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HOORAY FOR WALLY WOOD!

Kirby With and Without Wood - I've mentioned a number of times the magical combination of Jack Kirby's artwork and Wallace Wood's inks. Kirby, of course, was no slouch on his own with...
24 minutes ago
The Pulphaus Publitorium

The Mixtape Project | 2009.23 - I'm going to hurt you so sincerely.
38 minutes ago
Pop

Thor: The Truth of History review - Thor: The Truth of History is a one-shot issue written and drawn by Alan Davis and inked by Mark Farmer that takes place out of regular continuity. Davis ...
41 minutes ago
VONSHOLLYWOOD [Pete Von Sholly]

NOW PLAYING - Go to www.vonshollywood.com and get go the screening room to see these fine ultra cheesy little homemade cartoons!
58 minutes ago
Four Realities

Hey, it was the fifties, they didn't know any better (and the art is nice) - So, back in the 1950s, not only did Marvel do a 46-issue series devoted to dumb blonde jokes: (based on the radio show MY FRIEND IRMA, which also led to ...
1 hour ago
Jog - The Blog

The mainline manga. - Children of the Sea Vol. 1 This will be out very soon from VIZ. It's a $14.99 softcover, with 320 mostly b&w pages. It's also the first release in the ...
1 hour ago
Nedor-A-Day

America's Biggest Comics Book Cover - Artist unknown
4 hours ago
Chris's Invincible Super-Blog

Happy Independence Day! - Click the image above to read a page that sums up in 5 panels exactly what I love about America, Superman, Hitman, and Garth Ennis all in one shot. Fro...
5 hours ago
The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log

Dreamstar - Yes, its another overly busty sexy superheroine, but its the great Gilbert Hernandez and while we’ve critiqued the OTT physiology of superheroines (and sup...
6 hours ago
Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun!

76 of a Kind: Forever in peace may she wave - [image: Flag comic books covers] [image: Flag comic books covers] [image: Flag comic books covers] See also and this one too.
6 hours ago
News From ME [Mark Evanier]

Recommended Reading - The current issue of Rolling Stone has an article by Matt Taibbi called "The Great American Bubble Machine." It's a long piece that basically summarizes a ...
7 hours ago
Eye on Comics

Reborn on the Fourth of July - Reborn #1 Writer: Ed Brubaker Pencils: Bryan Hitch Inks: Butch Guice Colors: Paul Mounts Letters: Virtual Calligraphy Cover artists: Hitch & Guice/John Cas...
8 hours ago
Kleefeld on Comics

It's Still Raining - It's raining outside. It started around lunchtime, and there's been a constant heavy drizzle since then. Just enough keep people from their parades and pic...
8 hours ago
Lady, That's My Skull

The Bane of Toastmasters - Here is the Schoolhouse Rock educational video from 1975 that ensured that no one of my generation will ever be able to recite the Preamble of the Unites Sta...
8 hours ago
Mightygodking.com

THAT WAS MY BIT - I was gonna do a sarcastic thing about Sally Kern blaming economic strife on teh gays, but Karen beat me to it.
9 hours ago
The Factual Opinion

Music of the Weak: The Mid-Year Check-In, Part Two - Typically, we don’t need an excuse to pore over our favorite music of the year, but since it’s the halfway point of 2009, we just happen to have one. Yeste...
9 hours ago
Comics I Don't Understand

BBQIDU - Okay, this would make sense to me if this were some bigass grill… but it looks like the one I bought at Home Depot last month for $99. So unless the fanfar...
9 hours ago
Jabberous [Mark Martin]

lakes, waterfalls, green woods bless wisconsin's vacationland -
9 hours ago
Mindless Ones

Sorry, dudes, no Amusing Brothers this evening - Gary Lactus’s spaceship is caught in a cosmic vortex, which means, amongst other things, that there will be no Amusing Brothers this week. The universe she...
10 hours ago
Speed Force

Downtown San Diego Shows During Comic-Con - As a follow-up to my last Comic-Con Tip — catch a play or concert at a downtown theater — I’ve compiled a list of events going on in or near Downtown San D...
10 hours ago
Atomic Surgery

Kenton Of The Star Patrol by Wally Wood - A “Kenton Of The Star Patrol” story from Strange Worlds #3 (Avon, May 1951). The Grand Comics Database credits Wally Wood with the pencils and possibly t...
10 hours ago
Comics Fairplay

Happy Independence Day! - Hey there! To all you folks who live in the USA or are American citizens, Happy 4th of July! To the rest of you, Happy Saturday! Heh. If you do live in t...
10 hours ago
palblog [Peter Laird]

Nature in Northampton - One of the things I like most about the Northampton area is how quickly you can move from the busy center of town to quiet, beautiful natural areas... such...
12 hours ago
Busiek.com

Happy July 4th! - And considering the nature of the day, what could be better than a link to the helpful, self-promoting cheeseheads of The Cheese & Burger Society? I'm thinki...
12 hours ago
Occasional Superheroine

Is The Niche Cable Network Dead? (SyFy Channel Rant) - This TV By The Numbers article on cable networks who abandon the branding and content that made them famous is spot-on. Why is the Sci-Fi/SyFy Channel cha...
12 hours ago
The Savage Critics

JUSTIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE! Capsules for 7/2/2009 (We operate on Canadian time up in here) - This was certainly a week of high-profile titles, although uncharacteristically dominated by DC in that regard (if not in OVERALL output). DC had two A-list ...
12 hours ago
Blog Flume

"A Waste of Gunpowder and Sky" -
13 hours ago
Bloggity-Blog-Blog-Blog

Happy Independence Day, part 2! - Watch. Enjoy. Revel in the true meaning of the holiday. And while we're at it:
13 hours ago
The AAUGH blog

Now Shipping: Peanuts 1960’s Collection - That DVD set of 6 Peanuts specials from the 1960s (A Charlie Brown Christmas; Charlie Brown’s All-Stars; It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown; You’re in L...
13 hours ago
Attentiondeficitdisorderly Too Flat

Wolverines! - Mike Nelson. Joel McHale. *Red Dawn*. RiffTrax. Happy Birthday, America!
13 hours ago
Michael Aushenker's CARTOON FLOPHOUSE

Happy Birthday, America! -
13 hours ago
But Before I Kill You...

