Generation X is the last real comic book generation, as comic shops were prevalent for independent start-ups like Eclipse Comics to publish great books, including Chuck Dixon’s Airboy and others. Don’t get me wrong, storytelling by sequential art will be a thing so long as humans are humans, but an adolescent boy sitting on […]
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Alan Scott Shown To Frequent Homosexual Prostitutes In New Tim Sheridan Green Lantern Issue From DC Comics
Tim Sheridan’s Alan Scott: Green Lantern has been disgusting since the first issue. It was so bad that Tim Sheridan posted a video to X urging readers to buy it to upset the independent rebellion in comics known as #ComicsGate before its release. It came across as desperate and embarrassed DC Comics when sales were […]
CGC Admits Hundreds Of Graded Comics Could Be Fraudulent After Recent Amazing Spider-Man Mark Jewelers Fake Comic Scandal
The Certified Collectibles Group (CCG) and Certified Guaranty Company (CGC) acknowledged a number of scams involving their graded comics on Dec. 28, 2023. The company is best known for giving an objective grade for comics, putting them in an unopenable hard plastic shell without destroying the certification, and creating value for collectors who have these […]
Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Nearing Its Climax In 2024 Amidst Rumors Of Threats To Creator’s Life
The world of manga and anime was recently hit with a mix of excitement and melancholy as Gege Akutami, the creator of the immensely popular manga series “Jujutsu Kaisen,” hinted at its imminent conclusion during a panel event. While fans eagerly await the climactic showdowns promised by the final arcs, rumors have surfaced, suggesting that […]
Treating “Official” Fan Fiction From The Comic Industry Like It’s Fan Fiction
The X-Men are being reappropriated. Miles Morales has all but replaced Spider-Man. Modern books in the comic industry are mostly glorified fan fiction. Learn how to treat them that way. No matter how much officially sanctioned garbage gets dumped on a tried-and-true franchise, some core stories are so good that no amount of corporate-approved dog-piling […]
X-Men Fans Are Livid As Marvel Comics Editor Tom Brevoort Confirms Coming Reboot Will Be Filled With Politics: “The Message Is The Premise”
Marvel Comics Editor Tom Brevoort has waded into the political debate with fans, fueling concerns that the new X-Men reboot will be another left-wing political manifesto disgusted as a comic. It began when Tom Brevoort posted a graphic with a classic X-Men logo and the text “From The Ashes” and “July 2024.” Fans replied with […]
Unwrapping Marvel Magic: Top 5 Christmas Comics
Christmas is here at last! Let’s take a trip down memory lane to festivus past with Marvel comics! Grab a mug of cocoa and a comfy reading spot! Here’s our top 5 list of Marvel Christmas comics! 5. “Marvel Team-Up #1: Have Yourself a Sandman Little Christmas!” (2005) Opening our list is a team-up between […]
The Problem with the Comics Industry is YOU, Comic Book Nerds
I checked the headlines this week and found out that the sky is falling in the world of the comic industry these days. There is a lot of debate about what the root cause of all this is and what to be done about it, but after picking up a copy of Weird Western Tales […]
Mark Waid Uses Woman’s GoFundMe For Her Terrible Disease As A Platform For Unhinged Rant On ComicsGate
Mark Waid is going full rage cancel pig again on his Facebook page, this time blaming ComicsGate and “Alt-Right” trolls for alleged comments on a GoFundMe post after the embattled DC Comics writer drew criticism for threatening to burn down the comic industry during a discussion regarding fan-favorite writer Mark Millar’s proposed comic industry solutions. […]
Graham Nolan And Mark Millar Agree The Indie Comics Scene Needs Marvel And DC Comics To Survive
Last week we reported on Mark Millar’s interview with three large comic book retailers. This week John F. Trent interviewed Batman artist and co-creator of Bane, Graham Nolan on the continuing debate over the state of American comic books, and yes, Nolan agrees with Mark Millar – the indie comics scene needs the anchors of […]
Heavy Metal December 1977: When We Had Bande Dessinée at Home!
A long time ago, I came back from a month as an exchange student on the French Riviera bearing gifts. Sure, I was loaded down with postcards of topless women. And one lucky son of a gun received a French translation of the FASA BattleTech Black Widows supplement. But the stuff that really blew our […]
Mark Waid Admits ComicsGate Was Right: There Are Massive Problems In The Comic Industry
Mark Waid can’t help himself. He has to insert himself into any comic industry drama wherever alternatives with people he disapproves of making comics are concerned. Over the last two weeks, the World’s Finest DC Comics writer has lashed out as ComicsGate was proved right about the industry again, calling people criticizing poor comic sales […]
