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Comic Book Video Games: Spider-Man (1982)
September 6, 2010 – 11:48 am | View Comments

Continuing the journey down comic book video game memory lane, this week I decided to focus on the 1982 release of Spider-Man for the Atari 2600. In my research I discovered that Spider-Man has, in …

Tales from the Pull List: Jonah Hex #59 and R.E.B.E.L.S. #20
September 3, 2010 – 1:38 pm | View Comments

JONAH HEX #59
Writer: Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti
Artist: Jordi Bernet
“Ah’ll be back in a bit… And if there ain’t a clean glass when ah git back, there won’t be a saloon neither.” – Jonah Hex
Sometimes …

Indy Comic Book FAIL Lesson 25: The Customer Is Always Right!
September 2, 2010 – 9:22 am | View Comments

Growing up, there were two kinds of cartoons regularly on TV- Saturday Morning cartoons, and Syndicated weekday cartoons. The Saturday morning cartoons were usually built around either a line of toys or featured well know …

King! Review
August 31, 2010 – 8:36 am | View Comments

Kevin and Pete review King!, the latest release from Blacklist Studios, the creators of Robot 13.

2010 Harvey Awards Preview
August 26, 2010 – 1:17 pm | View Comments

This weekend at the 2010 Baltimore Comic-Con, they will be giving out the Harvey Awards. For those who haven’t seen it already, here is our preview of them from Episode 79 – With A Twist …

Indy Comic Book FAIL Lesson 24: Fighting For Your Right To Party
August 26, 2010 – 8:12 am | View Comments

Every genre of music has it’s clichéd messages- things that, for whatever reason, are staple themes of that type of music. While it’s an oversimplification to say that ALL Classic Rock is about “rebellion,” all …

Indy Comic Book FAIL Lesson 23: Do Not Pass Go
August 23, 2010 – 12:26 pm | View Comments

While Comics don’t get as much respect as more “legitimate” forms of Art such as writing Novels or making Movies, on the most basic level of Creation I believe everything is the same. If you …

Comic Book Video Games – Superman(1978)
August 23, 2010 – 7:11 am | View Comments

The year 2009 saw the release of the phenomenal video game adaptation of the iconic comic book character Batman in Batman: Arkham Asylum.  A beautifully rendered game, it blended elements of atmosphere, stellar game play control, …

I finally figured out how to explain “Crisis on Infinite Earths” to a non-comics reader.
August 22, 2010 – 10:01 am | View Comments

While I was reading the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels, I was struck by a number of short, painful scenes where Scott is basically just explaining 80′s X-Men comics to his girlfriend, Ramona.
It reminded me of …

Tales from the Pull List: EX MACHINA #50
August 20, 2010 – 9:18 am | View Comments

EX MACHINA #50
Writer: Brian K. Vaughan
Artist: Tony Harris
*If you don’t want SPOILERS, why the hell are you reading this review of a final issue? Seriously.*
Even though this series’ ending had been telegraphed since the first …