Don’t go to your local comic shop unprepared. Bring a list. Be a person with a plan. Stroll those racks with presence of a comic shopper that knows the score. So study up, and check back later in the week for the featured pull list, the Panel of the Week and the Comic Book Club.
(A ♠ marks my projected pull list.)
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Some people really don’t know how to say goodbye. After following up the finale of Battlestar Galactica by directing underwhelming spin-off TV movie Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, now Edward James Olmos wants to write a sequel to the series as a graphic novel.
Talking to reporters on a conference call for Hispanic Heritage Month, …
Warner Bros. has announced that next Spring will see the release of an animated movie based on Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely’s All Star Superman, with Desperate Housewives‘ James Denton in the title role, Mad Men‘s Christina Hendricks as Lois Lane and, almost as excitingly, Ed Asner as Perry White. Being an almost-unreasonably large …
When it comes to the profusion of comics and the ever-expanding bulk of Previews, I am generally a “let a hundred flowers bloom” kind of guy; I’m very happy that American comics have reached the point where there are so many different kinds of publications for so many different kinds of readers. But every explosion is followed by an …
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up talking about what we picked up. This week, Douglas Wolk, Evan Narcisse, Mike Williams, Lev Grossman and Graeme McMillan discuss Love & Rockets: New Stories, vol. 3 and X-23 #1.
LEV: I read the first story [in Love & Rockets: New Stories vol. 3]. I WANT TO …
It’s time, once again, for the greatest scenes from this week’s comics to stand up and be counted. We’ve got some great stuff here, from the absurd to the surreal to the hyper violent. It’s time for Panel of the Week!
Shadowland: Ghost Rider #1
I knew full well that a Ghost Rider book drawn by Clayton Crain was going to be …
Proving once again that there is no piece of comic-book intellectual property so minor that somebody won’t bank on nostalgia for it, Ardden Entertainment has announced that they’ll be relaunching the mid-’70s Atlas Comics line at this year’s New York Comic-Con.
The original Atlas/Seaboard didn’t last very long: it was launched in …
With Daredevil being taken out of commission for a couple of months following his current crossover “event,” Shadowland, Marvel Comics has drafted a surprise replacement to take care of New York City’s downtrodden and overlooked: T’Challa, AKA the Black Panther. Well, a Black Panther, at least.
Announced on last night’s Attack Of The …
Two of the best independent English-language comics publishers have sales going on this week: Top Shelf has over 100 of their titles on sale, many for $3 or less, and Drawn & Quarterly is discounting nearly everything in their catalogue by at least 30%. Here are five killer deals on excellent books from each publisher.
TOP …
I went over to the Times Square midnight launch event for Halo: Reach last night to document the set-up and dedication of the franchise’s faithful. Along with the pictures linked below, I also scored an ultra-rare variant copy of the first issue of the Halo: Fall of Reach–Boot Camp miniseries, signed by the artist who drew it. This …
Marvel has released preview images from Tron: Betrayal, their prologue to this winter’s upcoming Tron Legacy, and… is it just me, or is the mention of “the West Coast” seem kind of weird?
Tron: Betrayal is a two-issue series that spans the period between the first and second movie, filling in backstory for Legacy and introducing …
I think, Stan help me, that this is going to be a light week. Finally. I could use the slack to help offset my fantasy football dues which I can tell already won’t be paying off. But just because my brown paper bag won’t be bursting doesn’t mean it won’t be a good week. Here are some books I’m looking forward to.
Morning Glories …
