This is the first part of Matt Wagner’s Dark Moon Rising Trilogy, in which he reworks three Golden Age stories into modern Batman continuity. We see Batman fight the menace of Huge Strange, a mad scientist who tries to fix the human genome but ends up creating- what else!- monster men. It’s great pulpy fun [...]
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35 Books in 30 Days 8: Batman & The Monster Men by Matt Wagner
October 3rd, 2006 at 11:41 pm PDT » Comments (0)
Scott Kurtz is a lucky man.
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:53 am PDT » Comments (0)
Kurtz, creator of PvP, details the events of the live art show he participated in over the weekend. During an auction afterwards, he won a gorgeous piece by Usagi Yojimbo’s Stan Sakai. Take a look:
Congratulations, Scott (you lucky bastard).
Greatest wedding vows ever.
October 2nd, 2006 at 10:00 am PDT » Comments (1)
Warning: adult topics discussed.
Still, greatest wedding vows ever.
35 Books in 30 Days 7: Book of Lost Souls 1 by J. Michael Straczynski and Colleen Doran
October 1st, 2006 at 10:42 pm PDT » Comments (0)
Boy, I’m glad I gave this book a second chance.
The Book of Lost Souls is an ongoing series by JMS (Babylon 5) and Colleen Doran (A Distant Soil, Orbiter). Marvel’s publishing it through their Icon imprint of creator-owned books. The story centers around Jonathan, a young man who commits suicide a long time ago. His [...]

