The latest in DC's new "We totally respect women, you bet" line of comics, "Helen Keller: Unleashed" is both inspirational and wicked hot! Remember, a beautiful and confident woman shouldn't have to be ashamed of how she dresses, or chooses to splash about, or carries on all her conversations with Anne Sullivan while one or [...]
Read MoreReboot your comics all you want; I'll be over here
Ever since DC announced their upcoming massive do-over, where all their books will stop and start over at #1. 52 books coming out altogether, and there will be changes aplenty. Superman is losing his red trunks and his wife — because making Spider-Man's marriage go away made so many fans happy over at Marvel — [...]
Read MoreLatest buy-it-off-me auction: Ultimate Spider-Man hardcover collections 1-5
I've loved Spider-Man for over 40 years, but nothing in all that run entertained me as much as the "Ultimate Spider-Man" series by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley. A reinvented Spider-Man, with all the humor and relationships and twisty plots that I loved from my childhood but with relevance to today, an incredible ear [...]
Read MorePreorder "The Shepherd's Tale"
The newest and most eagerly awaited Serenity comic is coming November 24, and you can preorder it now for 20% off. "The Shepherd's Tale" finally opens up the life of Derrial Book. Written by Zack Whedon based on Joss' outline and drawn by Chris Samnee, it'll be 56 pages and published in hardcover. One of [...]
Read MoreDrusilla comics autographed by Juliet Landau now available
When it was time to bring Drusilla into the highly successful Angel comics by IDW, who better to write her than… herself? Angel issues #24 and 25 were written by Juliet Landau and Brian Lynch with art by Franco Urru, and Drusilla's in rare form. She's also in an asylum, but they don't seem quite [...]
Read MoreLast issue of Planetary almost here, finally
10 years. 10 years to get out 27 issues of a comic. Taking your time, people? OK, granted, Planetary creators Warren Ellis, John Cassaday and Laura Martin were interrupted several times by illness and other projects. And OK, out of 26 previous issues every one was a hit. And OK, they never promised a regular [...]
Read MoreMarvel buys rights to "Miracleman"
New World War Hulks series, major Hulk character to die, yadda yadda. New Dethlok series, new Spider-Man webcomics, new Lizard series, maybe a new Alpha Flight series, yadda yadda. Marvel bought the rights to "Miracleman." Yadd.. wait, what? Fans of the original "Marvelman" series by Alan Moore and its continuation by Neil Gaiman (known as [...]
Read MoreTerry Moore's "Echo" coming to the big screen, maybe
Terry Moore has signed a deal with "Watchmen" producer Lloyd Levin to make an "Echo" movie. This doesn't mean there'll be one, of course. Movie deals are delicate, frail things that fall apart for all sorts of reasons. But I'm really hoping to see it (assuming it's done right) and I'm glad to see Moore, [...]
Read MoreEXTREMELY limited Strangers in Paradise Omnibus on sale to benefit CBLDF
Good news: Strangers in Paradise, the long-running, award-winning comic by Terry Moore, is finally being collected in one massive , two-book hardcover collection. Better news: there's also a third book to the set, containing the artwork for all the covers. Even better news: Moore has tweaked the stories so that everything runs in unbroken order, [...]
Read MoreNow you can dress like Tank Girl
OK, I really need to stop browsing the Prop Store of London, because I keep finding things I have no chance of affording but desperately need nonetheless even though I didn't know it was possible to buy them seconds previously. Like this. Freakin' Tank Girl's costume. This is Tank Girl's Costume from the 1995 movie [...]
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