This week I rank new stories on the best comics of all time list including 1 inside the top 100!
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[Read more…] about Best Comics Ever #33: Murder Falcon, Thor vs. Mangog, & Bendis’ Superman!A Comic Book Reading Order Guide For Beginners & Fans
This week I rank new stories on the best comics of all time list including 1 inside the top 100!
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[Read more…] about Best Comics Ever #33: Murder Falcon, Thor vs. Mangog, & Bendis’ Superman!At night, when I close my eyes, I can hear my comic collection growing. There is a shuffling of paper as if tiny flocks of birds were posting up, sliding next to one another on the shelves. The wall studs groan like bad actors in a Dickens play. Books vanish and reappear as if loaning themselves out.
This can’t just be my imagination; there is physical evidence of their accumulation. Indeed, it seems impossible that any human imagination could conceive of such wonders that fill these pages that now fill my home.
No. This must be the world of the supernatural. And like any good character in a Lovecraftian horror, I’m going to painstakingly describe my journey into this publishing madness. Especially all of the indescribable bits. [Read more…] about How Do Superhero Comics Get Made?
My introduction to Miguel O’Hara actually came via the excellent (and Spider-Verse predecessor) Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions video game. I found an instantly engaging new player in the Spider-Man mythos, bringing all the qualities of Peter Parker to the future 2099 timeline, and an incredible costume to match! [Read more…] about Spider-Man 2099 Reading Order
It’s almost without question that Marvel is the entertainment juggernaut to beat these days. The current runaway release of Avengers: Endgame is a well-earned, and indeed, well-timed victory lap as 2019 also marks the eightieth anniversary of Marvel Comics.
So, whether you’ve seen some of those big superhero movies everyone’s been talking about and are now comic book curious or you’re just new to the planet and are curious about this “Marvel phenomenon”- either way, you are covered!
Let’s take it from the top, take advantage of the added attention and highlight some of the fundamental building blocks of the House of Ideas that is Marvel… [Read more…] about Marvel Comics 101: A Salute To 80 Years
This week on “Previously On,” I say a prayer for Marvel movie fans who aren’t caught up (and provide my fast track list!) and discover David Tennant’s new-ish podcast. [Read more…] about PREVIOUSLY ON… #67: The “I Missed the MCU!” Fast Track, and Purple Man Podcasts!