This week is an important one for many die-hard DC Comics fans. Precisely one year ago was the last appearance of fan-favorite character Stephanie Brown before The New 52 began and she took a seat on what DC Editorial refers to as “the bench.” Stephanie’s not alone on the bench by any means, joined by…
Shop Talk with Alpha Comics: August 3, 2012
The first Friday of every month means Shop Talk, and once again, Chris Humpries of Alpha Comics is here to dish all the details of the comic industry! To Hell with the preamble, time to dive in! Aaron Long: More details are being released about Marvel NOW!. Is interest in the initiative starting to build…
Ten Tweets Thursday with @TheIllumiNerdi
The Illumi-Nerdi are coming for you….they are all around us, watching from the shadows….The guys actually aren’t creepy, but they are writing a comic! Shepherd will be their new title and Brian J. Harris & Phillip Butehorn prepared themselves by taking on the Ten Tweets! #1 What is the first comic you remember reading? PB:…
Ten Tweets Thursday with @MayhemComics
Mayhem is on the internet. And, by Mayhem, I mean @MayhemComics from Ames & Des Moines, Iowa. Director of Social Media for Mayhem, David Meyer, hopped into the hot seat to take on the Ten Tweets. Without further ado, roll the answers! #1 What is the first comic you remember reading? Started with cartoon books…
Ten Tweets Thursday with @raptureistoday
Welcome to another Ten Tweets Thursday, this week with Arch (@raptureistoday). Arch is a fellow who knows when the rapture is coming and, more importantly, he knows that Scott Summers Must Die. Check out his responses to the infamous Ten Tweets! #1 What is the first comic you remember reading? 1st comic I remember reading…I…
Ten Tweets Thursday with @JoeMulv
It’s time for Ten Tweets Thursday with Joe Mulvey (@JoeMulv). Joe is the writer/creator/artist of Scam from ComixTribe. This book was released in a small press run earlier this year (check out a review here) and is set for worldwide Diamond release in August. Pre-order using Diamond code JUN121002 tell your shop to get in on the…
Read Between the Lines: From 0 Month to Infinity and Beyond
From 0 Month to Infinity and Beyond Or: why sorting my comic book collection gives me nose-bleeds With 0 Month coming up soon from DC, I was inspired to look at some of the odd numberings we’ve seen over the years in comics. My Twitter follower @mattbpodcaster joked that they should do Minus One issues,…
Shop Talk with Alpha Comics: July 6, 2012
July is already off to a bang in the comic news world, but what does all this news mean in the shops? Luckily, we’ve got Chris Humphries, owner of Alpha Comics, to take us behind the scenes and give us the scoop! Without further ado, let’s dig into Shop Talk for July 6, 2012! Aaron…
Ten Tweets Thursday with @LBoxGraveyard
This week’s Ten Tweets Thursday features a man who I would consider a comics historian, a cryptkeeper for comics of a bygone era, if you will. This man is Paul O’Connor (@LBoxGraveyard), the man who runs LongboxGraveyard.com, a fantastic blog about comics in general, but with a strong focus on the bronze age of comics.…
Crisis of Epic Proportion: The Case of That (Bat)Girl
You may not know this, but I fancy myself quite the ladies’ man. In truth, I’ve always had much more of a soft spot for female super-heroes than for their male counterparts. Maybe it was because they seemed to have worked so hard to get where they were. Maybe it was the fabulous outfits (looking…