomino Effects. I got hitched, Doom DeLuise passed the Countdown review over to Jean-Claude Van Doom, Jean-Claude Van Doom decided to move and spend less time on comics, Doom DeLuise resumed his position as the weekly Countdown reviewer, and I came back…