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InvestComics: Hot Picks 11-18-09
Nov 18th
Well Superboy Prime is back, maybe punching his way back into the DC Universe? DC fans will welcome him with open arms amidst the mass confusion that followed the ‘first punch’. Adventure Comics #4 will be the return issue, will you return? If you’re feeling adventurous these days and you More >
Comics & Cinema: A Wish List
Oct 7th
Welcome to another edition of Comics & Cinema. This week we’re going to focus on my wish list. Maybe you’ll agree with some of my wishes, maybe you won’t, but let’s all have fun with the fantasy of maybe one day seeing *your* wish comic hero/villain on the silver screen. More >
Covering Variants – Andy Kubert & Tom Raney
Sep 29th
The 2 artist featured this week started their careers in 2 different decades. Tom Raney started his in the early 90’s while Andy Kubert began his in the early 80’s. I could tell you all about who Andy’s dad is or his brother, but don’t we all already know that More >
Covering Variants: Uncovering the Babes
Sep 22nd
There seems to be a bit of a theme with a couple of the Variant cover artist this week. Women. Frank Cho is first up. Frank Cho has a reputation of his well endowed women. While this isn’t a bad thing, it’s a great way for us as fans to More >
Covering Variants: Finch, Cassady, Van Sciver & More
Sep 15th
Welcome back to Covering Variants. This week one of my favorite artist has a variant coming out. Vengeance of Moon Knight #1 will be sporting the Variant cover that fans will be fighting over come new Variant cover comic day on Wednesday. The artist I’m talking about is David Finch. More >
Covering Variants: Spotlighting Jones & Sienkiewicz
Sep 9th
Unpublished Batman Variant-Sienkiewicz
Hello Variant collectors. This week we will focus on a couple of Variant covers from a couple of great artist. Legend Bill Sienkiewicz will be the first one up, and then we look at JG Jones. Both artist have extremely different styles in drawing a cover (as well More >
the Lottery Party: Pirates Of Dark Water 2.0
Sep 1st
I have now personally verified eleven persons who performed a variety of creative functions for Darren Davis and BlueWater, apparently all working for free. Eleven people who wrote and drew and inked stories, mini-series, etc, and who were not paid so much as a single cent. Reasons most often implored More >
Covering Variants: Vampires, America & a Dynamic Edition
Aug 31st
Torch #1 Alex Ross Variant
This week comic book fans get treated to a couple of very nice Alex Ross Variants. In last week’s column I mentioned a fellow by the name of Michael Turner. I said that he is in fact one of the most extraordinary Variant artist of our More >
the Lottery Party: Pirates Of Dark Water
Aug 30th
No, it has not been two weeks. I am breaking my self-imposed bi-weekly schedule for this here column, because I feel obligated to speak out on certain troubling matters that have come to my attention. And I do this fully aware that this might well garner the labeling of libel More >
Why You Should Never…. Do Everything Yourself
Aug 27th
It’s ok to be a versatile person and knowing a little bit of everything is never a bad thing. But when it comes to productivity, we tend to think that we can do everything ourselves. Thinking this way can actually have a destructive effect. Below are a few factors that More >
the Lottery Party: Zounds!
Aug 26th
In recent weeks, I have been excessively harsh in my ongoing critique of business models and practices of this funny book industry us cool kids obsess over, I admit. I have taken shots at lackadaisical retailers, the gross monopoly of our current distribution system, the hypocrisy of the larger publishers More >
Covering Variants: An Introduction
Aug 24th
InvestComics #1
Variant: Noun; One of two or more individuals exhibiting usually slight differences: as a: one that exhibits variation from a type or norm b: one of two or more different spellings or pronunciations of the same word.
Before I give you the boring stats of ‘me’ let me start by More >
the Lottery Party: Proletariat
Jul 29th
Being not at all an account of boobies… In deconstructing the machineworks of the almighty creative effort, I am beginning to see more of its hidden workings. I see the skeleton. What I need personally and impersonally, what my creative yearnings need, hell- what the whole industry needs, is the More >
Why You Should Never….Promote A Product Before It Exist
Jul 22nd
The best way a business can keep their audience on their feet and always wanting more is by giving them new products. We are so eager to let everyone know that we are working on the next big thing that we start advertising without having a concrete plan. Instead of More >
the Lottery Party: Transmogrification
Jul 14th
This one is all about comparing notes. Metaphysical notes.
I began last week by crawling inside of a pocket dimension. It is rather nice here. I have to smoke outside, but temporal management has shuffled itself overall to allow for more reading, more writing, than third dimensional living had ever been More >
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