by | Jul 29, 2019 | Articles, Back Issue to the Future
Commentary by Dan W. Have you ever burned out on something you once enjoyed? Woken up in the morning questioning why you ever cared? Let it poison your personal and professional interactions? Well, what if you were a hero. And what if that thing you burned out on was...
by Doc Schaefer | Jul 24, 2019 | Docs Corner, Reviews
HISTORY OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #1 MARVEL COMICS Wow! Ok. This one actually gave me a headache! I give Marvel credit for trying to retell the history from day one and the reasoning for it is truly unique. The problem here is that the creative team is having to cram...
by | Jul 22, 2019 | Articles
Back in May of 2016, DC released DC Universe Rebirth, a one-shot that kicked-started the Rebirth era. The end of that issue teased the coming of the Watchmen into the main DCU. Upon hearing the news, Alan Moore put an eldritch curse on Geoff Johns and the rest of us...
by Doc Schaefer | Jul 17, 2019 | Docs Corner, Reviews
SUPERMAN’S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN #1 DC COMICS I have always been a fan of Jimmy Olsen having his own title. But newer visions of Superman’s Pal have not always stayed true to his nature. Back in the day, several of the Supeman Family had their own titles...
by | Jul 16, 2019 | Events
Can you believe our store has been at its new Andersonville location for a whole year already! The year has flown by and its been an absolute blast getting to join this amazing neighborhood. New and old customers alike have praised the new location as being a huge...
by Doc Schaefer | Jul 10, 2019 | Docs Corner, Reviews
GRIMM FAIRY TALES 2019 SWIMSUIT SPECIAL ZENESCOPE PUBLISHING I swear I’m only reading this for the articles! Ha! This year’s swimsuit special features a short tale featuring the smallest damsel of them all, Thumbelina. The story is short and a bit...
by Doc Schaefer | Jul 6, 2019 | Docs Corner, Reviews
A DAY LATE BUT NEVER A DOLLAR SHORT! HERE ARE A FEW OF THE BOOKS YOU SHOULD (OR SHOULD NOT) BE READING THIS WEEK. HAVE A SAFE 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE! CHARLIE’S ANGELS VS THE BIONIC WOMAN #1 DYNAMITE PUBLISHING The concept of this title is a definite cry...
by | Jul 3, 2019 | Articles, Reviews, Uncategorized
1) Green Lantern – My favorite ongoing series has to be Grant Morrison’s take on Green Lantern, the book from the beginning takes you on twist and turns with Hal Jordan and his life as a galactic space-cop, Liam Sharp’s artwork has been excellent to say the least,...
by Doc Schaefer | Jun 26, 2019 | Docs Corner, Reviews
VALIANT UNIVERSE HANDBOOK VALIANT COMICS It doesn’t matter what Universe a handbook covers, I always find them fascinating. Aside from getting the histories and origins of the characters and various places and things, these books act as an interest generator...
by | Jun 24, 2019 | Articles, Managers, My First Comic
I was 6, or 2 years younger than my son Booker is now. I was sick, not an uncommon childhood occurrence for me as I was prone to regular bouts of tonsillitis. My father brought home 3 comics that night. I can recall the cover of 1 of them, the memory of the others is...
