Madmania by Luke S.
It was the summer of 2017, and I had just gotten back into comics thanks to Gerard Way’s fantastic DC’s Young Animals. I had just taken a trip to the Chicago area Graham Crackers, and with a little extra help from my friendly neighborhood Normal store, I was able to catch up on all of … Read more Doc’s Reviews For The Week Of 06/16/2021
FLASH #771 DC COMICS An amazing tale seems to be getting cut short! Starting off strong with a visit to the Legion of Doom complete with Superfriends cartoon art style it was a shame to see 1 page sneak peeks of storylines that will never happen. I would especially liked to have seen both … Read more Doc’s Reviews For The Week Of 6/9/2021
BATMAN SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES #3 DC COMICS This a perfect example of a classic all-ages book. Something that is not all that common these days. And while current Batman readers may have an issue with the simplistic take on the Dark Knight and the somewhat “going out on a limb” reasoning behind Two-Face’s masterplan, that’s … Read more Spidey and The Bat by Shawn S.
New Years Eve was not the same, nor was past New Years Day, We all were weird, even air was feared, still life goes on they say. Some comic fans were left adrift, their clubhouse suddenly scary, Silence fell amongst the books, where once the feeling, merry. A straggling few just left in deep despair. … Read more THE TOP 5 ROCKET RACCOON MOMENTS
Commentary by Pete from Lakeview Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, and Groot- we all know the Guardians of the Galaxy. But they’re not always working together to protect us from cosmic dangers. Sometimes they have private business to attend to, and other messes to find themselves in. Today we’re going to take a look specifically at … Read more Doc’s Reviews For The Week Of 6/2/2021
BETTIE PAGE THE CURSE OF THE BANSHEE #1 DYNAMITE ENTERTAIMENT Bettie Page returns with a new mystery from writer Stephen Mooney. But at this point in the ongoing adventures of Miss Page, we seem to have lost some of the cute charm of the first few outings. With Bettie working with the government and … Read more Short History of the Comic Book by Earl G.
Today’s people, looking at the tiny comic strips as printed in newspapers now, might find it hard to understand the tremendous popularity of comic strips circa 1900. Remember that this was before television, before radio, even before movies. In the day when there were four to seven competing newspapers in a city, strips were not … Read more Doc’s Reviews For The Week Of May 25, 2021
STARGIRL SPRING BREAK SPECIAL #1 DC COMICS If this was the only book I reviewed this week, I could die happy. This book actually brought tears to my eyes! Geoff Johns’s story is both touching and awe inspiring. He has managed to take little bits of history from various points in the DC Universe … Read more Doc’s Corner And Another Exciting Installment Of “How Well Do You Know Your Comic Store?”Even the most seasoned comic reader can miss that little something hiding in plain sight at your favorite Graham Crackers locations. Now, we’ve all missed that occasional issue or special cover, but I’m talking about missing that figure, back issue, or new title that you just completely didn’t know existed. Last time, we … Read more Phoning it in by Kevin H.
We’ve all been there. We’ve got something due, possibly something we’re not invested in, and we make a choice. The choice to be done on time. The choice not to stress ourselves out. The choice not to do the best work. The choice to…phone it in. You see it in comics all the time. The … Read more |