A Review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - So I saw this film the other day. And, as I'm sure you're very much aware, it's received massively negative critical response. Almost universally panned b...
13 hours ago
Every Day Is Like Wednesday

I celebrate the Fourth of July by watching this clip over and over again: - I can't think of anything more patriotic than those three minutes of film.
14 hours ago
Comics Worth Reading

High School Debut Book 9 - It’s time for that staple of shojo high school manga, the sports festival. Since Haruna and Yoh are in different grades, this will be the only time they ge...
14 hours ago
Rick Veitch

Secret Origin Of The Sentry Part 5 - As Paul and I gleefully riffed on how we would depict THE SENTRY through the various decades, we realized we couldn’t use the names of any real artists or ...
14 hours ago
Comics Comics

Pops is Tops on July 4 - LISTEN TO THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG BIRTHDAY BROADCAST TODAY OVER AT WKCR FROM NEW YORK CITY! also available on itunes.
14 hours ago
MyRant [Steve Bissette]

If We All Had Guts Like Gamera… - …we could each make our own fireworks on the 4th of July! Have a great and grand Fourth, one and all! _______________________________ One 4th of July Bisse...
14 hours ago
The Comic Treadmill

Happy Independence Day! (2009 edition) - Happy Independence Day, folks! The cover of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories is by Carl Buettner. Picture from the GCD, as usual....
15 hours ago
Stripper's Guide

Herriman Saturday - Thursday, September 19 1907 -- George Memsic is training for his fight with Joe Gans. If Herriman's depiction of Memsic's camp boxing ring looks a little o...
15 hours ago
Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep!!

Cap/Nixon - What better way to celebrate our nation's birth than with Captain America? And even better, how about the time Cap killed the U.S. President?? Let's set th...
15 hours ago
The Johnny Bacardi Show

Obligatory holiday post. - Since it's Independence Day aka Fourth of July, here's good old Uncle Sam booking along in a Jeep with his boy sidekick, that appears in practically every...
16 hours ago
Comiks Debris

Super Milestone Issue - Last week’s mega-sized *Captain America* #600 is indeed a special milestone, for the series as well as for Marvel. The comic has a two-page essay with il...
16 hours ago
Dave Ex Machina - A Thousand Points of Articulation

This Del.icio.us Week - Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Legomancer Instant Tea » Blog Archive » This about sums up my feelings about Obama Giving Obama his own medicine. Tag...
17 hours ago
GeniusboyFiremelon

Cry For Justice: The Remixes - Believe it or not, I don't exactly agree with Doug Zawisza's baffling five-star review of "Justice League: Cry for Justice" #1. But I do agree with THIS. ...
21 hours ago
Postmodern Barney

Paperback Book Club - “Speaking of Inalienable Rights, Amy…”, 1976, 1978 edition, G.B. Trudeau Happy Fourth of July!
21 hours ago
Progressive Ruin

Sluggo Saturday #9. - IT IS NOT FOR YOU TO QUESTION THE DESIRES OF SLUGGO from Nancy and Sluggo #125 (October 1955)
22 hours ago
Polite Dissent

Happy Independence Day - Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies #21 (Dell, 1943) And what would Independence Day be without a clip from the musical 1776? Here’s one of the songs, “But, M...
23 hours ago
The Fate of the Artist [Eddie Campbell]

- *s*ince I've been missing from my blog here for a number of weeks, I thought i should clear out the drafts folder, where I find this scan of a drawing by t...
23 hours ago
Marv Wolfman's Today's Views

- HAPPY JULY 4TH. BE SAFE
23 hours ago
SprouseNet

- I got the official invitation from the Mid-Ohio Con guys this week, so if you're in Columbus, OH over the weekend of October 3rd & 4th, come to the con an...
23 hours ago
The Horrors of It All

Molu's Secret / Keeper of the Skulls - While you and your friends are blowing off body parts and digits today with Black Cats and M-80’s, here’s a couple tales about the removal of another body ...
1 day ago
Oh, That's Just Great

The Web Comic Project: Day 3 - I sent out my first batch of press releases early in the a.m. on Day 1. My timing may have been a bit bad with the distraction of the 4th of July holiday w...
1 day ago
Booksteve's Library

Movies That Fell Through the Cracks # 52 - Back to 1979 again for THE PASSAGE, an under-the-radar blip of a movie that's largely forgotten even by those who saw it except for Malcolm McDowell's per...
1 day ago
Comics-and-More

TGIF: Daria and more - Here are five things that I was excited about this week! . *1. Dreamstar by Gilbert Hernandez* - A short superhero story by Gilbert Hernandez (co-creator of...
1 day ago
Pretty, Fizzy Paradise

