So, I learned something very important. Don’t try new things. Ever. You’ll get burnt and disappointed, and your friends will think less of you. That is, at least, what I surmised from the reactions to Johnny Monster #1. In my own views, the issue was certainly not good. It was kind of fun – you…
Interesting article today on Graphic Fiction, a blog by Van Jensen, about a pitch he submitted to Marvel regarding a potential Wolverine story he came up with a few months ago. Long time readers probably remember Van as former Doomkopf contributor “Jean-Claude Van Doom.” Apparently, his pitch has recently popped up in Marvel’s May solicitations,…
It’s been awhile since Fin Fang Doom has regularly reviewed Trinity, and, since he initially claimed he was going to be reviewing every issue until the very end, I figure that somebody should step in to pick up the slack, since he went off and made friends and started neglecting his promise to you, our…
I only bought four issues this week, and, yet, I’m still torn over what to pick for the worst issue and what to pick for the best. That’s right, it’s an even split. Two issues that stunk so bad I could barely stand to finish them and two that left me pretty well satisfied. When…
For my pick for Book of Doom this week, I’m ending the backwards hegemony of Nightwing idolatry and DC obsession perpetrated by Jim Doom and Doom DeLuise, and going with the one with the dinosaur on the cover: Johnny Monster #1, first issue in the Image Comics mini-series. Johnny Monster is the world’s foremost super-star…
Doom DeLuise: • Robin #183 – I’ve been having an on-again/off-again relationship with Robin over the past few months, but I figure that since this is the final issue, I may as well pick it up. Give myself some level of closure, at least. The fact of the matter is, though, that it’ll probably be…
In this episode: Action Comics #874 | Nightwing #153 | Incognito #2 | Madman Atomic Comics #13 | Batman #686 Speaking of Batman #686, this was the first of the two-part “Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader” story by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert. I can’t quite put my finger on why I loved this,…
#5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 #1: Spider-Man and Gwen Stacy Began Courtship in The Amazing Spider-Man #31, 1963 Written by: Stan Lee Summary: If your knowledge of the Spider-Man universe were based solely on the hugely successful movie franchise, you’d think that Mary Jane was Spidey’s one true love, and you’d…
I know other Doomkopfers have already praised Criminal up and down in the 2008 year-in review (2007, too), but I’m new here, and feel like I ought to send another good word to the creative team. It’s the kind of book that was written just for me. My first experience with writer Ed Brubaker was on his continuing run on Captain America, the first post-2000 take on the character that was actually any good. When I found out he was starting some creator-owned series I was interested, and when I found out it was called “Criminal”, I was a guaranteed buyer. I love the cop & criminal genres: detective stories, film noir, heists. They’re 20th century westerns. A battle between the black hats and the white hats, only their roles are so often interchanged.
Anyway, Brubaker is built for stories like these.
The Cornfed Gamer tipped us off to this AP story about new efforts to create fiction and games based on Muslim superheroes. From the Jakarta Globe: From video games like “Bab el-Hara’’ to a Kuwaiti entrepreneur’s comic book empire featuring Muslim superheroes, the Arab world’s private sector is leading a push to provide Muslim and…