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I must be getting old. There's a Windows 8 already? I've had my Windows 7 laptop less than a year, but I was no early adopter. Of course, XP hung on a long time by Windows standards, so that skews expectations ( Read more... )

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/02/16/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-38/Read more... )

Here, the argument is advanced that DC's line-wide numbering reboot is the perfect "jumping-off" point. I disagree. The perfect jumping-off point was whenever we were told there'd be another 100-issue crossover ( Read more... )

"...the myth that Wonder Woman works as a leading super-hero."
"Oh, how is that? I'm curious to know why a character like her cannot carry a story of her own...."Well, she can. She's just not as commercial as people seem to expect, and it's not just because she's a woman ( Read more... )

We have discontinued the CMX line with no plans to reprint the titles (except Megatokyo which has moved to the DC Comics imprint). Beyond that I do not know the future of the titles ( Read more... )

http://purgetheory.blogspot.com/2010/07/ww-manga-blah-blah.html
dc just mentioned (not for the first time) that their kids comics are "loss leaders" that never turn a profit. since i doubt very much that every single one of those comics is bad, i think dc ( Read more... )

From DC's announcement that they were shutting down CMX:
Over the course of the last six years, CMX has brought a diverse list of titles to America and we value the books and creators that we helped introduce to a new audience. Given the challenges that manga is facing in the American marketplace, we have decided that CMX will cease publishing new ( Read more... )

I'm not creating much or writing much. I think I'm reading too much or something. (The manga don't take that long, but I'm reading lots of message board crap; that's a problem.) Hard to do even the little reviews, my head is clogged.

I'm in King of Thorn vol. 3 now.

Why am I reviewing King of Thorn favorably? Isn't it what I say Yank comix ( Read more... )

Quoth the "Bomb Queen" artist:
I give a little slack to the villains (disclaimer: I do a villain book). Villains are often extremist / extroverts - it helps with the ego. It also sets them apart from the *heroes* on moral and ethical grounds with the reader / audience.Wait, in what way is Power Girl not an extrovert? It seems perfectly obvious that ( Read more... )