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Non-Comic Books
I’m writing this post… FROM THE PAST. Moo hoo ha ha. Right now, I’m in San Diego getting my geek on. But the serious author part of me recognizes there are books that don’t include drawings of people...
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Field Notes on Literary Predators, and more.
*** I admit, I am skeeved out by Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs in just the same way as Choire Sicha describes in this post from The Awl. Those guys were all the worst. Setting aside the drugs...
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Storm Drained
Today’s news in geek: as part of its ongoing reorganization, DC Comics will end the Wildstorm imprint, which it bought back in 1999. This is not terribly surprising news, but it is still somewhat sad,...
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"Mad Men" With Guns
My pal the legendary Beau SmithTM was good enough to send me a copy of the Library of American Comics‘ first volume of Rip Kirby: The First Modern Detective. Let me tell you, it is gorgeous. A...
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Required Reading
Today, the legendary Beau Smith has a nice little bundle of awesome hitting stores with his usual bone-powdering force, and just in time for the holidays. Wynonna Earp: The Yeti Wars is a great...
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I Am Not At Comic-Con
Right now, at this moment, there are bins of half-price trade paperbacks going unfondled by me. There are lines of people waiting for hours for the chance to see movie trailers a month before everyone...
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Can Comics Be Saved… Before It’s Too Late?
I know I’m late to discuss DC’s complete reboot of its comic-book universe — sue me, I’ve been finishing a novel — but I’m fascinated by what it’s going to mean for the industry if it works. First,...
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Halloweek, Day Three: Funtastic!
Halloween. When we’d get dressed up as our favorite superheroes — or at least, as the design geniuses at Ben Cooper imagined them. Now you can get studio-quality Batman and Superman costume replicas...
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Recommended Reading 05.10.12
I am a terrible salesman. I bombed out of telemarketing jobs in high school, could not move a single chocolate bar for band fundraisers, and always had a huge pile of unsold Scout-O-Rama tickets every...
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