Happy Halloween!

This week Wednesday, new comic book day, fell on Halloween, which means many of this week’s books are themed after the holiday. Read the rest of this entry »

You’re Never Gonna Keep Me Down

I’ll admit, I started reading this comic because of the Greg Horn covers. She-Hulk was hot, so sue me.

Chauvinism aside, I’m glad I picked up this title. Read the rest of this entry »

Thunderstruck

The Thunderbolts are a team designed to give super villains a second chance, or in the case of many of the team members, a fiftieth chance.

Drastic times call for drastic measures. To fight the increase in super human vigilantes and criminals, the U.S. government has sanctioned the newest incarnation of the Thunderbolts. Read the rest of this entry »

Top 5 Recommendations for October 24

Each week dozens of comic books come out. I want to, every week, highlight some of the comics or trade paperbacks that I am buying and why. I am *borrowing* this idea from comic book writer Brian K. Vaughan’s Myspace blog. Read the rest of this entry »

Potter’s Magic

November brings falling leaves and a new issue of Mark Waid’s Potter’s Field. Read the rest of this entry »

Marvelling at Marvel’s Choice to Bring Back Marvel

When i first started getting into a lot of Marvel comics a few years back, there was a great legend that was always hinted at. This was a great hero - a pillar of the Marvel Universe. But by the time I was reading Marvel, Captain Marvel, alien Mar-Vell of the Kree, had died of cancer.

He was dead and unlike every other comic death ever - he stayed dead. Read the rest of this entry »

Captain America is back… in a fashion.

In March 2007, in Captain America #25, Captain America (Steve Rogers) was killed. Gunned down on the way to court after turning terrorist in the Marvel Comics Civil War, where heroes fought heroes over the law requiring all super-powered beings to register their identities with the U.S. Government.

Iron Man was for the act. Captain America was against it. Iron Man won.

Now Marvel is bringing Cap back. Read the rest of this entry »

Dance, Manga, Dance

Growing up, my favorite movie was The Labyrinth. The movie where Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) wishes her baby brother to be taken away by Jareth the Goblin King (David Bowie). The goblins and various monsters were made by the Jim Henson Company, the people that made the Muppets and Sesame Street, and designed by fantasy artist Brian Froud. Bowie sang, leading the various creatures in musical numbers. Read the rest of this entry »