Aaaaa-ahhhh! Hesavedeveryoneofus! Graeme Gets Dastardly With The Flash

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Posted by: Graeme McMillan on November 29, 2010

Categories: Reviews

I promise, I wasn’t really looking for a pun to start this off, but this one was unavoidable. With the sixth issue finally out a couple of weeks ago, I finally had a chance to sit down and re-read THE FLASH #1-6, only to realize that Geoff Johns let the story run away from him early on, and couldn’t quite catch up. Get it…? “Run away… from… him…”? Oh, okay; I’ll just say what I mean, then.

Arriving THURSDAY 12/02/2010

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Categories: Shipping Lists

Because of American Thanksgiving, comics arrive on THURSDAY. It’s OK, I forgot about that one too, until I made the call this morning…

Arriving 11/24/2010

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on November 22, 2010

Categories: Shipping Lists

Hey kids, comics!

Wait, What? Ep. 17.3: It Ain’t Over Until It’s The All-Over….

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Posted by: Jeff Lester on November 19, 2010

Categories: Podcasts

Yeah, I just had to use this image, which I shamelessly ganked from David Uzumeri’s awesome annotations over at Comics Alliance to accompany our final installment of episode 17, an hour-long rope-a-dope where Graeme and myself thrash out our thoughts about The Return of Bruce Wayne #6 and Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #17.  I don’t think I have yet to successfully post one of these bastards the first time out for all of last week, but at some point or other, this ep. made it on to Itunes or will make it on to Itunes and you can also listen to it here…or perhaps you already have listened to it here.  (Hey, it’s almost like Omega Trap style…  Read More…

Wait, What?, Ep. 17.2: The Really Big Picture.

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Posted by: Jeff Lester on November 18, 2010

Categories: Podcasts

On the one hand?  Graeme and I talk about the recent news/controversy surrounding J. Michael Straczynski’s departure from the Superman and Wonder Woman titles in a way I don’t think anyone has yet. On the other hand? So…maybe it all evens out in the end.  It should be up on Itunes shortly and is available for you to listen to right here: Wait, What? Ep. 17.2: The Really Big Picture And our grand finale for Ep. 17–our discussion of Return of Bruce Wayne #6 should be up very soon….

Wait, What? Ep. 17.1: The “Superhero Movies and Hal Jordan Having Sex” podcast

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Posted by: Jeff Lester on November 15, 2010

Categories: Podcasts

Okay, so we tried for shorter–not that anyone explicitly told us to go short!–and this is the first of several installments that should be hitting your SavageCriticplex this week.  In this installment, Graeme and I talk about Netflix Watch Instantly, Iron Man 2, and the recent footage of Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern. Oh yes, and that guy right up there.  We end up in a pretty strange place and I’d like to say that place is Sean Connery in a red diaper but it’s not.  No, no, Zardoz is discussed at the beginning; it gets much weirder by the end. Wait, What? Ep. 17.1: The “Superhero Movies and Hal Jordan Having Sex” podcast We hope you enjoy and thanks…  Read More…

Arriving 11/17/2010

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Solid week o’ comics, under the jump!

New TILTING up

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on November 12, 2010

Categories: Retailing/Industry

You can find the newest TILTING AT WINDMILLS up at CBR. Go read it! -B

Abhay: MOVING PICTURES.

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Posted by: Abhay Khosla on November 10, 2010

Categories: Reviews

CAUTIONARY NOTE: First of all, for those of you reading this on the 11th of November, Happy Veteran’s Day, and thanks to our nation’s veterans for the sacrifices they’ve made.  This essay… wasn’t written with Veteran’s Day in mind– it just happened that I got this done this evening.  It’s not really ABOUT the sacrifices veterans have made but World War II does come up in a fashion, so… If you’re especially sensitive about veteran’s issues today, you know– put this one away for a day, and come back to it later.  I apologize at the outset if anyone who’s served finds this in bad taste.  But enjoy your day and sincerely, we all thank you again for your service….  Read More…

Hibbs Galivants on 10/3

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Categories: Reviews

Six books from last week which I have something to say about (though, maybe nothing interesting!), below the jump!

Everything Keeps Happening: Graeme Catches Up On Brightest Day’s First Half Year

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Posted by: Graeme McMillan on November 9, 2010

Categories: Reviews

So, now we’re past the halfway point of BRIGHTEST DAY (#13 came out last week, and it’s a 27 issue series, I think – That’ll be the 26 announced issues, plus the #0 launch), and I feel like I’m less sure about what the series is actually about than I was three months ago.

Wait, What? Episode 16.1: “Talk like a comic book.”

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Posted by: Jeff Lester on November 8, 2010

Categories: Podcasts

Hey, everyone.  Jeff here, and I bring with me a new episode of Wait, What? Our schedule got a bit off-track, what with my time in New York and all, but we should (fingers crossed) be getting back into the rhythm of more episodes (and maybe slightly shorter ones? This one is a horse-choking 87 minutes, as it turns out) shortly. We hope. But for now, sit back and listen to the masterly Graeme McMillan and myself talk Judge Dredd, Tucker Stone, and–at almost terrifying length–Matt Fraction.  You should be able to cop it on iTunes, or listen to it here: Wait, What?, Ep. 16.1 As always, we appreciate your time and patronage and thank you for listening!

Arriving 11/10/10

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Categories: Shipping Lists

About the same number of comics as last week… (and below the jump)

Spider-Man And His Amazing Three Year Comeback

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Posted by: Graeme McMillan on November 7, 2010

Categories: Reviews

It’s odd to think of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #647 as the end of an era, when the Big Time creative reshuffle is pretty much the same editorial team as Brand New Day editing a creative team that consists of the longest-surviving member of the Brand New Day braintrust and a revolving art-team that consists of Humberto Ramos and some surviving Brand New Day artists. It’s really more of “a shift into an only-slightly different era,” in a lot of ways, but saying that doesn’t really allow for 64-page finale issues like this one.

Long Live The Levitz: Grading Paul’s First 6 Months On Both Legion and Adventure

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Posted by: Graeme McMillan on November 5, 2010

Categories: Reviews

I’ll say this for Paul Levitz: He’s got an amazing fast learning curve for making comics work. Or, at least, half of one. When LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #1 debuted six months ago, I admit to being disappointed by a script that seemed more expositional than enjoyable, and more predictable and awkwardly-paced than my (admittedly rose-tinted) memories of his 1980s run on the title would’ve led me to believe. But now that #6 is out, it feels as if the old magic is back.

How to make an excellent graphic novel

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on November 3, 2010

Categories: Reviews

When I received the Superman: Earth One graphic novel, I also received a copy of Sarah Glidden’s HOW TO UNDERSTAND ISRAEL IN 60 DAYS OR LESS. I had just started to write that review when I found out how pissed DC was about the Superman one, so I stopped writing. 2 months later that was just a skeleton, so let me throw it out and start again. This book is my favorite new graphic novel of 2010, so far.

Crazy crazy crazy nights

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on November 2, 2010

Categories: Reviews

It’s been a pretty insane week — between Halloween, the World Series (it’s a big deal in SF), Election Day, man it feels like there’s 40 billion things to do and see. But I want to keep my hand in, yes I do, so here’s a couple of reviews for you…

Arriving 11/3/2010

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on November 1, 2010

Categories: Shipping Lists

Not a physical lot of comics, but what’s shipping looks pretty good…