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DR. DOOM Want’s To Cook His Tater-Tots… - …And he’s next in line for the oven. The Amazing Spider-Man – #350David Michelinie – StoryErik Larson & – Art37 minutes ago
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Oh no, you won't get me that easily. - Superboy is returning to Teen Titans. Now, my love for Kon-El is no secret, and I've been greatly enjoying Kon-El's return to the land of the living. That be...42 minutes ago
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Dec. 17, and yes, more Girl Comics - *Oh yes, the world has more to say about *Girl Comics*, but this post isn't *entirely* devoted to the topic.* GIRL COMICS Marvel in 2010: finally getting ...1 hour ago
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There’s No Time – curiouser and curiouser…. - There’s No Time Like The Present – part 10 by Paul Rainey Self Published Part 10 of There’s No Time Like The Present is a difficult sell as a comic. I’m su...2 hours ago
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Warning: Today’s Dick Tracy strip elicits the least unpleasant commentary - Dennis the Menace, 12/17/09 I hereby request demand that Dennis the Menace be renamed Henry Mitchell the Lascivious, Menacing Pervert, as today he appears ...2 hours ago
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LEGO Advent Calendar Day 17 - Today was the sanitation worker's wheelbarrow. And he's apparently cleaning up snowballs that that one dude is throwing.2 hours ago
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Second Printing Promises... - NO YEAR END WRAP-UPS, NO "BEST OF'S THE YEAR OR DECADE." Because we respect your time too much.2 hours ago
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Carnival of souls - * I'm very excited to be a part of this year's Best of 2009 critics roundtable episode of the venerable Inkstuds podcast. Tim Hodler, Chris Mautner, host...2 hours ago
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Noelco and World Peace! - ** Over on Facebook I mentioned, as I tend to do on an annual basis, that the Norelco Santa Ad is hands down my favorite Christmas commercial of all time....3 hours ago
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Delayed! Flash: Rebirth #6 Now Due March 24 - Wow. Comic Bloc’s SNW1 has been checking more often than I have (or at least has better timing), because he spotted this: DC’s website now lists March 24, ...3 hours ago
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CHRISTMAS NOOOO - Dudes I am so busy I am sorry for not updating. Soon, I promise. It will be awesome.4 hours ago
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Meanwhile, in Las Vegas... - Can't get enough of me? I have a short review of Image Comic's original graphic novel *One Model Nation* in *Las Vegas Weekly* this week. You can read it h...4 hours ago
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When Unstable Personalities Rise To Power... - ...these are the types of conversations they have: I mean, "Scientist Supreme" nonsense aside, Hank Pym can make Norman Osbornlook like a stable guy... P.S...4 hours ago
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Ten Forward: February 2010 - Every month we spend an evening scouring the pages of the latest issue of Previews and pick the ten titles we are looking forward to the most. This month i...5 hours ago
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Last Stand of New Krypton: no new Legion book (yet) - From today's DC blog The Source comes more info on the 8-part "Brainiac and the Legion of Super-Heroes" arc. Note that this article reveals that the "soon...5 hours ago
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A Summer Day - It’s four degrees above zero right now. Good time to run this sketch from life of a kid in the grass with his sketchbook, barefoot and content on a summer ...5 hours ago
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Random Panels of Comic Book Weirdness # 60 - Apparently that oddly drawn applauding dinosaur knows a geek when he sees one! Believe it or not this is actually from a Jesse Marsh TARZAN comic!6 hours ago
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Miss Home Alone rides the rocking chair - This summer I spent a few days on the country side. Relaxing with my girlfriend in her familys cottage. Thats where I found this book. (Or maybe Hedvig sho...6 hours ago
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Vocal Boy Makes Good - My pal Joe Alaskey has written his autobiography. Joe's a little young for that but the book is a treasure for those of us interested in cartoons and espec...6 hours ago
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Wood Tribute TBG Cover-1976 - I'm not sure who did this. The initials, here cut off, are "ED." Or is that a first name? If anyone knows, please comment. I'm also sorry for my scanner's...6 hours ago
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Icy No Punchline Here - Chak: Is there a joke in there somewhere that I’m just too dense to get? Yeah, all have ‘ice’ in the name. And?7 hours ago
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...y entonces llegó Jane - Y suerte que hubo, porque, hasta que llegó la bella Jane a la jungla... [image: Image and video hosting by TinyPic] ...Tarzán tenía a los gorilas de la zon...7 hours ago
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Black Widow & the Marvel Girls #1 (of 4) - Paul Tobin & Salva Espin This is pretty much throw-away material. Clunky writing and dialogue, second-rate art: Marvel wasn't exactly looking to sell a m...7 hours ago
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DC COMICS Christmas card 2009 - A beautiful piece by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Kevin Knowlan and Matt Hollingsworth.7 hours ago
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For great blog awarding justice - So although I was snubbed by the Canadian Blog Awards this year for reasons not involving me being too big for that sort of thing, I am noticing that, as u...7 hours ago
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The Official Index to the Marvel Universe #12 - In our on-going quest to index the entire Marvel Universe, here is The Official Index to the Marvel Universe #12. Once again, I have contributed to The Ama...8 hours ago
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Polar opposites - (The perpetual cycle of human stupidity and willful denial does have its advantages, such as allowing me to run an AT 1.0 post from two years ago with only...8 hours ago
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Cavern of the Doomed / Devil's Due - 3 Hellish *Harvey* classics for you today as we're finally beyond the halfway point of this damned Devilcember month of evil! First up: *Bob Powell's* *"Ca...9 hours ago
