Strip Mind
Comic books are the result of some Steve Rogers / Captain America level experimentations. The puny, pre-war weakling that was Daily Comic strips kept trying to be a media darling, but the big mean bully named Radio kept punching him in a nearby alley. THEN, Max Gaines, hoping for the literal, financial translation of his [...]
LOOKEE! for 1/28/11
Outrageous astronomical SF film goofs from Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy blogger for Discover magazine. Donate or renew your Comic Book Legal Defense Fund membership at the Protector or Champion level and receive a limited edition, hand-numbered “Tree of Liberty” print by Paul Pope. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Challenger tragedy. I was in [...]
So It’s Thursday, It’s Holiday Week New Release Day. And It’s Huge.
Highlights: Process Recess 3- Acclaimed and uber-popular Fables cover artist James Jean’s new artbook from AdHouse arrived this week. Copies of the book adorn the counters at FP NYC and when I first saw them this morning I thought I was looking at a Soccer score. PR3, Brazil 0. However, it is not. In fact, [...]
When Writers Attack!
by Jeff Ayers Further proving this writer’s hypothesis that damn near everyone involved in the pop arts these days wants to be associated with comics & geek culture, an onslaught of prose novelists are releasing comics in the near future, led by this week’s Anita Blake: Guilty Pleasures #1 from Laurell K.Hamilton. Other recent medium-hoppers [...]