Category Archives: Comic Books

Comic Books, Graphic Novels, their authors and artists.

Incredibles 2: Must See

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Steve

Catching up on the movies for the Summer of ’18 and as expected, the season is filled with sequels. This one has been anticipated for over a decade but it was worth the wait. You can’t do The Incredibles without Brad Bird … Continue reading →

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RIP Steve Ditko

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Steve

Steve Ditko is another famous artist who helped make Marvel Comics a big deal, namely through his co-creation/drawing of Spider-Man. If I recall correctly (and I hope my friend who actually draws comics can chime in), Stan Lee chose Ditko … Continue reading →

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Brief preview/blurb on the Greater Austin Comic Con

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Steve

What a weekend. I think the first one without hockey in a while and I spent a good chunk of it sponsoring, okay, shopping/spending money at our first comic convention really focused on comics. Sure, we have WizWorld near the … Continue reading →

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Superman: Red Son

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Steve

Part one of three showing Marx’s influence as recognition of his 200th birthday, I’ll start with the Elseworld (DC’s version of Marvel’s What If? comics) story pondering the question; What would the world be like if Superman were raised in the … Continue reading →

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Deadpool 2: Rental or Streaming

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Steve

Mostly everyone’s favorite wise-cracking, fourth-wall breaking hero returns and this time he has to save a mutant teenager from himself and time-traveling anti-hero Cable. It falls into the same trap all sequels do by adding more characters but thankfully, half … Continue reading →

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Happy Free Comic Book Day ’18

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Steve

The oldest of the High Nerd Holidays is upon us right on the heels of May the Fourth (be with You). I managed to be timely with this since I’m backlogged via fatigue (induced mostly by right knee choosing to … Continue reading →

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Black Panther: Must See

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Steve

The next chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe focuses on Black Panther and the hidden nation of Wakanda. If you recall two years ago, Black Panther made his debut in Captain America: Civil War as he sided with Iron Man’s team … Continue reading →

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Spider-Gwen action figure!

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Steve

Marvel’s toy licensee finally made a new run of Spider-Gwen figures and I scored mine from Rogues Gallery. Gwen Stacy is a favorite because the team behind the character and story line have done more than just reverse the genders … Continue reading →

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Wonder Woman crossovers/team-ups

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Steve

It has been a great year for Wonder Woman! Beyond her killer film, DC Comics featured the princess in three team-ups with complimentary heroes. Thankfully, Zak Snyder couldn’t screw them up. First is the a team-up we could only have … Continue reading →

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A Shinchan mug! Ass-drink! Ass-drink!

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Steve

A very funny and awesome gift from my friend/co-worker Ayako. She was recently in Japan to visit her family. She said she spotted this, thought of me and brought it back. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Shinchan, … Continue reading →

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Green Arrow! On a shirt

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Steve

My second T-Shirt acquisition from WizWorld. Before he was a poor-man’s Batman via Arrow on the CW, Green Arrow was Batman, Green Lantern and Hawkman’s Liberal foil. I wish DC Comics would bring back the Errol Flynn-influenced look Neal Adams gave … Continue reading →

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Justice League:…just boring and unnecessary

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Steve

When it comes to the big two superhero comic book companies, I have leaned toward DC since college. Hard to believe there was a time when DC’s movies were better too (Richard Donner’s 1978 Superman remains one of the best). Now … Continue reading →

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RIP: Len Wein

Posted on September 10, 2017 by Steve

Man, I need to catch up on all the other things I have in queue to write about, otherwise my site will just be a Nerdy Obituary blog. However, I can’t let the passing of comic book writer, editor and … Continue reading →

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Happy 100th Birthday to Jack “King” Kirby

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Steve

Here’s to the guy who is responsible for numerous characters in the big two which changed the industry. For many, Jack was the art side (and to some extent writing) for Marvel’s breakout success  with their early titles: The Fantastic Four, … Continue reading →

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Hank Hill would mostly approve

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Steve

A co-worker recently went to a Sci-Fi-Comic Book-Fantasy convention in Bell County. It’s north of Austin and very south of Dallas. Probably closer to Waco culturally. He had numerous cool pictures but I had to show off the Star Wars models … Continue reading →

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