SF Diplomat deconstructs Iron Man. I don’t see what all the hubbub is about. So he’s an alcoholic, workaholic, control-freak millionaire military contractor who is his own superpowered bodyguard and often runs his own foreign policy — what’s the big deal? I don’t see anything odd there… Neil Gaiman was kissed during the Eisner Awards…
Last thoughts on the San Diego Comic-Con: Comics Reporter Brian Cronin of Comics Should Be Good Adventures in SciFi Publishing has some Comic-Con pictures. Fantasy Book Critic has a wrap-up of Comic-Con, with some pictures and thoughts, and yet more links. The Bat Segundo show flutters back for a second podcast about this year’s Alternative…
Brave souls still reporting from Comic-Con: Comics Reporter Comics Should Be Good: day two, day three SFX: day three, day four Mark Evanier: one, two Lynn Flewelling Neil Gaiman Laura Anne Gilman Laurell K. Hamilton Irene Gallo: one, two Jeff Smith The New York Times gazes down its nose at Comic-Con, and says tsk-tsk quietly…
People reporting from Comic-Con: Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing — a “voice post” Mark Evanier the ultra-fabulous, even-cooler-than-we-thought Maddy Gaiman Laurell K. Hamilton Irene Gallo: 1, 2, 3 Jeff Smith Heidi MacDonald of The Beat: photos, report Tom Spurgeon of Comics Reporter Brian Cronin of Comics Should Be Good Everyone’s reporting on DC’s new license to…
Comic Book Resources talks to Timothy Truman and new artist Tomas Giorello about the new direction, and new series, for Dark Horse’s Conan comics. Comic Book Resources also chatted with the creative team of the new Booster Gold series. Even if you’re not at Comic-Con, you can see it via the official flickr set. Mike…
Comics Reporter reviews 1-800-MICE #2, All Flash #1, and Magic Hour #2. Chris’s Invincible Super-Blog reviews this week’s comics, starting with All Flash #1. Greg Burgas of Comics Should Be Good also reviews this week’s comics, but he starts with Annihilation: Conquest – Quasar #1. At the All-New, All-Different Savage Critic(s): Graeme McMillan reviews World…
Marvel editor Tom Brevoort posts Mark Millar’s original memo/pitch for Civil War. Comic Book Resources presents the third part of their look at Homosexuality in Comics. Blogcritics reviews a pile of DC and Image comics, starting with Dynamo 5 #3. Blogcritics also has a Marvel comics review, and is particularly fond of Nova #4. Forbidden…
Beaucoup Kevin thinks this (to your right) is the greatest comics panel of all time. (It’s possible…after all, malt does more than Milton can to justify Kirby’s ways to man.) The Beat reports that Too Much Coffee Man will be debuting in a new form at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con: as an opera. Todd…
Webcartoonist Dave (Sheldon) Kellett has some thoughts on DC Comic’s Zudacomics initiative. Comic Book Resources has discovered a “secret” price hike on some Marvel comics – and asked Marvel VP of Sales David Gabriel to explain it. Comic Book Resources has a feature article — not quite a review, not quite an interview with Jamie…
What all the cool kids are linking to: A Hole in the Head has scanned a feature () from a 1947 issue of Life magazine in which major strip cartoonists of the day (Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, etc.) first draw their most famous characters normally…and then try it again, blindfolded. Comics Reporter tries to explain…
