The Hype Hangover: (Re)assessing Saga
”Thus ends my restless progress in America,” wrote one-half of America’s favorite ”cadastral surveyors on contractual assignment1,” Charles Mason, in his journal that chronicles the eponymous Line that...
View ArticleThe Dodo Isn’t Dead: Supporting Your Local Comic Shop
Why in this day and age is the local comic book shop relevant? We can get all our comics through the mail, shop back issues on eBay or Craig’s List, and get almost any comic we want same day and date...
View ArticleHeroClix, Smiles, and Gail Simone
Have you ever gotten that smile from someone that let you know that you are indeed a dumbass but they still appreciate you in spite of it? I have gotten it more times than I can count, but I would like...
View ArticleFor Mature Readers: No Black Kiss II in Dildo
”… there are scenes depicted which may fall foul of UK Customs’ regulations on the importing of indecent and obscene material. Consequently Diamond has taken the decision not to distribute any further...
View ArticleWho’s Watching Before Watchmen?
During 1986 and 1987, Alan Moore the writer, Dave Gibbons the illustrator, and the colorist John Higgins, constructed the twelve issue series Watchmen. Twenty-five years later the DC heads have...
View ArticleWednesday Warrior by Ben Hafetz
This May, my friends and I went to see The Avengers. We all loved the movie, but I was the only one who cared when at the very end (after the credits) Thanos is revealed. After explaining to my...
View ArticleAvengers Vs. X-Men: We All Win
The Phoenix Force has made its way back to Earth on a path of galactic destruction. The Avengers have discovered that the reason for the Phoenix’s return is to connect with its avatar Hope Summers....
View ArticleThe Five Steps of Cyclops’ Descent into Madness (from New X-Men to Avengers...
Cyclops was the first X-Man. He was Charles Xavier’s favorite student. He led the X-Men into countless battles. He has laser eyes. Scott “Slim” Summers was the X-Man that all the others wanted to be....
View ArticleI’m on a Boat: Why I Didn’t Pass on The Massive
Creative-types (writers, artists) live for Armageddon; bunch of Galactuses (Galacti?) with fancy pens, tables that cant and paper. What really gets these ‘Gods of Oblivion’ off happens only after all...
View ArticleInvincible: One Hundred Issues, One Million Reasons
The family business is something that not a lot of children look forward to becoming a part of, unless you’re Mark Grayson, the son of the legendary Omni-Man. Created by Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker,...
View ArticleThree Horrors for Halloween: Walking Dead, Session 9, and Severed
Not sure where you’re living, but where I’m at it’s going to be cold and possibly wet, so I plan on barricading myself inside for most of the weekend. Before you start in on me, it is completely sane...
View ArticleBe the Baum, Do the Patrick
I believe in comics. (Trust me) when forces conspire, take Lady Macbeth’s advice: ”… screw your courage to the sticking place, And we’ll not fail.” Wait! Wait! It’s my only Shakespeare reference,...
View ArticleHelpful Hints for the Superior Spider-Man
SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SERIOUSLY…SPOILERS! So, Spider-Man is Doctor Octopus. Or Doctor Octopus is now Spider-Man. However you want to frame it, Otto...
View ArticleGet Your Hubris Outta’ My Chutzpah or How Matt Baum Was (Sort of) Right
To the ebullient Kacie Baum: I am sorry. I loathe admitting it, but that sly devil with the haircut somewhere between Alec Baldwin in Glenngarry-Glen-Ross and Mike Score from Flock-of-Seagulls, Matt...
View ArticleThe Best/Worst X-Men Time Travel Tales
The X-Men are committed to bringing about a world that treats mutants as equals instead of, you know, hating and fearing them. Charles Xavier’s dream and all that, right? Well, the X-Men are also...
View ArticleKeith Silva is “Not for Everyone”
EDITOR’S NOTE: I’ve been sitting on this piece from THN Ombudsman Keith Silva for almost a month now, trying to figure out a way to respond that wasn’t simply defending against his points, but making...
View ArticleReplacing the “Big Three”
Who would be your “Big Three”? While listening to Joe and Matt on the Two Headed Nerd Answer of the Week podcast, they mentioned Thundarr the Barbarian. They chalked the reason that the series worked...
View ArticleTHN Road Trip: Nashville Edition!
Nerd on the Road! Quick Intro: May turned into a busy travel month for me. Anytime I am visiting another town, I like to stop in to a local comic shop and spend a couple dollars. Yelp is pretty useless...
View ArticleThe Hype Hangover: (Re)assessing Saga
”Thus ends my restless progress in America,” wrote one-half of America’s favorite ”cadastral surveyors on contractual assignment1,” Charles Mason, in his journal that chronicles the eponymous Line...
View ArticleThe Dodo Isn’t Dead: Supporting Your Local Comic Shop
Why in this day and age is the local comic book shop relevant? We can get all our comics through the mail, shop back issues on eBay or Craig’s List, and get almost any comic we want same day and date...
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