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The Swingin'-est Blog Ever! Thursday! - An uninformed observer might think that the best thing comics could do from a marketing standpoint is to be as hip and trendy as possible. The Silver Age o...9 hours ago
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SHE DIED IN TERREBONNE: Episode 12 - Sam wakes up and finds himself in a sticky situation.9 hours ago
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Today's Installment of "TUNE: Praxis and Allies" - Updated every weekday. (in the afternoon) Discuss (0)9 hours ago
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Born This Day: Father of Carbon-14 Dating - Dec 17, 1908 – Sept. 8, 1980 Libby was an American chemist who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1960 for developing the technique of carbon-14 dating. ...9 hours ago
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Delights - Feiffer on the left, Mayer on the right... A couple recent items have sparked my comics fancy. First, The Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics, edit...10 hours ago
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More On Girl Comics at Marvel.com - This Wednesday Q & A w/ Girl Comics editor Jeanine Schaefer gives more insight on the upcoming 3-issue anthology...and even reveals what character I'm wri...10 hours ago
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Japan Day 9-10 Ronin, Godzilla, and Studio Ghibli - December 6, 2009 Sunday It was a beautiful, sunny day. The group met at the usual time--about 8:50--and metroed to Sengaku-ji Temple, the grave site of th...10 hours ago
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Batman Parody Video: THE DARK KNIGHT IS CONFUSED by Key of Awesome - From the "Key of Awesome" Comedy Team we get this hilarious Batman parody video that tries to make sense of THE DARK KNIGHT movie...it's pretty funny! ( Th...10 hours ago
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Obscurity of the Day: The Legend of Bruce Lee - Bruce Lee may have died in 1973, but his fame only grew after that. During the 70s the martial arts movie star became a genuine cult figure and every teena...10 hours ago
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Reflective Mike - This is one of 2 commissions that I did for Sergio. I'll post the second tomorrow, which is a groupshot- but for this one, Sergio wanted Mike, kind of in ...10 hours ago
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Happy 20th Birthday to The Simpsons! - The Simpsons first hit the airwaves 20 years ago today! Great excuse to congratulate its creator Matt Groening (rhymes with “raining,” guys) for all his gr...10 hours ago
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Coverage - Some folks have noticed the narrow focus of this list of the 50 Best Comic Book Covers of 2009. It doesn’t really bother me, since the awkwardness lies ent...11 hours ago
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Colourful cover of a Peanuts coloring book - Despite my broad interest in Peanuts books, I don’t generally pursue coloring books, but in my search for interesting Peanuts images, I couldn’t resist get...11 hours ago
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Jack B. Quick: "Facts of Life" page 4 - This page probably doesn't make much sense out of context but it's good for a comparison between pencils and inks/colors.11 hours ago
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Logo Study: WORLD’S FINEST Part 4 - All images © DC Comics, Inc. except as noted. While the monthly WORLD’S FINEST comic ended its long run in 1986, the concept of the book, usually as a plac...11 hours ago
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Little Evil Women - "Good! Bless you! Now, as there's nothing like `taking time by the fetlock', as Winkle characteristically observes, allow me to present the new member." ...12 hours ago
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You've Been Warned: Dazzler #2 - I wanted to like this book, as I sometimes feel sorry for Dazzler because she seemed dated before she was launched. She doesn't need my pity, however, as 9...12 hours ago
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THE BARKER Part Two: The First Spider-Man - *Story this post: ”Colonel Lane’s Mammoth Circus” Story by Joe Millard, Art by Jack Cole National Comics #43 (August 1944 – Quality Comics)* [image: Th...13 hours ago
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The Summit of the Gods Book 1 - Review by Ed Sizemore Photographer Makoto Fukamachi was a member of a failed Japanese expedition trying to scale Mt. Everest. While lingering behind at the...13 hours ago
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Yes and Hypnotizing by Aidan Koch - Koch, Aidan. Yes. Self-published, 2009. 16p with silkscreen cover. –. Hypnotizing. Self-published, 2009. 8p. Back in September I reviewed a minicomic and ...13 hours ago
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Makin’ Links # 89 - Those of us who tended to only read superhero titles back in the day missed out on a lot of cool comics including this late TWILIGHT ZONE tale from Gold Ke...13 hours ago
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From Headrack to Clawboy - My new book was honored with a generous write-up in the *December 10 installment of Larry Murray*'s *Gay in the Berkshires blog.14 hours ago
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Christmas Covers - December 17 - They're making snow angels on Fred Perry's cover to the Gold Digger X-Mas Special #2 (2008). For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holi...14 hours ago
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The last of my non-comic rambling - Getting back in the swing of things is a bit harder than it looks. :-) But I'm working on it. I've got a plane to catch today, and said goodbye to some fri...15 hours ago
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Don Rosa Draws Mickey Mouse - According to the ever-reliable Internet, Don Rosa has stated many times that he finds Mickey Mouse to be a boring character, and he has no desire to e...16 hours ago
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Typographic Characterization - One of Walt Kelly’s strokes of genius was to give certain characters in Pogo not only distinctive speech patterns, but distinctive text patterns as well. I...18 hours ago
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WARNING: NOT RECOMMENDED USAGE OF ERIC POWELL'S CHIMICHANGA. - In honor of the release of Eric Powell's newest comic book, Chimichanga, Employee Aaron had a chimichanga for lunch. No, he didn't eat the comic, he had a...18 hours ago
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Scott’s Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar – December 17th - Only 8 days left until Christmas, and today there’s a first on the Advent Calendar Comic Book Cover Countdown: a cowboy comic. From the Folden Age, here co...19 hours ago
