On the move: The BIG day
Well, today my family and I are moving to our new home, as I mentioned in this earlier post. I’m glad to say that my […]
June 2006
Spider-man’s secret identity
It happens to me all too often. I buy a comic book and I forget it. Months later, it wiggles its way to the top […]
What are we afraid of today?
This cover reminds me of a hair-brained theory that I’ve been developing for some time now. Basically, it suggests that every generation (a term I […]
Casting a Wonder Woman
I’m not one to follow casting news for Hollywood movies or even be mildly interested in the fantasy casts that Wizard often assembles in their […]
An affinity for octopi
When I found this website, I immediately saw a cover image I had catalogued sometime ago. The site, called Poulpe Pulps, is a collection of […]
“Flash – The Fastest Man Alive” No.1 (Aug 06)
After “one year later” readers finally get a glimpse of what’s happening to the Flashes in the DC Universe with the new title, “Flash: Fastest Man Alive.” […]
The Great Lakes Avengers get their man
This weekend, I managed to read the “GLX” Christmas Special from Marvel. Yes, this weekend — June 17-18 — I was reading a Christmas comic. […]
Category 4: A hurricane-themed villain
The tabletop role-playing game Mutants & Masterminds is a fun-looking game, and I’ve been slowly, ever so slowly, creating a character or two for some […]
Runaways Volume 2
You’ll have to excuse me if I review the occasional “ancient” comic. In this instance, I’ve been hearing a lot of good stuff about Marvel […]
Calling Captain Comics
When you’re not here, you ought to check out the message boards on www.CaptainComics.Us, one of my favorite places on the Web.The site was originally […]
Blue Beetle No. 3 (or A Rant About Trade Writing)
As I prepared to write this review, one thing became painfully clear to me. Comic books are very different from when I was growing up. […]
Doomed by a corkscrew moon
Read this article at the NASA web site: Corkscrew Asteroid in Earth orbit This is the kind of science I love to read about. It’s like […]
Marvel Universe: Your Superpower Registration Form
Well, I’ve just received my super-power registration form from the federales (see the previous post on Marvel Comics’ “Civil War” No. 2). I’ve got to get working […]
Civil War No. 2 — Spider-man’s big reveal
SPOILER WARNING In the first issue of “Civil War,” Marvel Comics’ big event comic of the summer, the New Warriors, a group of superteens who […]
Superman sparks a bout of jealousy
As I watched “Look Up in the Sky” last night, I found myself burning with jealousy. You see, during the show, they interviewed the two […]
“Look, up in the sky! The Amazing Story of Superman”
Last night at 8:03 p.m., I suddenly remembered that the A&E Network was airing a special documentary on the Superman legacy. I zipped over to […]
Paul Wenzel: An artist lost in a “Black Hole”
I’m a bit of a nut for yard sales, and through the summer months, the wife, kid and I hit the road every Saturday morning. […]
Meet Spaceman 72
You may remember this post where I talked about my plans to slowly start building a comic-book company. In it, I basically described how I […]
More fun doodles
This group of doodles features an “Iron Giant”-like robot, a teen-aged sheep who’s angry at someone, a wizard and an overly-enthusiastic monkey.
Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends
Newsarama has just posted an interview with Sean McKeever, where he announces that he’s written a special one-shot featuring Spider-Man, Firestar and Iceman. If you […]