Look- it’s a sleeping cat!

This is Dewey, my blind but wonderful cat. He’s actually snoring.
For me, this is a weird post. I’m not typing this on my PC, but rather on my new Samsung Moment Android phone. My wife’s phone died, so we upgraded both our phones to this model. She’s (rightfully) suspicious of having her data wedded to [...]

We’re All Doomed: The Real Lesson of Bubble Boy

I found out about “Bubble Boy”, the Colorado boy who had supposedly snuck into a weather balloon built by his family and was stuck inside as it went skyward, probably the same way as you: Twitter. I looked frantically for a live feed, found one, and watched as this helium balloon slowly started to shrink [...]

Let’s go have an adventure…

If you want it
You can have it
But you’ve gotta learn
To reach out there and grab it
–Weezer, “Photograph”, Weezer (The Green Album)
Today begins the first day of my new adventures. I’ve been having adventures all my life- I just wrapped up an adventure that took me into midtown Manhattan every day, next door to Bernie Madoff’s [...]

Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

Excuse our mess

A few links aren’t working after the latest upgrade. I’m upgrading the blog to a new version of WordPress, and will soon be migrating over to a new domain. Details forthcoming.

Without having even read it, I know the Kirby biography by Mark Evanier is awesome

Just opened my copy of the Kirby biography by Mark Evanierfrom Amazon today. It SMELLS like old comics. And that’s a good thing, a wonderful thing.
I’ll be able to say more about it after I’ve read it. But good God, the book smells like a pulpy old comics store. And that’s the feeling you should [...]

Don’t call it a comeback, I’ve been here for years…

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(Any accusations that I picked the title for this post just so I could post up an old school jam are completely, 100% true.)
I’m ending my months of silence on the blog starting now.
2007 was a weird year for me. In the first few months of 2007, I was basically crippled. I had a painful [...]

Mike Wieringo passes away

Mike Wieringo passed away yesterday of an apparent heart attack. Newsarama has the details.
From all accounts, Mike was a healthy 44-year old vegetarian. All who knew him said he was in great shape. His death feels senseless.
I’ve never hidden my love of the Fantastic Four. When I think of the stories I’ve enjoyed the most, [...]

On the puzzling acquisition of IDW by IDT

From Newsarama:
“IDT Internet Mobile Group (IMG), a division of IDT Corporation, has formed Zedge Studios to develop and license digital content for distribution through web and mobile platforms. Additionally, IMG has acquired a controlling interest in IDW Publishing (www.idwpublishing.com), a leading independent comics publisher pre-eminent in the horror, action, and sci-fi genres, boasting such high-profile [...]

Kill Da Wabbit!

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It’s the 50th anniversary of this great cartoon! Go catch it on YouTube. (Thanks to Fark.com for the reminder.)

Chris Benoit, 1967-2007

I suspect this will be Glenn’s new wallpaper

If you ever wanted a desktop wallpaper with lots of pictures of the Wasp, boy, does Marvel have a wallpaper for you!

Songs about hot girls in comics shops

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I was at Wizard World Philly with my buddy Glenn Walker of Comic Widows. A con report will be up shortly. In the meantime, check out Tripod’s “Comic Shop”.

Why I Love Warren Ellis, pt. 27

From today’s Bad Signal:
“ Almost ten years to the month that John Cassaday and I had our
first conversation at San Diego about creating a new series: I have
just completed and delivered the full script for PLANETARY #27,
the final issue of the series.
I am now going to get drunk and find something to have sex
with.  I’m [...]

Fantastic Four #545 is the greatest Marvel comic this year

Why, do you ask? I give you three reasons.
1. Dwayne McDuffie really has a handle on what makes the Fantastic Four unique. It’s not just four people with superpowers; it’s a family. And even though that family is going through post-Civil War jitters, and Reed and Sue have been replaced with the Black Panther and [...]

The lost Jack Chick/Stan Lee comic

This is scary-brilliant. However, I suspect Brandy Clark would have talked to Bill Mantlo, not Roy Thomas. Still, brilliant.

Let’s have some fun, shall we?

Thanks to my friend Ray Lopez.
Your results:You are Lex Luthor

Lex Luthor

77%

Dr. Doom

75%

Green Goblin

73%

The Joker

67%

Magneto

66%

Apocalypse

64%

Riddler

59%

Kingpin

59%

Mr. Freeze

50%

Venom

46%

Catwoman

45%

Juggernaut

41%

Dark Phoenix

37%

Poison Ivy

37%

Two-Face

33%

Mystique

25%

A brilliant businessman on a quest for world domination and the self-proclaimed greatest criminal mind of our time!

Click here to take [...]

Another sad comic

At Gail Simone’s board, one of the posters (Ed Contradictory- what an alias!) posted this, and my heart stopped.

I edited it to fit here.
And to answer your question…no, it’s not an authentic strip. Someone made it in Photoshop. But it still stopped me cold.
By the way, Gail Simone is one of my favorite people on [...]

What’s the saddest comic you’ve ever read?

ESPN’s Bill Simmons had a link to sadkermit.com, with a clip of everybody’s favorite frog singing Johnny Cash’s “Hurt”, complete with images of Kermit shooting up heroin and staring at portraits of Miss Piggy and Jim Henson. It reminded me of the saddest comic I ever read, Chris Aubry’s “I Still Think Of You, Jim [...]

The Summer of Sinnott!

TwoMorrows is publishing a book about the greatest inker ever, Joe Sinnott.
I’ve bought a ton of TwoMorrows books over the years, and I’ve never been disappointed. John Morrow and his crew do a fantastic job of covering the history of comics and the lives of the people who make them. John has a special love [...]