Happy Thanksgiving From 13th Dimension!
Best wishes from Dan and Cliff. Enjoy some comic-book characters with your awesome gelled cranberry sauce that comes out of a can shaped like the can …
All the Pretty Variants: Coolest of the Week (11/27/13)
I know, I know. Variants are a scam, blah blah. Yes, I agree. But they can be so purty …
A Hanukkah Surprise from 13th Dimension!
I’m Jewish. The Thing’s Jewish. Batwoman was Jewish but I don’t think she is anymore. Hanukkah starts tonight. Here’s what I found when I Google Imaged “Hanukkah superheroes” …
HOT PICKS Gift Guide #9: ‘Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand’
Doesn’t matter that it didn’t come out this year. It won a bajillion awards last year and always makes a good gift
WHAT I’M READING: Ed Catto
Ed Catto‘s in the house with the latest WHAT I’M READING. Ed, a jack of all comics trades, has a predictably unpredictable list!
REPORT CARD, Part 3: Marvel Now! — Grading the Late Additions
The new wave of Marvel Now! is coming soon, so teacher-by-day/blogger-by-night Marc Buxton is breaking out the grades for the company’s first go-around:
Lamenting Superman’s Move Away From His Roots, by SAMUEL SATTIN
A lot of people are going to be giving the newly released “Man of Steel” home video as a gift this year. On the eve of Hanukkah, “League of Somebodies” writer Samuel Sattin finds that to be a disquieting notion. Here’s Sattin on Kal-El’s move away from his Jewish roots:
BREAKING IN: by Zach Brunner
Zach’s back! Brunner that is. Zach’s a working artist trying to make it in the Big Time and every so often, he stops by to chronicle his journey.
This Was Gonna Happen: Waid and Samnee ‘Back’ on Daredevil #1
It was a matter of (a very short) time …
HOT PICKS Gift Guide #8: Thanos!!!
Court death with this piece of plastic cosmic omnipotence …
MARVEL NOW! Report Card, Part 2: More Titles! More Grades!
The next big Marvel Now! push is in the offing and Marc Buxton is looking at how all the original books fared, perhaps giving a glimpse on what to expect next. In Part 1, he graded the vanguard of the first wave. Today, he looks at some of the ongoing titles that were rebranded Marvel Now! books. Tomorrow, the final set of titles. Marc’s a teacher/tutor by day, so here’s the Report Card …