“Thor” Official First Trailer
December 11, 2010
Retro Comic Book Review – Spider-Man #33
December 10, 2010The Amazing Spider-Man #33 Cover date: February 1966 Writer: Stan Lee Penciller: Steve Ditko Inker: Murphy Anderson Cover: Steve Ditko “The Final Chapter!” As most of my family, friends and regular readers know, Superman has always been my favorite comic book superhero, but Spider-Man has been a very close second. For a pre-teen or teenage [...]
First Look at the Official “Thor” Movie Poster
December 9, 2010Thanks to Yahoo Movies we get our first look at the official movie poster for “Thor” and, other than the absence of his helmet, it is a good, powerfully understated pose for the God of Thunder. “Thor” will be released in the US on May 6th, 2011 in both 2D and 3D.
BackIssueComics.com
December 8, 2010For comic book collectors trying to track down certain back issues that their local shops may not carry (or for those who may not have a local shop within 30 miles of their home, like your humble servant here), BackIssueComics is a website that comes to the rescue. With more than 28 resources (and growing) [...]
Trade Collection Review: Superman/Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told, Vol. 1
December 7, 2010Superman/Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told, Vol. 1 Publish date: March 2007 Writers: Various Pencillers: Various Inkers: Various Cover: Alex Ross As a kid, 1962-1968, I enjoyed reading the Superman/Batman stories because the two of them always displayed such friendship, something that would be lacking at times in the aftermath of the reboots and reworkings [...]
Emma Stone as Blonde Gwen Stacy
December 6, 2010Ever since red-headed Emma Stone was announced to play the role of Gwen Stacy in the next Spider-Man movie (instead of Mary Jane Watson, as expected because of her natural hair color), people have been wondering how Ms. Stone would look as a blonde. Well, wonder no more! On Sunday at the Hollywood Palladium, Emma [...]
Kurt Schaffenberger AA Comics
December 5, 2010Between the years of 1968 and 1974, Alcoholics Anonymous regularly published a comic strip that attempted to raise awareness about alcoholism. You can take a look at the entire series by clicking here. I was going through the various comic strips when I stumbled upon a story where the art made me stop when I [...]
Book Review: Soon I Will Be Invincible
December 4, 2010Title: Soon I Will Be Invincible Author: Austin Grossman Publisher: Pantheon, June 5, 2007 Hardback 288 Pages Arthur Grossman’s debut novel is a story of superheroes, supervillains and very familiar characters, familiar at least to anyone who has read DC or Marvel comic books in the past 40 years. The book opens with a first [...]
Wally Wood Flickr Images
December 3, 2010One of my favorite artists has always been the late, great Wally Wood. I think “Daredevil” was the first work of his that I saw, but it wasn’t long before I was searching other books for his work. Someone calling himself Dopplelganger X has decided to upload (at last count) 237 photos of Wood’s drawings. [...]
