Comics I Like – The 2010 Midyear Report
July 22nd, 2010
Now, I assume it’s always preferable to truly enjoy the things you enjoy. I mention this because as far as comics go, I think 2010 has been a pretty good year so far. I won’t try and suggest it’s been a great year, with a lot of things everyone will still remember ten years from now, but as far as my comics experience goes, it’s been pretty memorable, with a lot of strong material, deep into the pile, so to speak, so much so that, spoiler alert, there will be seventy-five ranked titles on the list that follows, which by no means is to be mistaken for the annual QB awards, but more like a rough draft (I fully intend to limit the 2010 QB50 exactly to that, where it’s been for three of the four years I’ve been doing it, with the first year limited to an even more exclusive ten). Some of what follows will be ongoing series, others limited, with a few individual issues sprinkled throughout.
Comics I Like Vol. 2 #3
June 5th, 2010
This month I’m taking an abbreviated format. Most of these titles and opinions you really ought to know by now anyway. Here’re my favorite comics from May 2010:
Comics I Like Vol. 2 #2
May 9th, 2010
It seems a little late now, because it’s a week later, but last Saturday was Free Comic Book Day, which is like the yearly holiday for comics fans. It was the start of a new month, too, which must mean it’s time to see all the wonderful thoughts about my favorite comics from April 2010!
Comics I Like Vol. II No. 1
April 9th, 2010
For the past few months, I’ve been tagging on a supplemental feature to my regular column, HYGOTS, in an attempt to further justify why I include the QB comics awards every year for a guy who doesn’t seem to talk about comics all that often. As I’ve explained in the past, prior to the relaunch of Lower Decks and the start of HYGOTS, I previously wrote a weekly column (in its final phase actually called ‘Weekly’) about comics for Paperback Reader.com, and it was there I began the QBs (where they started out as a top ten of my favorite comics from 2005, and expanded to fifty in 2006). During the transition between the two sites, I actually posted the same format at my semi-regular blog, Scouring Monk, and that’s where I really started to featured the QB designation (“QB” being short for ‘Quarter Bin,’ which was the original name of my comics column). But since HYGOTS, I haven’t really written, as I said, a whole lot about my comics experience beyond the QBs (first week of January for the past two years). It was sort of okay, because a previous contributor was writing a column about comics here, and he did a fine job of keeping the pulse alive. Except, now ‘Comics I Like’ has been absent for some time now, and as I said, I started to feel a little funny. And then I got to thinking, tacking something at the end of a column and not really acknowledging it in the front page teaser doesn’t do that much more justice, does it? Who’s really going to know? The solution seemed obvious.
Comics I Like – August 31st, 2009
August 31st, 2009
I take a brief hiatus and return to the news that the House of Mouse is buying the House of Ideas? Did anyone see this coming or can the number of people aware of the sale be counted on both hands? Dire predictions of how Disney will ruin Marvel abound on the Internet, but apparently it could take until the end of the year for the acquisition to actually take place, so there’s plenty of time to learn more before worrying.
Comics I Like – August 3rd, 2009
August 3rd, 2009
In today’s column I write about how eager I am for the next creative team to begin their tenure on Marvel’s Fantastic Four, as well as my thoughts on Marvel’s upcoming Spider-Woman series. I’m excited about both and that’s actually somewhat exciting itself.
Comics I Like – July 27th, 2009
July 27th, 2009
I didn’t attend Comic-Con International: San Diego 2009 but I read all about it on the Internet. That’s almost like being there, right? No, probably not. Still, I discuss some of the videos I watched and some of the things I read about over the past four days. And I’ll review Captain America #601 (A Very Special Issue).
Comics I Like – July 20th, 2009
July 20th, 2009
With the San Diego Comic-Con coming up later this week I discuss my one and only experience with a convention. I also write about not having read Captain America: Reborn #1 despite having had it waiting for weeks. And I propose making Marvel’s upcoming Spider-Woman continuing series the third ongoing title in my sad little pull list.
Comics I Like – July 13th, 2009
July 13th, 2009
In today’s column I discuss why I dropped Vertigo’s Air, my continued waffling over the issue of switching entirely to trade paperbacks and why I might be interested in DC’s Justice League: A Cry for Justice.
Comics I Like – July 6th, 2009
July 6th, 2009
Earlier today I learned all about Supergirl’s underwear. It’s not as strange or creepy as it sounds. Certain folks at DC simply lean more towards modesty these days. Read on to learn more. I also talk about the trouble I’m having trying to switch entirely to buying trade paperbacks for new miniseries. And finally, I give my thoughts on Dark Reign: Elektra and Dark Reign: Fantastic Four.
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