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Will I See You Tonight? - This is inexplicably stuck in my head. So, here. Now it’s in yours.20 hours ago
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“Iron Man 2” Hype: Teaser Trailer has landed - And it’s got War Machine: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/ A few of my observations: -Looks like Tony Stark is reveling in fame having a s...21 hours ago
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Gingerbread Houses Halfway Done - After enduring famine, parental abandonment, forced labor, compelled gluttony, and the brutal death of their wicked captor, Hansel and Gretel made their wa...21 hours ago
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Late night mystery post... - Hullo everyone. I took a week off from Blogging, then didn't have a second during the whirlwind of the last few days. As a result of which I have dozens of...21 hours ago
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slg_news @ 2009-12-16T19:00:00 - - *10:19* Dan Vado will be on the Dan Shahin show on KSCU 103.3 FM in San Jose @ 9:00 PM. bit.ly/8AzAHZ # - *10:20* Be sure to tune in to the...23 hours ago
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Gil Kane is a master of comics - Carabella takes a break from talking to Nick to have a short discussion with her old hair bun. This is one f those pages that should be dedicated to Gil Ka...1 day ago
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Shelf Porn @ Robot 6 - The Robot 6 gang over at Comic Book Resources have posted an article highlighting my comic book collection. Several more and newer photos than anything I'v...1 day ago
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Marvel's War On Women Continues With... wait for it... GIRL COMICS! - *SOURCE:* Marvel announces GIRL COMICS Sweet Suffering Geebus On A Pogoball! Do I even need to start to explain what is wrong with this concept? Beyond th...1 day ago
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Stash Wednesday – December 16 - X-Factor #200 comes out this week, along with some other books. Whad’ja get? PAD1 day ago
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Original Art Stories: Frank Frazetta's Family Feud - This just keeps getting interesting. I've refrained from making any public comment about the recent alleged attempts by Frank Frazetta Jr to remove art from...1 day ago
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SCRUBS - Watching the latest episode. ABC brought that hilarious show pretty much intact from NBC. Only thing they forgot was the humor.1 day ago
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It’s live! - Today is the day! Drawing Down the Moon is officially out and in the stores. It’s a hefty 200 pages, mostly full color and a whole lot of fun to look at. A...1 day ago
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The Wash: 12/16/09 - o Heidi MacDonald interviews Marvel editor Jeanine Schaefer on the publisher's upcoming anthology miniseries *Girl Comics*. Schaefer's take on the projec...1 day ago
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Aaaap-choooo! - Blarg. I've been fighting off a cold for the past couple of days, and this morning the Germ Armies waging war in my head-meats decided to up the ante by g...1 day ago
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Holidays, by Whitney Farmer – Un Pop Culture - Tis’ the Season…to lift your prayers to God and keep your powder dry. This was going to be cute and snarky, like Ralphie’s “A Christmas Story” or Billy Bob...1 day ago
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The Art of Hand Lettering - The Art of Hand Lettering blog showcases some of the custom lettering work of Alan Ariail. Posted by John Martz on Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning B...1 day ago
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News and Notes For Today and Tomorrow - Beasts of Burden was written up in USA TODAY. Jill and I were interviewed for the article, they also ran the cover for #4 and the first three pages as a pr...1 day ago
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CAP'N EASY - [image: CAP'N EASY] A ramp-up drawing I did while working on Strange Adventures for DC Comics this summer. Here we have the cool, calm, and collected Cap'n...1 day ago
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Free Form Comments - *Say whatever you want to in the comments to this post* -- random, off topic thoughts, ideas, suggestions, questions, recommendations, criticisms (which ca...1 day ago
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Academy Award Winning Animators from Montreal (1982) - From June 18 – Sept. 5, 1982, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presented “The Art of Animated Films”. In conjunction with this the Montreal Calendar Magaz...1 day ago
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Preparing for the Fugitree - A couple of days ago I decided it was time to start preparing for the creation of the "Fugitree" (as one of this blog's Commenters wittily named it). So I ...1 day ago
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Forbidden Trek - No, I am not just now realizing that *Star Trek* owes a tremendous debt to *Forbidden Planet*. Every time I watch *FP* I imagine that it is the greatest unf...1 day ago
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28 REDUX - In case you missed *The Life and Times of Savior 28* the first time around, the collected edition will be hitting stores today. It's a very nice package (...1 day ago
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Weekly Comic Shopping List 12/16/09 - What a weird week. So far, luckily, I don’t think I’ve had any kind of huge week in December. It’s either no one is putting out anything or I’m not readi...1 day ago
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Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary by Justin Green - Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary By Justin Green McSweeney’s “It’s nice to have accolades,” writes the author, in the afterword to this latest editio...1 day ago
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Superman and Batman: Synchronized Stories? - This is something I hadn't noticed before and given that it involves DC's two most famous characters, it seems worthy of a post. For starters, consider thi...1 day ago
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Ditko in 2009 wrapup - Well, barring last minute surprises it looks like all the Ditko that's going to come out in 2009 is now released, so here's the summary post, still in ...1 day ago
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Next stop, Year Two! - [image: Photobucket]So the beginning of the boy's first school year was weird and strange and fun -- but the end of it is even odder to me. Down here in up...1 day ago
