http://www.doomkopf.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 15 May 2008 17:00:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've never really been a fan of Grant Morrison. Despite his status as an A-list creator, I can't think of a single project of his outside of New X-Men that I've really enjoyed. Morrison's Batman is particularly bad. Well, at least his first arc was, because that's ... http://www.doomkopf.com/2008/05/15/rip-off/ I wrote the following blog several months ago when thinking about the pairing of Final Crisis with Grant Morrison. I decided to shelve it, thinking I was maybe being too harsh. After reading part 1 of Batman R.I.P. today and flipping through the Final Crisis Sketchbook, I decided to revive it. ... http://www.doomkopf.com/2008/05/14/the-trainwreck/ Continuing Doomkopf.com's transformation into an exclusively-Iron Man comics blog, here are some entertaining little bits on an alleged Easter Egg. FIRSTSHOWING.NET: Is that Captain America's shield in the background of the Iron Man movie? I have confirmed myself, along with our comic book expert Roman Chavez, in person that Captain America's shield ... http://www.doomkopf.com/2008/05/12/captain-americas-shield-in-iron-man/ JIM DOOM: A few days ago, you left me a voicemail that said that "I just saw Iron Man, and not to spoil anything, but it's my favorite movie of all time ever, and it's the best thing that's ever been created by mankind, even better than everything." Care to elaborate? DOOM ... http://www.doomkopf.com/2008/05/07/doom-and-doomeriron-man/ http://www.doomkopf.com/2008/05/07/batman-and-iron-man/ I hate when comics cost $3.99. I especially hate when I buy a $3.99 comic and I feel like I have no choice (within the realm of relative comic reading autonomy). I picked up Giant-Size Avengers / Invaders #1 because I was in a hurry at the comic shop and I ... http://www.doomkopf.com/2008/05/06/399-done-right-and-wronga-doomino-effect-case-studyfeaturing-iron-fist-14-andgiant-size-avengers-invaders-1/ Ultimate X-Men Read from #1 (2001) to #93 (2008) It’s been a long time since Ultimate X-Men has been good. Since Robert Kirkman took over from Brian K. Vaughan a few years ago, the quality of the book has greatly suffered. And that’s coming from a Kirkman-apologist. Kirkman had a few ... http://www.doomkopf.com/2008/05/05/the-drop-list-april-30-2008/ I didn't know what to to expect going into DC Universe #0. This is the third time DC has released a bargain-priced universe-wide one-shot, and while Countdown to Infinite Crisis was one of the best single issues of any comic ever, Brave New World was a bunch of crappy ... http://www.doomkopf.com/2008/05/04/book-of-doom-dc-universe-0/ What is the fascination with endings in comic books? It seems we just can't get enough of them, and big comics companies just can't stop giving them to us. Whether it's the Ultimate X-Men or Y: The Last Man or the Final Crisis, it seems that endings are ... http://www.doomkopf.com/2008/04/30/the-never-ending-ending/ Remember early last year, when DC released this image? Countdown is now over, so let's take a look at what all these teaser images were referring to, moving clockwise from the left side, and compare them with Dan DiDio's comments from last January. 1. Big Barda and Scott Free are dead. They ... http://www.doomkopf.com/2008/04/28/breaking-down-the-big-tease-part-1/