Each
week we let you know what's happening in the comic world,
plus tell you
which ones you should buy and which to avoid. Trust us.
Visit Dark Country by Derek McCaw (10-31-12)
Thomas Jane brings you a great creepy tale for Halloween...
Disney To Lucas: Join Me and We Shall Rule the Galaxy by Derek McCaw (10-30-12)
But what does it mean for the fans? UPDATE from Dark Horse included!
The New York Comic-Con 2012 by Deborah J. Draisin (10-30-12)
Let's look back just a couple of weeks to something good happening to New York City...
Cyberforce: Kickstarted, Rebooted and FREE by Derek McCaw (10-30-12)
Forget all the Image baggage -- you've got a cool new sci fi story going here...
Loki the Hero? by Derek McCaw (10-24-12)
Why the God of Chaos finds himself a Young Avenger...
Stan Lee Vs. Disney? We Say It Ain't So! by Derek McCaw (10-15-12)
Does Disney owe Stan the Man? Perhaps, but that's not who's suing in his name...
Return to the Convention of the APE - 2012 Photo Essay by Ric Bretschneider (10-15-12)
Over on the Left Coast, we had the Alternative Press Expo...and Ric was there!
Comics: Batman #13 by Derek McCaw (10-11-12)
The Joker returns, and worse, he may have been here all along... right next to you...
Comics: Uncanny Avengers #1 by Derek McCaw (10-11-12)
Sifting through the ashes of the Phoenix Force...
ARGO: How Jack Kirby Saved Six Diplomats by Derek McCaw (10-10-12)
Okay, so the CIA and the Canadian government had a little to do with it...
Suspended Animation: The Incredibles by Mark Allen (10-09-12)
Disney re-releases a four-issue mini-series in a great kid-friendly format!
Madefire Launches on iPhones and iPods! by Derek McCaw (09-27-12)
...and the future of comics just got closer. Oh, wait! It's already here!
52 Skidoo: Justice League #12 by Derek McCaw (09-05-12)
Clark and Diana sitting in a tree...
52 Skidoo: Green Lantern Annual #1 by Derek McCaw (09-05-12)
The Rise of the Third Army starts here, another chapter in Geoff Johns' epic tale.
52 Skidoo: Aquaman #12 by Derek McCaw (09-05-12)
Looking at where that industry shaking event is one year later, starting with the Sea King!
Comic-Con 2012: The Costumes Part 10 by Ric Bretschneider (09-04-12)
One last big cosplay blowout!
Who Are Worthy of the Power of Thor? by Troy Benson (09-04-12)
A podcast question spills over onto the website; may it spark the same debate for you...
Comic-Con 2012: The Costumes Part 9 by Ric Bretschneider (08-28-12)
Cosplay has something for everyone!
The Fanboy Planet Podcast Amazon Shop for Episode #278 (08-28-12)
A few of the things mentioned on this week's podcast...
Comics: The Digital Revolution Continues! by Derek McCaw (08-28-12)
Madefire brings former DC Editor Ben Abernathy on board; Liam Sharp tells us why...
Comic-Con 2012: The Costumes Part 8 by Ric Bretschneider (08-27-12)
A lot of Teen Titans, but not the ones you can get in the New 52...
Comic-Con 2012: The Costumes Part 7 by Ric Bretschneider (08-14-12)
A mixture of video game characters and ...hey, how did a literary one sneak in there?
An Appreciation of Joe Kubert: Eight Pages by Sam F. Park (08-14-12)
Examining a master's craft at storytelling...
Comic-Con 2012: The Costumes Part 6 by Ric Bretschneider (08-13-12)
With two very visible Invisible Women...
Comic-Con 2012: The Costumes Part 5 by Ric Bretschneider (08-10-12)
When realities collide...
Comic-Con 2012: The Costumes Part 4 by Ric Bretschneider (08-09-12)
Some gender-bending and a reminder that you can buy the new blu-ray of Spaceballs ...
Comic-Con 2012: The Costumes Part 3 by Ric Bretschneider (07-18-12)
And this ISN'T even the day of the Masquerade...
Comic-Con 2012: Pause For Cocktails With Stan (07-17-12)
Please join Stan Lee and Derek Mears for a little conversation while we rest...
