Agreed about BPRD whole-heartedly, and his Lobster Johnson comics are a lot of fun too. The thing is, I'm not sure I've read many other Arcudi comics out of that world that I've really enjoyed. But damn if BPRD isn't the best mainstream comic of the past 20 years.

I think it's the best thing he's ever done, to this day.

To be honest, there are much worse things than doing a Morrison homage, though I think Doom Patrol has a nice helping of Jaime Hernandez in there too. It's a great series, and one of the more exciting bright lights in DC's pretty strong line-up currently. Though I'd probably argue that Shade the Changing Girl is the…

It hasn't gotten a lot of play outside of the Rebirth special from last year, this Batman/Flash crossover, Tim Drake's disappearance and some dealings with Mr. Oz in Superman and vague mentions in Titans.
The driving factor of Rebirth is restoring these characters to whatever their most popular status quos might be.…

As I said in my original post, going into the Watchmen well is absolutely creatively bankrupt. But thankfully, aside from that, their line is stronger now than it's been in 10-15 years. It's just one comic they produced this month in a healthy line-up of fun adventures. I can live with that, personally.

Understandable, but the fact remains, DC (and in other cases, Marvel) fronted all of the costs to publish and promote Watchmen. They have a right to protect and benefit from that investment. I'm sorry to sound like a shill, but this is how it works. If you need the income generated by a corporate entity, and don't…

Honestly, I tried to read a huge swath of that Valiant stuff when they did a Humble Bundle and I couldn't get into any of it. The closest I came was some of the Bloodshot stuff, but even then I just couldn't get past the feeling I was reading warmed-over late 90's comics.

FWIW, I'm not that bothered by the ethics of the Watchmen crossover. Watchmen was created under a work-for-hire agreement, and in an era when the graphic novel was only in its infancy. It's just an odd confluence of events, but I can't paint a corporation who is completely in the legal right as the bad guy here, nor…

I went on an absolute buying spree and picked up the first 5 Fantagraphics EC collections featuring talents like Wally Wood, Johnny Craig, Jack Davis, etc etc…incredibly fun stuff and beautiful art to boot. I also got the recent Fletcher Hanks collection of theirs, and it's totally as bonkers as I had hoped…I'm…

You know what the biggest problem with Marvel is right now? An extremely thin bench of talent. They got hit HARD by the Image exodus when Hickman, Gillen, Fraction etc..all left for greener pastures (and possible film options). And they didn't really have much of a back-up plan, except assuming that fans would be…

Just hopping in here to correct the record, Jessica is not African American.

So…basically it was revealed that New 52 Superman was basically Superman Red, and Rebirth Superman was Superman Blue….in this story they merged together to finally create "real" Superman and in doing so changed the timeline so that he's the only Superman that ever existed. All of the New 52 Superman stories are…

I'm sure both of those books are headed to cancellation town soon anyway.

I liked the first arc, but as soon as the artist switch-out happened over to Tan and they wound up in Europe, the book instantly became unreadable. I was stunned by how little I enjoyed it.

edit: I hate Disqus

It's a shame this week is the dreaded fifth week, I'd like to get these clarifications sooner rather than later.

I think those are the Alan Davis written and drawn issues

You see, I feel a little differently regarding the New 52 Superman. I felt like they did literally everything they could to make readers care about him, or get engaged, all the way down to making him a social crusader fighting for oppressed people. Bringing Pak and Yang on seemed to be especially apparent of that…

But Spider-Gwen and the Ultimate books count because they're telling modern day stories that continue to move forward. I guess they could have done ANOTHER Ultimate-style type book (the very good X-Men Season One, the only success of that line was a good example), but that ship has sailed.

I definitely prefer Rebirth Superman, even if I think Tomasi occasionally whiffs the execution (most of his conclusions are pretty *meh*). The character should be something to strive for, not a disreputable brute. Also, I like him better when he's older than me.