My wife is an artist. A painter. She has only been doing it for a couple of years, but she has already had several exhibitions of her paintings. Something happened recently, never mind what, that made her ask me if being established, having a "name" is really that important. The sad thing was that [...]
This week’s Haul reveals what happens: when a monkey loves a spoon; a merc-for-hire is ambushed; a hero fights a monster; and a group of superheroes gather to fight the Nazis. But really, I think the monkey and spoon say it all. So, here goes: Solo #3 (DC Comics) Solo is the quarterly anthology [...]
Welcome to this week’s Haul. This is a great time for comics – there are so many good stories in so many different genres out there waiting for someone to pick them up. So go ahead, try a few. Walking Dead #15 (Image Comics) This is a dark issue. And that’s saying something about a [...]
I’m pretty old, actually. I remember First Comics. No, not the first comics. I’m not that old. First Comics, the publisher. They were one of the first publishers to offer creators ownership of their work. And boy, did they have a line. Mike Grell brought them Jon Sable, Freelance and Starslayer. John Ostrander brought them [...]
It’s fair to say that I learned English through comics. Comics taught me that reading isn’t all that difficult. I hardly even needed a dictionary. Between the text and the pictures, everything was pretty clear. Now, bear in mind that I’m not exactly a spring chicken. You see, there was something that happened back when [...]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Haul. It was a good week for comics as I spent a ton of money, but came home happy. So here’s a sampling of what I picked up: A Strange Day (Alternative Comics) A Strange Day is a short original graphic novel in which Miles, a Cure [...]
Brian Wood and Rob G return to their popular franchise with the third (or fourth, if you count Wood’s collaboration with Brett Weldele, Couscous Express) installment of The Couriers. All you need to know about previous installments is that Moustafa and Special are bad-asses and have a tendency to find trouble. [...]
The superhero was officially born in 1938, when Superman exploded on the printed page in the first issue of Action Comics. The first time superhero comics died was less than a decade later, in 1945. They had their heyday during the second world war. After Superman, there was an explosion of superheroes. Captain Marvel, Captain [...]
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Haul. A classic character from the 80s is back, and I’ve got a review of his return. So settle back and strap in. Infantry #2 (Devil’s Due Publishing) Aftermath’s best comic continues as insurance adjuster Charlie Alexander and his hacker pal, Bill, try to decipher the data on [...]
Pop Loser
The Frenchmen The Frenchmen’s (who are neither French nor necessarily men, discuss) Sorry We Ruined Your Party dropped summer of last year and it’s been generating quite the buzz in the tweepop and California/West Coast music scene. Problem is, a) those two groups are largely the same and b) no one else cares. The disc has [...]