Comic-Con 2012: Friday Gallery by Ric Bretschneider and Derek McCaw (07-16-12)
And we ain't seen nuthin' yet...
Comic-Con 2012: The Costumes Part 2 by Ric Bretschneider (07-15-12)
Still not the majority of attendees, but a LOT of great costumes this year...
Comic-Con 2012: The Costumes Part 1 by Ric Bretschneider (07-14-12)
Really, most people walk around the Con dressed as normal people. THE FOOLS!
Comic-Con 2012: Thursday Gallery by Derek McCaw (07-13-12)
A long day, a good day, and it's only Thursday...
Comic-Con 2012: Neil Gaiman Returns to the Sandman! (07-13-12)
HUGE surprise announcement at Vertigo Panel! Let Gaiman tell it...
Comic-Con 2012: Ralph's Joins Us by Derek McCaw (07-12-12)
San Diego supermarket makes it easy...
Comic-Con 2012: THE FIRST WORKING SONIC SCREWDRIVER! (07-12-12)
Still useless on anything wood...
Comic-Con 2012: Preview Night Gallery by Derek McCaw (07-11-12)
The first night is upon us!
Spider-Man: Into the Fabulous! by Ric Bretschneider (05-10-12)
It's a day for pushing movie tie-ins, but this one you weren't expecting!
WonderCon 2012: Life On The Floor by Mish'al Samman (05-08-12)
Many Bothans died to bring us these photos... that's why they're so late...
The Curse of Shazam Is Coming by Derek McCaw (03-05-12)
Maybe the curse is that DC has no idea what to do with the character...
The Fanboy Planet Podcast Holiday Gift Guide Shopping Page 2011 (12-12-11)
Items from our list for Santa right here on one convenient shopping page!
The Greatest Gift You Can Give This Holiday (12-12-11)
Bacon. Flavored. Popcorn.
Germany Does Comic Cons! by Ric Bretschneider (11-21-11)
Ric takes us inside one of the world's largest board gaming and growing comics conventions...
Announcing IMAGE Expo 2012! (11-21-11)
Do you feel that Bay Area gap left by WonderCon? Feel empty no more!
Almost Live From New York: It's Comic-Con 2011! by Debra J. Draisin (11-21-11)
What's it like at the Javits Center? Pretty cool...
The First Annual GeekGirl Con! by Laura Guerrie (10-14-11)
Because love of genre knows no gender...
New 52 And Counting: The Shade #1 by Derek McCaw (10-14-11)
James Robinson returns to one of his best creations...
New 52: Yes, We Have No Crisis, Part 2 by Derek McCaw (10-05-11)
Covering more reality-changing events that the latest reality-changing event changed...
New 52: Yes, We Have No Crisis by Derek McCaw (10-03-11)
Dan DiDio says the New DC Universe has no Crisis ...is that really a problem?
New 52 Week 5: Aquaman #1 by Derek McCaw (09-28-11)
Ahem. Aquaman? I think you mean ROCKwaman!
New 52 Week 4: Birds of Prey #1 by Derek McCaw (09-21-11)
A decent action thriller starting up only a little way from where last we left it...
New 52 Week 2: JLI, Static Shock, Stormwatch, Swamp Thing by Derek McCaw (09-21-11)
Fell behind but trying to catch up...
THE CHAMPAGNE ROOM: Keith Champagne Day! by Keith Champagne (09-15-11)
Keith now has a name for his column, and apparently his own holiday!
The New Ultimate Marvel: Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1 by Derek McCaw (09-15-11)
Because, yes, Marvel releases new first issues occasionally, too...
The New 52 From A Younger Perspective: Justice League #1 by Kid McCaw (09-13-11)
A seven-year old reacts to the DC Comics relaunch...
The New 52 Week 2: Hawk and Dove #1 by Derek McCaw (09-13-11)
Rob Liefeld returns to the characters who launched his career. Thanks, Hawk and Dove...
The New 52 Week 2: Green Arrow #1 by Derek McCaw (09-13-11)
If you liked Smallville and Iron Man but wished they were a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup...
The New 52 Week 2: Batwing #1 by Derek McCaw (09-13-11)
The first Batman, Inc. spin-off book launches before its parent book appears...
