He-Man minicomics — Part 6: What’s a “Flying Fist”?
There’s really only two goals for all the Masters of the Universe mini-comics — to get kids to buy more product and show them how […]
October 2006
The secret origin of ‘Mutant League Football’
Okay, there is absolutely no way that I can prove this, but let me tell you a story how (I think) I inspired a video […]
Halloween treats and Poe tricked
With Halloween quickly approaching, I can’t help but enjoy the sinister nature of this cover of Fantastic magazine from November 1952. The mortified heroine is […]
Ode to Firestorm
If someone were to ask me to recommend a superhero comic book to them, I would point them in the direction of DC Comics book […]
Games: Thanks, City of Heroes, but no thanks
A few weekends ago, I got a “free weekend” of play from the online game “City of Heroes.” The game, if you’ve never played it, […]
The “52” experiment
Earlier this year, DC Comics came out with an innovative new comic called ’52.‘ The premise of the title was to follow around various second-tier […]
Movies: Mickey, Donald and Goofy in a starring role
I just spent the last hour or so with my daughter on the couch, watching TV. In the last few months, she’s become a huge […]
Comics: Halloween giveaways
I just went out and picked up the pieces to my 2-year-old daughter’s Halloween costume. She’s been proudly proclaiming she’s going to be a “buddervie” […]
Marvel heroes save the Macy’s parade
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVdgmkc-xJA&w=425&h=350] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVdgmkc-xJA YouTube, that Internet phenomena occasionally comes up with something neat, like this parade skit featuring Marvel Super-heroes. Kinda neat if you ask me. […]
The Art of Kelly Hamilton
Because of my interest in art I like to scour the Internet for online portfolios of comic, sci-fi and fantasy artists. One of my favorites is that of […]
Marvel needs me — don’t they?
A while back, I was cruising a certain Web site that lists job openings and I saw the job of my dreams: Marvel Comics was […]
Be a hero — save some energy!
The Alliance for Saving Energy has a funny Public Service Announcement series where in they take a look at how superheroes could save energy by […]
Skeletor’s dirty little secret
The He-Man minicomic “The Search for Keldor” is one of the key issues of the Masters of the Universe promotional campaign. The comic, which was […]
Halloween coloring pages and Shrinky Dinks
Every year through the month of October, my main website, ComicsOnTheBrain.com gets a ton of hits. The reason being is because of this page: https://www.comicsonthebrain.com/columns/cotb/cotb021003.html, […]
Gene Gonzales
The last few days, I was doing a little volunteer work for the Captain Comics web site. My task? Create a bunch of avatars for […]
Dungeon No. 140
It seems like I was setting myself up for this, but in today’s mail, I got another one of my favorite magazines — Dungeon, a […]
Spotlight on Charlton Spotlight
Well, it must be a new month, because my mail is full of neat magazines. Yesterday I talked about History Magazine and the other mag […]