Posted by: Robert Bazz on: March 30, 2010
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 [...]
Posted by: Preston Wheatley on: November 12, 2009
“We view the world through our own eyes.” What an obvious statement, and yet not always so intuitive. We love comics, but rarely stop to think of the social and political canvass our beloved characters were painted against. 1941 may have been the most terrifying and uncertain year the Western World has ever seen. This [...]
Posted by: Maggie_C on: October 10, 2009
Sometimes comics make us cry. Here are the top ten comic moments that made Maggie sob, Jonny bleary-eyed, and set ole Rob a-drinkin. These are pretty much ranked in order of how hard Maggie cried. Except one, but she’ll never admit which one. (10) Archie & Veronica’s Wedding – Maggie: SHUT UP. This issue will [...]
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: September 15, 2009
Here’s a list of our favorite second string couples (when we say second string, we mean lower tier at Marvel or DC, or not from Marvel & DC at all. Mostly we just didn’t want to deal with Lois Lane or MJ or Cyclops & Jean. We pretty much made up the parameters and we’re [...]