Watchmen: The Movie I come to this blank page after leaving my email inbox, where I was reading responses to a Facebook Status update thread regarding various people's disappointment with Watchmen. (There’s a sentence that would have made no sense twenty years ago, and may still not.) I concur...

The Great Unknown # 1By Duncan RouleauPublished by Image Comics, 2009 HI!  I know we don’t know each other very well.  But I believe we have something in common.  All of us. At one time or another we’ve all had to bear the burden of that one annoying friend--you know the one. T...

X-Men Origins: SabretoothWritten by Keiron GillenArt by Dan Panosian & Ian HanninPublished by Marvel Comics After I read this comic book and was about to watch 24, I saw a movie trailer on Fox.  The trailer for Wolverine Origins, or X-Wolverine The Original, or Desperately Seeking Wolverin...

I could do a compare and contrast of Baltimore Comic Con to NYCC.  But that wouldn’t be very fair.  As I’ve learned, this is a lot farther up on the list of Best Comic Conventions.  I don’t know where Baltimore falls, but it didn’t have as many stormtroopers.  This on...

Battlefields: Dear Billy # 1Written by Garth EnnisArt by Peter Snejberg & Rob SteenPublished by Dynamite There is one word that comes immediately to my mind to describe this comic, and that word is poignant.  That first picture is a stark one, and if ever a picture was worth a thousand wor...

Dark Avengers # 1Written by Brian Michael BendisArt by Mike DeodatoPublished by Marvel Comics Dark Avengers!  (Dum-dum-DUM!)  The title reminded me of an old radio play.  Hence the reason I wrote the first sentence in that manner.  As I looked at my choices this week, I hones...

Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake: The Laughing Corpse Book One # 4Written by Laurell K. HamiltonAdapted by Jess RuffnerArt by Ron Lim & Joel SeguinProduced by Anthony DialPublished by Marvel Comics Before I start addressing this actual comic book, I must address the vampire culture.  ...

Wolverine: SwitchbackWritten by Joseph Clark & Gregg HurwitzArt by Das Pastoras & Juan DoePublished by Marvel Comics At one time, I was self-conscious about reading comic books on the subway.  It wasn't so much that I care what people think, but more about the possible response it ...

Incognito # 1Written by Ed BrubakerArt by Sean PhillipsPublished by Icon/Marvel Comics Happy New Year!  Back in the saddle again…. I'm kickin’ off 2009 with a little Incognito.  Who can refuse a cover with a masked man (how does that mask stay attached to his face?) lighting his ...

Nina Stone started off this year with a different last name, a cursory understanding of comics and a non-existent history with blogs, and now that the year is days from ending, The Factual Opinion is proud to present her thoughts on a year in trying to get a better sense of a hobby only slightly les...