Top-Ten DC Heroes #9: Nightwing

9. Nightwing
Believe it or not, there was a time when Batman smiled, and one of the things you just knew made him the proudest (amidst the grief of watching the closest thing he has to a son move on) was seeing Dick Grayson grow into his own man, at least, Pre-Crisis.  And indeed, one of [...]

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Top-Ten DC Heroes #10: Aquaman

10. Aquaman
Kicking off the countdown, and coming in at #10, is DC’s resident champion of the sea, Aquaman. It was Superfriends, and later, Super Powers where I first encountered the “King of the Seven Seas” and I’ve been a big fan ever since.  Like so many heroes in the Silver-Age (the version that quickly became [...]

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Top-Ten Countdown: DC Heroes

My Top-Ten DC Heroes
As I mentioned with the Marvel list, when as I first started the blog I thought about throwing out a few “top-ten” lists as a way of introducing myself to you good folks, but ultimately I decided against it — I didn’t want the standard “top-ten” list to become a crutch, particularly [...]

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Donald Duck Family – The Daan Jippes Collection

This one took the long way before arriving at my doorstep, but the first volume of Gemstone’s Daan Jippes Collection is finally here and it was a nice surprise after a long day at work to find it waiting for me. What’s more, I can happily say that it was well worth the [...]

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“What’s This!?”

Hitting store shelves today is the Blu-ray re-release of Tim Burton’s stop-motion animation classic The Nightmare Before Christmas (Blu-Ray + Digital Copy), complete with its treasure trove of extras. So, if you’re one of the many fans of Jack Skellington’s Christmas tale then you’ve got an awful lot to look forward to. Thanks [...]

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Abnett & Lanning take on Darkhawk

During the 90’s, the Marvel Universe wasn’t always the most compelling place to visit (with the bright side being that I discovered Indies to a much greater degree). Be it the hyper-angst, multiple covers, trading cards, Wolverine appearing in every issue, or the general downward spiral where both the writing and art were concerned [...]

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Parker’s Missile Mouse Lands 2 Graphic Novels

Congratulations to Jake Parker for landing a 2-book deal with Publisher’s Weekly, starring Missile Mouse of Flight Explorer fame.  Apparently this helps explain some of the intricate details he’s been posting on the  world of Missile Mouse recently.  Here’s the press release:
Jake Parker Two-Book Pact
The Flight generation—cartoonists included in artist/editor Kazu Kuibishi’s acclaimed anthology of [...]

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Tezuka Osamu, Mighty Atom!

I’m on vacation this week to get a little bit of relaxation in prior to the new semester starting, so posts may be a little sparse, but I figured I’d let y’all in on some of the fun that I had this evening while dealing with the horrors of online college registration.  In between the [...]

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LittleBigPlanet

I get more excited about this game with each passing day.
When I first caught news of LittleBigPlanet I was intrigued, and after seeing those first previews I was already fairly convinced that Sony had something great on their hands. But a little bit about LBP for any of you that may not have heard [...]

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Walt Disney’s Comics & Stories #692

Truth be told I didn’t pre-order this issue. Unlike Uncle Scrooge, I don’t necessarily pick up every issue of the WDC&S anthology, but normally base the pre-order decision on that particular month’s story offerings. 7 times out of 10 I still happily pick it up, but I must have been asleep when making [...]

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