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Volumes Five and Six Pre-Orders Have Shipped! - [image: shipometer] The reprints of Volumes Five and Six of *Girl Genius* have now shipped. Just in time for us to start worrying about the reprints for Vo...1 day ago
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LUCKY AT WAR: Reference - I'm still working on my novel, and I realize I haven't given much hint as to what it's about yet. It's pretty epic, I think, following a man's life from hi...1 day ago
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Children of the Sea Vol. 2 - By Daisuke Igarashi320 pages, black and whitePublished by Viz I’m finding myself continually loving Viz’s new online IKKI magazine, serializing all sorts o...1 day ago
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GRAPHIC CLASSICS: LOUISA MAY ALCOTT - *GRAPHIC CLASSICS: LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Written and Drawn by Various Published by Graphic Classics* Every fan of great literature has their favorite writers a...1 day ago
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My back cover art for DEAD MAN HOLIDAY - Colin Panetta, creator of the comic book DEAD MAN HOLIDAY, asked me awhile back to contribute the back cover to his latest issue, DEAD MAN HOLIDAY -1 (Yep,...1 day ago
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December 16th is Rocketeer Day! - God, it's been a long time since I posted here. Gotta change that, have a few more I will try and put up before the new year. In the meantime, here are som...1 day ago
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Deathmate Red - TITLE: Deathmate Red PUBLISHER: Image/Valiant COVER DATE: November 1993 COVER PRICE: $4.95 54 pages *WHAT I REMEMBER...* I guess you could call this ...1 day ago
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ComicsPRO: Retailers' Striking Opportunity - To our members: The unusual calendar of 2009 has given comic-book retailers a striking opportunity. The Dec. 30 "skip week" from Diamond will allow Comics...2 days ago
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New planetary paintings... - The Ice Moon Europa(9x12 inches, oils, SOLD) Misty Mars #4 (9x12 inches, oils $200) Martian Dust #3(9x12 inches, Oils $200) STILL PAINTING...here are thr...2 days ago
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scott-pilgrim-cast-large-1-fixed - scott-pilgrim-cast-large-1-fixed, originally uploaded by radiomaru. Those elite computer hackers over at Slashfilm doctored this photo to make it look nor...2 days ago
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Collection catchup: waiting for a few months can make for a good payoff - Ongoing series aren't always best when read in chunks rather than issue by issue, but that seems to be the case more often than not these days, so here are...2 days ago
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Girl Comics - Jeanine Schaefer in the interview: It’s actually comics BY women—and I mean, top to bottom: written, penciled, inked, colored, lettered. The logo is by ...2 days ago
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On Characters & Sandboxes - "I went back and looked at Iron Fist's origin, and the guy who killed his father had been dealt with, but his mother had been killed by wolves. And he couldn...2 days ago
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TAILIPOE! by Craig Boldman: tailipoe_strip_297 - Craig Boldman: THIS WEEK: Armand's secret hideaway is crashed! TAILIPOE is the webcomic by Archie Comics writer Craig Boldman.2 days ago
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New Kids Meets Teen Humor - Straight out of 1991! I’m always on the look out for romance and teen humor comics, so my My buddy Mark Bilokur lent me this. Perhaps it’s not a particul...2 days ago
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Three Dreams About My Family - I can remember three dreams from last night/ this morning, all of them having some connection to my family. Which makes sense, considering I spent the week...2 days ago
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tips from grandma - Today my friend Erin Bried’s book How To Sew A Button comes out. She talked to grandmothers all over tarnation and compiled their very handy and wise instr...2 days ago
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TCJ Post #6: Comic Diorama - Here's a link to my review of Grant Reynolds' COMIC DIORAMA at The Comics Journal.2 days ago
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Happy Holidays – New Owly Prints! - Happy Holidays everybody! I hope everyone is staying warm as the weather turns colder. :) Owly and I are hard at work on all kinds of new goodies, and we h...2 days ago
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Daily Breakdowns 048 - Act-I-Vate - *The Act-I-Vate Primer By Various Published by IDW Publishing. $24.99 USD* A truth and a confession: It's good to be in a club, and reviewing anthologies ...2 days ago
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Taps For the Daily Bugle - Spoilers for *Amazing Spider-Man* #614 below: Over the years, Peter Parker's photography job has become an iconic, defining aspect of the Spider-Man myth...2 days ago
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Asleep At the Keys: The Post - LAST WEEK'S REVIEWS: Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival 1 (featuring reviews of French brut force Pakito Bolino's Spermanga and various Shaky Kane klass...2 days ago
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Once More with Repeating - New Avengers Annual #3 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Artist/Cover artist: Mike Mayhew Colors: Andy Troy Letters: Comicraft Editor: Tom Brevoort Publisher: M...2 days ago
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Cliffhanger Endings & Ba & Moon's Daytripper - Perhaps the most discouraging aspect of the comic book storytelling form is the cliffhanger ending. While it was once comics' bread and butter and indeed, ...2 days ago
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Happy Hanukkah! - In honour of the holiday season and "complicated consumer impulses" here is a strip by Vanessa Davis for you to enjoy. Also, a possible addition to your w...3 days ago
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Number 1s of 2009: 13 December 2009 - I wasn’t expecting to write another one of these until next week, when the X Factor winner’s single is virtually guaranteed to become the Christmas number ...3 days ago
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Arriving 12/16/2009 - The next to last shipping week of the year... and it's still not all that large. I guess this means that next week will be sheer brutality...AIR #16 AMAZING ...3 days ago
