• There are several new developments at Capes Comic Book Lounge in Benson. Thursday is now “Ladies Night,” which means 20% off everything in the store starting at 4 p.m. Important note — WOMEN HAVE TO BE PURCHASING THE STUFF. Guys, you can’t just bring a girl with you and get a discount. Capes also…
This is a short but fascinating look at how Emmanuel Guibert created the art for Alan’s War from First Second. First Second released the excellent Prince of Persia graphic novel this summer. We’ve also got an overdue review of their Slow Storm book by Danica Novgorodoff on the way. h/t: The Daily Dish
In the lead: Alfred the super-spy is on a freighter headed for America. He remembers his meeting with Tarot and the scroll case he gave her… In the back-up: …which belonged to Prince Khufu, one of the past lives of Hawkman. Back in issue #16, after Hawkman helped Gangbuster rescue Tarot, he went back to…
I have 12 books in my stack this week. No lie. First up is Final Crisis #4, which is definitely my favorite issue of the series so far. This, of course, is relative to how awful I thought the first three issues were. Back in college, I took a beginning screen writing class from a…
This week’s Book of Doom is Hellboy: In the Chapel of Moloch — the first Hellboy comic drawn by Mike Mignola since 2005. On the heels of the second Hellboy feature film, legendary artist and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola returns to the drawing table for this standalone adventure of the world’s greatest paranormal detective! Hellboy…
The Omaha World-Herald covered Sunday’s zombie walk. The fundraiser was held in conjunction with World Zombie Day. For the past 15 years, horror movie fans have gathered on Oct. 26 to celebrate zombies and help charities. Omaha was one of 57 cities to participate this year. “We’re having a great time, but we weren’t counting…
Most Pointless- Birds of Prey #123 A few weeks ago, I said that the ending to Birds of Prey #122 was the Best Ending of the week. It ended with The Joker entering BoP HQ with Barbara Gordon all by herself. Well this issue started with the cops showing up and scaring The Joker away,…
Geoff Johns. Do we have a hard-on for that guy or what? This marks the fifth consecutive Book of Doom written by him. But I assure you that this is mere coincidence. There’s even two other writers on the book this week. We just can’t help it if Johns is a kickass writer and makes…
• Big thanks to the good folks at Krypton Comics for being awesome 24 Hour Comics Day hosts. They fed us sandwiches, pizza and donuts and provided us with free drinks for the whole 24 hours. We met some cool people and had a great time. • The Lincoln Journal Star covered Lincoln’s 24HCD event…
As promised last week, here’s a roundup of all the 24 Hour Comics I could find. First off, from Doomkopf.com — we’ve been posting our 24 Hour Comics throughout the week, but here they are in one spot: • “Portals of Doom” by Fin Fang Doom • “Space Dinosaurs from the Future” by Doom DeLuise…