Happy Independence Day! - Well, if you're American anyway. :-) There's nothing like hot dogs, fireworks, and visits with my favorite cousin to make me feel patriotic. Even if I'm pr...
1 day ago
Michael Zulli

from the dead zone.......... - I'm working nearly around the clock to get this bestial book ready for publication. I'm dead tired and half insane from revisiting the whole thing all ove...
1 day ago
Kevin Nowlan

The Spirit of '76 - You folks seem to enjoy the really obscure stuff, so here's one that fits the holiday theme. This was done for my High School Reunion a few years ago. I'm ...
1 day ago
Neil Gaiman's Journal

Death Wish - I went to Los Angeles, had a sort of a working holiday, came home, and am writing. Working out a lot with the trainer, got a new trampoline. The cherry tre...
1 day ago
Silver Age Comics

DC's Revolutionary War Character - For some reason, very few comics have been set back in the revolutionary days. Obviously there are some problems with stories of the past connecting with...
1 day ago
Shelly's Comic Book Shelf

Get Your Reviews Here - I keep reading, and the stack keeps getting higher. That means despite cancellations of comics I like, there's still plenty to read. *Gotham City Sirens 1*...
1 day ago
DC Comics 40 Years Ago

Tomahawk #124 - *Tomahawk #124* (On Sale: July 3, 1969) has another beautiful cover by *Neal Adams.* It is hard to believe this book was not selling well. We begin with *"...
1 day ago
Great Caesar's Post!

Hey, Ben Franklin! - The Independence Day festivities have already begun here at GCP HQ, but that doesn't mean we can't share a refreshing glass of Kool-Aid with our favorite F...
1 day ago
The Absorbascon

The Death of John Jones - Okay, as mentioned, Vol. 2 of the Martian Manhunter Showcase is in some ways even crazier than the first one; but why? It's clear that the editorial/author...
1 day ago
The Comichron: The Blog of The Comics Chronicles

1997 comics sales estimates now fully online - The Diamond comics rankings and estimates for 1997 are now finally online here with the addition of pages for October, November, and December 1997. It's a ...
1 day ago
BeaucoupKevin // BlogMachineGo

DESIGN FETISH: New Order’s “USA89″ Tour Logo by Peter Saville - Happy Independence Day
1 day ago
Remarkable

Twin Peaks, Season 2, Episode 9 (or episode 16) - Or ‘End it on a High Note’ By Jill Duffy You know when you watch a movie and just before it ends, you say to yourself, “and... scene!” in hopes of willing...
1 day ago
Spatula Forum

What a maverick! - How do you show leadership potential and your suitability for the presidency in 2012? Well, by quitting in the middle of your term, for no apparent reason....
1 day ago
If Destroyed, Still True

Playlist: God Help The Girl - I've been listening to Stuart Murdoch's "God Help The Girl" album repeatedly the last couple of days, so let's give it some publicity.Murdoch is the lead sin...
1 day ago
PeterDavid.net

Smart Move By Sarah Palin - She’s announced that she’s resigning as governor. That was actually pretty bright. It’s obvious that she’s planning to run for President in 2012. And we al...
1 day ago
Failing Better

My 2009 Fiction Publications So Far - I received a contributor's copy of *Talebones* #38 yesterday. My expected copies had already shipped via a slower rate of postage and will be forthcoming ,...
1 day ago
P.I.C. NEWS

Happy Independence Day! - *We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that am...
1 day ago
SpaceBooger.com

Friday Night Fights:G7 Round 6 - Europe: “Ninja” “Ninja survive, in dreams I walk by your side Ninja survive, with you there’s no need to hide” Slay Monstrobot of the Deep will make you sh...
1 day ago
Seduction of the Indifferent

John Carpenter Triple Bill - Inspired by the John Carpenter Retrospective over at Horror Etc, as well as some similar discussion at Mondo Movie, I decided that it was high time I revis...
1 day ago
David Petersen's Blog

- *Cannot Display Webpage...* mouseguard.net and davidpetersen.net are currently down because of a fire at the hosting site: Due to a fire that has disrupte...
1 day ago
Scott McCloud | Journal

Friday Round-Up: Catoos and a Sandy Eggo - Cat Garza has kicked off “Flash Fridays” with a loving, adorable take on a classic Tatoo motif. Cat’s offering line files for anyone who might want to wear...
1 day ago
The Comics Curmudgeon

One-panel quickies - Ziggy, 7/3/09 Good lord, now we realize why Ziggy has so many pets: so he can express his power madness by running a dictatorship, without due process! Whe...
1 day ago
When Fangirls Attack

Friday July 3rd - Miscellany: Megan Fox Is Just Like Us (Except She’s A Hot Movie Star)! Gotham City Sirens: A Review When the top-heavy must wear white Marvel Divas: ‘Ma...
1 day ago
L for Lloyd [David Lloyd]

European Journey - Friends, I've been fortunate enough to have travelled throughout Europe over the years, largely through invitations to one festival or another. I've enjoye...
1 day ago
Boxburning [Jim Lawson]

TMNT 32 Cover/Pencils - I've been real busy lately. Pete sorta took me by surprise when he asked me how long before I thought I could get TMNT 32 pencilled. I originally was unde...
1 day ago
Boneville [Jeff Smith]

Happy Fourth of July! - Hope you’re going to be at a cookout this weekend! I will be. I can’t believe it’s summer already. I think this must have been one of the busiest Springs I...
1 day ago
chrisarrant.com

Concept Design of Ships - The above is an illustration by Annis Naeem. I found Naeem’s work and a variety of other amazing ship designs from the blog Concept Ships.
1 day ago
Yet Another Comics Blog

Amazon Top 50 - Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply. 1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw 2 (-). Watchmen 3 (-...
1 day ago
Those Fabuleous Fifties

