Hey, Joe: one of your writers bullied a Nexus editor into altering the content of a review he didn’t like. If you wanna apologize for THAT, we’re waiting…

How can Batman compete with himself?

Not everyone will understand this, but sometimes I enjoy movies more than I enjoy books. It’s a rare occasion, but sometimes there’s a movie that’s done so perfectly, yet altered certain aspects of the book it was based off of in a way that change it entirely. That sounds odd, [...]

Iron Fists, Armed Monkeys, Multi-armed ping pong and the 800-Number of Fate RETURNS – all here in this, the 75th edition of I’M JUST SAYIN’. C’mon in and get with this!

NEWSARAMA.com has been reporting on the upcoming SIEGE event quite a bit – how funny would it be to find out that everything since AVENGERS #500 has been nothing but a massive stall so that Bendis could learn how to write a superhero story?

These days one can log in any comic book discussion board and all they’d see is whining. Whining from comic book fans about each and every comic book. Granted, things are tough nowadays and the quality of our favorite entertainment medium can get very poor. But we need to stop complaining! Things could be abysmally worse. To prove my point, here are some examples of comics we wouldn’t want to see upon this world… or would we…?

Here’s a quick wrap of the panels that I attended at the 10th Annual Baltimore Comic-Con.

The Countdown to Baltimore Comic Con. continues as Mathan shares the list of trades and graphic novels he’s hoping to find (moderately priced) at the con.

Hot damn, Batman! It’s time for the Standard!
As promised last week, let’s talk about Batgirl. You guys know I’m usually pretty spoiler conscious, so I figure this will be up a good two weeks after Batgirl #1 hit stands, so it will be fair game to talk about the spoiler of the day.
The spoiler being….The [...]

I don’t doubt for a second that when he wrote that sequence, Grant Morrison was more than happy to let you the reader plug in whatever you think the “sexy disco hot” music was that the Professor clicked on during his twisted little display. I couldn’t help but imagine Lady Gaga when I read that scene myself, and that’s mainly because for me, there’s no avoiding her. We’re only allowed to listen to Top 40 Pop stations at work, so yeah…that’s me tied to that chair with a growing ball of molten violence brewing in my gut. And if you don’t think it’s that big of a deal, being forced to listen to a Lady Gaga track every twenty minutes, consider this: five days out of the week, my ears itch and it burns when I hear.

In the latest edition we identify more resurrected characters from the Blackest Night event, help someone get up to speed on The Flash, theorize about Don Hall and lament the death of Orpheus.

Oh yeah, it’s a humdinger of a column. Dig in!

Ugh, I’m still working my way though Blackest Night #1 and the questions it’s stirred up.

Thanks for ruining my weekend Geoff Johns!

So once again, we summarize: DC Comics = RIGHT NOW. Marvel Comics = RIGHT NOW, founded upon WHAT CAME BEFORE, leading into WHAT COMES NEXT. That’s why there are Spider-Man fans, myself included, who continue to wait for Baby May to return. That’s why the concept of the Illuminati seemed like such an ill fit. That’s why I thought the premise behind “The Murdock Papers” was flimsy and contrived. That’s why Mr. Q has a disguise, a false driver’s license and a crossbow packed away in a nondescript post office box across the Canadian border, along with maps to the homes of Mark Millar, Brian Michael Bendis and Joe Quesada…

…oops.

Disney said it best, “Keep Moving Forward”.

I mean, doesn’t anybody realize just how big of a reason this is, as to the question of why comics have been able to hang with radio, TV, movies and video games through the decades? My point is this, comic book heads: you may not be able to afford an X-Box. You may not be able to afford a car. You may not even be able to afford a night at the movies. Even in 2009, cable television might be a luxury. But you should ALWAYS be able to afford a comic book, and you should ALWAYS be able to afford AS MANY COMIC BOOKS AS YOU WANT!

…or is it just me?

Goddamn Lesbos (we’re back!)

Some more quickie reviews from this weeks batch of comic book goodies. Including Chew #1, Wonder Woman, FF, Cap: Reborn. War of Kings, Batman and Robin, GLC and Secret Six!

Aris Iliopoulos team-up to chat up a review of this weeks big book Detective Comics #854 featuring Batwoman and the Question!

Another batch of capsule reviews from this week’s comics selections. Thor #602, Green Lantern #42, Last Days of Animal Man #2, Detective Comics #854. JSA #28, Invincible #63, Superman #689, Hercules #130, New Avengers #54, and Amazing Spiderman #598

Red Robin #1

Written by Chris Yost
Art by Ramon Bachs
The Grail part one
Just as many of us predicted, Red Robin ended up being Tim Drake’s new book, and as one can expect given the circumstance, Tim is….moody now.
Moody as in he was replaced as Robin with his semi-rival Damian Wayne, the biological son of the Bat [...]

Batman #687

Written by Judd Winick
Art by Ed Benes
A Battle Within
So my first thought when I saw this book solicited, as many of you may know, was that I trust Judd Winick to write something quality like I trust Doomsday to not job. So in other words, I don’t trust him. But at the same time, [...]