Don’t go falling all over yourselves, because it’s time for this week’s Doomino Effect. Actually that’s a lie, because normally Tuesday is time for the Doomino Effect. But Fin Fang Doom didn’t buy enough comics last week to justify his weekly “Meaningless Awards” and Jean-Claude Van Doom hasn’t swung by yet with his “Worst to…
Imagine for a second that you’re the figurehead for a major comic book company. Your highest profile book is late. Really late. Like “I couldn’t get into R-rated movies when the last issue came out but I just saw 300” late. In one forum or another, one of the fans of said comic book asks…
The latest book to be featured in our global war on people who don’t know enough about comic books produced outside the United States is The Professor’s Daughter, a decidely quirkly story of love between a mummy and a daughter of an Egyptologist (and can I just diverge from anything relevant here to say that…
This week, Black Adam arrives at Oolong Island, the desert island that’s home to the team of mad scientists who are responsible for unleashing the Four Horsemen on the Black Marvel Family, which resulted in the deaths of Isis and Osiris. They don’t exactly throw out the red carpet and send over the Welcome Wagon,…
I’d like to introduce Matt and Another Damn Comic Blog. Not only does he agree with my assessment of the New Avengers, but he also thinks Michael Turner sucks. I think my fellow LODers will agree (on at least 50% of the above criteria) that makes him a good fit for our links. 😉
Sometimes a comic book company will announce a bit of news and I’m just not quite sure what to make of it. When that happens, I’ll weigh the pros and cons of the issue in a new feature called Good Idea, Bad Idea. Last Friday, Marvel announced the start ofa new series dedicated to the…
[SFX: Podcast of Doom theme music] JIM DOOM: Hello and welcome to the first ever Podcast of Doom. I am your co-host, Jim Doom. DOOM DELUISE: And I’m your other co-host, Doom DeLuise. Glad to be here. You look nice. Is that a new shirt? JD: What shirt? DD: Oh, my bad. Nice tattoo. [laughter]…
Following up on yesterday’s preview of Army@Love #1 (in stores tomorrow), we’re excited to give you a look into the thoughts of the book’s creator, Rick Veitch. A writer and artist who’s done superheroes, Swamp Thing and dream journals over his career, Veitch has focused much of his attention lately on the landscape of America…
After a week hiatus (nothing worth fightin’ over came out), we’re back this week with our communal review of Aquaman #50, in which famed fantasy author Tad Williams takes over writing chores from Kurt Busiek. I think I speak for us all when I say Busiek will definitely be missed. Post-Crisis he took the book…
This week marks the debut of the new Vertigo book Army@Love, written and illustrated by Rick Veitch. As a special preview for our readers, here’s an early look into the unexpected merger of war and romance comics, as done by one of the most creative minds in comics. And, if that’s not enough for you,…