Free Comic Book Day is a bonafide holiday at my house. It’s on the calendar, plans are made around it, we gather around the Free Comic Book Day tree, and sing Free Comic Book Day carols. It’s a whole thing. One grand tradition that my family shares is looking at all the titles released for […]
So, if you read my Atomic Robo review here two weeks ago, you know how much I love Robo, and his exploits fighting giant robots with nazi brains, Lovecraftian monsters, and pyramids that shoot laser beams. The newest Atomic Robo series, Atomic Robo and the Shadow from Beyond, came out this week from Red5 Comics! […]
In the forbidden chapter of Cosmic Revelations, in the book of Oa, is the prophecy called the “Blackest Night,” that foretells of war of the light that will eventually destroy the universe. So…Blackest Night #0 hits this Saturday (see a preview here)at any comic shop participating in Free Comic Book Day. Make sure you get […]
Have you ever been to one of those comic shops that just “gets it?” That you know, the instant you walk in, this is going to be a pleasant comic shopping experience? See, I’m big on organization – I hate it when I can’t find stuff. Some of the comic shops in the area are […]
Not really sure there’s much more to it than that. Well, maybe a couple of things. This Saturday, you can walk into almost any comic book shop near you and pick up a free comic book. But ONE free comic? What are you going to do with that? Read it in the car on the […]
IoM is typically adult fare. We cuss, we review horror movies and violent comic books. But, in all actuality, we wouldn’t be the sick beings we are if it wasn’t for some family-friendly comic book or TV show or movie that got us into the fold to begin with. For Aron, it was Disney’s Scamp. […]
Back in the late 1980’s, Dark Horse Comics blew my mind when they started publishing original stories from the Aliens universe. Published before Alien3 came along and kind of screwed up their continuity, the first series I picked up was actually their second, a fully-painted tale of Ripley and Newt after the events of James […]
Every year, on the first Saturday in May for the last couple of years, comic stores all around the country participate in Free Comic Book Day, where customers can walk into the shop and choose one of many FREE comic books published especially by different comic companies for that day. Not only is this an […]
Free Comic Book Day is Saturday, May 2nd.