People around the world are pitching in to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake. The comics community has organized a fundraising effort called Heroes 4 Haiti. —————————————————– Barack the Barbarian: The Fall of Red Sarah Devil’s Due website Wikipedia entry on Barack the Barbarian —————————————————— Also this week: Azrael #4 Deathlok #3 (of 7) [...]
Remember that chimp cartoon from the New York Post that got everybody upset because they thought the artist was comparing the chimp to President Obama? Well, it looks like the Post‘s parent company is gonna attempt to be more sensitive to racial matters in the future by forming this council. While it’s not a bad [...]
I didn’t even know there was gonna be a new Conan movie. It’ll be mighty tough to fill Arnie’s shoes, though… Also: SLJ is set to appear in an angels-versus-demons flick. Slightly off-topic: the Avatar-Haiti connection. (But it’s not what you think.)
It’s getting harder and harder to remember Roland Laird‘s history as a comic book writer on account of all the stuff he’s done since then, but this latest is definitely the pinnacle: he’s running for city council in Trenton, NJ. Here’s his campaign website. I’ve never been to Trenton, so I have no idea what [...]
MJ the comic book fan MJ and Stan Lee MJ the science fiction geek cartoon obituary compilation Editorial cartoonists pay their respects, but how do they treat their subject? Jackson Five cartoons @ YouTube Captain Eo @ YouTube Amazon link to buy The Wiz
Rich Faber is a comics creator who had work with DC in the 90′s, but these days is better known for his work on the indy superhero series Buzzboy with John Gallagher. I went to college with him in the early 90s and I remember when he started getting work as an inker on Steel [...]
Okay, what I have to say about this is too long for my Facebook page and a comic strip isn’t enough. And since this is my blog, I’m gonna talk about it here. (Besides, this is good stuff; you’ll like it.) If you’ve been following my comic, you know that I’ve been advocating bicycle riding [...]