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Why They Lost Their Powers - Podcast of Jess Nevins' paper: "Those Who Cannot Remember Doc Savage Are Condemned To Repeat Him: The 20th Century Backlash Against Posthuman Bodybuilders"...3 days ago
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And The Luggage Is Still Empty - I'll be on a week-long holiday starting tomorrow, so content will pretty much be dead till Christmas. Meanwhile, reviews of last week's comics, to tide you...3 days ago
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I'MA WALKIN....... - In a word, "walking pneumonia". Hospital Thrusday evening- tests-tests and more tests. For at least a month I've been walking around feeling like the bad ...3 days ago
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Upcoming Poetry Feature - I'll be the poetry feature at the Ugly Mug's Two Idiots Peddling Poetry this coming Wednesday, December 16. While that may not seem comics related, the g...3 days ago
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This Blog Was Built To Self Destruct... - ...but that's not how it worked out. Unfortunately, I think I'm going to have to shut this place down, maybe just for a while, maybe for good. I normally t...3 days ago
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Indie Spinner Rack Issue #166 - From the sunny shores of San Diego, Charlito digs into the ISR Archives for a talk at Comic-Con with Kevin Cannon, creator of the super-fun Top Shelf adve...4 days ago
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PUNCTURE-PERFECT PRE-ECHO - Top, a panel from the as-yet unreleased WEATHERCRAFT; below, news photo of a "failed Russian missile test". Thanks to Rupert Goodwins, who notes: ...4 days ago
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A View from Borders - Every once in a while, I hang out at Borders and type up blog posts. Each time brings something odd, annoying, and sometimes even cool. Today.... - A y...4 days ago
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Stickleback: London's Burning Part 1 References - Meet the gang 'cause the boys are here - Stickleback: London's Burning Stickleback © 2009 Rebellion Developments/2000AD Stickleback created by Ian Edginton...4 days ago
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Finally Getting Ready for Winter - PaperDragon by *girlgeniuscomic on deviantART Ooh, deviantART is fun. I got a lot of the back yard cleaned up yesterday, and this morning there was a littl...4 days ago
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Challengers of the Unknown 82 (1977) - Okay. In my first entry covering my indexing of The Challengers of the Unknown, I was emphatic about my lack of love for the execution of the concept in th...5 days ago
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Shop CARTOON FLOPHOUSE comics for the holidays...... - Merry Christmas! Happy Chanukah! Joyous holidays to all! This season, give the greatest gift of all to your loved ones: LAUGHTER! FLOOP! FEATURING HARRY ...5 days ago
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the mystery of the missing #6 - Maybe this issue was taken to the island with Patrick McGoohan - they were both #6. The sweet cover to Ambush Bug #6 was never used except in promotional b...5 days ago
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project princess is complete! - Remember the pattern I posted about a while back, the one Emily wanted for her winter coat? The one I wasn't really sure I could pull off? Well guess what..I...5 days ago
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My Daughter is Famouser than I Am - You may have seen some of my pull quotes on such collected editions as "Spider-Man Noir" and "Fantastic Four: Some Stuff By Millar and Hitch that Didn't En...5 days ago
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Alex Raymond’s Rip Kirby - Rip Kirby (12/5/46) art by Alex Raymond Syndication strips had a great influence on comic book artists. The newspaper comics developed before comic books w...5 days ago
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Wither Roy Harper? - I've been agonizing over whether or not to post something about the JLA Cry for Justice series that I'm not reading, but that I know featured Roy in uh, no...5 days ago
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Happy Holidays Post #1 - Howdy Readers! One of the loyal ones, Al, requested more “Nize Baby” strips. Alas, I only have one left, but it’s appropriate for this time of year, origin...5 days ago
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Friday Night Lights - *Photo © 2007 **Insunlight**, used under **license**.* * * *Happy Chanukah!* *I've had trouble with posts again, and if you know anything about the holid...6 days ago
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Christmas Covers, Revisited, Part 2 - Yes, Virginia, even Christmas covers with Santa Claus get swiped! As I noted last year in a post showcasing DC’s earliest Christmas covers, one of the bes...1 week ago
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“It’s time to poo,” says Captain Picard - See more funny videos and TBT Videos at Today’s Big Thing.1 week ago
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Abner Dean's Notebook, Part IV - Abner Dean’s papers include notebooks in which he commented on dozens of cartoons from his 1947 collection *What Am I Doing Here?* In this commentary he a...1 week ago
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Mandy Sketchcards - Looks like I can show the rest of the Mandy original sketch cards that I drew now that the set is out. Cards are fun to do, but the small size is a challe...1 week ago
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Young Romance #164 - *Young Romance #164* (On Sale: December 9, 1969) has a cover inked by *Vinny Colletta.* We begin with *"The Searing Conclusion to Next Door to Love"* drawn...1 week ago
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Diablo ex Machina -or- Blogging about NOT blogging is a sin - There are many times in my life that I feel cursed and put-upon by fate. Such times are when I feel kinship most with lovable perennial losers like "Peter P...1 week ago
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ARCHIE & FRIENDS #138 on sale now! - ARCHIE & FRIENDS #138 is now on sale. The cover was inked by me and penciled by the great Fernando Ruiz. That’s all I did for this issue. The interiors w...1 week ago
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DC launches new Earth One line of graphic novels - Speaking of Batman… So DC’s giving the whole new reader-friendly line of comics another shot. This time it’s called Earth One. Can it succeed where All Sta...1 week ago
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Jonathan Case, White Stripes, llamas. - New painting from Jonathan Case for McMenamins. They’ve got a White Stripes room, and this’ll be on the wall.1 week ago
