As several have noted, the Legion’s best of 2006 is coming up soon, and while I can’t remember a lot of my personal winners from last year, one stands out in particular – my selection for “Best single issue.” It was Wolverine #32, which I believe came right after Mark Millar’s long run of killing,…
That picture right there is of my favorite Warren Ellis book. “Come in Alone” is what it’s called. It’s not a comic book, though it’s comics-related. I don’t even think there are any pictures. It’s just a collection of a year’s worth of weekly columns he wrote for comicbookresources.com back in 1999-2000. I feel like…
I didn’t have any kind of high expectations for Deathblow, and in fact I had ridiculously low expectations, until I saw that Brian Azarello was writing it. I thought, “A ha, what a sign of the times, when a book that originally launched from the Jim Lee boom of the 90s is now intriguing based…
This, my friends, was a good week for comics. I’m going to format this post and steal Fin Fang’s countdown format since he doesn’t do it anymore. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s my Top 7 Books of the Week! But first – a quick mention – for thoughts on Deathblow #1, check out this week’s upcoming…
What do you look for in a comic book store? For the longest time, I had only two options, and my decision was largely based on geography. But I soon came to realize that my weekly comic stop shop was not only convenient – it’s a good store. I’ve moved within the past few weeks,…
This week’s Book of Doom is Deathblow #1. Since one of the purposes of the Books of Doom is to get us to read something we normally wouldn’t, rather than just staying in our comfort zone, I thought I’d pick something for the team that I’d never consider buying – unless it was 1991. I…
I only picked up the first issue of Ghost Rider a few months back because Mark Texeira was doing the art again. I’d seen that there was a relaunch of Ghost Rider in the past few years – maybe even more than one – but the art always seemed goofy and inappropriate. As someone who…
When writing that previous post on The Vault of Michael Allred, it got me thinking about that select group of creators whose work I will buy no matter what. It takes a good period of stellar output with few to no bumps in the road to earn that kind of trust, but I have a…
Without any doubt, my favorite comic book creator has always been Michael Allred. In the early 90s, when I was doing my best to get into comic books thanks to various friend and family influences, I gravitated toward the X-Men and Wolverine stuff as programmed. I enjoyed it, and it satisfied whatever entertainment craving I…
For any of our Lincoln or Nebraska-based readers, the Legion of Doom will be hosting our own 24 Hour Comics Day at the Hi-Way Diner at 2105 Highway 2. I’ll be there, I’m pretty sure that Fin Fang Doom will be, and Doom DeLuise is reported to be making an appearance. Check out 24hourcomicslincoln.com for…