This week marks the release of Judge Dredd: Under Seige, the latest bit of societal upheaval from Mark Russell. The current master of comedic satire in sequential art, Russell’s career has been a longstanding testament […]
The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 9/19/18. In a market stuffed to the gills with superhero comics and heartbreaking comic epics, the importance and impact of newspaper strips is so often left out […]
G.I. Joe: Deviations #1 Paul Allor, Corey Lewis, Gilberto Lazcano IDW $4.99 2015 was the year that I took some time to read some comics about Transformers, specifically Windblade, who is the best. 2016 sees […]
There’s just one shopping weekend left til Christmas and this one is full of DC Collectibles goodness. There have also been a few new things out within the last couple of days that I will […]
Greetings readers! There’s DC goodness this week, TV POPs galore, an animated all-girl band and three DC TV Heroes from different eras to discuss. The next two animated Batman figures from DC Collectibles will be […]
Hey readers, I still haven’t completely gotten over Yvonne Craig’s death, but I am coping. Since last week’s column, they’ve announced more new Batman ’66 merchandise featuring Batgirl including Funko’s Vinyl Idolz figures which will […]
This is easily one of the neatest, if not THE neatest, pieces of promotional swag we’ve ever received. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the official Fly Outbreak Fly Swatter from IDW… BONUS: We’re […]
…That I wrote for a New York newspaper that didn’t run it. Think I missed a deadline. As we say on Earth, “c’est la vie.” This week I’d spend my dough on: 1. Sex #4, Image Comics. The […]
There’s a lot of good comics this week. I know you want to buy the same old ones you always buy because they feel safe and comfortable. I get that. I’m not gonna tell you […]
So last week was my worst column yet. How do I quantify that? Well I thought it was dumb, everyone else who read it also thought it was dumb, and not many people read it. […]
I am in Seattle for Emerald City Comic Con as I write this. ECCC is the beginning of the 9 months the comics industry affectionately refers to as “Con Season.” 9 month seasons. Not so […]
Hello loyal readers. How was your week? Not that anyone asked but I had a good one. Well it was good until Forbidden Planet’s Tech Wizard/6th member of Modest Mouse, Tyler, threatened me. It turns […]
I suppose a 2013 preview list should not be written 14 days into year, but I did a lot of traveling over the holidays, and acquired several video games of worth. If anything, SEGA should […]
New Comic Day 1/2/13! TONS of great new books out today (Mars Attacks Popeye‘s a fave). Click here for a full list of what we have available. ALSO! New Marvel Select Barbarian Hulk!
I would like to start this article off by “publicly” thanking those friends of mine who purchased a plethora of games via Steam for me this past Christmas. You’re given me an excuse to continue […]
Part 1: I love Chris Ware. Bit redundant to say so this holiday season with everyone and their sister buying Building Stories, but with so much comic awesomeness that happened in 2012; between Charles Burn’s […]
Two days before humanity faces the Rapture or enters The Supercontext or, most likely, just plain wakes up to another Friday morning (EST, Greenwich Mean Time +2:00 if you’re in Botswana… your results may vary) […]
New York Comic Con, like a vestigial tail, is now behind us. Maybe you were one of the lucky ones on the Con floor and know firsthand of the amazing announcements, projects and previews which […]
The New York Comic Con is BACK, ushering in the reminder that New York is the center of the publishing world. The NYCC has the BEST artists’ alley, the best small press books and the […]
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