- A Little More PR Friday Comic Book Day. I got very little response on the Paul Reinman material I showed last week, so I will have to show some more. My s...
1 day ago
Precocious Curmudgeon

License Request Day: Otherworld Barbara - Many, many people wish that manga publishers would license more work from the Year 24 Group of pioneering shôjo creators. Unfortunately, the market doesn’t...
1 day ago
The Astonish Factory's Center for Babbling and Scribbles [Mike Kunkel]

post from da phone . . . - 'Nother test from the phone . . . Me and our bestest pup Max . . . My inspiration for a side project. ;) sorry such a dark pic.
1 day ago
El Blog de Jotace

Fin de la Quinta Temporada en el BDJC - ¡Co*o! ¿Julio ya? ¿Otra vez? Cachis... en fin, pues nada, habrá que recoger los bártulos, meter en el cajón las llaves del cole y el portatizas, calzarse l...
1 day ago
Schulz Library / CCS

New York City, Zines and Samizdat! - Last weekend CCS went to the first-ever NYC Zine Fest. Held in the Brooklyn Lyceum, the event hosted a variety of self-publishers (including zinesters, car...
2 days ago
Doot Doot Garden Blog [Craig Thompson]

i’m gonna be the man who’s havering to you - On Monday, the sixth chapter of HABIBI saw completion. Each time I finish a chapter, I print and bind a set of photocopies for easy reference & editing. An...
2 days ago
Comic Coverage

Friday Pop-Quiz: The History of (Captain) America! - Before heading out for a long weekend of family, friends, and fireworks, how about brushing up on your American history? Or, to be more specific, your Captai...
2 days ago
comics212

Japan 2009: Tezuka World Installation, Kyoto JR Station - DSCF7714 One of my regrets last time I went to Japan was missing out on the Osamu Tezuka installation at Kyoto Station. Despite the fact there was advertis...
2 days ago
Read About Comics

Hellblazer #256 - Written by Peter MilliganLayouts by Giuseppe CamuncoliFinishes by Stefano Landini32 pages, colorPublished by Vertigo/DC Comics It’s hard to believe that He...
2 days ago
magic inkwell [Cat Garza]

Flash Fridays: Lady Luck - [image: Flash Fridays: Lady Luck] So I recently noticed that an older post I did where I included tattoo flash has been getting a lot of hits continuously...
2 days ago
Mike Kunkel's Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! Blog

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 ...
2 days ago
Neilalien

Emotional Hands: Ditko, Anxiety, Repression. -
2 days ago
Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog

Abner Graboff - Who was Abner Graboff? I had no idea. So, I decided to find out on my own. Artist, illustrator & designer with a career that spanned several decades, from ...
2 days ago
radiomaru.lj

survey says - View Poll: one person's opinion
2 days ago
High-Low

Peter Bagge: The Modern-Day Mencken? - Rob reviews the new collection of Peter Bagge's strips from REASON magazine: EVERYBODY IS STUPID EXCEPT FOR ME AND OTHER ASTUTE OBSERVATIONS (Fantagraphics...
2 days ago
Brainfreeze: Comic Love

Ah, so that's what they did - So when I saw the solicit for the new *Young Allies* one-shot, featuring a new story, I had to wonder what they'd do with the cast. After all, the original...
2 days ago
Howling Curmudgeons

Why would he call it "macaroni"? - As we get ready for Independence Day here in the U.S., I wonder just how many U.S. patriotic-themed characters there are in comics....
2 days ago
pulphope [Paul Pope]

OLD PEAK - [image: MACHU PICCHU] Machu Picchu is an archetectural marvel located 8,000 ft above sea level. Often referred to "The Lost City of the Incas", Machu Picch...
2 days ago
Drawn and Quarterly

How awesome are the interns, you ask? Most awesome. - Oh, Jose. Jose Luis Olivares. Our first CCS summer intern this year. Last name eerily close to The Chief's but we moved past it. As an intern, we rate him ...
2 days ago
The Legion Omnicom

SDCC09 preview - DC Comics released their schedule for this year's San Diego Comic Con, so for those of you who are going (which does not include me this year), here's what...
2 days ago
Journalista

July 2, 2009: Everyone’s baffled - “Thanks to the various sales and distribution fiascos of the 1990s, comics shops have pretty much been reduced to hardcore superhero fans and a...
2 days ago
The Secret of the Wednesday's Haul

Gutter Shots #3– The first rule of Pod Club - In Episode 3, our intrepid podcaststers talk about the top movie at the box office right now, Tranformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. After that, Scott is i...
3 days ago
Portrait of the Artist

Countdown to San Diego 2009/Part I - *Booth S14 in the Small Press Pavilion* * (off of Aisle 1400, Exhibition Hall B1/B2) *As I write this in July, it's now only 20 days until the San Diego Co...
3 days ago
Are You A Serious Comic Book Reader?

Batman & Robin Round-Up - Following their collaboration on All Star Superman, the dynamic duo of comics creators have finally decided to take on the... dynamic duo. Their take on Su...
3 days ago
Todd's Blog [Todd Klein]

Two Years On… - This blog and my website will be online two years on July 3rd, in two days. I’ll be away for the next few days at a Klein family gathering, so I thought I’...
3 days ago
SLG: Better Comics Through Superior Firepower

Strange Eggs Jumps the Shark in Stores Now! - *Strange Eggs Jumps the Shark*, that little comic strangely labeled "Kid Friendly" in Previews when it is *so not *kid friendly, is in stores today! It fea...
3 days ago
20th Century Danny Boy

Original Art Stories: Mr T And Working For Free! - This one is a doozy! Before we go any further it's probably a good idea to read this post, albeit over ten years old, from Mark Evanier. Once you're done p...
3 days ago
Comics Make No Sense

The Ups and Downs of Henry Pym Thursday! - Poor Hank. He's barely put back on the team when Cap is trying to court-martial him for zapping the semi-attractive but way-overrated-by-Iron-Man Elf Queen...
3 days ago
Larry Marder's Beanworld

My Studio and the Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies! - BoingBoing pointed me to a site that just made me laugh out loud. It's The Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies. I laughed because I have used a majority of ...
3 days ago
The Comic Book

Nice words from people we worked with - http://evandorkin.livejournal.com/194770.html "Sarah and I have been contributing to the magazine for over ten years now, mostly gags and some illustrations...
3 days ago
Arflovers [Craig Yoe]

Secret Identity–The Animation! - Animator/Director Clizia Gussoni created a cool, funny little animated short for “Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-Creator Joe Shuster.” Pl...
3 days ago
The Daily Cross Hatch

Johnny Hiro by Fred Chao - Johnny Hiro By Fred Chao Adhouse Books On a whole few entire mediums have been forced to fight as uphill a battle for legitimacy as sequential art. The pas...
3 days ago
The Hurting

- ***Clorox Lantern* This is hardly rocket science but I am CALLING IT NOW so ALL YOU BITCHES gotta pay respekz when I am proven right: White is the topmost...
4 days ago
P. Craig Russell

CORALINE wins 2009 Locus Award - Craig’s graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s CORALINE was awarded Best Non-Fiction/Art Book at a ceremony and banquet June 27, 2009 in Seattle WA duri...
4 days ago
Craig Boldman

TAILIPOE! by Craig Boldman: tailipoe_strip_273 - Craig Boldman: THIS WEEK: Rebouf P. Skorne searches the corridors of the Howlington mansion in search of the new widow. But will the hunter become the hunt...
4 days ago
Red Flag Comics

If I ever started what I finished... - ...maybe I'd have accomplished something and people might actually check out my blog. So, here's yet another story I've spent years working on but never ...
4 days ago
Stan Sakai

Wolverine 100 - As with last year's Hulk 100 Project, I am involved with the new Wolverine 100. Marvel printed a variant Hero Initiative edition of Wolverine: Weapon X #...
4 days ago
Mark Badger:Comics & Code

Batman and Superman - It’s hard to deny that Batman is the primal character of coolness and adolescent angst. A guy who can take on anything without much but his bare hands and ...
4 days ago
Sekvenskonst

Screamers on a Train - Right now I'm on a train together with my girlfriend Hedvig. It's hot, no air conditioning and people are coughing and small kids are screaming and crying....
4 days ago
Second Printing!!

His Thoughts! His Feelings! His Weapons! - It always amazes how reg'lar folk respond to you when you talk about different aspects of our little hobby. The other night, I met a lovely young lady who ...
4 days ago
TwoMorrows Tune-In podcast and TNT blog

Sale extended through July 4th - We’ve been working night and day mailing out orders from our big 50% off sale throughout June, but since we’re gluttons for punishment (and so many of you...
5 days ago
Again With the Comics

Torpid Tales of Tomorrow - Greetings, organic ones, I am HUGO, and I've been programmed to be your robo-host for tonights trio of FUTURISTIC FAIL TALES. You may remember me from my...
5 days ago
Looking To The Stars

Hellblazer #255 & #256 - Peter Milligan has managed to do something I doubted any writer apart from Brian Azzarello could ever manage; make me seriously contemplate dropping * Hel...
5 days ago
RED WINDOW

THE ANCIENT BOOK OF SEX AND SCIENCE limited editions - Here goes: Signed and numbered, edition of 50, signed by AT LEAST two of the artists, but more than likely all four. Each limited edition book will come ...
5 days ago
Society For The Advancement of Dave

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 days ago
Steve Rude's MySpace Blog

Jimmy Olsen Pages - eBay End Auction Alert - Jimmy Olsen Pages Ending on eBay Tonight Quick reminder that Steve's Jimmy Olsen pages on eBay are ending today starting at 7:40 PM ...
5 days ago
Warren Peace Sings the Blues

This week, comics appear on shelves, and people will buy them. You know the drill - I think I already used up all my links that I was saving. Wait, I found one: the latest "issue" of Myspace Dark Horse Presents has a "Dr. Horrible" prequel ...
5 days ago
Sanctum Sanctorum Comix

Pen-Ultimate Doctor Strange? -or- Ding Dong, Dork Doc is Dead. - As a part of my recent reading my backlog of the past 2+ months' pile of comics, I came across the events of Ultimate Spider-Man # 131, 132 & Ultimatum # 4...
5 days ago
ChesterFest

Japanese Manga Stamps - We received a box today covered in the the Japanese Postal Service's new stamps celebrating "The 50th Anniversary of Japanese Weekly Comic Books for Boys"....
5 days ago
The Seahorse [Jill Thompson]

Hurray for Patches - The first batch of patches is here! They look so amazing! Scary Godmother and the Boozle are on their way as well. I went for the fancier deal of course- ...
5 days ago
D'Blog of 'Israeli [Matt Brooker]

2-D Festival, Derry - [image: Derry] Derry seen from the river Foyle Thanks to David Campbell and everyone else at Derry for the marvellous week I spent at the 2D comics festiv...
5 days ago
That's All Vokes! [Neil Vokes]

