And then there were 16

| November 16, 2010

Voting has ended for the second round of the Mensa Hero Bracket Challenge with the following results: In the Literary Division, Gandalf defeated Hercules and will face Sherlock Holmes, who vanquished King Arthur. In addition, after knocking off Harry Potter, Odysseus goes against Atticus Finch, the winner over Albus Dumbledore. In the Super-hero Division, all [...]

Captain Blue Hen: In the Upper Room – Part 2

| November 13, 2010

Joe visits In the Upper Room a program on Comcast Channel 28 that “promote[s] and present[s] the people, places and things that reflect the diversity in our community.” The show is hosted by Shaana, Anthony, Terri and Michael and airs on the first Sunday of every month at 7:00 PM.

Weekly Round-Up

| November 12, 2010

This week’s comic and geek culture news Are you enjoying J. Michael Straczynski’s run on Superman and Wonder Woman? Well too bad! JMS has announced that he is leaving monthly titles altogether to work strictly in the graphic novel format (like Superman: Earth One, which is awesome and on sale now at CBH!). In the [...]

New Comics Arriving Wednesday, November 17

| November 12, 2010

See the New Comics List as a cover gallery You can click the pics for descriptions and previews! NEW COMICS LIST below: AGENTS OF ATLAS VS TPB – $19.99 ANGEL #39 – $3.99 ANGEL #39 10 COPY INCV – $TBD ARTIFACTS #3 – $3.99 ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #25 – $4.99 AVENGERS #7 – $3.99 AVENGERS #7 [...]

Captain Blue Hen: In the Upper Room – Part 1

| November 11, 2010

Joe visits In the Upper Room a program on Comcast Channel 28 that “promote[s] and present[s] the people, places and things that reflect the diversity in our community.” The show is hosted by Shaana, Anthony, Terri and Michael and airs on the first Sunday of every month at 7:00 PM.

What We’re Reading This Week: 11/10-11/16

| November 10, 2010

Dave Edition Every issue of BACK ISSUE magazine is a treasure trove of information and interviews about Bronze Age comics. This means all stuff from 1970-85, which is my era of comics. If you question why anyone would be interested in reading about old comics, I say give one issue a try. You’ll find it’s [...]

Comics Highlights for This Week: 11/10-11/16

| November 9, 2010

Comics for the new cartoon season | New era for Big Time hero Dark Knight Returns | Duck Knight Returns | Throw-back team-up The box set of books will go great with the DVD Hot new writer takes on cult favorite COMICS HIGHLIGHTS picks the BIG books of the week plus ones you might miss. [...]

Pencils Down! Mensa Heroes Bracket Challenge

| November 9, 2010

The deadline for entering the Mensa Heroes Bracket Challenge was Sunday, 11/7. We received 22 submissions. For those who followed this, whether you entered or not, here are the results so far: MENSA voted for the winners of the 1st round and they are : Literary Division: Gandalf over Charlotte , Hercules over Jane Eyre [...]

Worst Super-Hero Costumes

| November 6, 2010

PART ONE I know that’s a bold statement, and Rob Liefeld and Marvel in the ’90s brought us some real stinkers, but I think you’ll agree these two are especially bad. More entries on the way, but for now, set your faces on stun. My first two Project Run-amok awards go to The Martian Manhunter [...]

New Comics Arriving Wednesday, November 10

| November 5, 2010

See the New Comics List as a cover gallery You can click the pics for descriptions and previews! NEW COMICS LIST below: ACTION COMICS #894 – $3.99 back in stock ALL NEW BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #1 – $2.99 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #648 BIG – $3.99 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #648 BLANK COVER BIG – $TBD [...]

Previews – Comics Coming in December

| November 4, 2010

HIGHLIGHTS FROM OCTOBER PREVIEWS

What We’re Reading This Week: 11/3-11/10

| November 3, 2010

Dave Edition I just read that over 8 million people watched The Walking Dead on Halloween. Some of those folks know that ‘TWD’ is based on a comic series by Robert Kirkman. If you are reading this, I’m sure you are one of those who know this, but did you know that Kirkman writes a [...]

Vote Today!

| November 2, 2010

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Comics Highlights for This Week: 11/3-11/10

| November 1, 2010

Vertigo writers do superheroes this week: Sweet Tooth‘s Jeff Lemire brings us the new Superboy title and Fables‘ Bill Willingham writes a Warriors Three mini-series featuring Thor’s buddies. And the next Oz adaptation is here! COMICS HIGHLIGHTS picks the BIG books of the week plus ones you might miss. Click the pics for a description [...]

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