Category: Comics

New Avengers #43

ComicList Critiques by Charles LePage New Avengers #43 Marvel Comics Bendis, Tan, Miki Here we learn a great deal about Captain America we saw arrive on Earth with the rest of the 1970's-80's style heroes in the Skrull ship that crash landed in the Savage Land....

Bryan Singer Revs Up for Radical’s Freedom Formula

July 25th, 2008, LOS ANGELES – Radical Publishing is proud to announce that Bryan Singer, director of X-Men, X-Men #2, and Superman Returns has signed on to produce Freedom Formula: Ghost of the Wasteland based on Radical Publishing’s Freedom Formula, written by Edmund Shern. This is the third film deal by Radical Publishing, following the...

Milt Caniff's Steve Canyon 1947

ComicList Critiques by Charles LePage Milt Caniff's Steve Canyon 1947 Checker Book Publishing Group Milt Caniff You will find no finer piece of literature in the world of comic strips or comic books than STEVE CANYON. Sadly, I started reading this strip in...

2008 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Winners

The 2008 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were presented at the San Diego Comic Con last night. Here is the list of winners. Best Short Story: “Mr. Wonderful,” by Dan Clowes, serialized in New York Times Sunday Magazine Best Single Issue (or One-Shot): Justice League of America #11: “Walls,” by Brad Meltzer and Gene...

Batman Special #1

Suspended Animation Review Batman Special #1, published by DC Comics, 48 pages, cover price $1.25. In honor of the theatrical release of The Dark Knight, I present to you one of the better Batman stories from the eighties, found in 1984's Batman Special #1. The premise...

ComicList Extended Forecast for 07/30/2008

Updated shipping information for comics and products being released beyond the week of 07/30/2008, provided by Diamond Distribution and our friends at Things From Another World. View a dynamic version of this list, updated several times each week, leading up to its Friday release. Please let me know if any of the names...

Possible Delay For Final Crisis #3

Per Dan Didio at the San Diego Comic Con 2008, Final Crisis #3, which is scheduled to come out 08/06/08, might be delayed until the following week.

Image Comics Unites In IMAGE UNITED

Image Comics announced at the San Diego Comic Con 2008 Marc Silvestri, Erik Larsen, Jim Valentino, Rob Liefeld, Whilce Portacio, and Todd McFarlane, and Robert Kirkman will release a six issue miniseries, IMAGE UNITED.

Rockne S. O'Bannon To Write Farscape Comic Series

July 25th, 2008 - Los Angeles, CA - Today BOOM! Studios and The Jim Henson Company revealed that Rockne S. O'Bannon, beloved creator of FARSCAPE, will be writing BOOM!'s recently announced FARSCAPE comic book series. Widely recognized as one of the greatest sci-fi series in television history, the multi-award-winning FARSCAPE will make the transition to...

Preliminary ComicList for 07/30/2008

ComicList: New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, July 30, 2008, by Charles LePage. This is the *preliminary* list and is not complete. The complete, and much more accurate, list will be published next week. This information is compiled from a variety of sources including Diamond Distribution and our friends at Things From Another...