GAUNTLET - The 1st story I had published in comic book form was a 9 page sample that my inking buddy,Rich Rankin and i sent out to several companies back in '83. The ...
6 days ago
The Fortress of Soliloquy

SilverHawks Sunday VIII: Getting a grip - This is the Miraj:This is the underside of the Miraj.That black strip? It does this:It has a handle. Now, it's not alone in that (after all, the villain vehi...
6 days ago
Dykes To Watch Out For [Alison Bechdel]

The Little Stranger - Time to talk about The Little Stranger. My pal, the Queer Theory Professor, is going to help me get the ball rolling. QTP: The first thing I notice is what...
6 days ago
Periscope Studio

Dylan Meconis’ Battlestar Galactisimpsons on io9 - We like to think of them as “Cympsons”
6 days ago
A Trout In The Milk

Capicolli Sandwiches, Pomegranate Limeade, Port Salut Cheese, And Rain At Last - …And also, at last, a use for the pomegranate. So I’m taking the day off, to catch up on moderately fun stuff I’ve been sidelining for a while. One of whic...
6 days ago
Fluffyman's Tor-cha Chamber

R.I.P. Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and Billy Mays - A “Tonight Show” legend, a “Charlie’s Angel”, the King of Pop, and one of the most recognizable TV pitchmen today, passed away this past week. …Holy crap. ...
6 days ago
THOUGHT BALLOONISTS

Emotional Hands: Ditko, Anxiety, Repression - From "Shrieking Man!" (Eerie #4, 1966). Click to enlarge images. "I don't abuse my emotions!"--Steve Ditko's Mr. A, from witzend #3 (1967) Comics critics lov...
6 days ago
All In Black & White For 75 Cents

70 Years of Marvel Comics - [image: sg] 2009 - It's Marvel Comics' 70th anniversary! This is a great little magazine, which I didn't know existed until I happened to see it on the rac...
1 week ago
Loose Pages

Uncle Warren and Father Bruce - On his Bad Signal mailing list, Warren Ellis just wrote one of the best tributes to Bruce Springsteen that I’ve read in a long time — especially given that...
1 week ago
Mike DeLisa

The will recognize my genius! -
1 week ago
Picture Poetry

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - I actually enjoyed the first Transformers movie quite a bit. I think the sequel may be the worst movie I’ve ever seen. It fails on every conceivable level....
1 week ago
BLARGH! [Eric Talbot]

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1 week ago
Tom the Dog's You Know What I Like?

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...
1 week ago
Comics Ate My Brain

What's the matter with Kansas?, part 2: Superman Inc. - I got the idea to blog about this 1999 Elseworlds while in the middle of reading *Red Son*, and the reason should be pretty obvious: here, the focus isn't ...
1 week ago
Simon & Kirby Weblog at the Jack Kirby Museum

Art of Romance, Chapter 17, The Assistant - (November 1951 – January 1952: Young Romance #39 – #41, Young Love #27 – #29) Number of Romance Titles 1947 – 1953 (the period covered in this chapter is s...
1 week ago
Beer & Meat

My Favorite Michael Thing - I remember having people over one night in 1983. I remember telling them I had to turn the TV on and watch Michael Jackson on the Motown 25th Anniversary Spe...
1 week ago
The Dissector

- *The Dissector #121.* *DISCLAIMER (angry creators, please read)* *[[WARNING! THIS COLUMN MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS!]]* *"My law partner told me the only job ...
1 week ago
Anything Goes [Bob Rozakis]

CTY - Day 1 - In 1993, our son Chuck was accepted into the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth summer program. When asked if he would like to go to the th...
1 week ago
Dooneygirls! [Michael Dooney]

San Diego is a go baby! - Since I've been posting so seldom lately I though that I should at least have a post saying that I'll be at the San Diego Comic Con all 4 days in artist a...
1 week ago
SIZE MATTERS: The Mini-Comics Blog

- *Up a Blind Alley and Paunch by Scott Smith* Scott Smith's *Up A Blind Alley *, subtitled "When did I get to be so boring," entertains with its deadpan humo...
1 week ago
PALAEOBLOG

Various Drawings Vol.4 from Mark Schultz - Coming this summer from Flesk Publications is Mark Schultz’s Various Drawings Volume 4. It includes his best work from over the last two years and featur...
1 week ago
Comics Waiting Room 3.0 Reviews

JOHNNY HIRO - *JOHNNY HIRO Written and Drawn by Fred Chao Published by AdHouse Books* I’m a little jaded these days when it comes to comics, and frankly it takes a lot ...
1 week ago
Los Monitos de Ramos

WOLVERINE, AND THE HERO INITIATIVE - The HERO INITIATIVE if you don’t know yet, is a non profit org, whose only intention is to hold a hand to our elder comic book creators. I’ve always feel h...
1 week ago
Blam's Blog

'Bot Man - *Transformers movie still © 2007 DreamWorks & Paramount; likeness is a trademark of Hasbro. * I was "oh-fer" in last week's *Late Show* online Top Ten Co...
1 week ago
Motime Like the Present

Mischimeracation? - Mischimeracation? Kind of a bad review... See you soon friends! Seaguy: Slaves of Mickey Eye... as soon as I get through with moving... It will happen! ...
1 week ago
AndyRunton.com

Owly is now available on the Kindle! - We’re delighted to announce that all of the current Owly Graphic Novels are now available for download on the Amazon Kindle! All of the books are optimized...
1 week ago
Sporadic Sequential

Gee, Thanks for the Just As Expensive, Smaller Hardcover, Fantagraphics - Click to Palomar-size! Although I suppose the additional 75+ pages are a small consolation. And the smaller size is actually easier to handle when reading...
1 week ago
Broken Glass Makes Me Laugh

