Highway 62

Sean’s right

Sean Collins pointed me in the direction of Zak Smith’s essay on Bronze Age superhero comics and DnD. It’s worth a read. I perhaps didn’t have the revelation that Sean did because this is kinda familiar territory for me. Smarter people than me, awhile ago, pointed out that “respectability will kill superheroes” and they’re right. [...]

CAUGHT IN THE CROWD

So, I have a question. Are monthly comics really monthly comics or are they just chapters of larger books? I suppose you could boil this down to the “writing for the trade” versus “writing for the issue” debate. But it seems like there’s a little bit more to it than that.
Let’s rewind a bit. Forever [...]

One of the advantages of being on the West Coast

You see interesting stuff pop up on Twitter and get to blog about it before other folks do.
Like this stuff here. Which is the DC Comics app for the iPad and phone.
I’m downloading it now. My understanding is that DC has been pretty aggressive about releasing recent comics. I have to admit that I don’t [...]

AND HE SHAMES ME FROM MY SEAT

Where I’ve been lately. Where I might be in the future. Pictures from airplanes and lyrics stolen from Neko Case.

The four dollar barrier

Funny that people are talking about this being the month of four dollar comics, since the first comic I paid four dollars for was back in 2002? Can’t recall. Pretty sure it was an issue of THIRTY DAYS OF NIGHT. I can’t find it in my longboxes to verify, but I recall being put off [...]

Comics on the iPad

Matt plays with an iPad as a comics reader and likes it.

Wonder-Con 2010 redux

YOU’RE LIKE A KITTEN WITH A BALL OF YARN
I missed a big thing in my post of yesterday regarding the goings-on at Wonder-Con, so let me try to tie this up.
One of the most interesting developments from the show was the abrupt announcement that Greg Rucka was ending his working relationship with DC comics. And [...]

Conversation Fear - Introductions

As originally posted on Dark, But Shining.
Welcome, welcome to the third or perhaps fourth installment of Conversation, Fear. That is if you go by the count (and I do) of the various pieces I’ve offered up to Dark, but Shining over the last couple of years. Perhaps my name is familiar to you folks by [...]

FULL BLEED 2000-2010 - 5

PART 5: NERVOUS MESSED-UP MARIONETTE
2000 started and I wasn’t writing comics or writing about comics or blogging about them. I didn’t know what a blog was, nor did most other people and if you did you’re lying.
There were discussion groups on Genie (where I hung around the Neil Gaiman forum for a time) and Compuserve [...]

FEAR OF A RED BUTTON

“Just. Let. Go.” - Tyler Durden

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