The New 52 Week 2: Men Of War #1 by Ric Bretschneider (09-12-11)
How do you do a realistic war comic in a world dominated by supermen?
The New 52 Week 2: Animal Man #1 by Derek McCaw (09-12-11)
Proof that DC Comics can be red in tooth and claw...
The New 52 Week 2: Batgirl #1 by Derek McCaw (09-09-11)
Let the healing begin...
The New 52 Week 2: O.M.A.C. #1 by Ric Bretschneider (09-09-11)
The world that's coming can't hold against the universe that reboots...
The New 52 Week 2: Detective Comics #1 by Derek McCaw (09-07-11)
A Batman book you'll enjoy looking at again and again... but reading again and again?
The New 52 Week 2: Action Comics #1 by Derek McCaw (09-07-11)
You'll believe a man can leap tall buildings in a single bound...
VIDEO: Too True For The New 52 (08-31-11)
All across America, this is happening.
VIDEO: Jonny Quest Redux (08-31-11)
A cool video with the Jonny Quest action figures that never were...
The New 52 Week 1: Flashpoint #5 and Justice League #1 by Derek McCaw (08-31-11)
Let the hullabaloo begin!
Comics Review: Angel and Faith #1 by Derek McCaw (08-30-11)
If you're in the mood for #1s this week, give this one a try...
Comic-Con 2011: Shadowbox Comics On The iPad by Mish'al Samman (08-24-11)
One of the coolest discoveries at Comic-Con, with video to demonstrate how it works!
Comic-Con 2011: Nothing But Costumes, Gallery 4 by Ric Bretschneider (08-11-11)
Darth Vader as you've never seen him (?) before...
A Column In Search Of A Name by Keith Champagne (08-10-11)
Rugged and popular comics writer and inker Champagne begins his new column HERE!
The End Of The DC Universe...Again... by Derek McCaw (08-09-11)
One Zorlac's view of the world that's ending and the world that's coming...
Comic-Con 2011: Nothing But Costumes, Gallery 3 by Ric Bretschneider (08-08-11)
Observing some themes -- Sucker Punch proved surprisingly popular this year...
Comic-Con 2011: Nothing But Costumes, Gallery 2 by Ric Bretschneider (08-05-11)
Zombie Superman and a whole lotta Slave Leias....
Comic-Con 2011: Celebrities, Creators and More! by Ric Bretschneider (08-03-11)
Just when you thought it was safe to wander the exhibit hall...
Comics Review: Death Valley by Derek McCaw (08-03-11)
IDW's new graphic novel pits Gunslingers vs. Ninjas, with us the winners!
Comic-Con 2011: Meesh Wandering, Part 3 by Mish'al Samman (08-01-11)
Hawkman! Wonder Woman! And some grey mutation stalking the halls...
Comic-Con 2011: It's Still About Comics by Derek McCaw (07-29-11)
Taking a look at books picked up at the Con: The Cape, Adam West, OZopolis and more...
Comic-Con 2011: Nothing But Costumes, Gallery 1 by Ric Bretschneider (07-29-11)
People saving themselves a fortune in therapy...
Comic-Con 2011: Meesh Wandering, Part 2 by Mish'al Samman (07-28-11)
Who is the Green Mandalorian?
Comic-Con 2011: Sunday Photo Gallery (07-28-11)
Warning: One evil clown lurks within...
Comics: Retroactive 1970s Justice League of America by Derek McCaw (07-28-11)
Adam Strange gets diverted to our "real" Earth while the Justice League visits DC offices...
Comic-Con 2011: Saturday Photo Gallery (07-27-11)
Several superteams gather -- will Captain Tightpants lead them?
Comic-Con 2011: Meesh Wandering, Part 1 by Mish'al Samman (07-27-11)
A gallery of photos from our Asian correspondent, lost on the floor...
Comic-Con 2011: Behind The Flaming Tower Of Warner! by Derek McCaw (07-27-11)
Stepping onto the balcony at the Warner Booth to find out just how it all happens...
Comic-Con 2011: Friday After Dark (07-26-11)
Inside Nerd HQ! Swag Bag dresses! Childish Gambino! Maybe the Moon...