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Diamond releases Top 300 lists for November 2009 - *by John Jackson Miller* Diamond Comic Distributors has released the Top 300 Comics and Trade Paperback lists for November 2009, as well as the full Market ...1 week ago
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Wednesday: Wolverine - Under the Boardwalk - [image: WOLVUBOARD_15bot] One week late but worth the wait: WOLVERINE: UNDER THE BOARDWALK, a one-shot psychological thriller by me and Tomm Coker (DAREDEV...1 week ago
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The Cartoonist airing on PBS TV stations - We just found out that there will be some upcoming PBS airings of The Cartoonist. Tonight in Philadelphia, the documentary will air at 9pm on channel 35 WY...1 week ago
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Three Questions about The Art of Harvey Kurtzman - The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle. Abrams, 2009. $40.00. There's much to love about Denis Kitchen and Paul...1 week ago
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2009 – A Kirby Odyssey - Well, barring something unforseen, it looks like every major Kirby publication of 2009 should be out now, so why not get the annual recap out of the way ea...1 week ago
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Happy Birthday, Sammi - At 8:20 in the morning twenty-five years ago, my daughter Sammi finally entered the world. I say "finally" because we had been expecting her arrival for al...1 week ago
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Liner Notes for "Koman!" - As mentioned in earlier blogs, "Koman!"—now being serialized at the rhadventures.com website—is the last of three stories originally produced in the 1980s ...1 week ago
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Nix, Kids — Dispatches - Jump to Comments · Submit to del.icio.us · BlackDossier1. When I was eight years old, a librarian refused to let me check out a book. The issue wasn't a ma...1 week ago
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It Started When an Alien Device Did What It Did... - As many of you faithful readers may already know, one of the many things occupying my time these days is writing episodes of the cool Cartoon Networkseries ...1 week ago
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Nov. 3, 2009: White nerdy guys - “Something that benefited me as a woman who read superhero comics is that I never thought of most fans as just like me. I knew from the start that my tas...2 weeks ago
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Catwoman Statue Sketches on eBay! - Catwoman Statue Sketches are now available for bidding on eBay. 3 Sketches plus a bonus pencil sketch that was done as a rough. Set starting at $99.95 with...2 weeks ago
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december first - … is the date, and I’m extra grateful to be drawing final pages again after five months of rewrites! Thank you, blog-readers, for all your patience and enc...2 weeks ago
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BEEN OUT FOR A LONG TIME - Heya guys!! This is me again, you remember me right? Well I know that i suck at blogging, but those who have reamian loyal can see that I”m a pretty active...2 weeks ago
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New Stuff: Barlow! - SALEM'S LOT is my favorite Stephen King novel and unarguably my 2nd favorite vampire novel after DRACULA - so when I was asked to do a commission of the le...2 weeks ago
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Get Thee To Getxo - Friends, Late notice I'm going to be at the Getxo Comic Con in Bilbao all this weekend, so, if you're close by, or want to get close by to say hi, please c...2 weeks ago
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Happy Thanksiving 2009! - Happy Thanksgiving guys. Eat tons of turkey, enjoy the parades and football games, and try not to trample anyone to death going after that big sale. I coul...3 weeks ago
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Just in case you're interested... - I'm going to extend this posting break here, perhaps at least until the end of the year. The stars, planets, humors, vapors, and all other sorts of esoteri...3 weeks ago
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PAINTINGS! - So, CTN-X 2009 was hugely successful, with amazing work coming past my table and lots and lots of animation industry fun. Thanks for stopping by, if you ...3 weeks ago
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Three Alternate Ideas for Turkey Leftovers - If you're tired of turkey sandwiches on Black Friday, here are three quick ideas for more "international" ways to cook up your leftovers... 1. Break up nic...3 weeks ago
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Remember (almost) Here - Apparently BEANWORLD BOOK 3: REMEMBER HERE WHEN YOU ARE THERE appears on the invoices for some, but not all, comic shops getting books from Diamond this we...3 weeks ago
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2 - *Y*esterday I referred to 'what Will Eisner had in mind' when he called his *Contract with God* a 'graphic novel,' as though I had some inside track into w...3 weeks ago
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Web Comic Project: Day 153 - In the early days of Slave Labor (now SLG Publishing) I hated our typesetter. He was slow, surly and didn't seem to appreciate getting our (admittedly meag...3 weeks ago
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70 Years of Marvel - 2009 - So, the Secret Invasion's over, and the Skrulls have had their backsides kicked back to Skrullos. Good news for our heroes, right? Wrong. For whatever plo...3 weeks ago
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ABA, DOJ, BBQ - Most of the “shop indie bookstores / fight the big box chains” rhetoric I’ve heard has been rooted in a vague all-purpose anti-corporate sentiment rather t...4 weeks ago
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Adventure Comics #4.1 Review - *What Happened That You Have to Know About*: After the events of *Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds*, Blok is kinda falling apart. He heads to the Sorcerer'...4 weeks ago
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Kaoru Mori, Nooooo!!!! - While surfing for more Mori artwork, I stumbled across this image: Another "cheeky close-up" provided here, apparently from the April 2009 issue of Fello...4 weeks ago
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Service announcement - Ladies and gentlemen, a moment of your time.Al and I have decided that it would make a lot more sense if both of us were blogging on Housetoastonish.com. Af...4 weeks ago
