“…Achieving Liberal Ends By Fascist Means.” COMICS! Sometimes They Fight To Make Men Free!

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Posted by: John Kane on May 9, 2013

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…and it stank like it something had crawled up it and died! What? I’m on? That’s a bit ahead of schedule. Caught me on the hop a bit there, let’s see what we can do. Hold on…let me check my pockets…right! Harumph! This’ll have to do. Here goes. Welcome, International Comrades! In this exciting post I will be treating the eyes of all to the sight of many comic covers. Yes! These coruscating covers adorned the 1982-4 run of BLACKHAWK; a run written by Mark Evanier and drawn by Dan Spiegle with back ups from a heavenly host of talents. Pleasure for all viewers ensured as I have mastered the scanner! Technology is yet servant to the flesh! Yes! So,…  Read More…

“That Soldier–He’s A Woman?!” COMICS! Sometimes We Sing A Song For The Unsung!

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Posted by: John Kane on April 26, 2013

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So, I managed to wrestle a broken down wreck of a scanner out of the garage. To give it a proper work out I scanned in a bunch of covers by the artist Luis Dominguez; who I totally rate. I chucked in a bit of context but don’t worry there aren’t many words in this one. Mostly it’s a bunch of ’70s Western covers by a neglected Argentinian artist. I say mostly covers but also the famous scene where Scalphunter arm wrestled Abe Lincoln. Top that, Spielberg! Anyway, this…

“Thrill Someone You Love…” COMICS! Sometimes It’s The Other Stuff That Catches The Eye!

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Posted by: John Kane on January 22, 2013

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Well, I finally got The Haunted Scanner working so naturally I diddled and faffed around with it a bit. Put it through its paces and all that. Rather than have that time be classed as wasted I thought I’d share with you, the peoples of the World, some of the neglected visual delights within a bunch of 1971/1972 Marvel Comics. Adverts, I’m talking about adverts there. Look, it’s probably better than you fear but not as good as you hope. I can’t say fairer than that. So let’s skip back to the dawn of the 1970s via a scanner and some stapled and browning paper. In a way, it’s a kind of time machine. Maybe. Oh, it’s not making it…  Read More…

Linkbait!

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on November 28, 2012

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I think I will have some reviews up Very Soon (maybe even today, if I follow the plan in my head), but in the meantime, here’s a little link bait of stuff that’s been sitting around in my browser and made me think a little or a lot:

“Clean Living.” PEOPLE! Sometimes It’s 62 Years of Howard Victor Chaykin!

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Posted by: John Kane on October 7, 2012

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Just a quick Happy Birthday to Howard Victor Chaykin who is 62 years of age this day! Cheers! A slightly cheekier Birthday greeting below the break.

“WAM!” PEOPLE! A King is Born!

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Posted by: John Kane on August 28, 2012

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On August 28th 1917 Jacob Kurtzberg was born. As Jack Kirby he changed the shape of comics. You may have heard of him. This time out I take a back seat and let Jack Kirby speak for himself in the language in which he was most fluent; the language of  COMICS!!!

“..Towards A Life Of Peace And Justice For All Mankind.” PEOPLE! A Brief Farewell To Joe Kubert.

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Posted by: John Kane on August 17, 2012

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On August 12th 2012 Joe Kubert died. I wrote what follows as a kind of farewell to Joe Kubert. Then I realised it isn’t really a farewell, because his work remains and I’ll be reading it until I’m no longer around either. So, I guess it’s a kind of thank you instead. The kind he’ll never read but the kind I need to say. The selfish kind then but it’s also the genuine kind so I guess it balances out?

Arriving 5/23/2012

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on May 21, 2012

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Comics. Comics! COMICS!

“‘Freedom’ Yang worship word!”

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on April 4, 2012

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Yes, I’m back from Washington DC (back Monday at Midnight, worked 12 hours on New Comics Receipt Tuesday, then worked New Comics Wednesday, so… kinda bushed. Plus I got a not-quite-a-cold?) – what follows is a kind of a travelogue. It has very little to do with comics; it has a lot to do about America. And Ben.

“Breathe DEEPLY, Kane.” Comics! Sometimes There Is An Interruption!

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Posted by: John Kane on March 3, 2012

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Hello, everyone! Just a short note to say that there will be no posting about comics from an old man with a shaky grasp on quality. Alas, illness comes to us all and I am probably just being a big ninny but I am certainly faring better than my namesake below: Filched image  featuring art and words from Walter Simonson and Archie Goodwin’s ALIEN: THE ILLUSTRATED STORY. Which is VERY GOOD! by the way. Next Time:  More talking about COMICS! Have a good weekend, all!

A post about me!

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on February 22, 2012

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For the dozen of you that are interested, I’m 1 year without tobacco as of today. Also, if you’re in the Bay Area, don’t forget that this weekend is the Image Expo, and on Sunday I’ll be on a panel with James Sime from Isotope and Steve Anderson from Third Eye comics in Maryland; come to the show and check it out! You can find the full list of programming here. I should have reviews (what are those?) again tomorrow, and then, I hope, regularly again for a good while again, after we have some frickin’ GIANT news in the next day or so… -B  

Wait, What?: D to L-A-Y’d

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Posted by: Jeff Lester on January 17, 2012

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First, hear me now and listen to me later: when comics come out tomorrow, go get yourself a copy of PROPHET #21.  It does this amazing thing I feel like very few comics do:  it makes me feel like I’m reading real science fiction, and it makes me enjoy it.  It also feels like “classic” Heavy Metal with a very different vibe.  No rampant baring of the boobs, no nonsensical plotting, but there’s that thorough sense of the surreal, where the most insane things are taken for granted and each insane thing is actually outdone by an even-more-insane thing a page (or even a half-page!) later.  It’s not the be-all and end-all–the characters are stoic, the plot is obscured so…  Read More…

Just A gentle Clearing Of The Throat.

