It’s the most wonderful time of the week.  Sure, some of you may prefer more classical favorites like “Friday” or “Saturday”, but I prefer “just after Wednesday” where hopefully I’ve had a fresh meal of funny papers.  Care to browse through my most recent stack with me?  Thrills, chills, Kirkman, Mignola, and light spoilers to come!

Continue reading ‘Pull List for October 8th, 2008′

Abe & Johann comin atcha!

Comics are coming back to the mainstream, unlike we’ve seen since the 90’s boom of cover variant buyers (not readers) and Image’s big artist-focused break out.  The thing is, if the medium is to continue and be a success enough that creators can make a living, there is a need for more readers, and not just to the world of graphic novels or trade paperbacks (issue collections), but also a renewed focus on the individual issue.  While there have been pushes made for this, one of the fundamental problems I find is that these pushes are not being made to a broad enough audience.

For the time being, I’m going to attempt writing a regular column on the single issues of my pulls, a pull that I am veryproud of my maintenance of (although I do not police it as diligently as some).  There will be light spoilers, but hopefully this running commentary will help people to get a look into the comic book industry written towards more of an outside point of view. Continue reading ‘Pull List for September 10th, 2008′