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The Trevials of Covering Comic Conventions Live - Comics journo alumni Andy Khouri recently blogged about the unenviable task of covering a convention panel live. For those unaware, comics news organizatio...4 weeks ago
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Dodgem Logic hits the streets - I picked up my copy in Northampton from one of the contributors today and it's a fun read so far - I'm not sure when it's published elsewhere but the websi...4 weeks ago
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Cooking With Oishinbo, Part 3: Hijiki (by Derik A. Badman) - Our own Derik A. Badman (also of MadInkBeard.com fame) is cooking food from the culinary manga series Oishinbo, as a sort of alternate means of reviewing t...4 weeks ago
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Kirby Kinetics - Twilight of the King? - Whenever the art of Jack Kirby is discussed, someone will inevitably mention that sometime during the mid to late seventies, his artistic abilities went ...4 weeks ago
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Shel Dorf remembered - The Fox News station in San Diego ran a really nice feature on Shel Dorf, my friend, and founder of the San Diego Comic-Con. It’s here: http://www.fox5san...1 month ago
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November, 2009 - Hello. I haven’t posted anything here for a while because I haven’t thought of anything to post. Nothing Gerber-wise seems to have changed. He’s still g...1 month ago
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Vampirella - 6 Feet Tall! - [image: sg] Anyone with even a scant knowledge in Warren magazines remembers this poster, advertised in approximately ten thousand different Captain Company...1 month ago
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Captain Future: The Spider-Men - From Startling Comics #35 artist unknown Click for larger image1 month ago
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Aparo on the Web: The Spectre - At The Bronze Age of Blogs, Pete Doree treats us today to "The Wrath of the Spectre". Pete offers up some well-deserved praise for the Orlando/Fleischer/Apar...1 month ago
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Sooo Bored ;) - hey everyone . . .Okaaaay . . . So I saw this pup in the parking lot. His expression of boredom was so exaggerated, it cracked me up.it was early morning, an...1 month ago
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howlington @ 2009-10-26T22:39:00 - Here's a spot I did for Central Bank in Louisville. Approved – 30 Second Posted using ShareThis1 month ago
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Frank Miller and the Friends of Abe - Not really about comics: Finding through Sean Collins's blog (via) that Frank Miller was posting on the comments thread of Victor Davis Hanson's blog, I de...1 month ago
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Nick Mag visit journal comic - The creative forces behind Johnnywander.com visited Nick Mag in one of our final weeks of existence and documented their adventures:1 month ago
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THEM CHANGES - Up till now, I’ve remained silent on the subject of the twin upheavals that will, in the months and years ahead, reshape the comic book business in ways th...2 months ago
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Chimera Interview - Hello everyone-- I'm still busy building my credentials as the latest avatar of Dave Intermittent (or Dave, Interrupted), but I'm checking in here to poi...2 months ago
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I return to talk about action figures. Yep. - Well, I guess I am down to posting only sporadically these days. Something to do with moving house, I suppose. Anyway, if you go to the DC Direct site, you...2 months ago
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Announcement - My other Blog is ready for viewing: http://romeotanghalsrcollectionofsketches.blogspot.com2 months ago
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Tales from the Pull-List - Hi there. I hit a grouchy patch for awhile, which corresponded with a general belt-tightening and pull-list shaving. Thinking too precisely about money put...2 months ago
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Trading Update #18 – For The Win! - We interrupt our ongoing Reader Questions thread for this late–breaking announcement!The...2 months ago
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Epilogue - Hello again! For those of you who may still be connected to my blog feed, I wanted to let you know that: 1. Even though I'm no longer creating new posts, I'v...3 months ago
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Rest In Peace: Patrick Swayze - What an awful day in this world. Actor Patrick Swayze has succumbed to pancreatic cancer at the age of 57. He leaves behind a beautiful wife, Lisa, and a ...3 months ago
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BETTER, BETTER, BETTER, BETTER - With The Beatles: Rock Band and the much-hyped stereo/mono remasters coming out this week, the Beatles are getting more press than they have since 1964. ...3 months ago
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Look out, Mister Armstrong...! - Really, I can't imagine this panel being in anything other than a Starman story. Anyway, I need to let you all know that the Absorbascon is now on hiatus. ...3 months ago
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Brand-Man: The Untold Story! - This link is making the rounds today, but in case you missed it: A fellow by the name of Tom McAlister was looking for a job and came up with a cute gimm...3 months ago
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Forget Pixar – Bruckheimer could be a more immediate Disney partner for Marvel - Since Marvel bought Disney a lot has been made of the potential for a Pixar -Marvel match up - the company has even revealed that Pixar’s Chief Creative ...3 months ago
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Dusting Off... - Been ages, hasn't it? (And boy the blog looks ugly too.) Anyway, here's some random stuff that has been on my mind: - The modern Dr. Who is awesome. (Yes,...3 months ago
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Race for the Cure 2009 - Hi, On Sunday, September 13, 2009, I'll be Racing for the Cure (very slowly around Central Park). Please help me with a donation that will go towards bre...3 months ago
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Harry Potter and the Half-assed Movie - Okay, here's an exercise in futility, but I can't hold my tongue any longer. The sixth film in the HP franchise is simply bad. It was 153 minutes of tedium...4 months ago
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Comics I Bought 23 July 2009 - Only two comics? On the day that San Diego Comic-Con began? That's some sort of universal imbalance right there. Or it's some sort of karma to enable me to...4 months ago