Comic-Con 2011: Friday Photo Gallery (07-26-11)
The Captains! Elephantmen! And the Mayor of Quaohog, Adam West!
Comic-Con 2011: Thursday After Dark (07-22-11)
The sun goes down and the parties start...
Comic-Con 2011: Thursday Photo Gallery (07-22-11)
Inside and outside, the Con is busy busy busy...
Comic-Con 2011: Visions of Preview Night Photo Gallery by Derek McCaw (07-21-11)
Three hours on the Exhibit Hall floor...NOW WITH THE CORRECT LINK!
Comic-Con 2011: From Dusk 'Til Con Preview - Get the Poynt! by Derek McCaw (07-19-11)
By day it's a convention. By night it's a party!
Comic-Con 2011: The Dinosaurs Are Dead by Nate Costa (07-19-11)
Interviewing the Linquist Cousins, men who remember when zombie dinosaurs roamed...
Comic-Con 2011: Registering For 2012 by Derek McCaw (07-14-11)
Not ready for next week? Start planning for next year!
Comic-Con 2011: The Monsterverse Hits Comic-Con! by Sam F. Park (07-14-11)
Join top horror comics creators for "The Monsterverse Ate My Brain!"
Joe Ferrara, Troubador of Atlantis Fantasyworld (07-05-11)
He runs a great comics shop and sings like an angel... and the SF Chronicle noticed!
Legendary Comics Launches with Frank Miller's Holy Terror ! (06-29-11)
Too wild for even Batman to be a part of...
Gene Colan: A Fanboy Planet Remembrance by Derek McCaw (06-24-11)
From Daredevil to Tomb of Dracula to Howard the Duck and beyond... a giant passes...
Big Wow! Comicfest 2011 by Ric Bretschneider and Derek McCaw (05-23-11)
Smaller local conventions make for a great day, and we have the pics to prove it!
Out of the Cinema and Into Comics: The Mighty Thor by Derek McCaw ( 05-02-11 )
Sure, you're jazzed about the movie, but what books do you buy to keep up the excitement?
Captain Action Returns! by Derek McCaw ( 04-30-11 )
For years as a kid, I scoured flea markets for this...
Wondercon 2011: A Video Retrospective by Mish'al Samman (04-21-11)
The sights, the sounds, and thankfully not the smells of Fanboys in San Francisco...
Rick Baker Covers Bela Lugosi's Tales from the Grave by Derek McCaw ( 04-08-11 )
Beware the eye of the soul-stealing sailor! He's strange to the finish...
C2E2 In 2011 by David J. Fowlie ( 04-01-11 )
Our man in Chicago takes some Hero Initiative at last week's convention....
Comics Review: Hellraiser #1 by Derek McCaw ( 03-23-11 )
Oh, I could have solved Rubik's Cube any time I wanted... but I was afraid this would happen...
Clive Barker's Hellraiser: "At the Tolling of a Bell" by Derek McCaw ( 03-23-11 )
Boom! Studios lets us share with you an 8-page introductory story -- by Barker himself!
Comics
Review: Xombi #1 by Derek McCaw ( 03-21-11 )
The DC Universe was long overdue for a weirdness magnet...
Comics
Review: Ruse #1 by Derek McCaw ( 03-21-11 )
The game is afoot once more... no matter which planet it is!.
Comics
Review: Starman/Congorilla #1 by Derek McCaw ( 1-11-11 )
Now if only Neil Simon would write a play about them...
Comics
Review: Weird Worlds #1 by Derek McCaw ( 1-10-11 )
An anthology that promises to be way out, but keeps riding the mainstream...
Fear Itself Attacks The Marvel Universe In 2011... by Derek McCaw (12-21-10)
Eight heroes (and our wallets) will be tested by the God of Fear...
Comics
Review: Kill Shakespeare #8 by Derek McCaw (12-20-10)
Romance, tragedy and outright villainy just keep on coming...
Comics
Review: Superboy #1
by Derek McCaw (11-9-10)
This
isn't exactly Smallville , and that's a good thing...
Graphic
Novel Review: Hatter M: The Nature Of Wonder
by Derek McCaw (10-13-10)
You don't
have to be insane to be caught in the Civil War, but it
helps...
