With the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Marvel Studios is taking some intriguing turns. With plans to gradually integrate everything they have acquired, one huge team-up could have comic book fans thrilled as an X-Men vs. Avengers film may be on the horizon. Marvel Studios acquired the X-Men when Disney purchased 20th Century Fox and now […]
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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 […]
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 […]
How Crisis On Infinite Earths Ruined DC Comics And Their Perfectly Readable Bronze Age
Truth be told, I was never a DC fan. When I was a kid, edgy characters like Wolverine and the Punisher took all the air out of the room. Anything that smacked of the old 1970s Super Friends cartoon was automatically uncool. Worse, DC had adopted the worst possible frame for its phenomenal long-running characters. […]
The Comic Industry Is Dying, And Comic Sales Are In Massive Decline, Despite What Journo Heidi MacDonald Says
Fake news comic journo Heidi MacDonald for ComicsBeat did damage control for the mainstream comic industry this week, declaring victory for her friends in the industry against the hordes of comic shop owners coming out of the woodwork to talk to Mark Millar about how badly comics are performing. In the article “Comics Aren’t Dying, […]
Cancel Pigs Maul Rob Liefeld For Posting “Woke Comics Twitter” Is Real And To Be Avoided
Cancel pigs took to X to pile on Rob Liefeld after he waded into the arguments over the comics industry. He made an innocuous point about “woke comic book Twitter,” seemingly talking about the controversy stirred by Mark Millar, who stalwartly defended a comic shop owner for his opinions on why the comic industry is […]
Kor-Drath: The Reckoning By Andy Smith Brings Swords, Sorcery, and Hot Steamy Love To Indie Comics
Astonishing Comics presents the all-new Swords and Sorcery collaboration Kor-Drath: The Reckoning, the first book in an ongoing Fantasy Adventure series. The indie comic details the epic quest for the Stones of the Elements by Kor-Drath, a warrior of the Red Lion Barbarian tribe, and his lover, Adryana, a shaman of the Black Eagles tribe, […]
Mark Millar’s Coined Term For Failed Comic Industry Pros “Cancel Pigs” Trends On X
Mark Millar keeps taking on the comics whisper network on X, giving warnings on the state of the comic book industry and proposing solutions. Fans have met all his ideas with positive discussion, but industry insiders have attacked him instead. During the discussion, Millar coined the term “cancel pigs” as a rhetorical killshot against these […]
What Is Top Grift?
What’s going on everyone? I haven’t written a blog in a while so I figured I’d write a quick primer/explainer of what Top Grift is . It’s a deeply layered joke as far as the campaign goes, but there’s a very real, very good book at the bottom, which is not a joke — it […]
Terry Moore’s Motor Girl #1 Review (Spoiler Free)
Last week marked the release of Terry Moore’s new comic, Motor Girl #1. I’ve been eagerly awaiting this since the end of Rachel Rising, which is my favorite comic book series of all time, which you should check out the omnibus here. I’m a bit late in reviewing because of other obligations, but here goes!
