An Open Letter.

| June 8, 2011

Dear Mr. Ellis,   Well this is awkward.  After reading your Astonishing X-men mini-run, Xenogenesis, I was convinced you were mad.  After introducing Ghost Boxes, possibly the worst thing in an X-book since the Mojoverse, you felt the need to bring them back and make them the foundation for a terrible, unnecessary short run.  I might have even [...]

Episode 17

| March 16, 2011

This week we run down some older series that we think are really good/underrated. Listen Here!

Warren Ellis & Obscure Marvel Superheroes

| February 19, 2011

For all of those out there that love a good funny book AND love Warren Ellis, too, it’s time to checkout his 2006 12-issue run called Nextwave! It’s collected in a total of 1 Trade Paperback (used to be 2) and still currently available here at Captain Blue Hen Comics!  (If it’s sold out, we [...]

Comics Highlights for This Week: 9/15-9/21

| September 14, 2010

Halo, Serenity, Oz! Oh, my! Shadowland, True Blood, and Red! Oh, my! COMICS HIGHLIGHTS picks the BIG books of the week plus ones you might miss. Click the pics for a description of the picks. ALL of this week’s stuff is on our NEW COMICS page.

Must-Read Comics: Wednesday, November 4

| November 4, 2009

OZ comics are back! Cinderella featured in Fables mini! Warren Ellis does the Brood in Astonishing! (I love the Brood.) Click on the images for a full description of the picks. ALL of this week’s stuff is on our NEW COMICS page.

This Week’s Must-Read Comics (4/22-4/28)

| April 22, 2009

Big movie stars, Batman and Wolverine, have a bunch of stuff coming out this week (more than you see below). Other than that this week features some “where is the next issue of…” titles like Warren Ellis’ Astonishing X-Men, Neil Gaiman’s “Whatever happened to the Caped Crusader?”, Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass, Billy Tucci’s Sgt. Rock, and [...]

A Quick Review of Planetary #1

| April 2, 2009

Intern’s Corner This is the latest review in my ongoing review series  of Vertigo’s After Watchmen. . . What’s Next? Planetary is the story of an organization known as Planetary. It consists of Snow, Wagner, The Drummer, and The Fourth Man. Wagner meets Snow in a diner and offers him a job as a member [...]

A Quick Review of Transmetropolitan #1

| March 22, 2009

Intern’s Corner Ok, so I’m going to go ahead and use this to write about comics and such whenever I get a chance. I will review whatever comics are handed to me by Dave, Joe, or Kita. Earlier this week, Dave handed me the Transmetropolitan #1 Special Edition. This comic is part of Vertigo’s “After [...]

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