13 Quick Thoughts on SDCC … So Far
The big show in San Diego is technically half over (if you don’t count Preview Night) I suppose. There’s been LOTS to keep up with. Here are 13 Quick Thoughts to help you sort through it all:
VARIANTS! Best of the Week!
A little late because I’ve been a ramblin’ man … but so what? Great art is worth waiting for! Here are this week’s best variants!
How “Superman Lives” Died
One of the most storied movies that was never made, Superman Lives rises from its Hollywood graveyard.
13 Things I Love About BATMAN ’66
So as the Batworld knows from all over the Interwebs, Warner Brothers has announced the details of the BATMAN ’66 boxed set. I’m JUST NOW back from my Irish sojourn so I’ll riff on it soon. In the meantime, I give you the Official BATMAN’S HOT-LINE 13 Things I Love About Batman ’66!
13 Covers for BATMAN DAY
SHOCKER!! I’m not really celebrating BATMAN DAY. Why? BECAUSE EVERY DAY IS BATMAN DAY! But here are 13 Covers anyway.
MIGHTY Q&A: Spider-Guy JOE CARAMAGNA
The writer and hotshot letterer spins some Spidey tales!
13 Covers By Vaughn Bodé
Happy birthday Vaughn Bodé!!! We celebrate with 13 covers by the ultimate rock star of comics!
MIGHTY Q&A: DC’s Mark Chiarello — One of the Most Popular Guys in Comics
I’m not kidding when I write that headline. It seems that every other person I interview heaps praise on DC’s art director and editing guru.
Nightworld
Adam McGovern and Paolo Leandri channel silver age greats to bring forth NIGHTWORLD!
Remembering Vaughn Bodé
Vaughn Bodé would’ve been 73 this week. His influence and loss is still felt in the comics community.
Kevin O’Neill Rare US Appearance at SDCC
While the truly extraordinary gentleman Alan Moore won’t be at San Diego Con, artist Kevin O’Neill will make a rare appearance to support the release of the new collection of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
A Tale of Two Toy Fanatics
Scott Beatty is a writer and one of comicdom’s preeminent experts on action figures past and present. He has a terrifically cool blog of his own: Plastic Memory. Somehow or other we connected — I don’t even remember how anymore — but we decided to share our love of action figures and superswag with a mutual MIGHTY Q&A about what we dig.