The Drawing Board – Ottley, Frank, Rude, Samnee, Manapul, Anka (Jan 10, 2014)
For this week’s Drawing Board, I wanted to give you fine people a look at my all time favorite superhero’s. I’m talking about The Man of Steel, The Last Son of Krypton, The Big Blue Boy Scout, Superman. Over Superman’s 75 year history, there have been many interpretations of Kal-El. He’s been everything from an […]
The Drawing Board – Reis, Samnee, Murphy, Coipel, Scallera, Ramos (Dec. 27)
Happy Holidays to everyone! I hope all of you fine folks had a great Holiday this week and I thought I would give a belated Christmas gift. I (your friendly neighborhood comic nerd) am going to post a weekly article showcasing some of my favorite artists. We will call this The Drawing Board. My […]
The Longbox: Batman / Superman #1, Daredevil #27, & Nova #5 (Reviews)
It’s been awhile, but I have returned! Like a phoenix, I rise from the ashes! Actually, I’ve just been super busy. I hope you fanboys and fangirls didn’t miss me too much. There have been some great comics coming out the last couple of weeks. I couldn’t get to review them all, but here are […]
Comic Review: The Adventures of Superman #1 with Stories by Jeff Parker, Chris Samnee, Jeff Lemire, Justin Jordan, Riley Rossmo
With this being the week of Superman, it seemed only natural that I give a little review of the newest DC Digital series Adventure of Superman. The newest series in DC’s digital first series (Legends of the Dark Knight, Batman Beyond, and Smallville: Season 11 are a few of the others). That means there are three […]
Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con: A Weekend in Review
As I write this, I’m still in a euphoric state. Not because I was finally able to get my hands on a few key issues and fill some major holes in my collection. Not because I was able to get an amazing custom sketch from Chris Samnee. Not because I was able to see a Q […]
St. Louis Comic Con 2013 – Spotlight on Local Talent Attending the Show
With St. Louis’ first major comic and pop culture convention coming up next weekend, I wanted to take the oppertunity to spotlight some of the local comic creators that will be in attendance. St. Louis is quickly becoming a hot bed for comic book talent. A few of those creators will be in attendance and […]
St. Louis Comic Con 2013 – Wizard World is Coming to the America’s Center
Wizard World is finally coming to St. Louis! From March 22-24, Wizard World is invading America’s Center in downtown St. Louis. There will be pop culture icons and comic book legends abound. Wizard World is a comic and pop culture convention that brings together the comic book, film, video games, gaming, toys, and sci-fi fans […]
The Long Box: Comic Book Casting Call – Daredevil
Back in 2003, Fox acquired the rights to Daredevil during the initial surge of interest in comic based films. The original cast was Ben Affleck as Matt Murdock, Jennifer Garner as Elektra, Michael Clarke Duncan as The Kingpin, and Colin Farrell as Bullseye. The movie opened to mixed reviews. A sequel was discussed but never […]
Comic Pick of the Week: The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom
Pick of the week for August 27, 2012 – The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom Written by Mark Waid Art by Chris Samnee The year was 1991, and I was sitting in a darkened movie theater waiting for another random Disney movie. Little did I know I was about to fall in love with a movie […]
