Random Comic Book Friday.
You didn’t think I forgot did you? Perish the thought… and you should probably perish the thought of affording either of these, since I had my search functions set on highest priced this week… Click the image to see the astronomical price tag on this Todd McFarlane piece … Mind blowing.
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. [...]
Random Comic Book Fridays Are Back.
You miss it? As always, the deal is that I just enter the words “comic book” in the search field, with whatever settings I currently have going at the time, and post the first 2 things that come up (that aren’t ending in the next 30 seconds at least). Oddly enough, this week what came [...]
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 [...]
With Great Power Comes Mucho Responsabilidad
Those of you in the Southwest US and California are sick of Mexico. It’s been something you’ve had to be aware of since you were a little kid. It holds no mysteries for you and is likely as exciting as Canada is for me, a kid from upstate NY. But I’m new to California and [...]
Top 100 Summer Comics #47
Mark Millar brings the noise when he takes on a series. In recent memory, his run on Fantastic Four, as mentioned here, is excellent. One of the true marks of a great writer is to be able to take on the different voices and tone of each series – from Wolverine to Fantastic Four to… [...]
Top 100 Summer Comics #55
Okay, sort of treading on relevance here. And – the realization that nothing is stationary. Things change, can be rearranged, and changed back, for better and worse. Example – Spider-Man revealed his identity to the whole world, decided to wear the fugliest costume ever, AND bet against Captain America. And within a year… boom. Never [...]
Top 100 Summer Comics #63
Todd McFarlane gets all the early 90′s Spider-Man fame. But as someone who was there, when Erik Larsen took over, it didn’t skip a beat. And to be honest… I like Larsen better. Better Venom. Better Mary Jane. Less bitter beer face. And then there was this two-parter right here… #64 – Amazing Spider-Man 347 [...]
So Sick of Crappy Storytelling
Here’s a good idea. Say you live a fast-paced lifestyle and are constantly on the go- it’s possible your comic reading has suffered. You might like to get some reading done on the can, but that requires bringing comics with you to the bathroom. That’s a lot of work. Here’s a convenient way to stay [...]
Lunch boxes still exist.
I was always more of a brown bag kinda guy. I had a secret wars lunch box, probably used it ten times before it became a toy chest that I kept in my room. But still… never really into them. But if I was, this one from the late 90′s ( I think?) would work. [...]
