Posts Tagged ‘Geoff Johns’
High Five!’s Adventures at San Diego Comic-Con 2010
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: August 3, 2010
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For dubbing our San Diego condo “Hive Five Headquarters,” we sure were quiet during the actual convention. Surely, the other blogs were covering all of the actual news stuff (OMG EYE-STABS) while we were out, you know, having fun and stuff. But we wouldn’t be much of a comic blog if we didn’t talk about [...]
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, [...]
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: 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 [...]
Long Beach Comic Con Day #2: Bob Wayne Only Acts Annoyed
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: October 4, 2009
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Day two of LBCC! Lots of important news was broken, lots of crazy moments were had, lots of drinks were downed. Let’s just effin’ get to it! HIGHLIGHTS, Y’ALL: Jon and Maggie both met Stan Lee and got autographs (on the Amazing Spider-Man #41 and #71! Spidey vs. Quicksilver #71 went off to CGC to [...]
Long Beach Comic Con Day #1: Happy Stan Lee Day!
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: October 3, 2009
Day one of Long Beach Comic Con was short and sweet (to say the least). For only technically being open for four hours today, there was a crazy amount of shit that we managed to accomplish. HIGHLIGHTS, Y’ALL: Both Los Angeles and Long Beach declaring October 2, 2009 to be Stan Lee Day (and he thought he [...]
Going Green: A High Five! n00b Review by Hava
Posted by: HavaB on: September 2, 2009
One of the goals of High Five! is to convert casual fans into obsessive fans. We’re constantly convincing our friends, that no, comics are so TOO for grown-ups! We also find ourselves fighting a constant battle to convince people that while we may have grown up with Marvel (and YES, I have Marvel titles on [...]
Geoff Johns: the Man Who Fixed That Stupid Yellow Impurity
Posted by: Maggie_C on: September 1, 2009
Rob already wrote about Rucka and his women, I’m gonna write about Geoff Johns and the DCU heroes. Greg Rucka: Female Heroes as Geoff Johns: SubTrinity Justice Leaguers. Is there a DC fan alive who doesn’t have a total Bro-Crush on Geoff Johns? I don’t think so. Geoff writes the capes better than pretty much [...]
Gateway Drugs: Your Mom
Posted by: Maggie_C on: August 19, 2009
Getting your mom into comics might very well be an impossible task for a lot of people, but here at High Five! we’re always trying to drag others down with us. Here are a few valiant ideas for getting your mom into comics. Is your mom into 24? CSINCIS Las Miami? Or even just Law [...]
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