Posts Tagged ‘DC Comics’
Ma Hunkel: America’s First Lady Hero
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: June 2, 2010
When I say the name “Red Tornado,” you undoubtedly assume I’m talking about DC’s modern incarnation, a big red robotic wind elemental guy from Rann who wants nothing more than to be human and love on his family. Well, come on! This is the DC Universe, where every character ever is part of some long, [...]
How Much for Fringe’s Alternate Universe Variant Covers?
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: May 21, 2010
So, a couple days ago over on DC’s The Source blog, they put up a weird cover for a “Red Lantern/Red Arrow” cover tribute to Neal Adams’ Green Arrow Vol. 2 #76. I saw it, kinda went “Well, that’s odd,” and left it at that. Being a gigantic nerd about the show Fringe (to the [...]
The Problem with Madame Lady Girl-Woman
Posted by: Maggie_C on: May 17, 2010
cross posted on geek girls’ network Geeky women feel constantly isolated, female comic book geeks most of all. Plenty of women are into sci-fi. Plenty more are into fantasy. Female gamer geeks abound in numbers that seem astronomical compared to the measly population of female Wednesday afternoon comics consumers. Some of my girlfriends read “graphic novels,” [...]
Justice League: Generation Lost #1: Ooh, Do I Hate You, Maxwell Lord
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: May 14, 2010
Confession time: I’m kind of going into this blind. When Justice League International broke up in 1994 in a Zero Hour tie-in, I was seven and turning my nose up at anything that wasn’t a back issue of West Coast Avengers (don’t judge me!). Before today, my knowledge of JLI was limited to the group [...]
WTF Is: DC Challenge
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: May 12, 2010
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How have I never seen this before? DC Challenge seems like it’d be so far up High Five’s alley, I’m pretty sure it has to buy us breakfast in the morning. Check it. According to legend (or the back pages of issue one, whichever), Len Wein, Gerry Conway, Marv Wolfman, Mark Evanier, Bill Rotsler, and [...]
WTF Is: Zero Hour
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: March 30, 2010
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We all know how much the publishing houses love their events. Hell, at last year’s San Diego Comic-Con, there wasn’t a single DC, Marvel, or Image panel that didn’t ramble on and on about how great Blackest Night, Siege, or Image United were gonna be. But in 20 years, will people really give a shit [...]
20 (Or So) Best Comics of the Decade: 1. Identity Crisis
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: March 16, 2010
Remember in ninth grade, when you were totally into that girl in your Honors English class? She was the only reason you ever feigned interest in the Bouncing Souls and Perks of Being a Wallflower. And then, one day she calls you and is all, “Hey, meet me at the Chinatown Express. We totally need [...]
20 (Or So) Best Comics of the Decade: 10-6
Posted by: Preston Wheatley on: March 7, 2010
10 (tie). Walking Dead – Robert Kirkman I can’t help feeling like this book should probably be #1 on our list. It isn’t (not even in my own personal ranking) because a few others were more popular, had greater impact, etc. But for sheer quality- in both concept and execution- The Walking Dead stood peerless [...]
20 (Or So) Best Comics of the Decade: 15-11
Posted by: Preston Wheatley on: March 4, 2010
15. Blankets – Craig Thompson It’s hard to write an original love story. How does one make the most universal of plotlines fresh and interesting? By re-telling his tortured relationship between his fundamentalist Christian upbringing and his first real love, Thompson gives us a unique twist on the autobiographical love story. Most of Thompson’s childhood [...]
Brother Power, the Geek #2: Joe Simon’s Red-Headed Stepchild
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: February 24, 2010
So, in 1968, hippies didn’t really read comics. Maybe they were too busy with the whole Vietnam War thing going on, maybe “truth, justice, and the American way” just wasn’t really their bag. Either way, DC Comics had a fool-proof plan to get their hard-earned busking dollars: hire Joe Simon, legendary co-creator of Captain America [...]
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