Archive for August, 2006

Last Comic in the Pile, August 16th, Final

August 17, 2006, 7:22 pm

Wow, what a surprising week. Though Nightwing is usually a strong contender for "worst" every month, it actually ends up being better than a couple of comics. This week also brings the Worst Comic Ever award for The Boys: it is attempting some sort of ironic statement about superheroes? Or is it just shit? I’m [...]

Late This Week

August 17, 2006, 10:14 am

Dealing with lots of real-life, non-blogging fun (yay, stupid customer service people), so my "Last Comic in the Pile" final rankings will be late this week: I should have it up either later today or tomorrow.

Last Comic in the Pile, August 16th

August 14, 2006, 5:52 pm

I’m going to return to my old method of doing this. The table thing is nice, but not terribly readable. I think I’ll try something new this week. Once I think of something new. First, here’s the list from worst to best (I hope).

9. Nightwing #123
Ah, the typical spot for the former Boy Wonder, worst [...]

Memes? I Don’t Need No Stinking Memes!

August 11, 2006, 9:04 pm

It’s double meme time, apparently.

First, Bruce and Dick share some pool time together:

And Green Lantern’s sidekick Tom "Pieface" Kalmuka writes in his casebook:

Blog Roll IV: Son of Linkblogging

August 10, 2006, 7:30 pm

Time for the next five blogs in my blogroll, with comments.

Comics Worth Reading
I’ve been reading Johanna Draper Carlson for longer than anyone else on my blog roll: back in the good old days of USENET, back in the 90s (and perhaps even earlier). She was a constant presence on the rec.arts.comics newsgroups. She reviews a [...]