Kaylon

July 31, 2012 12:18 pm Yeah this listing is strange. I really liked issue #1 though. This is definitely in DnA's wheelhouse.

February 22, 2012 12:07 pm Well done sir, you beat me to the Starman explanation.

November 11, 2011 8:13 pm My Top 5: Aquaman Stormwatch Demon Knights Birds of Prey Legion Lost (haters, get thee to the left)

November 9, 2011 8:50 pm yes indeed, I think this issue has been the strongest of the three, art-wise

November 9, 2011 8:46 pm I bloody love this book.

November 1, 2011 4:39 pm Yes, a comic that features muscle bound guys beating the crap out of each other is preposterous.

November 1, 2011 4:36 pm Thanks for the review Paul, as a big MMA fan I'm definitely picking this up. It's weird how some people think mma and comic fans never come together in the venn diagram.

September 30, 2011 9:17 pm I think it's important to identify who the hypothetical "new readers" are supposed to be. If they want to get the younger kids reading I think that they need to put them in places that kids actually go to with their parents. I got my first comics as a kid at a pharmacy, grocery store, toy store, and wal-mart, and that's where they should be putting the comics now. Also, I think we remember the comics we read when we were kids less violent and adult than they actually were. The Uncanny X-men black and white paperback I got from the Book Fair at school had Wolverine slicing up Kierokk, Storm swimming nude and suprising Nightcrawler while Wolvie ogled, and Colossus being run through by Deathbird. The All Star Squadron comic I got at Toy Liquidators had the whole JSA being "murdered" in various horrifying ways (turns out Brainwave was in their minds and it wasn't really happening). I had no idea what a comic shop was until I was 13, but I had already been reading comics since I was 5, because I could see them, and ask/beg my parents to purchase them. I had all my family members who know absolutely nothing about comics and talk to me about the relaunch. Imagine if they didn't have to go out of their way to buy these exciting new supehero comics they saw on the TV. As for acquiring new adult readers, I think that's a harder task to accomplish. Even if you publish straight crime, law, romance, medical, or slice of life drama comics, most adults aren't going to accept these potentially great stories just because of the medium in which they are presented. For "grown ups" I really think word of mouth, or "word of shoving a book in to a friend/relatives hand is one of the few tactics that is successful. I've even given trades to friends that have a very hard time reading the books, because they're just not used to the format and it's frustrating for them to get started. " How do you read this?" The greatest amount of potential new readers are the kids, and none of the stuff I read as a boy had "kids", "young', or "johnny dc" anywhere on the cover. I think I might have been insulted if they did. I totally agree that a lot of these books are not kid friendly(detective, red hood, catwoman for example). However, comics have always been violent., just like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. Fools even get sliced up in the Narnia books and movies for heaven's sake, and they are marketed as kids books.

September 14, 2011 8:13 pm Word.

September 14, 2011 8:13 pm I really dug Snejbjerg's take on the Shade though, he was dapper as hell. He was much more streamlined. Not that Tony doesn't kick all kinds of ass.