DC’s November sales once again dominated the Diamond top ten list. Comic Chron has the lists of the Diamond top ten for both comics and trades. Marvel still won out in sales thanks in part to their books carry the $3.99 price tag. This is one of things that bothers me about Marvel of late. The jump to $3.99…
The much hyped Image United was released last week. I must admit I was a fan of the crazy Image era of the early nineties. So I was intrigued by the idea of the Image founders, minus Jim Lee, each drawing their own characters with Robert Kirkman writing. I expected some early nineties nostalgia with this and…
Something I often find interesting is looking at what the non traditional comics fans are reading. Thankfully lately it is easier to get an idea of what interests the general public. Things like the New York Times best sellers list for Graphic Books help show what is popular among the traditional booksellers. Librarian Robin…
It’s a busy week for releases and I’m sure there will be plenty of reviews and comments on various Blackest Night and other high profile books. I thought I would focus on something with a slightly lower profile, that being Gotham City Sirens. The series revolves around Catwoman, Harley Quinn, and Poison Ivy finding themselves…
It’s not affiliated with the official Comic-Con, but a local organizer is building on San Diego’s reputation as a happening spot for conventions. From San Diego CityBeat: With four-day San Diego Comic-Con International passes unprecedentedly selling out in early November, does San Diego need another con? And four times a year at that? If the…
While there are many things that annoy me about Marvel one thing I have consistently enjoyed is the Punisher ever since Garth Ennis rebooted the character a decade ago. I was sad to see Ennis’s real world Max line take on the Punisher come to a end, but Duane Swierczynski did a good job of filling…
MG Doom vs. Manga ends in a no contest My fight with manga is now over after a rather dumb technicality on my part. I was pouring through lists of manga to try and come up with my own list of manga worth reading for someone like me. It turns out there is already a site that…
A fellow Doom, the Doctor to be precise, will be going to war this February in the DoomWar mini series. CBR has a interview with editor Axel Alonso and artist Scot Eaton about the project. To sum up Dr. Doom tried to kill T’Challa the Black Panther leading to him being gravely injured and his sister…
Despite all the helpful information I have received this week regarding manga I still can’t shake the feeling of being overwhelmed by it. Daryl Surat of Anime World Order has been a big help in explaining why I have had so many problems. Essentially the manga translated into English has been the type geared towards…
Manga I was not expecting much of a response from my last post, but I ended up getting some good feedback thanks to Johanna over at Comics Worth Reading responding to what I wrote. I realized I forgot to mention something important in my last post. That being that Deb Aoki’s Manga Blog is…