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Matt Price’s best graphic novels of 2011 December 30, 2011 | Comment on this article Leave a comment Well-regarded graphic novelists Craig Thompson (“Blankets”) and Jaime Hernandez (“Love and Rockets”) released brilliant marriages of words and pictures in 2011, showcasing artists at the top of their creative powers. Despite some market failures, such as the closing of bookstore chain Borders, artistic... Read More
Erica Durance as Wonder Woman on “Harry’s Law” December 30, 2011 Erica Durance dons a Wonder Woman costume — in fact, the costume that was used for the Adrianne Palicki pilot — in an upcoming episode of “Harry’s Law.”   Durance played Lois Lane on “Smallville,” and in one episode donned “Amazon Princess” garb. She’s even closer to Wonder Woman in... Read More
2,011 in 2011 comic-book reading challenge: Week 51 and 52 recap December 29, 2011 Holy cow.  It’s done!  I sort of can’t believe I finished the entire thing, but I did, in fact, complete my 2,011 comic books in 2011 reading challenge. David Nelson, who also completed the challenge, asked if I had a compiled list.  I don’t — I might work it up in January, but for the... Read More
Tennis greats McEnroe, Sharapova to cover EA Sports’ Grand Slam Tennis 2 December 29, 2011 Tennis stars John McEnroe, Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova will grace the global cover of EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis 2, set for North American release on Feb. 10. McEnroe is a former world No. 1 and a three-time champion at Wimbledon. Djokovic currently holds the ATP Tour No. 1 ranking. And Maria Sharapova is... Read More
Happy 89th birthday, Stan Lee! December 28, 2011 Stan Lee, co-creator of characters including Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four, turns 89 today. Stan Lee is so intertwined with growing up with comics for me that I can’t really picture the industry without him.  Reading “Marvel Tales” reprints of Lee and Steve Ditko’s “Amazing Spider-Man” comics... Read More
‘John Carter’ gets another comics adaptation from Marvel December 28, 2011 With Disney prepping a “John Carter” film for March release, Marvel Comics continues its collaboration with the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate to adapt the “John Carter” novels into the graphic fiction format. “John Carter: The Gods Of Mars” No. 1 will be released in comic shops in March, from the... Read More
Baron and Rude’s Nexus to return in Dark Horse Presents December 27, 2011 Good news for “Nexus” fans — the sci-fi epic will return in the pages of the anthology series “Dark Horse Presents,” as announced in Steve Rude’s e-newsletter: Baron and Rude are re-uniting for a new Nexus story. The story will be published under the Dark Horse banner in their Dark Horse Presents... Read More
Monday movie quote challenge #161 December 26, 2011 “When I was young and successful, I was greedy and foolish, and now I’m left with no one. Wrinkled and alone. Read More
Merry Christmas 2011! December 25, 2011 Have a merry Christmas!   For those who celebrate, whether you are spending the day with family, friends or otherwise, I hope your day is wonderful and filled with joy. Check out GoldenAgeComics. Read More
Christmas Countdown: Wolverine #49 December 24, 2011 Rob Williams, Laurence Campbell and Kris Justice are the creative team for 2006′s “Wolverine” No. 49, in which Logan is sent department-store shopping on Christmas Eve.  He’s not particularly happy about the idea, but as a hostage situation develops in Manhattan, it’s fortunate Wolverine was on hand.... Read More
Christmas Comics Countdown: Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #46 December 24, 2011 Todd DeZago creates a fun, touching Christmas tale in “Marvel Adventures Spider-Man” No. 46, an issue of the all-ages series first released in 2008. In “Silent Nights,” drawn by Roberto Castro (behind a cool cover by Francis Tsai) Spidey is battling the cold, and trying to come up with a great present for... Read More
“A Christmas Carol” has long found home in comic books December 23, 2011 Batman mixes with Charles Dickens in this year’s graphic novel “Batman: Noel,” but that’s not the only time the classic “A Christmas Carol” has been remixed into comics. English author Charles Dickens’ novella, first published in 1843, features the transformation of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge after... Read More
Amazing Spider-Man photos; The Dark Knight Rises trailer; favorite comics of 2011 December 23, 2011 Fans get to see more about The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider-Man, and Matt and Kyle reveal some of their favorite comics of 2011. SPIDEY PICS The Amazing Spider-Man, Marc Webb’s film reboot of the Spider-Man property, is set to release July 3, 2012. In the meantime, the official site has revealed... Read More
Christmas Countdown: Marvel Team-Up #1 (1972) December 23, 2011 Peter Parker’s been assigned to take photos of the local Polar Bear club on Christmas Eve, as they plan a quick swim in the frigid temperatures.  But they’re interrupted by a disturbance in the sand — the Sandman is back!  Peter changes to Spidey to track the villain down, but Sandman slips through... Read More
Christmas Countdown: Fantastic Four 564-565 December 22, 2011 The “Ultimates” team of Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch teamed up for a two-part tale set during Christmas as part of their “Fantastic Four” run, which ran for 16 issues in 2008-2009.    In issues 564-565, the Fantastic Four visit Reed’s distant cousin in Scotland for their Christmas vacation.... Read More
Christmas Countdown: Incredible Hulk #378 December 21, 2011 Writer Peter David and artist Bill Jaaska create a humorous Christmas tale in “Incredible Hulk” #378. This is just as David’s run on the Hulk was really hitting its stride, and though the last issue, #377, set a new status quo for the Hulk, this issue is in some ways a filler, as Rick Jones tells some... Read More
“Daytripper” is gorgeous, thought-provoking graphic novel December 20, 2011 Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba create the story of the life of Bras de Olivias Dominguez, in the graphic novel “Daytripper,” originally released as 10 individual issues.  Each issue follows a day in the life of Bras, with each ending the same — he dies.    The following story picks up at a different... Read More
Christmas Countdown: Amazing Spider-Man #166 December 20, 2011 Spider-Man is tracking down the reptile-man Stegron in this Christmas tale from Len Wein and Ross Andru. Stegron was once Vincent Stegron, lab assistant to Dr. Curt Connors.  But, ironically given his surname, he’s transformed into a dinosaur-man after injecting himself with dinosaur DNA.   He... Read More
Second Dark Knight Rises trailer online December 20, 2011 ‘ The second “The Dark Knight Rises” trailer has been officially released online. The third film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, “The Dark Knight Rises” stars Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy, and is set to be released July 20, 2012. Read More
2,011 in 2011 comic-book reading challenge: week 49 and 50 recap December 19, 2011 Michael Turner’s “Fathom” made up the largest single title read in the past two weeks, in a fortnight that had a lot of variety both in publishers and decades read.  I read 88 comics total in the past two weeks of my 2,011 in 2011 comic-book challenge.  I am attempting to read 2,011 comic books in... Read More

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