March 01, 2009
For those not on LiveJournal or who don’t follow comics news, an interesting event happened early this weekend that has a big ripple effect in the ongoing war between content creators, content distributors, and content consumers. It may not seem like a big deal, but it is when you give it a se...
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Martin
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February 17, 2009
I’ve been collecting comicbooks since I was a young teen and I have never lost my love for the superheroes that I have grown up with. Even though I would sometimes stop collecting (the pressures of fatherhood can sometimes be a sobering jerk towards reality and practicality) I never lose track...
Forever Geek
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Mel
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January 31, 2009
I have a stack of comics, some read, some not. Here are three that caught my attention the past few weeks. Ruins. Marvel Comics Written by Warren Ellis Art by Cliff & Terese Nielsen Fans of Star Trek fiction may recognize the artist for Ruins; yes, years before he did the Deep Space Nine novel ...
Allyn Gibson
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Allyn
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January 24, 2009
With layoffs at Diamond and DC Comics, people are understandably worried about the state of the comic book industry. Here's my two cents, worth probably a little less than that. Comics will never die. Comic books as we know them may evolve (I sometimes think the pamphlet/single/floppy will so away w...
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Tegan
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January 23, 2009
The very first issue of Nick Fury's own title with psychedelic lettering and patterns. The "S.H.I.E.L.D. Origin Issue", with some OP art designs. A striking science fiction cover; too bad the story inside was not by Steranko and had nothing to do with the sleeve art. A surrealist art-inspired cover ...
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pHinn
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January 15, 2009
Forever People #8, Cover by Kirby! Here's page 1! Page 13 from the same issue! Next up, page 6 from Fox and Crow #108, by Bob Oksner! Correction! Fellow blogger Booksteve informs me that this is a Win Mortimer page, not Oksner! Page 16 from Frankenstein #6, by Mike Ploog! Page 12 from Funnyman 6, by...
Jon's Random Acts of Geekery
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Jon K
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November 16, 2008
We start off this edition of Original Comic Art with Dan Adkins' cover for Tales To Astonish 92, featuring Namor, the Sub-Mariner! Hmm... there was supposed to be more Marvel pages... but instead, I've got Gold Key's Turok next! Page 2 from Turok 26, by Albert Giolitti! Page 6! Page 7! Page 10! Next...
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Jon K
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November 07, 2008
Not many know that Kevin Smith, the director of such films like Mallrats, Dogma Zack and Mimi Make a Porno, and the horrendous, multiple Razzie Award nominated Jersey Girl, is also a comic book writer. Smith has been writing stories for both DC Comics and Marvel Comics for quite some time. Tho...
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July 17, 2008
Picture by koka_sexton. Great flick. Jonathan, who was sitting with Kristin and I, has a very positive spoiler-free write up of it over on his blog: Country Caravan: The Dark Knight. I myself don’t know if I think Ledger’s performance is a certain Oscar nomination, but it was quite good....
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June 30, 2008
Avengers: The Initiative #14 Writers: Dan Slott & Christos Gage Artist: Stefano Casseli Publisher: Marvel Marvel's Secret Invasion is still going strong and here we get to see how the Skrulls managed to infiltrate pretty much every super-team on the planet. A minor sub-plot that has been there s...
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