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Godzilla’s Comic Smash Hits

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Godzilla has been an icon of pop culture for so long it really is the embodiment of that Lt. Ripley Aliens line of not knowing where you begin and the beast ends. Godzilla in comics, though- now that’s a kaiju of a whole different color.

As a licensed property of the Toho film and distribution company, the Big G has passed through a lot of publishing houses in the past sixty-something years. Older fans surely hold dear with rose-colored esteem Marvel’s Bronze Age volume, complete with guest appearances by the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. as well as the highly-regarded years that Dark Horse held the rights to the franchise in the 80s and 90s. [Read more…] about Godzilla’s Comic Smash Hits

A Dave At C2E2: Comic Book Herald’s Long Con!

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As much as I love comics, I’d be lying if I pretended comic cons didn’t make me nervous. People always make me nervous, and enormous swaths of people I don’t know make me especially nervous. You’ll never believe this but C2E2, now in its 10th year as Chicago’s biggest comics and entertainment convention, is full of a lot of people. Lots and lots of people!

Despite this, I had a marvelous C2E2 2019, for the first time attending with full press privileges (see also: I got a different badge, got to seek some peace and quiet in a private room, and had a Monster Energy rep comp me a free coffee). Did I get egregiously sweaty and nervous trying to figure out things like “where’s the press lounge,” “do I just walk up to Jonathan Hickman and ask him to sign a copy of Secret Wars #1,” and “am I really about to defend Marvel’s Rhino on a live panel podcast?” Of course! But looking back, the things that made me the most nervous are also the things I’m happiest I went through with.

It’s amazing how often that’s the case! [Read more…] about A Dave At C2E2: Comic Book Herald’s Long Con!