We’ve been talking about Punisher War Zone for a while here at Doomkopf, starting back in February when script problems surfaced and then again in June when the trailer was released. Doom DeLuise and I caught a showing today and we were literally the only people in the theater! Shucks, how is Marvel going to…
This was a big week for comics. The conclusion of Secret Invasion, the beginning of Batman: Last Rites … I’m sure there were other things. Secret Invasion #8 was the anticlimactic finale to the mega-event that wouldn’t end. I’ll get to how I feel about the conclusion in a minute, but I can’t believe it…
• ComicMix assembles The Stories that Informed Batman RIP. It amazes me that the same Grant Morrison who drew from and referred to all of these stories could be the same person that was dismissive of internet nerds with awareness of continuity issues. • Great Caesar’s Post asks the question, “Which subversive group bent on…
Having just read Batman #682 for a second time, I’m still not quite sure if I liked it or not. But I guess considering my usual reaction to Grant Morrison’s work, that’s an above-average result. I like the trip through memory lane that Morrison wrote out here. You don’t see Batman’s Golden Age roots mentioned…
The line between gimmick story and fun storytelling isn’t always obvious. Much like a television series, transposing your characters to another place and time can end up like “1602,” or it could be any of the numerous holodeck malfunction episodes of “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” So I had apprehension about “X-Men Noir.” In fact,…
In the lead: The League and the JSI fight off the various bad guys that have appeared on Earth as a result of reality shifting. Morgaine Le Fey and Enigma finally meet with Konvikt and convince him to become the third part of their Trinity. Tarot figures out that if the bad guys needed her…
It was announced nearly three months ago, but it looks like Marvel’s big Dark Reign is finally upon us. I’ll put in a spoiler alert here, in case you just got home from work and haven’t read Secret Invasion #8, the conclusion to the Avengers story that’s been practically five years in the making. Continue…
Newsarama recently compiled a highly subjective and somewhat controversial list of the supposed ten best comic book-based movies of all time. I think it’s a fairly entertaining discussion, and they include a lot of stuff that I wouldn’t have thought to include. Here’s their list, along with links to reviews of these movies we’ve conducted…
Welcome to Part 2 of the review of the December 2008 Previews, continued from yesterday. This is what happens when comics don’t come out until Thursday. The first few pages of Previews are loaded with crap. It’s just clutter. Note to publishers: The design of the first few pages of Previews is so bad I…