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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Star Wars and Comics. A perfect fit.
There was an EU before the European Union. The Extended Universe. To the casual Star Wars fan, that means nothing. To the diehard, it’s everything. To some of us in between, it’s… confusing. Intriguing. Overwhelming. The extended universe, for those uninformed, is what happened when fans starving for more are given an extended look at [...]
SHORYUKEN v. SNIKT
Much of my early time in life, like most readers, consisted of fake words and noises. Snikt. Bamf. Thwip. I was introduced to a new range of sounds (this time, in actual audio) in the early 90′s as arcade fighting games took hold on every prepubescent boy in the country. As much as Kang, Loki, [...]
Avon calling…
That’s right, once upon a time Avon made and sold a Wonder Woman mirror. It’s actually pretty cool. I warn you in advance, however, you’re probably going to end up in a bidding war with my girlfriend over it.
Is that what we’re calling candy cigarettes now?
“Candy sticks”? Really? At least the seller believes in truth in advertising… Someone in the Marvel licensing division really needs to go back and read that Spider Man/Power Man/Storm comic book. You know, the one about smoking being bad and evil?
Kick Ass kicks ass.
Since a new Kick Ass movie poster was just released (and does that movie look like it’s going to be awesome or what? Nicolas Cage alone is worth price of admission.), I thought it would be appropriate to showcase a few auctions featuring Kick Ass the actual comic. For the autograph hound: issue #1, signed [...]
Steve Englehart’s Fantastic Four. Emphasis on FANTASTIC.
A strange thing happened at Cumberland Farms on Loudon Road in Colonie in 1989. The Thing no more? Why is Ben Grimm standing there in that Man diaper?! It all happened in the pages of Fantastic Four #327. I was either skating at Guptill’s or on my way back from the Colonie Pool with my Pops [...]
The Infamous No-Prize
Marvel had me entranced in the mid to late 1980′s. I literally learned to read through comic books, and one of the things I would do was read every single page, ad, and yes, the letter pages found at the back. (Those have been done away with for the most part, to the chagrin of [...]
Tim Tebow’s older brother was a comic nerd?
So though this is a “vintage 80′s” t-shirt, I couldn’t resist making a Tim Tebow reference. Besides, would anyone appreciate a Kerwin Bell reference? I didn’t think so either. The perfect gift for your son who is NOT interested in football but just so happens to be attending the University of Florida. He couldn’t bring [...]
X-Men Oddlot
The X-Men were on top for basically 20 years. You could maybe extend that an extra 5-10 years on either side, but it’s pretty obvious they bow at the Avengers throne these days. Through that 20 years, there were many artists, a handful of writers (thanks to Chris Claremont and Scott Lobdell making extended (and [...]
Clayday.
As promised last night, I’m going on a little bit of a Clayface spree today. Clayface is a Bat-villain that I always thought was cool, but was super underused. I understand why; the detective nature of Batman meshes best with super villains that, minus their deformities and gimmicks, are gangster and serial killers types than [...]
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