Everyone has their holiday traditions, things like watching your favorite holiday movies, enjoying hot chocolate as you put up decorations, or listening to your favorite holiday songs with the family. For me it’s pretty much the same but with lots…
The Holiday season is always a difficult one, made up of running around, store to store, gathering up goodies for friends and family. It can get hectic, and downright panic inducing even under the best of circumstances. So with a…
Last month I wrote a column about how excited I am that Aliens and Predator will be arriving at Marvel. It will be cool to have new fans for old properties find a ton of excellent old, and (hopefully) excellent…
Again, this is just how I Rick Berg, as a reader of comics, usually read comic storylines that are to span multiple comic book titles. This is not how you should do it or how you have to do it.…
Several weeks ago, my esteemed colleague, Michael Wall, presented a brief overview of horror in the comics. But, nicely done as it was, he did miss a notable footnote in the history of four-color spectral graphics. Horror comics flourished from…
Think you know all the members of the classic Justice Society of America? Everyone remembers Batman, Superman, Hawkman, Starman, Hourman, Sandman and Wonder Woman. Do you recall the JSA’s littlest member? No not Red Tornado or that other Red Tornado.…
Once again I will give you a little glimpse into the world of Mike Wall. I have an interesting relationship with Halloween. Since both my parents worked, I never got the home-made costumes that everyone else had. I was and…
For years, Image Comics dominated the Indy market. So much so that it was almost a big three between Marvel, DC, and Image Comics. They have always been a big deal, from the first day Spawn came out, through big…
There are so many new comic titles every year it is easy to forget what came out last month let alone last year, and even harder to remember the last ten years. Sadly these books get pushed to the backs…
Time for the second issue of Jake’s Gag Bag, where I talk about a moment in a comic book that got a real laugh from me, and not one of those fake laughs you give to your boring cousin during…