If you’re a fan of comics, you know about reprints – when a book is in demand or there’s an anniversary or simply to provide a character’s origin. The past couple of years, the big two (DC and Marvel) have been doing a lot of reprints. Marvel especially has been releasing a lot of first appearances and first issues, sometimes to coincide with movie releases, but other times just because. And with that in mind, we get the reprint of the first issue of Howard the Duck. Continue reading Comics Cosmos – What the Duck?!
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Comics Cosmos – You Animals!
A lot of things make comics enjoyable – well-told stories, great characters, action and adventure. Of course you have your heroes and sidekicks, bit players and villains. But one group of characters that often gets overlooked (or overshadowed by the main characters) are pets. Yes, I’m talking about the animals of the comicbook world, in particular those in the Marvel universe. Continue reading Comics Cosmos – You Animals!
Irregular’s Intel – Living Between Wednesdays
First, I want to give a shout out to my man Wordburglar because one of his raps inspired the title of this week’s entry. So, for us comic fans, Christmas comes weekly! Pretty much every Wednesday the new comics come out and, sometimes, that’s the only saving grace of a hard week. Even if it is a light week, we get to congregate at the safe havens that are our local comic shops. I mean, while I was away for work, the struggle was real. I was missing home and my routine was ALL the way off… add to that I didn’t get my weekly fix. Continue reading Irregular’s Intel – Living Between Wednesdays
Comics Cosmos – Rain, Snow or… Intergalactic Fire Fight?!
In the world of comics, not surprisingly, there are some seriously “out there” stories. You get everything from superheroes to aliens, mythological creatures to the paranormal and covert operatives to postal workers. Yes, you read that right – postal workers, as in the Intergalactic Postal Service featured in Space Bastards! Continue reading Comics Cosmos – Rain, Snow or… Intergalactic Fire Fight?!
Comics Cosmos – Word of God
Fans of the tv series Preacher are looking forward to a new season starting up at the beginning of August. Unfortunately, this fourth season is the final one, though that just means everything’s going to be even bigger and badder than the previous seasons. But things don’t need to end there – picking up the comics opens up entirely new adventures in the world of Jesse, Tulip and Cassidy. Continue reading Comics Cosmos – Word of God