Archive for June, 2006

Last Comic in the Pile, June 28th Edition, Final

June 29, 2006, 8:54 pm

Okay, it’s Thursday. Let’s see how it went. You can remind yourself of my initial picks for the week. First, though, a slight rant.

Comic store owners, if you always alphabetize your comics, you should stick to that plan. Placing, for example, the latest issue of X-Factor in the ‘C’ section, just because it’s a stupid [...]

Last Comic in the Pile, June 28th Edition

June 26, 2006, 6:31 pm

Okay, time to list the comics I will be buying this week in order of bad to good, based upon nothing other than previous performance, guessing, and maybe cover images. As usual, the top of the pile are filled with the comics that I think will not be very good, with the better comics on [...]

There is Hope for the Future

June 26, 2006, 6:09 pm

While in my regular comic store over the weekend (I neglected to pick up a copy of the latest Manhunter), I spied a really cool Anguirus toy, which reminded me that I wanted to pick up one of the new Gamera figures, too. So I figured I’d grab both once I got my comics.

So I [...]

Last Comic in the Pile

June 21, 2006, 8:54 pm

I’ve decided to change how I do reviews. Normally, I end up doing a few reviews a week (if even that), but work and life have conspired to interrupt any regular in-depth reviews I might want to do. So I’ve decided on a new method. Each week I buy a certain number of comics. When [...]

Listen to the Superman Returns Score

June 19, 2006, 3:21 pm

Superhero Hype! has links for listening to John Ottman’s Superman Returns score. The main title is pretty much identical to the John Williams’ piece for the first movie, but there’s some interesting takes on the "Smallville/Kent" theme later in the soundtrack. I’m getting very hyped up for this film.