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Legacy Numbering in Comics
First of all, let me say: I get it. New #1s in comics sell more copies, and that’s why Marvel and DC are so willing to reset the numbering of…
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C.M. 2012
As of the time of this drawing, professional wrestler CM Punk is the WWE Champion. Also earlier in the summer, Carol Danvers went from being known as Ms. Marvel, to…
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Ramona Flowers color contest “entry.”
Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O'Malley held a contest for alternate color schemes for Ramona Flowers. My friend urged me to join, so I took this: Bryan Lee O'Malley's original…
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Comic: Batman Makes Breakfast
I wanted to see if I could draw Batman in that early-90s, Image Comics style. And I wanted to see if I could make an interesting short comic about him…
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Catwoman #1 (New 52) Controversy
Since everybody and their mother is talking about this — and a couple people have asked for my opinion — I figure I’ll throw in my two cents. The controversy…
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COMIC REVIEWS: Nightwing #1, Red Hood & the Outlaws #1
Bought RED HOOD & THE OUTLAWS and NIGHTWING, this week. NIGHTWING was a lot of fun. All you HAVE to know, going in, are the things everybody knows about Dick…
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Superman’s GD Controversy
In case you missed it, yesterday was kind of a funny day for the Man of Steel. In the new ACTION COMICS #1, Superman gets a tank thrown at him,…
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Comic: Biff Jerky in Never Forget
Back in 2005, I was in a Cartooning class where a bunch of my classmates and I were going to make a story about a group of vikings that each…
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Do Comic Relaunches Actually Help Sales?
With DC Comics about to relaunch their entire line in a little over a month, Valiant Comics announcing a return in 2012, and Marvel beginning to resurrect the CrossGen comics…
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Initial Reactions to DC’s 2011 Reboot
On 31 May 2011, the day after I closed my comic store, DC Entertainment announced that they would be rebooting the entirety of the DC Universe, beginning on 31 August,…
Why comic books cost $3.99
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON COMICZONEAZ.com (website no longer active) The biggest complaint I hear as the co-owner of a comic book store, is about the rising cost of comic books. Why…
The Digital Comics Revolution?
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON COMICZONEAZ.com (website no longer active) Note from 2020: Obviously none of this post from ten years ago applies anymore, but it was a legitimate concern at the…
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The MAXX
A couple of days ago, a customer at Comic Zone asked me, "So, Andy, what is The Maxx about, exactly?" And I had no answer. Cover to The Maxx #1…
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Marvel Universe: Post-SIEGE wrap-up.
A couple months ago on the Comic Zone blog, I speculated that The Sentry may have been too powerful a character to keep around the Marvel Universe. With his seemingly-unlimited powers,…
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Hank Pym’s Mighty Avengers
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON COMICZONEAZ.com (website no longer active) Today is Avengers Day, the day that Marvel's "Heroic Age" officially begins, and the brand-new Avengers #1, written by Brian Michael Bendis…