by Matthew Rosenberg Apr 10 2013
Funny story. My column ran long last week and Unkie Dev’s space got cut. Since then I have been wracked with guilt and completely unable to function in my daily life. I am overwrought with worry thinking about all you Unkie Dev Dev-iants who missed his thoughtful words and gentle demeanor. I have completely rethunked [...]
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Tags: 50 Girls 50, Al Williamson, Brian Glass, Brian Wood, EC Comics, harbinger, Harbinger Wars, Jack Davis, Jason Aaron, joshua dysart, kieron gillen, Kurt Busiek, Mice Templar, Michael Avone Oeming, Miss Fury, Punk Rock Jesus, Sean Murphy, Secret Identity, Simone Bianchi, Stuart Immonen, Superman, Taint the meat, Tales From The Crypt, Thanos Rising, The Massive, Try Something New, Uber
by Matthew Rosenberg Mar 18 2013
Ok, big week here at TRY SOMETHING NEW. It seems a ton of you have been reading my column and taking my advice. Obama released the sales charts for comics last week and it turns out REPTILE MUSEUM by Cody Pickrodt was the best selling comic in the country, selling a whopping 1,288,000 copies in [...]
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Tags: American Splendor, becky cloonan, Bob Fingerman, Brian Wood, Cody Pickrodt, DMZ, end times of bram & ben, Fatale, fiona sta[les, Five Ghosts, Garry brown, great pacific, James Harren, King City, Love & Rockets, manhattan project, Matthew Rosenberg, mind the gap, Ming Doyle, Minimum Wage, Nathan Fox, nowhere men, Prophet, Reptile Museum, riccardo burchielli, Ryan Kelly, Saga, Sex, shawn martinbrough, The Massive, toby cypress, Try Something New, Tyler
by Matthew Rosenberg Dec 24 2012
Third column. I am coming out of my sophomoric slump with an all star one this week. The only problem is that the comic industry basically takes the last week of December off meaning that there are less than 10 mainstream comics releasing. I’m not going to resort to recommending comics that I don’t believe [...]
Filed In: Comic News, Comic Reviews, Comics, Drawn & Quarterly, Image, Image Comics, Marvel, Vertigo
Tags: Alan Moore, Anders Nilsen, batman, Big Questions, Black Hole, Blankets, Books Of Magic, Brian Wood, Building Stories, Cancer, captain britain, Cincinatti, comic, Comics, Couriers, Dan P. Moore, Dan Slott, David Boring, DMZ, Don't Go Where I Can't Follow, Dr. Who, Ex Machina, Fashion Beast, Guy Delisle, Integrity, Joe Sacco, Journalism, Local, Manchurian Candidate, Mara, Mark Twain Was Right, matt, matthew, Microcosm Publishing, Ming Doyle, New York 4, Northlanders, Paul Cornell, Riots, rosenberg, Ryan Kelly, Saucer Country, spider-man, Ted Rall, The Massive, Timothy Thomas, Top Gun, Try Something New, x-files
by Jeff Ayers Jun 13 2012
If you follow our Twitter feed or like us on Facebook you may know by now that our colleague Javier Rodriguez can’t stop gushing about this week’s issue of Batman (found here). Like, will not stop. Me, I’m all over Brian Wood’s new project, The Massive. Here’s the premise: In a post-war, post-crash, post-disaster, post-everything [...]