David Mamet on visual storytelling - I'm reading David Mamet's *Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business*, and I came across this passage about visual s...
1 week ago
Gunk’l’dunk - Beanworld

-Link- Beanworld in SCIENCE - Leigh Boerner has a review of the recent BEANWORLD reprints in a recent issue of the journal SCIENCE. Read Larry Marder’s account of how it came about here...
1 week ago
Indie Spinner Rack

Indie Spinner Rack Issue #158 - Part One of our MoCCA Art Festival 2009 coverage! Before we get into our usual discussion of how much we love this show, we have to address some of the co...
1 week ago
Legion Abstract

Nerve Than a Toothache - On the Legion World boards, intrepid correspondent *Exnihil* recently announced that he'd be visiting the Wizard World Philadelphia convention, and that he...
1 week ago
Jack Kirby Comics Weblog

Upcoming Kirby – Various Marvel - Bunch of Kirby reprints in the latest batch of Marvel comics coming out in the fall. TALES OF ASGARD has some more modern coloured reprints. Mostly Kirby c...
1 week ago
Madinkbeard

Posts on Tezuka’s Phoenix - Here’s a list of my complete series on Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix (1967-88) (Translation in 11 volumes: Viz, 2003-2008). Starting overview of the series Volum...
1 week ago
Bob Eggleton's Art du Jour

The New Studio and Photography Set Ups... - Me in what was once my mom's living room...it has northern lighting and a cathedral ceiling! It'll get lots messier. Our good friend Fran Paliotta setting...
1 week ago
Evan Dorkin

Whatever Happened To --? -
1 week ago
Clandestine Critic

Blogcation - I was hoping to have reviews of this week's comics up before I took an official, planned, no, honest, holiday from blogging for a week or so, but it was no...
1 week ago
Ditko Comics

--Link-- Spider-Man pages at LOC video - Head over here for a three minute video about the original art to AMAZING FANTASY #15 in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
2 weeks ago
ComicsPRO.org

ComicsPRO San Diego Retailer Programming - Once again, ComicsPRO will present a slate of programming for professional comic book retailers at Comic-Con International: San Diego on Friday July, 2009....
2 weeks ago
The Jim Aparo Fan Club

Egyptian Aparo - Indulge me--I'm an Egyptian buff. I've been studying learning how to read Middle Egyptian (the language of the familiar hieroglyphs) for a couple of years no...
2 weeks ago
Chuck Dixon

COMIC BOOK STORE TOUR IN AUGUST! - G.I. JOE WEEKEND IS COMING! August 7th is the premiere of GI JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA and I’ll be celebrating on a four city tour of comic book shops in Am...
2 weeks ago
Fred Hembeck

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...
2 weeks ago
Drew Friedman

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...
2 weeks ago
Loose Cruse [Howard Cruse]

My Open Letter to President Obama - *As a gay American who supported you enthusiastically during your campaign, I am increasingly dismayed by the hollowness of your promise to be a "fierce a...
2 weeks ago
Dispatches from The Arrowcave

Speedy, do we have to have another "discussion"? - Speedy, this is strike two. First, you doodle in the sand while a super villain tries to impale me with a spear, and now this! Oh Speedy, its no wonder yo...
3 weeks ago
The Alan Moore fan community

Alan Moore in Northampton videos - There are several Youtube clips featuring Alan at this site. He talks about his life and work as well as the history of Northampton. There's an interestin...
3 weeks ago
Blah Blah Blog [Tom Brevoort]

Twenty - Today marks the twentieth anniversary of my first day as a Marvel intern. So it's not quite...
4 weeks ago
Written World

Kwitter - Part of the usefulness of Twitter is that I can find out pretty quickly if something has happened to my beloved cat (previously referred to as Knight, Hak,...
4 weeks ago
Double Articulation

The Seventh Coming of Jim Roeg (Maybe) - How many times do you have to die and be resurrected to qualify for Jean Grey status? I peeked out of my burrow a few days ago and saw that Mike Sterling h...
4 weeks ago
Still Pesky... [Martin Pasko]

“FREE CULTURE?” PART THREE - I started talking yesterday about the problems I’m having figuring out the Free Culture Movement (not least of which is understanding in what sense they're...
4 weeks ago
News from Green Man Press [Charles Vess]

Fountain Dedication - Well, the time has finally come. On Friday, June 5th at 7.15PM the dedication of the ‘Midsummer Play’ fountain will commence. The official part of the eve...
4 weeks ago
Retroactive Continuity Redux

More Star Trek Stuff - I decided to post yesterday's entry over at the Raving Toy Maniac's Buzz board and it was funny to see folks totally missing the joke. My point was that a...
5 weeks ago
Cowabunga Cartoon Classics! [Steve Lavigne & Ryan Brown]

Letters Page - We always received tons of mail for TMNT Adventures. We read every letter and tried to publish all that we co...
1 month ago
Things I Wish I'd Thought of Sooner

Bruno -
1 month ago
JM DeMatteis' Blog

STARS AND STRIPES - Well, it’s been quite a while. I've been working like a madman finishing up my novel—should have it in to the publisher next week—and then I have to write...
1 month ago
Beautiful Balloons with Maggie Thompson

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...
1 month ago
What Were They Thinking?!

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:...
1 month ago
A Comic A Day...

