If you’re eager for the premiere of Mad Men next month, get in the mood with this gallery of Marvel characters from the 60s, 70s, and 80s drawn by Phil Noto. Phil really gets the magazine vibe down cold. It reminds me of the iPad app that came out for X-Men: First Class in tone and feel.
Hello all; as of this week, my comics reviews are being crossposted to ComicMix, so I suppose I should tack a paragraph introducing myself onto the start. I’m Phil Sandifer, a blogger covering various forms of pop culture and media with my own idiosyncratic long-form analysis. I’m responsible for TARDIS Eruditorum , my now-concluded history…
Peter O’Donnell, one of the greatest of comics writers, died last night at the age of 90. He is best known for his creation Modesty Blaise, which ran in newspapers from 1963 to 2001, initially drawn by Jim Holdaway. He also created Romeo Brown (again, with Holdaway) and for many years authored the classic time-travelling…
SYNOPSIS Itâs been a year of calm. Homelanderâs subdued. Butcher works for the government, supervised by Hughie of all people. But both men itch to turn this peace and quiet into blood and bone. So when The Boys learn of a mysterious Anti-Supe weapon, it sends them crashing into The Seven, starting a war, and…
New York, NY—The Maker, a deranged alternate version of Reed Richards, manipulated his way through the timestream to create a world without super heroes, but when he emerges from captivity in 16 months, he’s in for a rude awakening! In his absence, super heroes, nations, and young mutants are reclaiming their destiny in four hit…
The weekend’s list of quick items: WATCHMEN WEEK: Where Were You in 1986? Part 1 | Comix 411 Golden Age Comic Book Stories: Wally Wood does an EC story, and Frank Frazetta makes notes on redrawing it himself. Take a look and watch how the masters did it. Amazon Kindle is now also…
If you are joining us at ComicCon, we’ve got the details on how you can win a trip to where THE HOBBIT was filmed, plus VIP treatment at the World Premiere in New Zealand! There’s also more with Danny Bonaduce and Barry Williams on their close encounter with BIGFOOT, and you’ll never guess which 90s…
