jisrael

January 10, 2012 5:40 pm Although others may disagree, I actually feel like the two books have pretty different feels. At this point, I want to say that The Last of the Greats is a (very) dark comedy, while Irredeemable always felt like a more traditional superhero drama.

January 2, 2012 4:09 pm I second pretty much everything you said. An amazing issue, and add into the emotions and bleakness the fact that it totally takes you by surprise (which doesn't happen much nowadays) and I'd say it makes for the best issue of the year.

October 11, 2011 3:17 pm The other thing that I think will be interesting to look at is when books start renumbering, which will allow for some variety. Detective Comics ended at 881, so I can only assume that at issue 19 that book will get renumbered to 900.

September 9, 2011 1:31 pm Although I haven't read that many of the comic book history books mentioned above, the only one that really gave a good yet thorough overview of comics throughout the century (what I've always been looking for) is Comic Book Comics, so I definitely second that recommendation to anyone who hasn't read it.

September 7, 2011 12:40 pm Great to hear that someone else got into reading comics due to a college course, because that's exactly how I started reading as well. Understanding Comics was a required book for a design class I took at Carnegie Mellon (as part of the drama school, need to give them their shoutout as well), and from that I decided to try out a graphic novel and it's been all downhill from there.

August 31, 2011 11:40 am Ron/Conor, are there any plans to do some type of "quick hits" review article on Wednesday's in the upcoming month, basically to give us a sense of what's worth checking out (in your opinions)?

August 23, 2011 10:12 pm For those who haven't heard, Snyder mentioned at Baltimore ComicCon this past weekend that Batman will be making an appearance in the first issue, so the this book should feel a part of the DCU from the very beginning. And more Snyder Batman is always a good thing.

July 13, 2011 11:47 am I know that the character has changed a bit since his origins, but I really hope this isn't going to turn Sinestro into a full on "good guy" since he was originally created as an analog for Hitler. It still makes me feel like Hitler is being welcome back to a superhero team.

July 5, 2011 12:23 pm Does anyone know if the awards are open to the public? I am looking to go to the Baltimore Con and was wondering if tickets also become available for this.

April 18, 2011 2:17 am Joe Casey's "essays" in the back of Butcher Baker have really been one of the highlights of that book for me, and now I can anxiously await the issue where he explains Butcher's past relationship with Muttley. Any time I see Butcher in that car now, that's all I'm gonna be thinking about.