Comics

Essential Reading: Kevin Huizenga

05.20.2008

Isaac Butler of the Parabasis (theatre, comics, the universe, and everything) blog knows I’m a fan of Kevin Huizenga, and invited me to have a diablog with him about the latest issue of Ganges, Huizenga’s occasional series for Fantagraphics about Glenn Ganges, Huizenga’s possibly somewhat-semi-autobiographical stand-in and everyman. Well, I’m happy to oblige. We’ll be [...]

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Grant is God?

05.18.2008

New X-Men by Grant Morrison – Ultimate Collection Vol. 1Okay, now I’m starting to get why they call him the “God of Comics”. I wasn’t that much of a fan before, I must admit. These comics are amazing, though. Highly recommended.

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R+B 5.15.08: Sky Doll, War is Hell, El Zorro

05.15.2008

Sky Doll #1I wanna start with this one, both because I enjoyed it so much, and because it’s so, so unusual. I tend to think of the guys at Marvel as being much like the guys that hang-out too much at my local comic shop – under-sexed, over-stimulated cretins. Marvel makes so damned many cash-grabs [...]

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R+B 5.7.08: Secret Invasion, Ultimate Human, Avengers/Invaders

05.07.2008

Secret Invasion #1, 2 The best thing about Secret Invasion so far is that Mockingbird is in it. I have the entire run of West Coast Avengers and she’s totally great. Hawkeye totally went downhill after she died. In #2. See Captain America call Iron Man “shellhead” was great too. It immediately lets you know [...]

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Who is The Nobody?

04.30.2008

Coming from Jeff Lemire and Vertigo. And yes, I will gladly shill for Jeff Lemire.

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Queen & Country Vol. 2 is hot hot hot

04.23.2008

I got this today. If you’re not reading these, I assume it’s because you already have the whole series. I finished the first collection what seems like years ago and I’ve been salivating uncontrollably ever since. It’s maybe the best looking collection of it’s kind of ever seen. And the comics are the bomb. Yes, [...]

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R+B: 1.23.08

01.24.2008

Reading + Blogging: 1.23.08 I’ve got something to say about this stuff. Northlanders #1,2 Brian Wood rocks. And he puts out of lot of stuff, really. This book doesn’t seem to lack any of the quality of DMZ or any of Wood’s other recent hits. I read somewhere that this will one of those books [...]

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Jack Staff Special #1

01.24.2008

Let me preface this by saying that I have no experience whatsoever with Jack Staff or, as far as I can remember, with Paul Grist. But, the cover of this comic ascribes to a certain set of aesthetics which indicate that it’s kind of “indie”. It’s something to do with the really non-realistic looking heroes [...]

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My Top Ten Favorite Avengers

01.14.2008

I originally published this on another blog, in October of 2006. I haven’t updated it since then. Okay, one more post before I go to bed. My Top Ten Favorite Avengers of All-Time (in order). Mind you, this list really only goes through issue 300 of the original series and West Coast Avengers number 50 [...]

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R+B: 1.14.08

01.14.2008

Reading + Blogging: 1.14.08 I’ve got somethin to say about this stuff. JLA Classified #50 John Byrne! JOHN BYRNE! Do you like John Byrne? I love me some John Byrne, his art anyway. It’s what super-hero comic books should look like, as far as I’m concerned. We can debate his writing techniques later, for now, [...]

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