I wouldn’t say that all of modern mainstream comics comes from Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing. Frank Miller’s work on Daredevil and The Dark Knight was just as influential, alongside the Claremont X-Men and the event frenzy kick-started by the Wolfman/Perez Crisis. And there have certainly been major developments in the thirty years since then. But…
This time, it definitely is the end. The previous volume finished up reprinting the fifty-year [1] run of Charles M. Schulz’s comic strip Peanuts in twenty-five volumes, two years in each book. (See my posts on nearly all of those books: 1957-1958 , 1959-1960 , 1961-1962 , 1963-1964 , 1965-1966 , 1967-1968, 1969-1970 , 1971-1972…
[[[BATMAN: NOEL]]] DELUXE EDITION HC Written by LEE BERMEJO Art and cover by LEE BERMEJO On sale NOVEMBER 2 • 112 pg, FC, 7.0625” x 10.875”, $22.99 US Inspired by Charles Dickens’ immortal classic A Christmas Carol, BATMAN: NOEL features different interpretations of The Dark Knight, along with his enemies and allies, in different eras,…
Saga of the Swamp Thing Book Two By Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, John Totleben DC Comics, 224 pages, $24.99 DC’s hardcover collections of Alan Moore’s run on [[[Swamp Thing]]] continues with the release of the second volume next Wednesday. The nicest thing about these releases is that it prompts us to go back and reread…
Marvel’s David Gabriel and Cory Sedlmeier spoke with the Marvel Masterworks fansite about their collected editions plans for 2009, as Marvel kicks off its 70th anniversary plans. The biggest news is that the 20 year old Masterwork program will add softcover editions beginning in January. Gabriel explained, “They will be issued one per month in…
