Tag Archives: comics

Who Watches the Watchmen? DC Entertainment, that’s who

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Orren

   It’s all over the Interwebs now, but I wanted to weigh in. For those who haven’t heard yet, DC Comics announced “Before Watchmen” a series of prequel mini-series using the characters and world of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s … Continue reading →

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New Rocketeer Adventures anthology series on the way!

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Orren

As a listener of Comics Corner podcasts, you know that both of us really enjoy the character of The Rocketeer, first created by Dave Stevens in the 80s. For those few of you who aren’t familiar with The Rocketeer, I … Continue reading →

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Some comic recommendations

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Orren

As those of you who’ve been following our weekly podcasts over at Comics Corner Podcast know, there hasn’t been a Comics Corner podcast in a while (we’ll have a holiday one soon!) I just wanted to list a few things … Continue reading →

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Bye Joe

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Orren

A real talent has left the building. Joe Simon, one of the original comic giants from the Golden Age, has past away. He was 98 years old. You can get his bio from the link above or many other tributes … Continue reading →

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Narrow minded business practices, comic retailers, and Dark Horse

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Orren

It’s obvious to me that the way to expand the audience for comics is by expanding into digital comics. The casual reader is unlikely to visit a specialty shop, as I’ve written in other posts . However, if the comic … Continue reading →

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5 minute marvels with David Lopez

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Orren

It is worth checking out 5 Minute Marvels with David Lopez for two reasons: 1) His art is great; his five minute drawing of Giselle from Mystic is quite fun and lively! 2) Lopez’s more practiced drawings of women are … Continue reading →

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Halloween’s Coming: 22 sci-fi and comic characters as vampires

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Orren

It’s already October, and you know what that means: the countdown to Halloween begins! Sci-fi site Blastr has a fun article titled What Leia and 22 other sci-fi characters would look like as vamps, which collects images of characters from … Continue reading →

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The objectification of men…

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Orren

For those who follow my comics-related ramblings (and especially if you listen to our Comics Corner Podcast) you know that I take the objectification of women in comics very seriously. I thought this Comic Book Resources column by Sonia Harris … Continue reading →

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Score one for Team Pants

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Orren

So I just rambled here about how silly it is for Wonder Woman to be fighting crime in her underwear. Well, an intrepid Photoshopper decided to turn the tide and let the boys see how silly it is: Yup. Looks … Continue reading →

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New podcasting date for Comics Corner

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Orren

For those who haven’t already noticed: we’re changing the day that we release new Comics Corner podcasts. We used to have an irregular schedule, podcasting sometime between Sunday and Tuesday. But as those of us who buy weekly comics know, … Continue reading →

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