Straczynski disagrees, but goes along with it anyway

Filed under: uncategorized — duras December 5, 2007 @ 5:03 am

The Newsarama Blog finds all sorts of more maddening possibilities about what might happen at the end of “One More Day” in Amazing Spider-Man, including what seems like Peter Parker is literally making a faustian deal with Mephisto that could save Aunt May but erase his marriage with Mary Jane Watson, the “problem” that so bothers Joe Quesada, who continues to suggest that he cannot realize how

Comic Book Carnival Number Fifteen

Filed under: uncategorized — duras @ 3:58 am

Coffee table books may be even more expensive than regular hardcovers

Filed under: uncategorized — duras December 3, 2007 @ 2:25 am

As much as I wish I could appreciate the production of Marvel Omnibus publications, the price given here is very expensive: Two years ago, David Gabriel, a senior vice president at Marvel Comics, publisher of Spider-Man and the X-Men, was sitting in the company’s Fifth Avenue offices with a few colleagues trying to come up with a product tie-in for the Fantastic Four film to be released that

Soon, DC may not have sales going above 100,000

Filed under: uncategorized — duras December 1, 2007 @ 5:33 am

If the current sales analysis offered at The Beat blog is any indication, DC Comics are slowly losing any titles selling above 100,000 copies. The last one to truly come that close is Justice League of America, with Justice Society coming close at 99,000 copies. This does however confirm something I’ve been pondering at times, that the only reason why Justice League sold as well as it did by

Dixon talks about his new work on the Outsiders

Filed under: uncategorized — duras November 29, 2007 @ 9:32 pm

More and more is being revealed here at Comicon’s Pulse that might satisfy anyone wondering about both Batgirl and Green Arrow:
THE PULSE: What is it about the current crop of Outsiders that you hope will attract both new readers and existing fans of any of the characters involved?

DIXON: Most of them were part of the original team and are often thought of as unique to the Outsiders. Certainly

Maybe if today’s youngsters were introduced to the older books online, they’d enjoy those?

Filed under: uncategorized — duras November 28, 2007 @ 8:03 am

The Los Angeles Times talks about Marvel’s new online archive for their older books. Reading this, I wondered if, were the younger readers to check out the older stuff here, would they be able to appreciate it, the oldness notwithstanding, for what it is, and should symbolize in what we need today? I do hope that’s possible.

A Jason Todd publicity stunt, and a clear picture provided

Filed under: uncategorized — duras November 27, 2007 @ 8:30 am

Let’s see, in this LITG column (via Occasional Superheroine), we learn that Jason Todd, who was pointlessly brought back from the dead when Superboy Prime struck the “walls of reality” is now going to be taking up Bruce Wayne’s role under the Batsuit. While Batman himself, from what I can tell, is going to become a New God!

Of all the theater-of-the-absurd stunts DC could pull lately, this has

Who is he to address this issue?

Filed under: uncategorized — duras November 26, 2007 @ 11:41 pm

The Newsarama contributor Troy Brownfield, who may a professor, wrote about the possible return of Spoiler. First, here’s what he says at the end:

Stephanie Brown was an admittedly minor character, but one that nonetheless touched a chord with many fans. If she does return, one wonders if it would undermine her significance as a rallying point. If it’s a new character in the Spoiler outfit, she’

A soldier and not a superhero?

Filed under: uncategorized — duras November 25, 2007 @ 9:33 pm

The Penn. Express-Times talks about Marvel’s bringing Mar-Vell of the Kree back through time-warp effects. That in and of itself is probably okay, but what’s implied that the writer of the 5-part miniseries, Brian Reed, wants to do, is ludicrous. First: In the 1982 graphic novel “The Death of Captain Marvel,” the alien Kree soldier Mar-Vel, Captain Marvel, discovers he is dying of cancer. His

Tacoma News Tribune fawns over Brian Michael Bendis

Filed under: uncategorized — duras November 24, 2007 @ 8:55 am

Bendis goes on a special tour in Washington state, and the MSM unsurprisingly provides him with sugary press coverage:
The comic-book world has been like Never Never Land for Brian Michael Bendis. The top writer in the country, Bendis has not gone without having multiple titles on the top-10 sales lists for years. He has fans everywhere. And the popularity of his work has landed him TV, movie and

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