When it comes to Friday the 13th, the only origin I want to know about at this point is what precipitated Crispin Glover's weirdly transfixing nerd dance from Part 4.

Check out the recent Duggan and Posehn run on the book. I read the first three trades a few years ago (I think this run started during the Marvel Now! era, IIRC?) but enjoyed them immensely. There's a great arc where Deadpool, Cap, and Wolverine to learn more of his past. It's a surprisingly moving story, with great…

Don Newton is another great artist from that era. Like Day, he's largely forgotten beyond a cult of fans (myself included). Not to sound all "get off my lawn" but the really good artists from that era really knew how to tell a story through pictures. Some of the best now do the same, of course.

They really would. Too bad they're going to be on a series on Freeform (formerly ABC Family) instead. Ugh.

Gene Day was awesome.

It doesn't seem to be nearly as prevalent these days as it once was. Look at all of the writing and drawing Byrne did, as well as Jim Starlin and Walt Simonson, etc. Of course those guys were superstars so they were likely afforded opportunities that others weren't.

I have very fond memories of that first Cloak and Dagger minseries. It has terrific Rick Leonardi artwork. I have a soft spot for Cloak and Dagger just from that mini and their earlier appearances in Spidey's books, plus the early issues of their first series. They were around at just the right time when I was very…

I'm really curious about Modesty Blaise. I'm going to see what my library has now; thanks for the reminder.

My deluxe edition of The New Frontier arrived late last week and I'm currently reading that. I've read it before, but not since '04 or whenever it came out. I'm really taking time to savor the art and the story, so I'm reading it very slowly, just letting it all wash over me. What a masterwork it is, seriously.

You're having issues with two of your issues!

I LOVED THAT SERIES. And that arc was extremely fun.

That's an awesome post. Thanks for sharing it!

Yup, exactly. We're on the same page. I'm actually turned off by the Silver Age Wonder Woman, when her entire motivation seemed to be trying to make Steve Trevor happy.

Is that the earlier Simone Secret Six run or the latest, New 52, one?

I never understand why people see those early Wonder Woman stories as degrading to the character. She enjoyed the bondage aspects of her Amazonian culture; they all did. Yeah, when she got tied up by baddies it was clearly for the kink factor, but she was never portrayed dismissively as a degraded, powerless woman,…

I remember being really bored with del Toro's Blade and his Hellboy movies. And I like him, but I'm with you, they can't all be winners.

Oooh that's a tough call.

And who doesn't want to direct abuse at David Goyer, really?

Not really sure why my comments are bugging you so much. I really don't come here to get into snark fests with people, so I'm done here. Truce on my end, hope you're fine too.

I read some of it when it was 3000 and then the first few issues of 3001, but now that the run is over I am tempted to just pick up all of it and do a straight read through. It was loopy and just plain fun, from what I recall.