Working full-time has its disadvantages. In my case, surprisingly, reading comics less isn’t one of them. My current job offers me the two circumstances most conducive to reading: large amounts of free time, and no wi-fi connection (you’d be surprised by how easy it is to become lost in a good book when you’re not … Continue reading »
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A Few Changes to Panel Discussions… New Stuff!
Hi everyone. Lately this site has had a good boost in daily views, ratcheting up to about 60 or 80 a day, but like a kid in a comic book store, I want more, more, more. To get this result, I’ve decided to add a few new features to this site. My goal is to … Continue reading »
When Superheroes Go Supernatural…
Oftentimes, when I can tell comic book companies are cashing in on trends, it seems toxic to me. Comics should be art, right? But when comics are rebooted or reimagined to better suit the public’s current fixation, it drags the whole medium down. That’s why I was more than a little annoyed when a few … Continue reading »
The House of Mystery Revisited
Do you want to know what’s truly terrifying about Vertigo’s horror series The House of Mystery? It’s over! I became a fan of Matthew Sturges’ series The House of Mystery more than a year ago when I found the first two graphic novels at my local library. For a time, I excitedly ran to it, … Continue reading »
Five Quick Superhero Graphic Novel Reviews
Just about every time I finish a novel I review it on my other site Coreysbook; it’s not so difficult because I only finish books every other week or so. Graphic novels on the other hand I read so many of I couldn’t possibly review them all. The comics I review for this site are … Continue reading »
Aah! Really Depressed Monsters! B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth: New World Graphic Novel Review
In case you’re new to this site, you should know that I’m basically the Gene Shallit of comic book reviews. Given the chance, I’ll always go for a cornball pun for a title. This time around, after spending far too long trying to do some punning with B.P.R.D., I decided to instead reference a children’s … Continue reading »
The Entire 2004-2010 New Avengers Series in Review!
One of the first things I did after getting a subscription to the Marvel site in November was to thoroughly entrench myself in the world of New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis. The digital subscription offers up the entire 64 issue series that ran from 2004 to 2010 without any gaps. In a very short … Continue reading »
Acme Novelty Library #20 Graphic Novel Review
Title: Acme Novelty Library 20, Lint Writer/artist: Chris Ware Normally I don’t include interior art from comics in my reviews for fear of copyright issues, but Chris Ware’s Acme Novelty Library #20 came with a disclaimer allowing small excerpts to be shown for “positive review.” I’m not sure if that’s sincere or if it’s another … Continue reading »
Something Off-Beat for your Collection: The Portable Frank
To say Jim Woodring’s Frank series is “compulsively readable” might be misleading, since, apart from titles and the occasional word-box, there’s no real reading involved with this comic. It is hard to put down though, and hard to get enough of. After reading The Portable Frank and Congress of the Animals, I now want very … Continue reading »
Super Book for Super Kids: The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man
I simply can’t understand why The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man received such negative reviews on Amazon. I first heard about this delightful little book online, then today I happened to find it at Barnes and Noble and, being the cheapskate that I am, read all of it in the store. The Astonishing Secret of … Continue reading »