From
Box Four: Comics Reviews 10/11/10
by Derek McCaw (10-11-10)
Howard
the Duck, TRON and Dethklok all return to comics....
The
Digital Divide: Derailing The Direct Market's Demise
by Troy Benson (08-23-10)
How gadget
geeks and gurus can have their comics cake and eat it, too...
Jason
Schachat vs. All Six Volumes of Scott Pilgrim
by Jason Schachat (08-13-10)
An analysis
of the literary origins of an epic of epic epicness...
Comic-Con
2010: CosPlay Caught By Mish'al
by
Mish'al Samman (08-10-10)
Some
of the best heroes and villains of Comic-Con 2010...
Comic-Con
2010: Mish'al's Gallery
by
Mish'al Samman (08-10-10)
Seeing
the Convention from the 501st perspective...
Marvel
Enters The Grid With TRON: The Betrayal In October!
(07-27-10)
The opening
shot from Disney/Marvel looks pretty good...
Comic-Con
2010: Day Four Photo Gallery
(07-26-10)
Surviving
to the very last day...
Comic-Con
2010 VIDEO: Matt Fraction, "The Batman Dreams of Hieronymus
Machines"
A slideshow
presentation from Thursday night, Matt Fraction sums up
our love of comics...
Comic-Con
2010: Day Three Photo Gallery - Inside
(07-25-10)
A shot
from Hall H, celebrity sightings and a costume or two...
for now...
Comic-Con
2010: Day Three Photo Gallery - Outside The Center
(07-25-10)
It's
the Scott Pilgrim Experience! It's the Walking Dead! It's
Hot!
Comic-Con
2010: Day Two Photo Gallery
(07-24-10)
The day
begins at Flynn's Arcade and ends at From Dusk Til Con...
Comic-Con
2010: Day One Photo Gallery
(07-23-10)
Angelina
Jolie showed up! Brad Pitt did not! But we had fun!
Comic-Con
2010 Video: The Moron Life Preview Night Experience
(07-22-10)
The Moron
Life boys (Lon, Mike and Dave) wander the floor...
Comic-Con
2010: Preview Night Photo Gallery
(07-22-10)
The crowds!
The smells! The first up close look at Abin Sur from Green
Lantern!
Comic-Con
2010: FROM THE CON! BOOM! Announces Stan Lee Projects!
(07-21-10)
Stan
Lee creates a brand new bullpen, and the talent is amazing!
UPDATED WITH PICS!
Comic-Con
2010: The Women of Comic-Con 2009
by
Lon Lopez and David Tapia (07-19-10)
Some
of the best costumes from last year to get you
hyped up for this year...
Comics
Review: Superman #701
by Derek McCaw (07-16-10)
You'll
believe a man can walk... and it's still one of the best
Superman stories told this year.
Comics
Review: Scarlet #1
by Derek McCaw (07-13-10)
Back
to what made Bendis great in the first place...
Comics
Review: Batman Beyond #1
by Derek McCaw (07-03-10)
Terry
McGinnis joins the DC Universe, and it's way past time...
Comics
Review: Ghostopolis
by Derek McCaw (07-02-10)
Zapped
into the afterlife, Garth Hale discovers superpowers, his
boy grandfather and hope...
Comics
Preview: Scratch 9 #1
by Derek McCaw (05-24-10)
Joining
the KiZoic line of books, this cat has nine lives, and many
more stories to tell...
Comics
Review: The Avengers #1
by Derek McCaw (05-24-10)
To quote
Thor to Captain America, "I don't know you..."
Comics
Review: Kill Shakespeare #2
by Derek McCaw (05-18-10)
William
Shakespeare meets an action movie? Not as strange as you
might think...
Comics
Review: The Stuff of Legend Book 1: The Dark
by Derek McCaw (05-12-10)
Brave
toys venture into a dark realm to save their owner ... you
only think you've seen it before.
The
DC Universe: It's Just Unconstitutional
by Troy Benson (05-06-10)
Why Green
Arrow and Brightest Day #0 keep flouting
the law for the sake of storytelling...
Iron
Man and the Iron Can
by Tony Panaccio (05-06-10)
Why are
collectibles so much cooler today?
