I spent way too much money last week on comics so thankfully I’m not getting too many books this Wednesday. Here’s what I”ll be buying this week: Agents of Atlas #10 Batman #690 Buffy #28 Chew #4 Deadpool #15 Invincible Iron Man #17 And that’s it. Need to save some money for Beatles: Rock Band [...]
Archive for August, 2009
DC Batman #690 Batman Confidential #33 Dead Romeo #6 Final Crisis Aftermath Run #5 Jonah Hex #47 Justice League Cry for Justice #3 Magog #1 Mighty #8 North 40 #3 Red Tornado #1 Solomon Grundy #7 Strange Adventures #7 Supergirl Annual #1 Wednesday Comics #9 DC/VERTIGO Greek Street #3 Northlanders #20 Sweet Tooth #1 (Only [...]
I woke up quite late today and this was the first thing I saw: Disney Acquires Marvel – UPDATED Didn’t see that coming. I’m sure we will be talking about this more in the weeks to come. Share your thoughts on this in the comments section. J.
X-Factor is Still Alive and Kicking
Posted: August 30, 2009 in Blogging, Marvel, NewsTags: Peter David, X-Factor
Last week I had a post about the uncertainty of whether X-Factor would continue or not as a monthly series. Looks like I was worried over nothing after all. Marvel will be restarting the series with the 200th issue which will ship in December. CBR interviewed Peter David today at Toronto’s Fan Expo and here [...]
CCW Character of the Week
Posted: August 29, 2009 in Character of the Week, DC ComicsTags: Sinestro
Who: Sinestro Where: Green Lantern #45 Why: I stated in my Green Lantern review earlier in the week that I believe DC and Geoff Johns have big plans for Sinestro. This week’s issue of GL begins what I think will be the story of Sinestro’s redemption. There have been rumor’s for a while now that [...]
My Manga Review for Variant Girl’s E-Zine
Posted: August 28, 2009 in Life, Manga, Reviews, Viz MediaTags: 20th Century Boys, Variant Girl
The following review was written for the new issue of Variant Girl’s E-Zine which won’t be up for another few days. She is letting me post it here first for all of the CCW Blog readers as a “sneak peek” to her new issue. I’ll be letting all you guys and gals know when her [...]
From his Wikipedia page: Jacob Kurtzberg (August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994),[1] better known by the pen name Jack Kirby, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor. Growing up poor in New York City, Kurtzberg entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s. He drew various comic strips under different pseudonyms, ultimately [...]
The (Why Do I Put Myself Through This Torture?) Hulk #14 Review
Posted: August 28, 2009 in CCW Review, MarvelTags: Horse Shit, Hulk, Ian Churchill, Jeph Loeb
Title: Hulk #14 Writer: Jeph Loeb Art: Ian Churchill and Mark Farmer Publisher: Marvel Price: $3.99 The fact that Marvel expects people to pay $3.99 for the Hulk title now that there is no Bruce Banner/Green Hulk or Ed McGuinness art in the book blows my fucking mind. At least while McGuinness was drawing the [...]
