Baseball and Bats: When the Batman met Cal Ripken Jr.
It’s almost spring, and in the baseball world, “almost spring” really means Spring Training is well under way. And since Comics on the Brain is […]
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You don’t know Jack of Fables: Reviewing ‘The Nearly Great Escape’
Years ago, writer Bill Willingham hit upon a great idea — base a comic book on fairy tales, legends, nursery rhymes and folk tales, but do it […]
Harvey Pekar is looking to have a bad day
For the longest time, I’ve been a comic book fan that pretty much ignored any comic book that didn’t have a guy in tights and […]
Twitter Reviews: John Carter, Beetle Bailey, Justice Society, Conan, 1985, Lone Ranger, Army of Darkness, Buckaroo Banzai
I review comics on Twitter at twitter.com/johnsimcoe. Here are the January and February 2011 and November and December 2010 reviews! Weird Worlds No. 1 (2011): […]
Twitter Reviews: Free Comic Book Day, Batman, Avengers, G.I. Joe, Justice League, Replacement God, Heroes for Hire, Weird Worlds, Action Comics, New Warriors
I review comics on Twitter at twitter.com/johnsimcoe. Here are the March, April and May 2011 reviews! Batman Arkham City No.1 (2011): A prequel to a […]
Twitter Reviews: Jam! Roller Derby, Wonder Woman, Death of the New Gods, BattleTech, Conan, Less than Heroes and Moon Knight
I review comics on Twitter at twitter.com/johnsimcoe. Here are the February and March 2012 reviews! Less than Heroes (2004): David Yurkovich creates a superhero world […]
Iron Fist: His Kung Fu is strong
Iron Fist is a little superhero in a big superhero’s world. When the Hulk is rampaging against an army and the Fantastic Four is dimension hopping, Iron […]
Twitter reviews: Rocketeer, Shinku, Gladstone’s, True Brit, Spider-Woman, Tigra, Mighty Isis, Alpha Flight, Star Wars,The Smurfs
I review comics on Twitter at twitter.com/johnsimcoe. Here are the July 2011 reviews! … And yes, I plan on posting all of them since I […]
Twitter Reviews: Captain America, Smurfs, Spy Vs. Spy, Treasure Island, Marvel Team-Up
I review comics on Twitter at twitter.com/johnsimcoe. Here are the December 2011 reviews! Cloak & Dagger — Spider Island No. 3 (2011): A nice ending […]
You’ll love to hate the Irredeemable Ant-Man
Ask anybody what a superhero is supposed to be and they’ll say it’s a guy in a costume who fights villains and stands for “truth, […]
Heroes For Hire Vol. 1: Civil War
I picked up Heroes for Hire Vol. 1 at one of those outlet mall book stores. It was part of a mass delivery of Marvel Comics […]
Justice League of America: The Tornado’s Path
I’m probably not the best person to review “Justice League of America: The Tornado’s Path.” I’m really not a huge fan of the Justice League, […]
The rise and fall of Titans East
I eagerly bought “Titans East Special” No. 1, hoping it was the launch of a new Titans book with a fresh, new cast. Who knows, […]
Free comics and Liberty Girl for all
I’m a week late in letting you know, but we had a great time at 2007’s Free Comic Book Day.There are two comic book stores in […]
Cal Ripken teams up with the Batman
Through the miracle of Big League Chew, that ooey-gooey bubble gum that’s sold in chewing-tobacco style bags, The Batman and Baseball Hall of Famer Cal […]
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle 99-cent preview
Every once in a while, someone out there in comic-book land gets an itch to try to revamp a character or well-known license. Voltron, Ghostbusters, […]
Cheap Thrills from Sheena … and just about everyone else
To make a splash in the comic book industry, it takes a little something special — such as a 99-cent cover price — or just […]
Thought balloons in Mighty Avengers No. 1
<IMG hspace=10 src="/images/32905-30753/MIGHTAVN001_cov_SM.jpg” align=right vspace=10>I had a chance today to read The Mighty Avengers No. 1, as written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by […]
You don’t know “Jack of Fables”
Originally published at Pop Quiz, Hotshot! for The York Dispatch. A few years ago, writer Bill Willingham hit upon a great idea — base a comic […]
The power of a magic acronym
Originally posted at Pop Quiz, Hotshot! for The York Dispatch. In this week’s batch of new comic-book arrivals is “SHAZAM! The Monster Society of Evil,” […]