For a while, I’ve been losing my interest in X-Men – I’ve been down to Astonishing, just so I could say I finished out. That, and it’s got my favorites in there. It’s a Storm and Nightcrawler away from my all-time favorite team. But yeah. I couldn’t handle Mike Carey’s run on X-Men. I was…
A brief conversation discussing the trends, between Jim Doom and Doom DeLuise: Doom DeLuise: What do you figure accounts for that big bump for both at Week 13? Jim Doom: I really don’t know. Doom DeLuise: Weird. The Week 13 bump in Countdown came after an issue where absolutely nothing happened, featuring the cover of…
Ed Brubaker, writer of some of the best currently running comic books, posted this on his MySpace blog yesterday, regarding the future of “Criminal,” the Harvey Award Winner for Best Writer and the Scream Award Winner for Best Artist (the amazing Sean Phillips), as well as the winner of the Eisner Award for Best Writer…
I was cleaning out my office this morning and noticed that I hadn’t looked through the November issue of Previews yet. While scanning through Marvel Previews and saw the cover to Fantastic Four #553. Michael Turner bashing has almost gotten to the point where it’s too easy. The guy doesn’t even seem to be trying…
Mark Bagley, artist best known for his work on New Warriors in the ’90s and especially his run on Ultimate Spider-Man, is headed to DC, according to Newsarama: Newsarama has learned that long-time Marvel penciler Mark Bagley, whose current exclusive contract with the publisher reportedly expires at the end of this year, will move to…
Months ago, when the first teaser image of the Joker from the new “Dark Knight” movie hit the internet, it hit on the website www.whysoserious.com. The site then basically shut down for several months, until just recently, when the static black background was replaced with an image of a freshly carved jack-o-lantern. The eyes look…
While browsing newsarama.com today, I came upon an interesting bit of news: One More Day has been pushed back yet again. About a year ago, when the final arc of J. Michael Starcynski’s run on Amazing Spider-Man was announced, it was supposed to come out weekly in August. When it finally came time to solicit…
h/t Derek Burgan Probably my favorite Rob Liefeld work in the past decade had been his embarrassing sputtering in the comments of Newsarama articles, but this takes the cake. Rob recently did an interview with OC Weekly for the story Youngblood at Heart, and knowing the hits they were sure to get, they decided to…
A Pittsburgh man bought a Detective Comics #27 off a guy who found it in the attic. So basically, the guy is not only a nerd, but a rich nerd. So there’s that. But, like any story, good or bad, there’s some controversy around it. Another local comic store owner claims the same person tried…
The always worth reading movie web site www.chud.com just posted a really, really interesting set visit report from Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Here’s the link to that. The fellas at Chud have a longstanding buddy-buddy relationship with Guillermo del Toro, and their man Devin gets a great look at the sequel-in-progress. Here’s a tid…