Author Archives: Illustrator X

Another day, another rant

December 16th, 2008 | Posted in Comics, Daily Rants

I was going to write this post about the disappointing ending of Bendis’ five year plan, aka the “Secret Invasion”, but what’s the point?  You’ve all read it by now and bitched about it in comic stores and blogs, to friends and family, and it still comes down to the fact that we got shafted.  […]

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It’s all about NEMI

November 9th, 2008 | Posted in Comics, Daily Rants

Another Halloween has come and gone, as Charlie Brown once said.  Ah, but despite the dearth of horror in comics these days (The Walking Dead being a much-welcomed exception), there was a book that came out last month that my wife refused — refused! to let me near until she had savored every last panel.  […]

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Remember… back issues?

August 17th, 2008 | Posted in Comics, Daily Rants

This week, I’d like everybody reading this to go to your nearest comic store that actually sells silver and bronze-age back issues.  I’m not asking you to break the bank on this, just find an old back issue that looks fun; something you’ve always wanted to try out.  Maybe a tattered copy of Superman Family; […]

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Ain’t watching Watchmen!

August 10th, 2008 | Posted in Comics, Daily Rants, Movies

Seems as though the Watchmen movie is on every fanboy’s mind.  Everyone keeps talking about the movie trailer; how this is going to be the greatest comic-book movie of all time.  Hey, did you ever notice how “of all time” means “until the DVD sales dry up”?  Really.  I’ve heard “of all time” applied to […]

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DCU animated R.I.P.

July 20th, 2008 | Posted in Comics, Daily Rants

When DC cancelled its Justice League Unlimited comic book series a few months ago, it closed the door on the greatest version of its universe ever, save perhaps for Kirby’s Fourth World. The animated DC world, starting with the Batman cartoons of the 90s, then continuing with Superman and finally Justice League, were smart, sleek, […]

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Read ’em for free!

June 29th, 2008 | Posted in Comics, Daily Rants

Libraries let you read graphic novels for free. That’s it, man —– the rest of this article is just going to be driving that point home, so if you can grasp that simple concept, get outta here and go read the complete Lone Wolf & Cub series, Ultimate Spider-Man, Strangers In Paradise; whatever. I just […]

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Another year, another Crisis

June 1st, 2008 | Posted in Comics, Daily Rants

Another week, another “crisis” over at the DC Universe.  This time it’s called “Final Crisis”, as opposed to Crisis On Infinte Earths, Zero Hour, and Infinite Crisis (oh, and let’s not forget the Countdown to Infinite Crisis and Countdown to Final Crisis).  This is IT, promises DC.  Everything changes!  Hoo-hah, you won’t believe your eyes!

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SCUD, Conan & Skrulls

May 11th, 2008 | Posted in Comics, Daily Rants, Movies

 It’s been a week now, and everyone’s still buzzing about how great Iron Man: The Movie was.  Not only that, but the previews for the new Batman, Hulk & Hellboy flicks look amazingly good, making me thank God for the umpteenth time that I lived long enough to see great special effects and supervillains in […]

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The Colleen Doran incident

April 27th, 2008 | Posted in Comics, Daily Rants

I spent last weekend getting folded, spindled and mutilated along with 64,000 others at the 2008 New York Comic Con.  Had a great time!  Handed out over a thousand flyers for Skullduggery (see www.witchesvsvampires.com); ran into several college classmates and even got to play autograph-whore with the likes of Neal Adams, Tom Yeates, Joe Staton […]

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New York Comic Con

April 27th, 2008 | Posted in Comics, Daily Rants

The reason I haven’t written in a while is because I’ve been spending my time getting ready to blitz the upcoming New York Comic Con with promos for my animated project SKULLDUGGERY.  I’ve put a lot of time and effort into this cartoon series (which you can check out at www.witchesvsvampires.com), and hope to show […]

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