WonderCon
2010 Photo Gallery 1
by Mish'al Samman (04-11-10)
A look
at the floor and some of the things that caught Mish'al's
attention this year...
Review:
Blackest Night #7
by Derek McCaw (03-02-10)
Sure,
it's going to end in Brightest Day, but it's sure hard to
see from here how...
The
Ultimate Digital Comics Reader?
by Mario Anima (02-4-10)
Graphic.ly
may do everything a comic book should except smell like
print...
The
Heroic Age Comes To Marvel
(01-27-10)
Iron
Man! Captain America! Thor! Spider-Man! Gorilla-Man?
Comics:
Blackest Night #6
by Derek McCaw (12-30-09)
Just waitin' for the Resurrection Man...
2009
Fanboy Planet Hoiday Gift Guide: The Books
by the Staff
(11-24-09)
Oh, sure, and now someone will say "how
could you leave off...?" Well, let us know!
Comics
Review: The Flash: Rebirth #5
by Derek McCaw (11-19-09)
Old-school storytelling that feels fresh, new
and...well, you've got to buy it!
2009
Big Apple Con
by Deborah J. Draisin (11-08-09)
Forget the con-fighting, how was it to actually
BE there?
Comics
Review: Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love #1
by Derek McCaw (11-5-09)
Taking on a scope a fifth-rated network would
never allow...
Comics
Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer #30
by Derek McCaw (11-5-09)
Taking on a scope a fifth-rated network would
never allow...
Suspended
Animation: Wayne Boring
by Michael Vance (10-26-09)
The man who shaped the look of Superman...
Suspended
Animation: Son Of Superman
by Mark Allen (10-16-09)
A look back at a Chaykin and Tischman Elseworlds
classic...
Updated
Post: Green Lantern Superstar
by Troy Benson (10-09-09)
A reader sends in photographic evidence connecting
an ancient Church with Green Lantern...
Comics
Review: Die Hard Year One #1
by Derek McCaw (09-30-09)
Getting back to the roots of both John McClane
and Howard Chaykin...
Suspended
Animation: John Byrne's Namor The Sub-Mariner
by Mark Allen (09-18-09)
An overlooked Marvel book that may be some of
Byrne's best work...
Comics
Review: Blackest Night: Batman #2
by Derek McCaw (09-15-09)
Just within the Batfamily, it's amazing how many
dead there are to rise...
Suspended
Animation: Doris Danger Giant Monster Adventures
by Mark Allen (08-29-09)
From the mind of Chris Wisnia and now through
the grace of Slave Labor Graphics...
Suspended
Animation: Conan The Barbarian #1-24
by Mark Allen (08-21-09)
Marvel did it right the first time...
Comics
Review: Filthy Rich
by Derek McCaw (08-18-09)
Vertigo Crime launches with a loser mixing with
the wrong crowd... and the wrong dame...
Comics
Review: Ultima Thula
by Derek McCaw (08-04-09)
Arcana offers a wild ride to an alien planet
where our blood is better than gold!
Comics
Review: Billboards
b y Derek McCaw
(08-03-09)
The medium is the message, but what happens when
we become the medium?
Comic-Con
2009: The Official "Day Two"
(07-29-09)
Many more galleries coming...but this one previews
some upcoming stories on Fanboy Planet.
Comic-Con
2009: The Wrath Of Con
by Lon Lopez (07-28-09)
Derek and Lon's journey through Comic-Con's hottest
party...
Comic-Con
2009: Jeff Smith Announces A Return To Boneville
by
Derek McCaw (07-27-09)
In addition to next month's Scholastic reprint
of Rose , he's got a lot more on the horizon...
Comic-Con
2009: The MoronLife Preview Night Video Blog
by
Lon Lopez (07-23-09)
Join Lon Lopez for a quick video rundown of Wednesday's
highlights...
Comic-Con
2009: Preview Night Gallery #3
(07-23-09)
Costumes and Pros and Ladies, oh my...
Comic-Con
2009: Preview Night Gallery #2
(07-23-09)
Artwork, toys and Avatar ...yep, a look
at something from Avatar!
Comic-Con
2009: Preview Night Gallery #1
(07-23-09)
David Tapia and Ric Bretschneider captured the
sights, but luckily for you, not the smells...
