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May 14, 2012 9:28 pm I was disappointed that DC decided to follow Marvel with the bullet point descriptions for their books, but some of these are just horrible. The Before Watchmen books have 3 points, one dedicated to promoting the digital version, one to the back-up, and one that is a random quote from God only knows who, but I would assume to be the title character. How is that supposed to get me interested in the book? And Phantom Lady? There's nothing in there to tell you what the book is about, especially if you don't know the characters. That's just poor marketing, in my opinion. To be fair to DC, however, their bullet point sentences are almost twice as long as Marvel's, so that counts for something, I guess, but I'm not sure what.

April 27, 2012 12:41 am I think Josh confused "Welcome to the Jungle" with Poison's video for "Fallen Angel." To be fair, same time period, same big hair.

April 12, 2012 8:41 pm The "Alien" book was originally published by Heavy Metal, if memory serves. Dark Horse didn't pick up the license until the 80s, and they only published new stories. Thanks for the heads up on on the Wally Wood book!

April 10, 2012 4:01 am I know this is a reprint, but I never read the original. I'm really looking forward to some Bernie Wrightson Spidey art.

March 22, 2012 11:25 pm If anyone's interested, in Japan they still have mounted archery as a sport/activity/martial art. It's called yabusame, and you can find videos of it on YouTube.

March 22, 2012 12:22 pm And that extends to other fields as well. After working at an amusement park, I just hate it in movies when someone flips a switch and ALL the rides in the amusement park not only turn on, but they all start running as well. Roller coasters running without operators are especially ridiculous. But, hey, I didn't let that stop me from enjoying Zombieland. On a related note, if I refused to watch movies because of bad physics, I'd never be able to watch another movie again! @Josh - Loved the last two paragraph's of the article.

March 22, 2012 11:52 am Val Kilmer would just use a laser to fill a house with popcorn to eat while he reads the haters' comments on Amazon.

February 21, 2012 8:23 pm I sometimes find my omnibuses a chore to read. I was always curious about Morrison's X-Men because both his work and the X-Men themselves have always been hit or miss for me. I went and got these trades: http://www.amazon.com/New-X-Men-Grant-Morrison-Marvel/dp/0785155031/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1329873457&sr=8-5 They're small and compact, and much easier to read. And, hey, if you don't like the first one, then you've only spent $10 instead of $80. (Just rounding the Amazon prices.) But, if you think you'll end of up liking Morrison's run, then the omnibus is cheaper than buying all 8 trades.

January 16, 2012 9:10 pm I enjoyed this, but the story isn't the greatest. Although, to have something that feels a little bit like "Akira" or "Pluto" sitting on my shelf isn't bad. I hope Milonogiannis' story-writing chops catch up to his art skills. Paul's review is dead on. I think if you can look at the samples on this page, you'll know if this book appeals to you or not.

January 6, 2012 9:21 am All great picks for this week. Is Colossus doing a shoryuken?