Free Comic Book Day 2009, part 4: Love and Capes! - *Love and Capes* #10, Maerkle Press *by Thom Zahler* SIGNIFICANCE: Forget the publishers and retailers that made Free Comic Book Day possible, and let's ac...
1 month ago
According To Me [Christopher Priest]

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...
1 month ago
Diary of a Cartoon Girl

Midna and Igor - Midna and Igor Originally uploaded by studiofoglio. Oh, and here's Midna, noticing Igor. Igor is being nonchalant, but don't be fooled, he's paying att...
1 month ago
It's Bloggerin' Time!

Summer Of Pain - Check it out -- I'm featured in this video for a Nebraska group called Brimstone Howl: Brimstone Howl - Summer of Pain from Ragged on Vimeo.
2 months ago
Dispatches [James Vance]

Nailing Down the Values — Dispatches - Jump to Comments · Submit to del.icio.us · c083e776-2c45-47e7-9312-28f38793d1b7_3001. The dvd release of The Spirit, Frank Miller's 103-minute exercise in ...
2 months ago
stevegerblog

Virus Alert - A Spammer posted a harmless-looking message as a comment to the previous message. It contained a link (irrelevant to Gerber) that took you to a harmless-l...
2 months ago
Scott Saavedra's Comic Book Heaven

The Angry Red Planet - I watched the B-movie-sci-fi-cult-classic-psychotronic-film The Angry Red Planet last night. As is usually the case with these types of movies bad acting,...
3 months ago
Vibrational Match

Los Campesinos! -- 'Death to Los Campesinos!' - (Via Crackle)
3 months ago
LEAGUE OF MELBOTIS

- This post is pretty much going to end whenever Leaguer Nathan shows up at my door. Nathan comes into town every year for SXSW and stays at my house while h...
3 months ago
Tragical History

The Greatest Movie Ever. . . - So the local movie megaplex has a downright retro scrolling moveable type sign (of the red-dot-letters-on-black variety) that lists the current selection...
3 months ago
Dick Hyacinth Probably Quit Reading Your Blog

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 ...
3 months ago
Digest Comics

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...
3 months ago
WeinWords [Len Wein]

The Best There Is At What He Does... - For all the blatantly obvious reasons, I present to you the following... Cool, huh?
3 months ago
Spoilt!

Hiatus - Note of explanation Comicspoilers.net has always been an all-volunteer effort. At its peak, there were five or six volunteers submitting summaries of issue...
3 months ago
Dad Blogs Comics

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...
4 months ago
Studio Foglio [Kaja and Phil Foglio]

The Studio Foglio Spring Release Schedule - I have set up an official news page on the Girl Genius web site. I have even given it an RSS feed. I think. Eventually, I hope to move the whole news pag...
4 months ago
Final Crisis Annotations

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...
4 months ago
The Roar of Comics

It's Scott Pilgrim Day! - Today is Scott Pilgrim Day, the celebration of the (roughly) yearly release of a new volume of *Scott Pilgrim*, Bryan Lee O’Malley’s video game-inspired ...
5 months ago
I Am NOT The Beastmaster

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...
5 months ago
Mighty World Of Marvel

The Old Order Changeth! - Avengers #16, May 1965. (By Lee, Kirby & Ayers) Well, here we are then, the first in what will become a very regular event in the Avengers, the "changing o...
5 months ago
cranky old man's comic blog

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...
5 months ago
Dave's Long Box

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. ...
6 months ago
Always Bet on Bahlactus™

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...
6 months ago
Lefty Side of the Dial

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...
6 months ago
Ragmop [Rob Walton]

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7 months ago
Armagideon Time

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 ...
7 months ago
Michael Zulli Working

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...
9 months ago
Stephen DeStefano

THE ESSENTIAL KILLRAVEN - So, I just finished reading KILLRAVEN, all the KILLRAVENS from the 70's. And I enjoyed myself, but still don't kind of get it. I think the basic concept of ...
9 months ago
Mary Worth, Style Mavin

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...
9 months ago
Seven Hells!

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...
10 months ago
Comics TV Blah Blah

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 ...
11 months ago
Sariling Atin Komiks [Romeo Tanghal]

Announcement - My new email addresses: ( 1 ) romeotanghalsr@comcast.net ( 2 ) romeotanghalsr@gmail.com ( 3 ) tanghalromeosr@yahoo.com
11 months ago
Michael T Gilbert Journal

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
one diverse comic book nation

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
Blackmarket Pies

Giddy Up - A lot of the JLI members complained about their boss riding them all the time... but clearly, Captain Atom got the worst of it. (See Max Lord ride bitch ...
1 year ago
Scott Dunbier

Liberty has its price, this time it’s $3.99 for 32 color pages! - What do Arthur ADAMS, Sergio ARAGONES, J. BONE, Ed BRUBAKER, J. Scott CAMPBELL, Darwyn COOKE, Garth ENNIS, Mark EVANIER, John Paul LEON, Mike MIGNOLA, Mark...
1 year ago
Gad, Sir! Comics!

Rude words in classic comic strips - Because I’m feeling distinctly puerile today … So, a kilo-bugger; that must be, what, equivalent to a thousand ordinary buggers? *Panel* From Winsor McC...
1 year ago
Random Panels

How World War Hulk Should Have Ended? - [image: mzII 5] from MARVEL ZOMBIES II #5- pencils and inks by Sean Phillips, colors by June Chung Do Comics Really Rot Yor Brain? . . . Let's Find Out!
1 year ago
Facedown in the Gutters

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1 year ago
Al Wiseman Blog

*Gas Buggy Gamblers Poster* (Part 2) - Bah. I've got a cold and haven't the strength to babble on and on incoherently about this swell *Al Wiseman* artwork. Which is good n...
2 years ago

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