Author: Jeff Meyer

by Jeff Meyer | February 6, 2008

THE VE GUYS SAY: Variant Edition Tuesday is the quick dose of comic knowledge you need before you step into the comic book shop this week: the best books hitting the stands and the latest headlines. Comics score more mainstream news coverage, new trailers for this summer's movies and Microsoft gets into webcomics? We sneak...

by Jeff Meyer | February 5, 2008

The Pulitzer Prize is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon an editorial cartoonist — so, you’d think the winners would be pretty smart. Apparently not. With one shockingly ill-advised career choice, 10 formerly-respected Pulitzer Prize winners have forever destroyed their stellar reputations by contributing to MAD #487. The concept of assembling such...

by Jeff Meyer | February 5, 2008

It’s the ultimate comic book event of the year and now Ultimates 3 is back like you’ve never seen it before! In Ultimates 3 #1 Black & White Variant, the sold-out smash hit from Eisner award-winning scribe Jeph Loeb and superstar artist Joe Madureira returns with black & white interiors! Spotlighting the raw power that...

by Jeff Meyer | February 5, 2008

My Back Pages, by Thomas Aylesworth I'm taking a break from reviewing back issues to review the best new comic collecting supply since the invention of Mylar. I recently purchased a set of DrawerBoxes from the Collection Drawer Company and I couldn't be...

by Jeff Meyer | February 5, 2008

2008 is shaping up to be one of the most exciting years ever for Archie and his friends! It’s all due to our writers, who in recent months have concocted some intrepid tales that threaten to dismantle the status quo forever! The comfort readers take in the consistency of the Archie characters has been shaken...

by Jeff Meyer | February 5, 2008

ComicList: New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, February 6, 2008. ComicList headquarters: http://www.comiclist.com PLEASE NOTE- Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. Let me know if any of the names or numbers are wron…

by Jeff Meyer | February 4, 2008

ComicList: New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, February 6, 2008. Information provided by our friends at Things From Another World. Check out the Comiclist Message Board 2.0 for a special sneak peak of next week's comics. The ComicList is available in many forms and locations: ComicList headquarters - Usenet -...

by Jeff Meyer | February 4, 2008

Baby Boomers is twisted fun in two tiny packages. UK independent publisher Orang Utan Comics announced a new title today which they are describing as “Calvin and Hobbes meets Spy vs Spy”. Baby Boomers is a heartwarming tale of two adorable infants and their ongoing desire to...

by Jeff Meyer | February 4, 2008

All Teddy Altman wants is to meet the father he’s never known. That father? None other than the Kree legend himself, Captain Marvel. The two finally meet in Young Avengers Presents #2 (of 6). Esteemed writer Brian Reed (Captain Marvel, New Avengers: Illuminati) and acclaimed artist Harvey Tolibao, bring us an...

by Jeff Meyer | February 4, 2008

THE VARIANT EDITIONS GUY SAY: We shot this waaay back in November. It's been in the oven for awhile and it's finally ready! Reviews include: Special Forces #1, DC's Infinite Halloween Special, Crawlspace XXXombies #1, Daredevil Annual #1, Batman #670. The Order #4, Annihilation Conquest #1, WWH Gamma Corps #1, Fear Agent The Last Goodbye...