Every now and then the media gets a wild hair up their ass and decides they should do a report on comics and how they’re edgy. And violent. And…not just for kids anymore! Pop culture writers have been doing this during most of my 29 years on this earth, and whenever they do so, theyContinue reading “BAM! POW! Batman: Not Just For Depressed People With Vigilante Fantasies Anymore!”
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New Comics Days Are The Best Days…
You may not know this, but there are new comic books every single week. They come out on Wednesdays. All due respect to Odin and his day, but Wednesday is done. Let New Comic Book Day shine forth as a beacon of hope in a weak full of Tuesdays and Thursdays and…Mondays. But let usContinue reading “New Comics Days Are The Best Days…”
More Digital Things To Buy With Your Digital Moneys
Today (May 20th, 2013) on Comixology, there is a sale focusing on one of my favorite current comic book writers, Kieron Gillen. So for only 99 cents an issue you can get nearly full runs of his work on Journey Into Mystery and Uncanny X-Men. I say “nearly full” since there are some dips intoContinue reading “More Digital Things To Buy With Your Digital Moneys”
The Old West That Never Was: East of West by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta
I am firing guns into the air with excitement after reading the first two issues of East of West by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta. Yeah, like that! Thanks, Mysterious Pale Cowboy! Anyway, East of West is a pretty damn interesting Sci-Fi Western Alternate History. It’s like a meaty chili comprised of genres. And meat.Continue reading “The Old West That Never Was: East of West by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta”
Iron Man, Iron Man Does Whatever an Iron Can
So you come out of Iron Man 3. You’re excited. You’re jazzed. You look down, you have jazz hands you’re so jazzed. You want to buy Iron Man action figures, you want to buy Iron Man…comic books. But what should you buy? Well, to kick things off, let me start by saying that there isContinue reading “Iron Man, Iron Man Does Whatever an Iron Can”
Read This Comic For Charity: Hawkeye #7
“Paul, you’re always talking about Hawkeye! What’s so great about it?” Well, anonymous reader that found this site while searching for porn, I believe I’ve written about it extensively. I’ve mostly said things like: “It’s awesome.” “Hawkeye is awesome. Both the character AND the book.” “I have a writer crush on Matt Fraction.” “David AjaContinue reading “Read This Comic For Charity: Hawkeye #7”
All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues: The Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire
Identity. That seems to be my theme of the week (Sing it now, THEME OF THE WEEEEEEK!), as I have recently read and enjoyed a multitude of comic books dealing with that theme. Phonogram was one such comic, in which characters defined themselves through art and popular culture, specifically music. The comic I’m writing about today,Continue reading “All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues: The Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire”
Buy Things With Your Moneys: Digital Comic Books
This post is entirely for digital or digital curious readers. I’ve been reading comic books digitally for about a year now. I’ve read a couple of print things here and there, but I love reading panel by panel. As far as my (fast) style of reading goes, it helps me linger and study each panelContinue reading “Buy Things With Your Moneys: Digital Comic Books”
It’s Christmas Time in Hollis, Queens
John McClane: “How about some Christmas music?” Argyle: “MAN, this IS Christmas music!” – John McTiernan’s Die Hard, 1988 There are few Christmas songs that are better than Run DMC’s “Christmas in Hollis.” There are few songs, period, that are better. Go ahead, play this track down as you read through this post (OR, playContinue reading “It’s Christmas Time in Hollis, Queens”
Things I Loved About Comics This Year Part 3: The Dead Walk!
Revival by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton When is a zombie story not a zombie story? Well, Riddler, when it’s a Rural Noir! (I seriously did not notice that it said “A rural noir” above the title of every issue until the latest one. But in all fairness, this issue is the pulpiest). Sexy lady?Continue reading “Things I Loved About Comics This Year Part 3: The Dead Walk!”
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