It’s not exactly a secret any more who dies in this week’s issue of Fantastic Four (although if you haven’t been exposed to any media at all today and are waltzing into a comic book store wondering what’s going to happen, don’t scroll down). It’s also not the first time one of Marvel Comics’ flagship superhero team has apparently bitten …
The Comics Code Authority, the organization responsible for making sure American comic books were safe for children’s consumption, blinked out of existence late last week, following the withdrawal of the final two publishers that used its services. It was 56 years old.
The initial version of the Comics Code was adopted by a consortium …
John Constantine got married this week, to no particular fanfare. It happened in Hellblazer #275, an oversized issue with a 38-page story by writer Peter Milligan and penciller Giuseppe Camuncoli. The bride has the very Milliganian name of Epiphany Greaves; the real wedding takes place after a fake wedding, and the mechanics of the story …
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up discussing what we picked up. This week, Evan Narcisse, Graeme McMillan and Douglas Wolk talk about The Invincible Iron Man #500, Supergirl #60 and Wolverine and Jubilee #1.
EVAN: Y’know, I didn’t love Iron Man #500 when I first read it, and then I read it …
There’s a lot of music online–more than most people have time to keep up with. That’s why you’ve got us. Every week, we’ll point you toward three excellent new downloads or videos from chart-topping stars, cult favorites and unknown geniuses.
1. Iron & Wine’s new album Kiss Each Other Clean comes out next week, but if you can’t wait …
DC Universe Online has been out of beta and in full release for a week now; we hope you’ve managed to get some sleep since it launched. Last week, ComicsAlliance posted a suggested reading list that was circulated among the staff who built the game: close to 100 graphic novels detailing all sides of the DC Universe as it’s been laid out …
This week, The Invincible Iron Man #500 comes out from Marvel Comics; here’s a little history of the series’ previous anniversary issues.
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Lightning round time. Fifteen things that make me happy about comics right now, in no particular order:
1. Jim Woodring made a seven-foot-tall nib pen called Nibbus Maximus. Then he drew with it in public. Jim Woodring also has a book called Congress of the Animals coming out this spring. If you are wise, you will not miss it.
2. …
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up discussing what we picked up. This week, Graeme McMillan and Douglas Wolk talk about Spawn #200 and the first issue of Casanova: Gula.
DOUGLAS: So I read SPAWN #200, and my mind is still kind of reeling from it. I’m afraid I’m going to have to cope with it via …
There’s a lot of music online–more than most people have time to keep up with. That’s why you’ve got us. Every week, we’ll point you toward three excellent new downloads or videos from chart-topping stars, cult favorites and unknown geniuses.
1. Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch the Throne is currently the most anticipated hip-hop album …
Diamond Comic Distributors–the company from which virtually every comics specialty store in America buys the bulk of their stock–has released their charts for the bestselling comic books and graphic novels of 2010 (for copies sold through them, which is to say it doesn’t include many bookstore sales). They list the top 500 in each …
Karl Stevens’ book The Lodger is so carefully and convincingly drawn from life that it’s tempting to assume the whole thing is fiction. Available from Stevens’ site and a few smart stores, it’s built around a year’s worth of the weekly comic strip Stevens draws for the Boston Phoenix, “Failure.” (The strip’s title is both a …
