Archive for the ‘comics’ Category

Free Comics Day

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

Today was Free Comic Book Day and Comic Fusion of Flemington was one of the sole stores in NJ participating this year that had appearances by local artists.  Free Comic Book Day is also a great tool in promoting literacy.  I took the kids there where they met a few ...

Watchmen and the problem with superheroes

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Watchmen will be heading out of theaters soon, leaving on a quieter note than comic fans had hoped.  Its opening weekend, not quiet the number one movie ever, was very impressive.  But it quickly declined, and less than a month after it came out, it still hasn't recouped its filming ...

Back to the comic book store

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

I've been collecting comics books since 1977 when I picked up a movie tie-in for Star Wars at my local Acme supermarket.  I collected random Superman, Hulk, Spiderman, and Captain Marvel (DC) issues that caught my eye (strangely this included a Captain Nazi issue), with no regard whatsoever for story ...

Webcomics Winners

Monday, March 16th, 2009

As a big fan of drawn serials, I've enjoyed the following over the past few years.  Not all are regular series, but I have them in my RSS reader to catch whenever the artists push something new out.  Below are RSS feed links for these sites.  Do you have any ...