Mr. Degnan’s Gradebook week of July 20, 2011 AVENGERS 16: B The interview style of writing employed by Bendis does not allow for suspense or surprise. Great action scenes with the Hulk by Bachalo. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN 506: A+ A very meaningful Fear Itself tie-in. Hilarious last page, Tony Stark at his finest (or worst?). […]
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July Previews Orders Due by Thursday
I have to finish my July Previews order, so please let me know soon if there is anything in there that you would like. Also, if you are interested in any or all of the DC New 52 #1s, please let me know as soon as you can. Guessing on these is tough and the […]
Warning – More Marvel Dissing Ahead
Just to start off with, I used to be super excited about reading the Marvel Previews every month. “Oooh! I can’t wait to read that!” Where when I would read the DC ones, it was more “Oh, another issue of Superman, another Batman, yawn…” But lately, I have been much more interested in what is […]
Arriving 7/27/11
ACTION COMICS #903 (DOOMSDAY) ACTION COMICS #903 VAR ED (DOOMSDAY) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #666 SPI AMERICAN VAMPIRE #17 (MR) ARCHIE #623 ASTONISHING X-MEN #40 ASTONISHING X-MEN #40 I AM CAPTAIN AMERICA VAR ATOMIC ROBO TP VOL 05 DEADLY ART OF SCIENCE AVENGERS ACADEMY TP VOL 01 PERMANENT RECORD AVENGERS BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS TP VOL 01 […]
Reviews – X-Schism #1, Captain America #1 & Detective Comics #879
X-Men: Schism 1Written by Jason Aaron Penciled by Carlos Pacheco Review by Dan DThe X-Men event of the year begins with a bang featuring Kid Omega, a whole lot of Sentinels, and The Hellfire Club. THE GOOD Cyclops and Wolverine are front and center from the start. We already know the outcome of the event; […]
Pittsburgh Comics Podcast Issue #11
In this episode, we go through the July Previews catalog. I skipped the New DC #1s and the Marvel section, but we covered the rest. A quick reminder, my order is due next Thursday, so if there is anything you are interested in, let me know.
This Week’s Podcast
I am always looking for a theme for the Podcast and since my order is due next week, I thought that this would be a good time to go through the July Previews. But instead of me doing it alone, why don’t we do it as a group. If you are interested, bring in your […]
Quick Comixology Note
I am going to throw a copy of your pull list in you folder this week. This way, for those of you using Comixology, we can make sure that our lists are the same from the beginning. For those of you not using Comixology, it might give you incentive to give it a shot. I […]
Arriving 7/20/11
ABATTOIR #6 (OF 6) (MR) ALL NIGHTER #2 (OF 5) AMORY WARS SECRETS OF SILENT EARTH 3 TP VOL 03 ANGEL OMNIBUS TP VOL 02 ARCHIE & FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #7 ARCHIES WEIRD MYSTERIES TP AVENGELYNE #1 CVR A LIEFELD AVENGELYNE #1 CVR B GIENI AVENGELYNE #1 CVR C BENITEZ AVENGERS #15 FEAR AVENGERS ACADEMY […]
Pittsburgh Comics Podcast Issue 10
Here’s the latest installment of the Pittsburgh Comics Podcast. We are still working on the audio, so I apologize. It’s tough recording 7 people around a table and one calling in. I promise we’ll get the hang of it soon. Discussion goes from Fear Itself through Flashpoint to upcoming Marvel and DC projects. We also […]