My Alex Ross story is infamous. My readers know it, message boards speak of it as some urban legend, and I’ve even spoken to some comic creators about it who have all more or less said the same thing; “That is why I always try to be nice and respectful at signings, because first impressions [...]

I want to see Fabian Nicieza write Teen Titans. I want to see the book roll over creative teams, again, and hand the reigns of this title that has yet to get back to where it was when Geoff Johns left it, over to Fabian Nicieza. I want Fabian to work with Kon, Cassie, Bart, [...]

Sword #1
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Steven Sanders
“No Time to Breathe”
So I bought this book due to my love of Astonishing X-Men, and the fact that Abigail Brand has been steadily growing on me. I figured that a book that highlights her day job, as opposed to her misadventures with X-Men, would make for a [...]

I don’t like the tried and true method of running back to get a classic creator or creative team to come on to a book to spark interest and boost sales. There, I said it. I think it’s cheap, lazy, and more often than not, a pale comparison to their earlier work. Everyone loves the [...]

Remember a few years ago when Nightwing was coming off of a huge downswing thanks to the unmentionable Bruce Jones run, and then Marv Wolfman’s far less than spectacular return to the book. This was during the period where Dick Grayson was almost entirely in character limbo, despite having his own book, due to the [...]

Casting call! Let’s have some fun!
Rules of engagement are as follows: Every book will have five or six characters chosen from it, who best represent the core of the series. Those characters will be cast. Plots and stories be damned.
This time on Casting Call we’ll be dream streeting four comics of choice….my choice.

So first up [...]

So I just saw that Marvel is bringing back foil covers, only they aren’t foil. They’re foilograms! Foil and holograms mixed together! The epitome of everything that went wrong with the nineties, and being done by the people who abused it the hardest in the nineties, who happen to be our loving price gouging overlords. [...]

Disney said it best, “Keep Moving Forward”.

Just in time (or a bit late) for Father’s Day this year, Gray counts down the top 10 worst and top 10 best dads in comics.

and Quagmire.

Dwayne McDuffie was fired from JLA a few weeks ago in reaction to his talking about the DC editorial process on some message boards, and then getting it put up on Lying in the Gutters. He was frustrated, he was annoyed, and he was tired of DC constantly micromanaging his book to fit the needs [...]

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, [...]

Gray is back in an extra-sized column featuring: the new Dr Strange and the old one’s sexcapades, an X-Force and X-Statix retrospective and a detailed look at all the new releases of the past 2 weeks.

After three agonizing months without Bat books (aside from Battle and it’s tie ins), we finally got what we were waiting for. Batman and Robin, the new franchise title in the Batman line, and the forerunner to the Bat reboot, hit shelves this week. Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely doing a book about the new Batman and Robin, Dick Grayson and Damien Wayne. Did it live up to expectations? Is this book really good enough to head up the Bat line?

So the hero of Blackest Night needs to be someone from outside the box. Yes, sure, War of Light, Green Lanterns, Hal Jordan, etc. We know how it’s going to go. But you know who should really be around? Who could single handedly turn the tide of the entire event in favor of the living?
A [...]

I would like to start this week by reminding all of my loyal readers that I did, in fact, shot call Legion of Three Worlds #4. I said Superboy would return, and that he would also be the star of the upcoming Adventure Comics. I’ve been saying as much for months, and DC finally validating [...]

TV, TV, TV. I want my MTV…..alright, no I don’t, I hate MTV and everything they represent. But I do love my TV. I mean, come on, this is my second column in a row about my favorite shows, and boy is it going to be awesome! Last time around we talked about Fox’s Friday [...]

I’ve been bummed out pretty hardcore the last few weeks, I won’t deny it. When I get in the dumps it’s hard for me to do much of anything, and I tend to just sit on my futon and smoke a lot of pot. Again, won’t deny it. You guys are my loyal readers, you [...]

Grey and Glazer’s exciting adventures through Diamond’s Solicits

I think I’ll open with what I liked most about the issue, that being the art. Ethan Van Sciver is always top notch in anything he does, and seeing him pencil more then the random single issue here and there is always a pleasure. I understand they save him for the big things, and I have to say, it works in his case. When I see his name listed as the artist for the issue I know to expect something awesome inside.