You know what, screw it. In this case, pictures are worth more than a thousand words - triple that and you get close to the gut punch they carry.

In the Comics That Made Us Cry post I cited some of my own examples -- and wow, flist, you stepped up to the plate and cited examples that I either should have thought of or clearly need to read ( Read more... )

I'm so sad that Paul Cornell's Captain Britain & MI13 book is ending. Woe, sadness, grief-stricken balladry, oceans of tears, an eschatological crisis, the light of justice has been dimmed by the iron-clad and ruthless exigencies of capitalism, etc.

As someone over on Scans Daily 2.0 commented, Cornell really gets Brian Braddock and Pete Wisdom. ( Read more... )

First up, some excellent news:

REGINALD HUDLIN IS OFF THE BLACK PANTHER BOOK.YES! Yes! And lo, there was rejoicing in the streets, warring tribes threw down their arms and embraced, kittens and puppies frolicked in luminous rays of sunshine throughout the land(s), Japan stopped Rule 34-ing the entire world, AND EVERYONE GOT CHOCOLATE ( Read more... )

Mmmm, tamales for brunch. Specifically, I have spinach mushroom tamales that I'm drenching in excellent salsa verde and I can't get enough of them. I've been eating them for the last four days straight. In fact, my brother and I have a new thing: every time we've gotten together over the last few weeks, we usually wind up with me steaming some ( Read more... )