― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 6 May 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)
― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 6 May 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)
― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 6 May 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)
― tom west (thomp), Saturday, 7 May 2005 02:59 (twenty years ago)
― Slumpman (Slump Man), Saturday, 7 May 2005 17:07 (twenty years ago)
― Huk-L, Saturday, 7 May 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)
MAY 3rd!!!!!
― chaki, Thursday, 24 April 2008 00:50 (seventeen years ago)
tomorrow!!
― chaki, Saturday, 3 May 2008 02:22 (seventeen years ago)
I reviewed all of this year's at http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/05/02/free_comics_2008/ .
― Douglas, Saturday, 3 May 2008 03:29 (seventeen years ago)
Short version: go for All-Star Superman, Love and Capes, Marvel Adventures Iron Man/Hulk/Spider-Man, Hellboy, Neotopia, maybe Comics Go Hollywood and Gyro Gearloose. Bring a kid.
― Douglas, Saturday, 3 May 2008 03:30 (seventeen years ago)
I hit two comic stores. The one is Astoria was totally laid back and said I could take one of each. The one in midtown was crazy and you had to get in line and personally request 5 comics. They were really nice though.
I got: Incredible Hulk/Iron Man, Ignatz, Owly, Amelia Rules, Caroona Palooza, Ironman/Hulk/Spiderman, Bongo, Shonen Jump, Transformers, Superman, EC, Tiny Titans, Walt Disney's Gyro Gearloose, and Jughead. Also: an Ironman poster/calendar, Chronicles of Narnia poster, and a Wall-e poster. My students better appreciate these!
― Virginia Plain, Saturday, 3 May 2008 23:34 (seventeen years ago)
Picked up that EC sampler - what a bargain! You get a beautiful Alex Toth/Kurtzman war story, a Johnny Craig werewolf strip, an Al Feldstein Sci-Fi and, best of all, one of Wally Wood's most intense and fetishistic crime twisters - superb!
― Ward Fowler, Sunday, 4 May 2008 09:50 (seventeen years ago)
What's supposed to be good in the '09 selection?
― O Bama, Up Yours! (The Yellow Kid), Wednesday, 8 April 2009 04:20 (sixteen years ago)
No big surprises. I'd go for Avengers, Savage Dragon, Love & Capes, Nancy & Melvin Monster. Maybe the Owly if that's your bag, maybe Blackest Night. I'd be more excited about the Love & Rockets thing if it weren't just excerpts from the forthcoming TPB.
― Douglas, Wednesday, 8 April 2009 18:56 (sixteen years ago)
... forthcoming TPB?
― thomp, Friday, 10 April 2009 13:13 (sixteen years ago)
I assume he means the annual format that got started last year
― Nhex, Friday, 10 April 2009 13:18 (sixteen years ago)
Yes, exactly.
(And is there anyone else here who reads Love & Capes?)
― Douglas, Saturday, 11 April 2009 03:34 (sixteen years ago)
what is?
― If Snotboogie always stole the money, why'd you let him play? (Dr. Superman), Saturday, 11 April 2009 17:22 (sixteen years ago)
DC's putting out an exclusive "Blackest Night" prelude if you're riding the GL Johns jock.
― Manuel Doritos (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 11 April 2009 17:48 (sixteen years ago)
remember when preludes were shorted than what they preluded?
― If Snotboogie always stole the money, why'd you let him play? (Dr. Superman), Saturday, 11 April 2009 17:55 (sixteen years ago)
Bump!
Off to the Sheffield Space Centre. I normally make an obligatory real purchase but i am sort of broke atm...
― Slumpman, Saturday, 2 May 2009 09:05 (sixteen years ago)
Oh, and to answer Dr. Superman's question, Love & Capes is a sitcom-ish thing about superheroes and their love lives. Very sweet, and I find the visual style really appealing: http://www.loveandcapes.com/ Plus he puts out like three issues a year, and one of them is always the Free Comic Book Day issue, which is considerate.
― Douglas, Saturday, 2 May 2009 15:06 (sixteen years ago)