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Jill Thompson SDCC schedule and other important info - If you're looking for me at the big ComicCon this week in San Diego- or- if you have generously volunteered some of your time to Booth sit for me while I'm...4 months ago
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SHAZAM! - Hey everyone! I'm writing to say that i've had an amazing time on Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam and as i see my time done and i am stepping off of ...5 months ago
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Jim Salicrup’s Addicted to Comics: R. I. P. Michael Jackson, King of Pop, and Comics Fan - Is there anyone alive unaware that on Thursday, June 25, 2009, at 2:26 PM the self-proclaimed King of Pop, Michael Jackson was pronounced dead in Los Angel...5 months ago
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It's my birthday - I am now officially old - Since I am aging and becoming Totally Old, I would like a throbbing forehead vein like Clint Eastwood and various telekinetic manga characters. A throbbi...5 months ago
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Closing Time - Well, today is the 5th anniversary of this blog. And it's high time to admit to myself that after five years, the blog has run its course. Not that this is...5 months ago
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Let's Play Catch-up!! - Haven't been around these parts much lately. Sorry, folks. Guess you can blame some of that on daughter Julie being home and demanding a lot of my time, ti...5 months ago
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Will Ferrell Commencement Speech - For the cover story of the NY Observer about NYC high school graduations, and the celebrities parents and administrators are jockying to acquire to deliv...6 months ago
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Letters Page - We always received tons of mail for TMNT Adventures. We read every letter and tried to publish all that we co...6 months ago
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Who's the Longest-Running Fictional Character Ever? - That's the question asked by National Public Radio on its "Monkey See" blog today. Take a look -- not only at the query and the essay but also at the secon...6 months ago
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Katma Quits - So why would Katma quit? See, she was the replacement of Sinestro, the evil Lantern guy.. She was good at it too. There’s just one thing she didn’t expect:...6 months ago
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Trek 3.0 - (No Spoilers) They got the Romulans wrong. Again. The last Star Trek film, Nemesis, which killed the franchise, made the Romulans stupid. Made them stupid Ro...7 months ago
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KE7 table of contents - I promised to post this a few months ago, but it took my reviewing the book to actually do it. Here's the table of contents for Kramers Ergot 7. Those who ...9 months ago
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DC Digest Ad - 1972 - [image: sg] My pal (and DigestFan) Craig Wichman sent me this awesome, rarely-seen DC ad promoting their first two digest efforts--Laurel & Hardy and Tarzan...9 months ago
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Coming Soon - February 27 - My next shipment from DCBS should be here today. This is what I'll be getting. JONAH HEX #40 CRIMINAL MACABRE CELL BLOCK 666 #3 (OF 4) FEAR AGENT #26 I A...9 months ago
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Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #3 - Sorry so late on this. There's actually not a lot to annotate this issue, despite the amount of on-panel chaos, and the Legion blog has already gotten to a...10 months ago
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Not the Beastmaster RIP - Or, "The Life Trap." Spoilers for Final Crisis #7, by Grant Morrison and Doug Mahnke Grant Morrison loves endings. He's so careful to give each hero his or h...10 months ago
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Something is rotten... - There are things about the comic industry that really bother me these days. In an excellent post at Big Hollywood, comic writer Bill Willingham decries the...11 months ago
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New blog! Same stale jokes! www.societyofdave.com is live! - Come visit my new blog, The Society for the Advancement of Dave. It's from the same people who brought you the award-winning Dave's Long Box- namely, me. ...11 months ago
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GALACTology — All You Can Eat! - “…’gimme some baloney, salami, and ham!!!“ Comics artist and friend, Benjamin Birdie, blessed me with this original Bahlactus piece at the Comicazi-con thi...1 year ago
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You Say Goodbye and I Say Hello - Ladies and Gentlemen, I have had a lot of fun doing this blog for over four years now. Three of them have been on Movable Type. Well very very soon and I mak...1 year ago
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Goodbye, City Life! - Andrew doesn't live here anymore. He packed up his stuff and moved to: http://www.armagideon-time.com/ So, like, update your bookmarks and feeds and links ...1 year ago
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ENDLESSLY: PART THREE. - Well, here we are... All things reach a conclusion and fade away. In time, the Mona Lisa will crumble to dust and the sculptors of Rodin will be rust an...1 year ago
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And I only shop at reputable stores! - Canada? No, of course not! As the days (and days, and days) pass in which I arise each morning to a hysterical Toby in those darn shorts on the phone, the...1 year ago
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The End - I've been thinking about doing this for a while now. I'm done here. "Seven Hells!" is done. I really can't think of anything more that I can do here. Thi...1 year ago
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Comic Con 2008 - Sunday, and home - Sunday was a low key day – no panels for us (decided to skip *Smallville*and *Supernatural* as well as another *Grant Morrison* one), but we kicked it out ...1 year ago
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Happy Birthday to ME! - My good pal Jan Eliot, who draws the popular Stone Soup comic strip (and hubby Ted Lay!) just sent me this super-cool birthday card. It's almost worth gett...1 year ago
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Finally! The Entry On The Spanish Language Issue Of Blue Beetle I’ve Been Meaning To Write - First of all, moving sucks. And, I miss my dogs something fierce right now — my sister is taking care of them while I look for an actual home for them...1 year ago