Comics
Review: Doctor Who: Room With A Deja View
by Derek McCaw (07-21-09)
Missing David Tennant's Doctor? Try this IDW
offering to ease the pain...
Comics
Reviewed: Blackest Night #1
by Derek McCaw (07-18-09)
...and I thought it was gross when Cheeks the
Toy Wonder came back from the dead...
Web
of Spider-Man Relaunch In October
(07-14-09)
A brand-new spin on an old title gives us top-notch
storytelling and the Spectacular Spider-Girl!
Comics
Reviewed: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? #1
by Derek McCaw (07-14-09)
Philip K. Dick's classic becomes a graphic novel...and
a whole new generation gets paranoid...
Comics
Reviewed: Green Lantern #43
by Derek McCaw (07-10-09)
Black Hand sure seems different from my Green
Lantern Archives vol. 3....
Suspended
Animation: Marvel's Ultimatum
by Mark Allen (07-10-09)
It's the end of the world as we had just started
getting to know it...
Super-Con
2009: Creators and Creations
by Ric Bretschneider and Derek McCaw
(06-12-09)
The best of Ric's photos from Super-Con 2009
in San Jose!
Review:
Batman #687
by Derek McCaw (06-10-09)
If Batman can be reborn, why not our comics coverage?
Super-Con
2009: The Costumes
by Lon Lopez and Derek McCaw
(06-05-09)
You've heard the interviews, now see the fandom
that flocks to San Jose!
A
Look Back At Lee and Ditko's Amazing Spider-Man
by Mark Vance (06-05-09)
Is it nostalgia, or is it really every bit as
good as us old-timers remember?
New
York Comic-Con 2009: From The Hero Initiative Booth
by Deborah J. Draisin
(03-02-09)
What's it like to see your first Comic Convention
from the inside?
America's
Newest Superhero
by Derek McCaw (01-18-09)
Powered only by the audacity of hope...but we're
buying it for now...
Sparks
Hits The iTunes Store!
by Derek McCaw (01-15-09)
Actor Michael Pare plays Catastrophic Comics'
Noir Superhero in a new iPhone App...
Comics
Reviewed: City of Dust: a Philip Khrome Story #2
by Derek McCaw (11-12-08)
A shiny city can't see what's reflecting up from
underneath...
Comics
Reviewed From Box Four 11/11/08
by Derek McCaw (11-11-08)
Final Crisis: Resist, Justice Society of
America #20, Sandman: The Dreamhunters #1...
Embrace
Change
b y Lon Lopez
(09-24-08)
The Skrulls are here...and now sports fans know
it, too...
Comics:
All-Star Superman #12
by Derek McCaw (09-18-08)
This
is the end, my friend, and yet...
Comic-Con
2008: The Berman Photos
by Jeffrey Berman (08-19-08)
Fleeting
moments from the floor of the San Diego Convention Center...
Comic-Con
2008: A Pack of Jokers
(08-03-08)
So, so
many clown princes...
Comic-Con
2008: The Lego Collection
(08-03-08)
For those
about to play well, we salute you...the amazing Lego statues
from Comic-Con!
Comic-Con
2008: A Few Celebrity Appearances
(08-01-08)
Stephanie
Rodriguez roamed the floor and caught some nice candid shots...
Comic-Con
2008: The Kings Panel, Courtesy of NBC
(07-25-08)
Retelling
the story of King David in modern times...brilliant or just
weird? YOU be the judge...
Comic-Con
2008: Thursday Slideshow
(07-25-08)
Lon Lopez
relives his childhood with 125,000 other people...
Comic-Con
2008: The Knight Rider Panel, Courtesy of NBC
(07-25-08)
What
cool secrets will be revealed? We don't know. Our hotel
internet is too jammed...
Comic-Con
2008: Preview Night Slideshow
(07-24-08)
Lon Lopez
finds some of the summer's biggest stars...or their Lego
facsimiles, anyway...
Comic-Con
2008: The Greatest American Hero Returns!
(07-21-08)
Join
us at Booth #2109 as we sit with William Katt and Robert
Culp -- there's a panel, too!
