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Heart and soul. I was driving home from Hell…er…work, and that classic Huey Lewis and the News number came on. Holy Aunt May, I just realized how long ago Huey recorded that — damn I’m gettin’ old. But it got me thinking, which is always dangerous. What are the key ingredients to a good, entertaining [...]

Welcome To My Nightmare

A few weeks ago I discussed some of my favorite story arcs from various titles at Marvel and DC. But there was one story that I’ve always been a huge fan of, and it didn’t fit real neatly into that previous discussion. So I thought I’d talk about it this week: Marvel’s “Acts of Vengeance.” 

This was a [...]

Welcome To My Nightmare

One of my readers, Eric, asked me who my favorite female characters are. Good question! I do enjoy female characters, and not just for the cheesecake factor. There are a lot of wonderful women in comics I admire. I’ll highlight a few, and let me point out that I don’t come at this from any [...]

Welcome To My Nightmare: the Tom Brevoort Interview

Before I begin, I want to mention that my column is moving to Thursdays. It gives me slightly more time to prepare, and if I get on my reading pretty promptly I can be that much more timely when commenting on new comics. And because the Dark Overlord said so, and even though I’m hella [...]

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Letter page time! Lots of good choices from everyone who wrote in, and because they’re YOUR favorites, I’m not going to argue with anyone. I know, disappointing, ain’t it? Tell ya what, if anyone really champions the Captain America chapters of Heroes Reborn or anything to do with Gambit, I’ll blast ‘em like a Summers [...]

Welcome To My Nightmare

Welcome back. This week I am continuing my discussion of the best stories, in my opinion from various characters. I’m mostly staying within the framework of an actual ongoing series, with a couple of possible exceptions. Last week I discussed Marvel. This week I’ll do DC, and next week I’ll run your responses on this [...]

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One of my regular readers, Brian, sent me a message the other day in which he wondered, “What was the best storyline ever in….” And that made me think. There are some obvious ones. There are some that might only matter to me. But it sounds like something that would be fun to discuss.
I’m spread [...]

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ALL ABOARD! 3:10 To Yuma now boarding!
Yep, I saw the best Western to come out of Hollywood since…the last Western to come out of Hollywood. They don’t make ‘em with the regularity they once did, during those halcyon days of The Duke and The Man With No Name. Let me back up a sec here. [...]

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Ah yes, the dog days of summer. This year, I’d say the dog was a pit bull. The heat’s been suffocating, there’s no air flow and the allergens abound. It’s the perfect time to sit in the AC and read comics. Or at least it could be.
It seems you can’t just read “a” comic [...]

Welcome To My Nightmare

NOTE: I still want to hear from artists and female readers, as I have some stuff in mind for future columns and contests, but I need to know that you’re interested. Drop me a message and let me know!

And as the Nightmare Readers Roundtable waits for dessert to be served, lets finish our discussion [...]