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Indy Comic Book FAIL Lesson 1: Why Bother?
March 4, 2010 – 11:00 am | View Comments

In 2007, Daniel Bradford and I had a problem; we booked a table for the Phoenix Comicon, I had bought plane tickets to fly out for the show from NYC and we were all set …

New comics for 3/3/2010 (now with 100% more new comic smell)!!
March 4, 2010 – 10:57 am | View Comments

There are times when I wish I wasn’t so excited to pick up my comics immediately. Because that way when I finish an issue of something I really like, I could have another one waiting …

Kevin Suggests…okay Kevin gripes (sorry Greg) and then suggests.
March 4, 2010 – 7:25 am | View Comments

We got an email from a viewer yesterday who has just recently gotten into the X-men via Joss Whedon’s pretty durn incredible Astonishing X-men run and who wanted suggestions for other quality X-men stories (as …

Episode 51 – Everything But The Kitchen Sink
March 3, 2010 – 12:10 pm | View Comments

Greg and Pete discuss the latest wave of comic movie news, Pete and Jason consider the ramifications of the recent shakeup at DC, Greg gives his latest gripe and we share some of our plans …

On Manga…
March 3, 2010 – 7:15 am | View Comments

***A caveat.  Being a Manga vs Western comic fan isn’t an either or proposition.  The more diverse this genre is, the better off we as fans will be.  By that I mean that in writing …

Manga, take it or leave it
March 2, 2010 – 7:14 pm | View Comments

Events in my recent past have caused me to evaluate my personal stance on what I believe to be a hot-button issue among comic fans: Manga

Batman Gets His Ass Kicked And Then Kills Two Dudes: The Movie
March 2, 2010 – 2:33 pm | View Comments

Has anyone else seen Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths? Um, worth it, I guess, for finally answering the age old question: What if Kal-el had landed in New Jersey?

Shameless self promotion part 2
March 2, 2010 – 2:00 pm | View Comments

Well lookee here, someone just got an envelope in the mail from a local comic company with a contract to sign.

Color me bad…
March 2, 2010 – 9:09 am | View Comments

and not in the “I wanna sex you up” way.
I had a moment of panic just this moment as I realized that I had forgotten to thank some extremely important people in my …

Help me comic readers, you’re my only hope!
March 1, 2010 – 3:55 pm | View Comments

Okay, if you had to recommend just one comic… that’s right… only 1… what would it be?