by Doc Schaefer | Dec 9, 2020 | Docs Corner, Reviews
COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF ANIMATION #1 IDW COMICS Well, Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey are at it again! And I, for one, am ecstatic! Part history lesson, part science experiment, learning was never more entertaining. The amazing backround, prior Disney, of the world...
by | Dec 8, 2020 | Articles, Jake's Gag Bag, Managers
Everyone has their holiday traditions, things like watching your favorite holiday movies, enjoying hot chocolate as you put up decorations, or listening to your favorite holiday songs with the family. For me it’s pretty much the same but with lots of comic book media...
by | Dec 2, 2020 | Articles, Managers
The Holiday season is always a difficult one, made up of running around, store to store, gathering up goodies for friends and family. It can get hectic, and downright panic inducing even under the best of circumstances. So with a year as difficult as this one, all of...
by Doc Schaefer | Dec 2, 2020 | Docs Corner, Reviews, Uncategorized
LAUREL & HARDY CHRISTMAS FOLLIES #1 AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY Classic comedy teams never die! American Mythology proves this yet again with another one shot of holiday hijinx starring everyone’s favorite duo, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy! The boys find...
by Doc Schaefer | Nov 25, 2020 | Docs Corner, Reviews
THE OTHER HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE #1 DC COMICS This one took an extended time to read. And it was well worth it! If you are of a age bracket to remember the mid 1970’s, this is a wonderful rememberence of those times. Big afro wig, open collar, and...
by | Nov 24, 2020 | Articles, Managers
Last month I wrote a column about how excited I am that Aliens and Predator will be arriving at Marvel. It will be cool to have new fans for old properties find a ton of excellent old, and (hopefully) excellent NEW books. Should be a no-brainer, right? If you...
by Doc Schaefer | Nov 18, 2020 | Docs Corner, Reviews
DOCTOR WHO COMICS #1 TITAN COMICS Anytime a Doctor or two have a get together, you can always count me in. However, this go around seem like a bit of sell out. Making it appear that the only reason to have the initial crossover a few monthes ago was to set up the...
by | Nov 17, 2020 | Articles, Managers
Again, this is just how I Rick Berg, as a reader of comics, usually read comic storylines that are to span multiple comic book titles. This is not how you should do it or how you have to do it. This is not how Rick Berg as a retailer, wants you to do it, that guy...
by Doc Schaefer | Nov 11, 2020 | Docs Corner, Reviews, Uncategorized
JUNGLE COMICS #3 ANTARCTIC PRESS Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the Jungle Comics title (yes, there were serveral years of it not being publish but still) and 35 actual years of Antarctic Press publishing, this seems like a good way to do it. Many current...
by | Nov 11, 2020 | Articles, Managers
Several weeks ago, my esteemed colleague, Michael Wall, presented a brief overview of horror in the comics. But, nicely done as it was, he did miss a notable footnote in the history of four-color spectral graphics. Horror comics flourished from the late forties until...
