Entries from August 2007

August 29, 2007

Old Comics Kick

I’m on a rampage.  I really can’t stop myself.  In the past few weeks, I’ve bought or ordered online the following reprints of old comics:

The Complete Zorro
Terry and the Pirates, vol 1

Steve Canyon, vol 1

Flash Gordon, vol 1
Dick Tracy, vols 1 &2

Dan Dare, vols 1 & 2

In actual fact, the Zorro collection is the only [...]

August 28, 2007

Garfield is Dead

I was bouncing around retroCRUSH the other day, when I came across the creepiest comic strip-related thing I have ever seen: Garfield’s death. (Naturally, I have had no luck trying to find the page again. Trust me, it’s there.)
I’m sure this has been blogged ad nauseum prior to my discovery of it, but [...]

August 27, 2007

Odd Shots

Catching up with the last few weeks of comics miscellany:

 Is Batman coming out biweekly right now?  It sure feels that way.  I think if his whole run had come out with this kind of regularity there would have been a much stronger reaction to it.
Speaking of Batman, is anyone else as impressed as I am [...]

August 27, 2007

Justice League, at last

This is me, not blogging.  I shall not bother you with the reasons for my absence, but simply get back to comics.  Or rather, film adaptations of comics. Topic for today: an upcoming JLA film.
Cliff notes version: DC and WB are preparing to make a JLA film using the same motion capture techniques you’ll see [...]

August 7, 2007

ceebeegeebee at the racks roundup

Having been away on and off for the last little while, I haven’t really reviewed any comics.  Luckily, I bought a fat stack of the things yesterday, and will now tell you what I thought of them in 7 words (contractions count as one):
 Punisher #50 : Chaykin draws Barracuda, Frank gets a surprise.
 Chronicles [...]

August 7, 2007

If he’s back, Steve Rogers can’t be far behind

In no way related to comics, but creepy enough that people must see it.
Notice the horrer etched on the features of the balding man at 0:03: his pitiful visage contorted with anguish at the sight of a hideously reanimated popcorn spokesman: