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The Most Important Announcement from San Diego Comic Con 2010

27 July 2010
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UGC Week: Blackest Night and Seige

26 January 2010

Bill says, “Blog about comics. Like, compare/contrast Siege and Blackest Night.” I generally try to avoid the nerdiest of nerdy comic stuff here, saving it for Alert Nerd, but I do what my readership commands. Because I care. I have, in fact, written about Blackest Night in a meta kind of way, a few times [...]

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Thankful

30 November 2009

I think I forget each year about just how much I love Thanksgiving, at least until it’s right upon us. It’s that curmudgeony part of me that wants to gripe about traveling and seeing my family that’s responsible for it, I know. This year, I was fixated on how I didn’t get to cook or [...]

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More Comics! My Pull List, Fall 2009

4 November 2009

Last fall, the list of books I have set aside for me at my local comic shop looked like this: DC Blue Beetle Green Lantern Madame Xanadu Manhunter Wonder Woman Marvel Astonishing X-Men Avengers: The Initiative New Avengers Mighty Avengers Captain America Guardians of the Galaxy Invincible Iron Man Uncanny X-Men X-Men: Legacy X Factor [...]

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STFU Nerds

9 September 2009

Warner Bros. announced a restructuring at DC today, with current Publisher Paul Levitz resigning and returning to writing full-time, where he’ll be focusing on getting Adventure Comics canceled (you read that Gentleman Ghost brick that he tossed in during Infinite Crisis, yes?). Taking his place is Diane Nelson, who has a proven track record of [...]

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Friday Cover Songs – Ye Of Little Faith

24 July 2009

In celebration of Comic Con weekend, here are some superheroic covers, one of which is a bizarre special request from a reader. The Cardigans – Iron Man (Black Sabbath Cover) Link Wray – Batman Theme (Neal Hefti Cover)

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Grant Morrison Has Ruined Batman

8 July 2009

When Batman “died”* in the pages of Final Crisis #6, I think everybody knew that the cape and pointy-eared cowl would pass to Dick Grayson, the original Robin/Nightwing.  Tim Drake, the current Robin, is too young and doesn’t smoke nearly enough to cultivate that Christian Bale-y voice.  Jason Todd, the unlikeable , brutish Robin II [...]

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