Review – Superman Special #1: Darwyn Cooke Tribute
Superman and Son always keep their promises, returning to Dinosaur Island. Plus, two bonus stories.
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DC This Week – Midnighter, Apollo and Deadman Deliver
This was one of those weeks with DC where 90 percent of the books were good reads. For Corrina, the book of the week has to be Superman, in an old-style adventure story that includes a loving tribute to the late, great Darwyn Cooke’s DC: The New Frontier.
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Saturday Morning Cartoons Come to Your Comic Shop With ‘Future Quest’
A slate of Hanna-Barbera properties are revitalized by DC Comics, beginning with ‘Future Quest #1’. I spoke with creators Jeff Parker and Evan ‘Doc’ Shaner about what we should expect from the series and the classic character ‘Doc’ Shaner lobbied to include in the project.
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Who Would I Be, If You Hadn’t Died?
Who would I be, if you hadn’t died? I frequently ask this in my head when I think about my dad. I’m happy with the geek I am.
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DC Comics Brings Back Classic Saturday Morning Characters – But Different
How come no-one does anything with the classic Hanna-Barbera characters, you ask? For good or ill, someone is.
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Vertigo Comics This Week: Lord Byron as a Tech Zombie
Lord Byron as a modern day romantic? Casanova as the Big Bad? That’s the most intriguing concept in this week’s Vertigo comics.
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Lost in the Shuffle: DC Comic Announcements From Comic Con
Milestone’s back, Static may be a live action show soon, Lois and Clark are back together, and Vertigo has some fine titles on the horizon. All good news from DC Comics.
Continue ReadingWatchmen Prequels: Money Grab, Good Stories or Both?
On Wednesday, DC Comics broke the news of their planned prequels to the classic graphic novel Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Reaction to the news has been decidedly mixed, with Moore intensely unhappy about additions to his work, Gibbons …
Continue ReadingMoments Women in Comics Are Awesome
Last week, I wrote a post for GeekMom about Women in Refrigerators: Thirteen Years Later about what’s changed for women on the page and behind the scenes in mainstream superhero comics. The post was part of an overall week of focusing …
Continue ReadingComics Spotlight on Our Army At War
War comics had all but died out by the time I started reading DC and Marvel in the mid-1970s. I was familiar with Sgt. Rock and Easy Company only through a time travel team-up with Batman in the original The …
Continue ReadingLooking for Last Minute Holiday Gifts? Try Some Comics
I decided to ditch my regular Comics Spotlight this week and instead wrap-up the year by recommending some of the comics I’ve reviewed this past year in case anyone out there is looking for last minute gifts. You can’t buy …
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