DC Comics is kinda/sorta trying to get comics back in the newspapers, or at least online, with its new effort, Wednesday Comics, debuting today. It includes a lot of top talent — Neil Gaiman, Mike Allred, Paul Pope, Walter Simonson, Kurt Busiek, Kyle Baker — working on some of the DC stars — Superman, Batman, [...]
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June 17, 2009
Nerd Wednesday: What I Bought
Today, the mainstream press is going nuts for Captain America #600, which features the not-entirely-shocking return of Captain America, who was shot dead a couple years ago. But my trip to Hi-De-Ho was largely motivated by Captain Britain, the English cousin who’s never been quite as successful as our own guy.
Still, Captain Britain is fighting [...]
June 16, 2009
Once Again, Japan Far Ahead of U.S. in Giant Robot Technology
They built a giant robot in Japan to celebrate the 30th anniversary of a TV show about a giant robot. Now that is what I call dedication.
Found via Topless Robot and ToysREvil.
June 3, 2009
Nerd Wednesday: What I Bought
I was debating whether I even needed to go the comic book store today, and then I checked out comiclist.com, and realized I had to get there before anyone else got their grubby mitts on my loot.
Here’s what I got:
Astro City: The Dark Age, Book Three, #2 — Kurt Busiek’s history of a fictional town [...]
May 25, 2009
Make Mine Marvel (Again)
About a year ago, I had almost no reasons to go to the comic book store. For me, this was akin to a crack addict saying, “Nah, I’ll hit the crack house some other time.” Nothing looked good any more. There were days I’d actually leave Hi-De-Ho empty-handed.
Now I’m leaving with an empty wallet, instead, [...]
May 20, 2009
It’s Nerd Christmas Every Day These Days
There’s almost more good news than I can handle. Damn you, Internet. I haven’t gotten anything done this morning because of you.
First, we’ve got the trailer for Sherlock Holmes, which looks fantastic.
Next up, the miniseries that made alien invasion look real — at least to me, back when I was 12 [...]
May 13, 2009
“Remember when Walt was important?”
Topless Robot has an excellent little time-waster this morning: “The Top 10 Most Shafted Characters on ‘Lost’”. It basically serves as a reminder that the season of the Tailies was just a long tangent that went nowhere (Ana-Lucia, Libby, Mr. Eko), and that once and for all, as good as “Lost” is, it was not [...]
September 29, 2008
On Other Sites…
Got a couple new posts over at Examiner.com — one on the bailout, the other on the best comics shops in LA. I’m diverse like that.
At the Absorbascon, Scipio nails the difference between DC and Marvel Comics in a post about J. Michael Stracyznski’s series, The Twelve.
Sleestak at Lady, That’s My Skull, has discovered an [...]
September 15, 2008
You Don’t Tug on Superman’s Cape…
Geoff Boucher at the LA Times has an excellent piece about the problems facing Warner Bros. and the Superman franchise.
It should be surprising that Warners can’t turn one of the most recognizable fictional characters of all time into a successful movie. After all, we’re talking about a property that’s already brought in billions of dollars [...]
