An appreciation of comics, by Ray Cornwall

Why I Love Comics

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Fantastic Four #545 is the greatest Marvel comic this year

April 30th, 2007 at 1:57 am PDT » Comments (1)

Why, do you ask? I give you three reasons.
1. Dwayne McDuffie really has a handle on what makes the Fantastic Four unique. It’s not just four people with superpowers; it’s a family. And even though that family is going through post-Civil War jitters, and Reed and Sue have been replaced with the Black Panther and [...]



The lost Jack Chick/Stan Lee comic

April 27th, 2007 at 7:33 pm PDT » Comments (0)

This is scary-brilliant. However, I suspect Brandy Clark would have talked to Bill Mantlo, not Roy Thomas. Still, brilliant.



Let’s have some fun, shall we?

April 26th, 2007 at 7:16 pm PDT » Comments (1)

Thanks to my friend Ray Lopez.
Your results:You are Lex Luthor

Lex Luthor

77%

Dr. Doom

75%

Green Goblin

73%

The Joker

67%

Magneto

66%

Apocalypse

64%

Riddler

59%

Kingpin

59%

Mr. Freeze

50%

Venom

46%

Catwoman

45%

Juggernaut

41%

Dark Phoenix

37%

Poison Ivy

37%

Two-Face

33%

Mystique

25%

A brilliant businessman on a quest for world domination and the self-proclaimed greatest criminal mind of our time!

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Listen to Glenn Walker!

April 19th, 2007 at 8:50 pm PDT » Comments (1)

Glenn Walker, one of my best friends and the inspiration behind Comic Widows, has decided that the world needs more Glenn Walker. I fully agree with his analysis. Thus, Glenn’s lending his voice to the All Things! Fun podcast, located right around here.
Glenn’s an old-school comics fan. He’d rather read Roger Stern than Bendis. He’s [...]



An Interview With Warren Ellis on Doktor Sleepless

April 17th, 2007 at 9:30 pm PDT » Comments (3)

If I had to make a list of exactly why I love comics, Warren Ellis would easily make the top ten. He’s written some of my favorite comics of the past ten years: Transmetropolitan, Planetary, the riotous NextWave, Ocean, Red, Reload, and too many other titles to count. Now, he’s jumping back into the longform [...]