Seduction of the Willing
A good chunk of the people I follow on Twitter are comic book professionals. It’s interesting to see what they opt to reveal and what they choose to keep close to the chest. It’s especially gratifying to see them bicker. They spend a lot of time they could be writing, penciling, inking, or coloring, talking [...]
Top 100 Summer Comics #18
Spider-Man is a great super-hero. I think, that as time goes by, he will age better than other super hero titans Batman and Superman. Why? He’s dynamic. Very dynamic. Think about this – Batman is a loner, dark, and edgy. When he’s played anything else, it either comes off campy or just straight up stupid. [...]
Top 100 Summer Comics #23
A very special installment today. An issue that holds a place in my heart for a lot of reasons, and none that particularly extend from the story itself. #23 – Doctor Strange 2 The cover itself jumps off the rack. It did back then, and it still would today. Love the image, somehow this has [...]
Top 100 Summer Comics #31
Spider-Man was the first Marvel hero to hit supersaturation. In fact, by the early-mid 80′s, Spidey had AMAZING, SPECTACULAR, and WEB OF. Pretty crazy to think about, but he was pretty big. Even Wolverine has never had three on-going series running consecutively – Spider-Man had this for a decade, easy. That said, occasionally there were [...]
Miracle On Ice
Check it. An original John Byrne Alpha Flight page. My love of the Flight is well-documented, so I won’t go into the finer points of Canadian superheroism here. But I will say that one of my primary motivations for collecting the team from the Great White North was affordability. Full runs of Puck and the [...]
Top 100 Summer Comics #54
My anger towards Tony Stark has subsided. He’s actually a decent dude. Not the best hero, but isn’t that what the most intriguing always are? Ever wonder what the IRON MAN movie was based on, loosely? Well, this particular issue will probably ring true for you. Actually loved this issue when I picked it up [...]
Top 100 Summer Comics #55
Captain America was right with that whole civil war business. Everyone shoulda just gone with him. Instead a grip went with the reformed alkie and movie darling, Iron Man. Bah. Here’s to CAP smacking Iron Man around. #55 – Captain America 341
I’m Trippin’ Balls Over Here, Maaan
My Ann Nocenti worship post yesterday led me to take a closer look at her career. Fun fact I wasn’t aware of- she created Mojo, Marvel’s most confusing character. I thought maybe I didn’t understand the character because I’ve only picked up portions of his story. He bounces around the “X” end of the Marvel [...]
Nothing Can Stop the Blob!
Well, apparently romance can stop the Blob because he was laid low by love in this issue of Daredevil. This is one of my favorite single issues of all time. It’s simple (mutant girl pursued by Freedom Force, mutant girl protected by Daredevil); it’s beautiful (Romita Jr back when he was rough and still off-putting [...]
