A Reminder This Free Comic Book Day…
From The Gutters.
From The Gutters.
In the immortal words of Dorothy Parker… Err, maybe we shouldn’t go there. Sorry it’s been a while. September until May constitutes a while, cause it’s a bit longer than a little while. Between out of town comic book conventions, trips to Chicago, family vacations, trips to Chicago, holidays, even more trips to Chicago –…
Avengers Vs. X-Men #9 from Marvel Comics, the best-selling comic book to specialty retailers in August 2012, according to information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors, the world’s largest distributor of comics, graphic novels, and pop culture merchandise. DC Entertainment was August’s leading publisher in Retail Dollars, leading Marvel Comics 33.32% to 32.42%. Meanwhile, Marvel Comics…
While the Marvel Cinematic Universe is an unqualified success, I don’t think I’m alone when I say that the Marvel Televisual Universe is much more of a mixed bag. While I hear Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has gotten much better since a rocky start but I’ll never know because I decided I would never care about…
I have to admit to not being sure how much I like TNT’s [[[Dark Blue]]]. The series about an undercover unit operating in Los Angeles debuted last summer and for ten weeks my wife and I kept watching and wondering if it would get better. Slowly, and slyly, we found ourselves getting interested in some…
I first saw Nexus at one of those ancient Chicago Minicons we used to run at the beautiful and even ancienter Congress Hotel. The Minicon was an intense show held roughly every month, no matter the weather or the proximity of the latest Chicago Bears game. We had about 75 dealers tables, admission cost 75¢,…
This week the theme is “stuff I liked the first time around,” as I review the second volumes of four series that I enjoyed in volume one. For those who came in late, the reviews of the first volumes are here and here. Mu Shi Shi, Vol. 2 Yuki Urushibara Del Rey Manga, 2007, $12.95…
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Love it 🙂
My kids each got a few comics on free comic book day. It was so cute watching my three year old little girl throw a hissy fit at the clerk because he suggested a Yo Gabba Gabba comic to her when he couldn’t understand her toddler speak for “Hulk.” Seriously though, I had both her and my seven year old boy all over town because he wanted Captain America and Transformers and everyone was incredibly nice to them. I’ll take “comic nerds” over just about any other group any day of the week.