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My Former Life as a Kickstarter Junkie
Top to bottom: Ashes (art by Richard Pace); Jamal Igle’s Molly Danger; Neil DeGrasse Tyson, interviewee for Fight for Space; and Great Pacific (art by Martin Morazzo).When Kickstarter was relatively...
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Convention Packing Checklist Recommendations: Which Item Will I Forget?
If this isn’t filled with cool things by the time the convention is over, you’re doing it wrong. (Photo credit: cdedbdme via photopin cc)With two days to go until my wife and I attend the fourth annual...
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May 4th is Free Comic Book Day 2013! Go Get Some!
I would be remiss in my comics fandom if I didn’t take a moment to plug the heck out of the twelfth annual Free Comic Book Day. And no one likes being remiss. No one. Each year since 2002, American...
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Indianapolis Wins at Free Comic Book Day 2013
My wife and I are pleased to report that Free Comic Book Day 2013 was certainly a success at Downtown Comics on Indianapolis’ northside location. Not only were the costumed heroes out in full force as...
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Free Comic Book Day 2013 Results, Part 1 of 3: Familiar Names and Faces
From “The Assasination of Darth Vader” by Brian Wood and Ryan Odagawa.As previously recounted, my wife and I had a ball on Free Comic Book Day 2013 two weeks ago. Readers flocked to our local stores...
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Free Comic Book Day 2013 Results, Part 2 of 3: Familiar Names and Creatures
The painted dragons of Aphrodite IX. Art by Stjepan Sejic.Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: As previously recounted, my wife and I had a ball on Free Comic Book Day 2013 two weeks ago. Readers...
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Free Comic Book Day 2013 Results, Part 3 of 3: Worlds Beyond Marvel and DC
Atomic Robo: an essential part of every Free Comic Book Day.Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: As previously recounted, my wife and I had a ball on Free Comic Book Day 2013 two weeks ago. Readers...
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Indianapolis Comic Con 2014: Hoax, Dream, or Imaginary Story?
Comics! Anime! Video Games! T-shirt vendors! Whovians! Uglydoll! This never-before-shared file photo from C2E2 2011 has it all! (Unlike Indianapolis. For now.)The Indianapolis Comic Con. Comic Con:...
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Behold the Future of Chicago Sun-Times Photojournalism
Hardly an award-winning pic, is it? When I attended the “Marvel: From NOW! to Infinity” panel at C2E2 last April, I arrived late from another panel and found myself in the back row. I thought covering...
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Dawn of the Exclamation Points!
When exclamation points were king! Art by Scott McCloud! From his giant-sized book DESTROY!!! Which was loosely adapted into a film called Man of Steel!Our family vacation is coming up soon! Looking...
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Our Dog Lucky vs. Hawkeye’s Dog Lucky: a Companion Comparison
Seven years ago after moving into a new home, our family was joined by a dog named Lucky. Last year when the Avenger known as Hawkeye moved into his own solo series, he was joined by a dog named Lucky....
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San Diego Comic Con 2013: the Best and Least-Best News as Seen from the Cheap...
Anyone who followed the entertainment news as it flooded out of 2013′s San Diego Comic Con found themselves shocked and surprised by two or more bombshells dropped from above, as the movie and comic...
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“Superman/Batman” vs. “Batman/Superman”: Can This Odd Couple Be Saved?
They’ve worked well together before, but never in live-action. Can two super-heroes share a tentpole film without driving each other crazy? Despite my previously expressed skepticism, I wouldn’t say...
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“Batman ’66″: My New Favorite DC Comic
When I was a kid, Adam West and Burt Ward were the first super-heroes I remember following on TV. Less wooden than the Super-Friends, beset by better villains than Marvel’s 1970s live-action TV...
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“THE Star Wars”: Fun Adaptation of Stuff Found in George Lucas’ File Cabinets
Race into adventure with Kane Starkiller and his sons Annikin and Deak! Whoever they are! In 1999 Dark Horse Comics published an intriguing experiment called Buffy the Vampire Slayer: the Origin — a...
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The Fun of Buying Two (and Only Two) Parts of a 90-Part Publishing Event
The underordered Dial E one-shot will become a hot item once Slub locks in a WB movie deal. (Art by Emi Lenox.)This year at DC Comics, the villains are taking over! (No, not the editors. Wrong verb...
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Former Kickstarter Junkie II: Even Formerer
The Smoke/Ashes two-in-one limited hardcover edition was made possible through Kickstarter and conscientious perseverance. Art by Tomer Hanuka.My copy of the new hardcover graphic novel Ashes arrived...
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For the Bygone Heroes Who Viewed Healthy Marriage as a Viable Lifestyle Choice
Classic scene from Action Comics #775, March 2001: married couple Clark Kent and Lois Lane share concerns and burdens like a real married couple. Today this scene is against DC Comics law. (Written by...
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The Idiot’s Guide to Not Sexually Harassing Women
Just a starter checklist, mind you — far from complete or even authoritative: * Think about things besides sex. Any of the things. * Assume every woman you meet, online or offline, is not interested....
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Wonder Woman Finally Coming to Theaters as Sidekick to More Popular Male Heroes
For me, Wonder Woman’s golden age began in 1985. Artist/co-writer George Perez autographed my battered old copy of that year’s WW #1 at the 2012 Superman Celebration in Metropolis.Welcome to another...
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