Posts Tagged ‘Superman’
“The Man”
March 11th, 2010 by Riff
I had occasion to be reading a bit of Daredevil the other day, just a page or two mind you, but a random thought struck me. It was from the “old school” DD, pre-Frank Miller, and so it was pretty insane and far more “happy go lucky” than anything post-Miller – but I digress. The [...]
Tags: Avengers, Batman, Bullpen, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Frank Miller, Gene Colan, Iron Man, Jack Kirby, Marvel, Roy Orbison, Spider-Man, Stan "The Man" Lee, Superman, X-Men
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DC Universe Online News
July 23rd, 2009 by Riff
One of the quietest MMOs out there, the DC Universe Online is about to reveal some of its secrets at the Comic Con in San Diego. DCUO (which, by any standards, is an awful mouthful) let this taster loose over at Massively and frankly, from what I read, it’s pretty disappointing unless you’re a die [...]
Tags: Aquaman, Batman, Champions, Champions Online, City of Heroes, DC, DC Universe Online, DCUO, Green Lantern, Marvel, Nightwing, Robin, Superman
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Cricket in Comicbooks?
July 21st, 2009 by Riff
It’s been kinda quiet here, and with good reason. Any self-respecting Englishman will have been glued to a little known contest referred to as “The Ashes.” Well, little known if you’re from the North American continent. If you’re from anywhere else and English, Urdu, Gujurati, Australian or Hindi is your mother tongue you’ll know exactly [...]
Tags: cricket, John Byrne, John Cleese, Ruttles, Superman, True Brit
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Failblog Gold
March 12th, 2009 by Riff
Just a couple from Failblog.org that seemed kind of appropriate for here
Tags: Failblog, Superman, Wolverine
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Alex Ross’ Obama Man
March 8th, 2009 by Riff
Following on from Marvel’s “Barak meets Spidey”Alex Ross has designed a T shirt based on his famously iconic Superman. Nice touch, but Gordon Brown won’t be wearing it. And he saved the world (allegedly.)
Tags: Alex Ross, Barak Obama, Gordon Brown, Marvel, Spider-Man, Superman, T shirts
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Art or Artifact: Comics as Commodity or Entertainment.
February 22nd, 2009 by Riff
Comicbooks aren’t for kids any more it seems. Hell some of them aren’t for grown-ups either. For many they seem to be a cash cow, an investment, something to be stored in vaults, in plastic (or better still foil) bags, in acid-free cardboard boxes in low ultra-violet light, never to actually be read or enjoyed, [...]
Tags: art, Azrael, Batman, Brian Bendis, Captain America, comic artists, comic books, comicbooks, comics, crucial, Daredevil, DC, Ed Brubaker, Free Comicbook Day, Gene Colan, Greg Ruka, Hellboy, Image Comics, Jack Kirby, John Le Carre, Len Deighton, Marvel, Michael Turner, Powers, Punisher, Queen & Country, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, Superman
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Comicbook Legends
February 13th, 2009 by Riff
Comicbook Myths and Legends Interesting comments in this link. I don’t know how seriously to take it, nor the impact of it but hey, it’s fun and gives a little insight into how the industry works. My personal take in it’s more quirky than anything else but you’ll probably enjoy some of the snippets there. [...]
Tags: comic artists, comics, DC, Mark Millar, Marvel, Star-Lord, Superman
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A Tribute To Our Friend.
July 5th, 2008 by Eblison
As most of you know, we’ve lost another dear friend in the comics industry. Michael Turner had been ill for about eight years before his death on June 27th. Since I posted a notice of his passing, several comic artists and writers have responded with comments about how sad it is that the industry doesn’t [...]
Tags: Deaths, Fathom, Michael Turner, Superman
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