Category Archives: Comics

Peanuts: Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown

By tone | Published: January 26, 2009
Got Milk? Well it seems the Peanuts’ estate has plenty of it. The corpse of Schulz has the market cornered for every holiday on the calender and every birthday with either a Hallmark greeting card or new book on tired old gimmicks. The estate is milking the characters for all it’s worth. The latest is [...]
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Spider-Man Meets the Dallas Cowboys

By tone | Published: January 20, 2009
Marvel Comics has never shied away from riding the wave of the latest craze. Spidey has had cross promotions with about just everything under the sun. The latest ploy is an Obama appearance that was lifted from Erik Larson of Savage Dragon fame. When the Dallas Cowboys were hot, [...]
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Craig Thompson Habibi

By tone | Published: January 15, 2009
Habibi is an Arabic word which means my beloved. That is the way I feel about Craig Thompson’s blog of Blankets fame. His blog explores in full detail his latest one man show called Habibi . It’s amazing to see how the process of an artist/writer who is surrounded by serenity around him and develop a foreign landscape of adventure [...]
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Timeline of the Planet of the Apes

By tone | Published: January 13, 2009
Timeline of the Planet of the Apes Fans are going to go apes with the latest unauthorized book on The Planet of the Apes franchise. This is something real to look forward to in the 40th anniversary celebration of one of the greatest Sci-Fi series ever. Rich Handley handles the whole chronology from Pierre Boulle to Burton’s version of the [...]
Also posted in Books, DVD, Movies, TV | Tagged Michael Wilson, Paul Dehn, Pierre Boulle, Planet of the Apes, Rich Handley, Rod Serling | Comments closed

Che: A Graphic Biography

By tone | Published: January 13, 2009
2009 will be the year of Che. He is regarded as either a messiah or a murderer depending from where you come from. One thing is sure the t-shirt business has put any kids through college with his image as a symbol of counter culture. Che: A Graphic Biography, Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón collaborated in producing the new [...]
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Tintin Celebrates 80 years

By tone | Published: January 10, 2009
The year 2009 promises to be a big year for both Marvel and the world of Tintin. Tintin is celebrating 80 years since he made his way and conquered many kids’ hearts throughout the world from January 10th 1939 and on. There is something missing. Did [...]
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Comixtravaganza

By tone | Published: January 7, 2009
Remember the library? Well Seattle has the coolest one right now in North America with their Comixtravaganza event at The Seattle Public Library.  What a great way to celebrate comics. This is must event for all in the area. Check out local hero David Lasky’s Golem.  Read more>>The Seattle Public Library will be hosting "Comixtravaganza," [...]
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The Rook is Back

By tone | Published: January 7, 2009
How can you sum up The Rook in one sentence? He is a H.G. Wells spaghetti western Buck Rogers time traveler. The Warren Magazine character  is back in a new format with upstart imprint Time Castle Books. They will collect all the black and white adventures from the defunct periodical. The Rook had some real amazing covers. The Rook [...]
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Visit From Mars

By tone | Published: December 30, 2008
Is there life on Mars? Olle Berg thinks so with his webcomic called, Visit from Mars. Olle is a Swedish illustrator who has a knack for original art like you have never seen before. His European roots shine through and through in his art. There are not too many Swedish cartoonist who make a splash, if Olle keeps going [...]
Also posted in Art, Cartoons, Web | Tagged Fly Tales, Kaput & Z?sky, Lewis Trondheim, Olle Berg, Stephen Croall, Visit From Mars | Comments closed

Planet Saturday Comics

By tone | Published: December 29, 2008
Planet Saturday Comics gives you a fuzzy good feeling about the world as a whole. The concept is out of this world and more publishers should follow suit. With new resolutions for the new year around the corner. Husband-and-wife team Monty S. Kane (writer and illustrator) and Kelli Stevens Kane (editor) bring us this charming volume one of their creation [...]
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