Saturday, September 30, 2006

Have You Seen This Comic?

Zipper posted this picture of his stolen FF #1 on his blog. If you've seen it then drop him a line.

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Friday, September 29, 2006

Fun Reading

There's an entertaining thread over at Gutter Zombie for creators to post their rejection letters from various comic book publishers.

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Thursday, September 28, 2006

Marvel Can't Count

From the October 2006 Diamond Previews catalog:

Marvel Previews p. 10 - Ultimate Spider-Man #103:

"The record is broken for the longest continual run by a creative team in Marvel history!"

What about the 120 issue run on Groo the Wanderer by Sergio Aragones and Mark Evanier? The series was even published by Marvel so how can they not know?

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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Nice

Just a couple more days and I'll be posting my review of Dracula - Illistrated by Jay Lee

In the mean time you can keep yourself busy by thrill bidding on this signed first edition Dracula with some pretty cool history behind it.

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High Praise

Mark Millar says the Joss Whedon/John Cassiday run on Astonishing X-Men is his "favourite run on X-Men ever".

Wow. I can agree with it being the best in over 10 years, but ever?

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Fear

I hope the move of Fear Agent from Image to Dark Horse isn't a bad sign. This series is in my top three favorite modern titles (see post bellow for one of my other top three). I'd sure hate to see it go away.

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Walking Dead

I just satiated my hunger by hitting the BIN on this bad boy. I've not seen one of these go for less then $100 so I figured why bid against others and either not bid enough or end up paying more.

I got hooked on this series after reading the latest hard cover edition that reprints #1-12. Now I get to read 13-24!

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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Is Patty Cockrum Wack?

Man, I like a good John Byrne bash as much as anyone, but Patty seems to hate just about everyone, especially John Byrne.

There are endless hours of 'fun' on that forum.

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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Add Ellison to the "Asshole" List....

with John Byrne.

Ellison Sues Fantagraphics, Groth, Reynolds

Asshole.

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Go Bid on This Auction

It's for a great cause.

BID!

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Rob Larson

Friend Rob has redesigned his web page. Check it out.

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Unfinished Tolkien Work to be Published

"An unfinished tale by J.R.R. Tolkien has been edited by his son into a completed work and will be released next spring, the U.S. and British publishers announced Monday."

Full story at CNN.com.

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Monday, September 18, 2006

15 Minutes

CGC forums very own nikos61 got a nod on Blog@Newsarama.com for his "John Byrne insensitive comments auction" on Ebay.

That should generate some action.

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Sunday, September 17, 2006

Cool On-line Comic

Fun on-line comic. Well written. Decent art. Shooting War. Read it.

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Friday, September 15, 2006

I'm Not The Only One

Next month will mark the first month, in 22 years of collecting new comics, that I'll be buying more DC books then Marvel. For that matter, I'll almost be buying as many indy books as Marvel. Crazy.

Apperantly I'm not alone.

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Live Action Avengers Movie

Read all about it.

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Thanks James

The Collector's Mentality is closing its doors today. I enjoyed James' take on collecting and will miss his insightful perspective.

Good luck on your future endeavors James.

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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

John 'The Asshole' Byrne on.....well.....Assholes

John Byrne weighs in on the death of Steve Irwin with:

"Okay, time for me to rain on this parade. I didn't know he had kids. YOUNG kids. This alters the mix considerably. This makes him an ASSHOLE. Cops and firemen, to name but two, place their lives on the line every day to protect others. There was nothing Steve Irwin was doing that he could not have done -- as did, say, David Attenborough -- without putting his life at risk.

This takes this from tragedy to stupidity, and, worse, irresponsibility."

Just for the record, Steve Irwin was more likely to die while driving to work then while swimming with a stingray.

It would seem that because John is washed up in his chosen profession, he's decided to move into a new field.......being a dick. I hear that's a field in high demand right now, especially on the internet.

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Monday, September 11, 2006

2006 Harvey Winners

BEST WRITER
Ed Brubaker / CAPTAIN AMERICA / Marvel Comics

BEST ARTIST
J.H. Williams III / PROMETHEA / ABC/WildStorm/DC Comics

BEST CARTOONIST
Chris Ware / ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY # 16 / ACME Novelty Library

BEST LETTERER
Chris Ware / ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY # 16 / ACME Novelty Library

BEST INKER
Charles Burns / BLACK HOLE # 12 / Fantagraphics Books

BEST COLORIST
Laura Martin / ASTONISHING X-MEN / Marvel Comics

BEST COVER ARTIST
James Jean / FABLES / DC/Vertigo

BEST NEW TALENT - TIE
R. Kikuo Johnson / NIGHT FISHER / Fantagraphics Books
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa / MARVEL KNIGHTS FOUR / Marvel Comics

BEST NEW SERIES
YOUNG AVENGERS / Marvel Comics

BEST CONTINUING OR LIMITED SERIES
RUNAWAYS / Marvel Comics

BEST SYNDICATED STRIP OR PANEL
MAAKIES / Tony Millionaire
Self-syndicated

BEST ANTHOLOGY
SOLO / DC Comics

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM - ORIGINAL
TRICKED / Top Shelf

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM - PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED
BLACK HOLE / Pantheon Books

BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR STORY
LOVE AND ROCKETS, VOLUME 2, # 15 / Fantagraphics Books

BEST DOMESTIC REPRINT PROJECT
LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND: SO MANY SPLENDID SUNDAYS / Sunday Press Books

BEST AMERICAN EDITION OF FOREIGN MATERIAL
BUDDHA / Vertical Books

BEST ONLINE COMICS WORK
AMERICAN ELF / James Kochalka / www.americanelf.com

SPECIAL AWARD FOR HUMOR IN COMICS
Kyle Baker / PLASTIC MAN / DC Comics

SPECIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRESENTATION
LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND: SO MANY SPLENDID SUNDAYS / Sunday Press Books

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL OR JOURNALISTIC PRESENTATION
COMICS JOURNAL / Fantagraphics Books

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Thursday, September 07, 2006

From My Inbox

Hi Brian,

Thank you for your interest in reviewing The Illustrated Dracula with illustrations by Jae Lee. A review copy will be sent from our warehouse shortly. Attached are the book jacket image and links to online retailers should you decide to use them in your review. Please send me a link or tearsheet when your review is available, and let me know if you need any additional information.

Best regards,

Kevin Che



Jae Lee + Dracula = yummy. I'm looking forward to reading it. I'll read it and post a review just as soon as I get the book.

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Friday, September 01, 2006

Out

Have a good three day weekend (if you're in the US). I'm out.

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