by Jeff Meyer | August 4, 2006

Suspended Animation Review There were only a precious handful, and artist Kurt Schaffenberger (1920-2002) was among the best. The handful mentioned is artists and writers who worked in both the Golden and Silver Age of comics, and a trade paperback, Hero Gets Girl, is Schaffenberger's story. His career began at the Binder "Shop", an assembly...

by Jeff Meyer | August 2, 2006

The DC month-to-month sales column for June 2006 is up and can be found here.

by Jeff Meyer | August 2, 2006

The Marvel month-to-month sales column for June 2006 is up and can be found here.

by Jeff Meyer | August 1, 2006

On The Shelves: 08/02/06, by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Reprinted courtesy of Comic Book Commentary. Read GOOD Comics, not just the ones you're used to! Try something new EVERY month.For the first time in nearly three years, I didn't make my weekly pilgrimage to Midtown Comics and...life went on! Who knew? As a...

by Jeff Meyer | July 31, 2006

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by Jeff Meyer | July 31, 2006

Claypool Comics Shuts Down Print Operations and Moves to Internet After almost fourteen years and more than 300 issues — one of the longest runs in the history of independent comics — publisher Claypool Comics is telling the world of print, “Thank you and farewell.” After ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK #166 (shipping in February...

by Jeff Meyer | July 28, 2006

Suspended Animation Review Runaways, published by Marvel Comics, 144 pages, $7.99. It's great to see Marvel Comics finding success in a series of digest comics, and wonder of wonders, in retail outlets other than comics shops! I'm speaking of the series entitled Runaways, (of which five volumes have been published at the time of this...

by Jeff Meyer | July 28, 2006

Previews of Avatar Press comics that will be published in October 2006. George A. Romero’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: The Beginning #1 US $3.99 Cover: Sebastian Fiumara Writer: John Russo Art: Sebastian Fiumara Readership: MR Format: Full Color, 32 pages, 1 of 3 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The zombie series fans have demanded comes to...

by Jeff Meyer | July 27, 2006

On The Shelves: 07/26/06, by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Reprinted courtesy of Comic Book Commentary. Read GOOD Comics, not just the ones you're used to! Try something new EVERY month.My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 7/26/06. The full shipping is list available at ComicList.

by Jeff Meyer | July 25, 2006

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by Jeff Meyer | July 22, 2006

Previews of Marvel Comics that will be published in October 2006, by Ralf Haring. ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #35 Written by MIKE CAREY Pencils & Cover by PASQUAL FERRY “GOD WAR” Stranded on the alien world called Acheron, the F.F. face certain death at the hands of the literally explosive being called Gallowglass! But even...

by Jeff Meyer | July 21, 2006

Suspended Animation Review Canon (Winter 2006)/40 pgs. and $3.00 from PicSure Press/various artists and writers/sold at comics shops and www.imagetalker.com. The theme of this quarterly short story anthology featuring the work of SCAD (?) students and faculty is everything nautical. That means art and story focus on lighthouses,...

by Jeff Meyer | July 19, 2006

Previews of DC Comics that will be published in October 2006, by Ralf Haring. ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER #6 Written by Frank Miller Art and cover by Jim Lee & Scott Williams Variant cover by Miller Batman and Black Canary get down to business — the business of criminal skull...

by Jeff Meyer | July 18, 2006

On The Shelves: 07/19/06, by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Reprinted courtesy of Comic Book Commentary. Read GOOD Comics, not just the ones you're used to! Try something new EVERY month.My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 7/19/06. The full shipping is list available at ComicList.

by Jeff Meyer | July 17, 2006

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by Jeff Meyer | July 14, 2006

Suspended Animation Review David's Mighty Men #1, published by Cross Culture Entertainment, 64 pages, $4.99. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I like well-done treatments of Biblical- and/or Biblically-related material in comics. And, folks, there are precious few out there. I've now added one more...

by Jeff Meyer | July 12, 2006

Previews of Dark Horse Comics that will be published in October 2006, by Ralf Haring. APPLESEED ID Written and art by Shirow Masamune. A collection of sketches, studies, and schematics, Appleseed ID is a must-have companion book for fans of the cyberpunk saga Appleseed and its legendary creator, Shirow Masamune, the manga mastermind behind...

by Jeff Meyer | July 11, 2006

On The Shelves: 07/12/06, by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Reprinted courtesy of Comic Book Commentary. Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. My weekly look at select comic books being released Thursday, 07/12/06. The full shipping is list available at ComicList. [NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If...

by Jeff Meyer | July 10, 2006

ComicList: New Releases List for Wednesday, July 12, 2006, © 2006 by Charles LePage with information from Sun Coast Comics. - - - - - - - - - ComicList Sponsor - - - - - - - - - Comic Supplies from TCBulk.com http://www.tcbulk.com/ - - - - - - - - - ComicList...

by Jeff Meyer | July 8, 2006

Suspended Animation Review Witch King: Autobiography of a Dark Lord/120 pgs. & $19.95 from Phosphorescent/words: Christian Read; art: Paul Abstruse/sold at comics shops and www.phosphorescent.net. Gavriel was a bookish boy who turned to the occult when neglected and abused by his father, the king, and his warrior siblings. Venthrall Keep was a once mighty fortress...