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Posted by: John Kane on January 14, 2012

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No, I haven’t got any actual content for you. Sorry about that but what with one thing and another (mostly the other) it just ain’t happening. Lest anyone think I had died, succumbed to The Fear or worse I just did some Coming Attractions and studded them into a load of words about nothing. Coming Soon: Statue Fondling For Beginners!

Wait, What? Ep. 70: The Hour (Times 2.5)

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Posted by: Jeff Lester on January 10, 2012

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Demolition Derby from Jon Pinnow on Vimeo. The Pact still holds! Another week in 2012, another episode of Wait, What? We are still experimenting with the done-in-one podcast (although many of you have used our comments thread to weigh in and say you like multiple eps. because it gave you something to look forward to…which I was worried might be the case but nobody articulated it before the change-up). I’m thinking I might get us back to two installments (or more) per ep. because something about it reminds me of the way Marvel U.K. used to chop up stories from U.S. Marvel comics and that sorta fits Graeme and I, in a way. But, uh, it may be a while…  Read More…

A Minor, Insignificant Question about Mainstream Comics from Abhay

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Posted by: Abhay Khosla on January 9, 2012

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Dear Savage Critic readers, I’m very sorry to bother, but an extremely minor and insignificant question about mainstream comics occurred to me the other day, one that’s been nagging at me, that I thought I’d put to you and request your assistance with. Extremely minor; extremely insignificant.   I probably haven’t been paying as close attention to mainstream comics as some of you, and so some of you may be more knowledgeable on this topic than I am.  (Indeed, those less knowledgeable should be warned that there may be spoilers for comics you may want to read someday below). I’m sure this is a question that’s already been asked elsewhere, already discussed at great length by my betters, so I…  Read More…

Have A Good One, Everyone!

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Posted by: John Kane on December 24, 2011

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Season’s Greetings to one and all! Had a busy week what with all that festive malarkey and whatnot. Oh yeah, got you a “secret handshake” for Christmas, alright. Self indulgence beyond mortal comprehension follows after the break.

Wait, What? 67.1 and .2: Krampus and Claus

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Posted by: Jeff Lester on December 21, 2011

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Image ganked from Graeme’s advent calendar at Blog@? Check. Episode 67.1, featuring Graeme and I pulling a World’s Finest-style caper and switching our traditional viewpoints to talk about Matt Fraction and Tom Brevoort’s interview on the Fear Itself aftermath issues?  Check! Wait, What? Ep. 67.1: Krampus Episode 67.2,  with us giving you a holiday gift guide covering collections, floppies, indie books and digital pics? Check. Wait, What? Ep. 67.2: Claus Although I usually wait until our podcasts hit iTunes before I create the SavCrit entries, I think this site is going to have Ep. 67 before iTunes does, for maybe as much as a day.  So we invite you to curl up around a nice fire and listen to us…  Read More…

Waiting For The End Of The World: Jeff Blows His Deadline

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Posted by: Jeff Lester on December 19, 2011

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Hey, Jeff here with just a quick note–the plan was to put both parts of Wait, What? up at once Tuesday morning since the two pieces are very different from one another. (Part One: Graeme and I losing our shit over Matt Fraction and Tom Breevort’s post-Fear Itself interview at Newsarama; Part Two: we pull our shit together and give you suggestions for a holiday gift list with 30+ items.) So, yeah. I kinda blew it for a number of utterly unsurprising reasons since it’s the week before Christmas. I apologize but will put both parts 1 and 2 up in one post early Wednesday afternoon… Just wanted to let you know.  Sorry, everyone!

Questions I have about digital

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on December 7, 2011

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I really like the general level of commentary over at the Beat, and there’s some very interesting stuff being said in the latest thread about Brian Wood’s new missive (which is, in itself a valuable read), but if one thing absolutely slays me about the Beat it is how fast stories scroll off the front page, and the commentary scroll with them. There’s no notification system there, so we’re kind of stuck with a day, or maybe two, of conversation before it scrolls off away into the ether.   This page is a little more forgiving in that regard, so let me try to put some thoughts here, and see if it sparks any kind of substantive conversation.

The most insane thing I have ever heard in my life

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on August 23, 2011

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As of yesterday I am 6 months without cigarettes. So I call Blue Shield to see if I can get a rate reduction, on my health insurance. Blue Shield says to me, “No, sir, whether or not you smoke has absolutely nothing to do with insurance rates” !!! How can that POSSIBLY be? I mean, I’m fine that I’m not getting a rate reduction — and I was thinking the demarcation line might be more like a year than six months, at that — but how could it be POSSIBLE that smoking doesn’t have an impact on rates? I said, “Are you telling me that if I pick up a five packs a day habit tomorrow, my rate stays exactly…  Read More…

NOT-COMICS: Why Abhay Loves The Shadow Line, and Why You Should Too.

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Posted by: Abhay Khosla on June 29, 2011

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This is about a television show sorta in the crime-conspiracy thriller genre, that aired on the BBC between May 5, 2011 to June 16, 2011. For those of you who do not have access to the BBC, this may not be helpful for you unless you’re one of those people who somehow watch television shows from other countries on some sort of magical appliance found in your home and/or office, and do not have any moral qualm in using said appliance to do so.