The Heathcliff Weirdness Level: A Daily Index of Heathcliff Comics
To determine the Daily Weirdness Level of a Heathcliff comic, please note the elements in the comic, consult the chart below and make a sum […]
Culture
Cuttlefish: The Aliens Among Us
They are foreigners in our heartland. They are hideous looking beasts with strange powers and mannerisms. Some believe them to be wildly intelligent and there’s […]
Scooby-Doo villains — All in one place
Lately, the CotB staff has been enjoying the most recent Scooby-Doo cartoon series “Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.” As with any Scooby-Doo show, the villains are clever, […]
Miniatur Wunderland: A train wurld in Miniatur
Every year around this time — just as all the Christmas decorations arrive at the stores — the Comics on the Brain staff starts thinking […]
Dr. Doom has words for Ms. Marvel
For comic book fans, one of the biggest bads of them all is the dreaded Dr. Doom. He’s a villainous star of Marvel Comics and, […]
Ask a stupid question … and the Hulk helps!
The great thing about the anonymity of the Internet is that you can make a complete ass out of yourself and no one in the […]
Remembering Robert Asprin, the Myth-maker
Back in May 2008, when Comics on the Brain found out Robert Asprin died, and we can honestly say we collectively mourned. Asprin was probably […]
Dragon theories of ‘The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove’
Comics on the Brain just finished listening to the audio book of Christopher Moore’s “The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove,” wherein a town is collectively […]
On the hunt for the elusive Shamrock Shake
Comics on the Brain can’t let its own specialized celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, the beloved snake-stomping holiday, slip away. Every year, the CotB gets […]
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 […]
May the Force be with you, Adidas
Back in 2010, when even people in the U.S. were actually paying attention to the World Cup, sports apparel maker Adidas added to the excitement […]
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 […]
URLs that make you go Hmmm: Tips for creating the perfect website name
Sometimes things just don’t work out the way you planned them. You mean to do something right, and it all goes to hell. Such is […]
Thank the Maker: We have C-3P0
One of the fun things about being able to draw, just as I suppose it’s nice to be able to fix a car, is that […]
Michael Bay isn’t the first to mess with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Fellow Ninjaphiles, CotB has a sad, sad story to tell you. It is a story of prejudice and hate that will surely make you weep for […]
Why I love squids: Lio — Happiness is a Squishy Cephalopod
I’m not as speedy of a reader as some of my friends and coworkers, but I do get reading things every now and then. They […]
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 […]
Use your illusion
The key purpose of computers, it seems, is to waste time finding weird stuff posted on the Internet and then forward it to all of […]
I kissed a boy … and I liked it
Old wisdom goes that parody is the lowest form of comedy. But for “Weird Al” Yankovic, it sure has paid well. Although Yankovic isn’t as […]
Tales of the Purple Seal
CotB has explored its interest in product design here and there. And every once in a while, a product package actually stops us dead in […]