Looking Forward To The Stories Of A New Year By Daniel Seib
The end of the year is swiftly approaching and all the brand-new possibilities of the days to come are at our doorstep. That means sweet, sweet, new comics on the horizon. Now we may not know all that is to come for the whole year, but we at least have a good idea how it … Read more Doc’s Reviews for the Week of 12/21/2022 (Happy Holidays!)
DARK CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #7 DC COMICS And so finally, another year long “Next Big Thing” event comes to an end. Not with a big finale but rather with a one on one before teenage Robin and Deathstroke. And with Dr. Light’s help, the Flash family restore the Multiverse. And the crowd goes … Read more My Top 10 New Comics of 2022 by Luke Simkins
2022 had a lot of interesting comics come out. Sadly, no one can read them all. I know as a comic shop manager I should read every book that comes out each week, but unfortunately, I have other managerial duties to attend to. However, I did read some fantastic comics that came out this year. … Read more Doc’s Reviews for the Week of 12/14/2022
DARK CRISIS: BIG BANG #1 DC COMICS When I was handed this issue as possible review material, I snickered at my Graham Crackers Comics contact. Why would I want to review a book that represents everything I hate about the current state of comic stories. Stories so complicated and confusing that it has to … Read more Dear Santa, Fan Casting Comics! By JC
When I was a kid, an issue of Wizard Magazine had an article laying out their dream cast for an X-Men movie “if it ever gets made”. This was long before an entire generation has grown up with comic properties dominating the big and small screen. Now we get tons of rumor mills about real … Read more Doc’s Reviews for the Week of 12/6/2022 (with some deep dive results!)
THE THREE STOOGES MEET ROBIN HOOD #1 AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY In 1962, Dell Comics was still the final destination of thousands of media properties. One of these was the Three Stooges. At this point in time Curly and Shemp had passed away and Moe and Larry had recruited Joe DeRita as the third Stooge, Curly … Read more Things I Would Gift To Superheroes For The Holidays By Jake Pierce
Every year we wonder what to gift our loved ones for the holidays, for some it’s fun, for others it can be a task, if you’re like me it can be stressful getting the right stuff for a significant other or parent. So instead of spending my time figuring that out, I somehow came up … Read more Doc’s Reviews for the Week of 11/30/2022 with Another Golden Age Deep Dive
CAT-MAN AND KITTEN #1 DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT Starting with Crash Comics #4 in 1940, Catman made his spectactular debut. Billed as a cross between Batman and Tarzan, the unusual backstory for the hero as he was raised by a tigress in Burma after his parents died. By living with the tigers, he developed tiger like … Read more Who The Heck Are Will Eisner And Harvey Kurtzman? By Earl Geier
A youthful employee here at the store here recently asked me what comics and creators I liked. Among the creators I mentioned were Will Eisner and Harvey Kurtzman, whereupon I was asked “What did they do?” After I picked my jaw up off the floor, I pointed out they were famous, not for having the … Read more Kevin’s Comic Controversies, Part Two: Hooked on Comics Or ‘How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bottle’
*Author’s note- my family was? is? RIDDLED with this sort of thing, and my take on that may not be to your liking. We all cope in our own way. Mine often involves comics. And drinking. You’ve been warned. Hooked on Comics Or ‘How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bottle’ With the … Read more |