Comics
Review: Rogues' Revenge
by Derek McCaw (07-18-08)
A classic
Flash team returns for one last excellent capper....
Suspended
Animation: Rom, Spaceknight
by Mark Allen (06-27-08)
One of
the best toys-adapted-to-comics you'll ever find...
Suspended
Animation: Tomo
by Mark Allen (06-19-08)
Daydreams,
aliens and ninjas collide in a top-notch book aimed at girls...
Eternals
#1
by Derek McCaw (06-11-08)
While
DC kills its New Gods, Marvel finds a way to give them life...
The
Illusive Mr. Watson Reviews Guardians of the Galaxy
#1
by Tim Watson (05-28-08)
For those
who loved Annihilation, this is the book for you...
Super-Con
2008: Photos From The Floor
by Derek McCaw and Clay Robeson (05-22-08)
Jane
Wiedlin gave me a piece of cake...
House
of Mystery #1 by
Derek McCaw (05-08-08)
Every
mystery has its secrets, but not every secret has a mystery...
Detective
Comics #844 by
Derek McCaw (05-08-08)
Reminding
us that no matter how it works, ventriloquist dummies are
just plain creepy...
Buffy
the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #14
by
Derek McCaw (05-08-08)
Vampires
are in danger of getting humdrum. Thank heavens Dracula
lives!
The
Illusive Mr. Watson Reviews Hercules: The Thracian Wars
#1
by Tim Watson (05-05-08)
Welcome
a new reviewer, this week tackling the flagship offering
from Radical Press!
DC
Universe #0: A Hero Reborn Of Confusion
by
Derek McCaw (05-05-08)
Wading
through it all, at least we get a flashback...or is that
a Flash back?
Countdown
To Final Crisis #1: Can We Breathe?
by
Derek McCaw (04-24-08)
After
a year of earth-shattering action, what has really changed?
Titans
#1: Haven't We Been Here Before?
by
Derek McCaw (04-11-08)
They're
getting the band back together, and they sound a lot like
X-Men...
WonderCon
2008 Gallery 3
by Michael Goodson and Derek McCaw
(02-26-08)
Strange
things that caught our fancy and celebrities, too!
WonderCon
2008 Gallery 2
by Michael Goodson and Derek McCaw
(02-25-08)
What's
a convention without CosPlay?
The
Independent Garcia: WonderCon 2008
by Chris Garcia (02-25-08)
Trolling
the aisles of Artists' Alley, Garcia finds some treasures...
WonderCon
2008 Gallery 1
by Michael Goodson and Derek McCaw
(02-25-08)
You say
you had money burning a hole in your pocket? Not after WonderCon...
This
Week In Marvel 02/20/08
by Derek McCaw (02-20-08)
Reviewing
Orson Randall and the Green Mist of Death, Hulk #2,
Runaways #29 and more...
Comics
Review: Popgun Vol. 1
by Caitlin Moriarity
(02-18-08)
A graphic
mixtape to convince you that Image loves you forever...
Steve
Gerber Dies At 60...
by Derek McCaw (02-12-08)
It seems
only appropriate to give a soft and sad "waaauuggghhh..."
Comics
Reviews From Box Four 02/07/08
by Derek McCaw (02-07-08)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #11, Countdown #12,
Detective #841, Fables #69 and more...
There's
A New Captain America In Town...
b y Derek McCaw
(01-28-08)
A review of Captain America #34...
From
Out Of The Shadowline... The Revenant
by Derek McCaw (01-24-08)
Image Comics releases pulp-influenced avenger
in March...we've got five pages of story here!
Suspended
Animation: Growing Old With B.C.
by Michael Vance (01-18-08)
Before you close the book on a cartoonist's career,
check this one out...
The
Twelve Return To Rock
by Derek McCaw (01-08-08)
J. Michael Straczynski and Chris Weston revive
a dozen heroes from Marvel's past...
One
Hulk, Two Hulk, Red Hulk, Boo Hulk
by Derek McCaw (01-08-08)
Red is the new green...and we care why?
This
Week In Marvel 01/03/08
by Derek McCaw (01-03-08)
Reviews of Annihilation Conquest #3, Omega
the Unknown #4 , Thunderbolts #118 and more..
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