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Your days are numbered.
It's been a while. I'm working in a comic book store again, since Free Comic Book Day 2015. It's nice to just work in the store, and not have to…
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Spider Friends
It's a bunch of Spider-Man related characters... and Wolverine... but no actual Spider-Man. What an odd decision. Experimenting with a more Saturday Morning Cartoon-ish style. We'll see if this goes…
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Yabba-Dabba Doom!
I feel like this doesn't really need much explaination -- What if Marvel Comics' Dr. Doom existed in the world of Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones? He'd yell "Yabba-Dabba Doom!" every time…
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Spider-Gwen 2015
Drawn shortly after her debut in comics, it's Spider-Gwen! On a different Earth in the multiverse, it wasn't Peter Parker who was bitten by the radioactive spider and given Spider-powers,…
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Why Unicron vs Galactus is a Boring Fight
In the world of “Who would win if this character fought with this similar character from another franchise?” one of the “dream fights” that comes up again and again is…
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We Will Be The Stars We Were Always Meant To Be
Digital Illustration. Adobe Photoshop. 2014. Captain Marvel is a registered trademark of Marvel Comics.
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Comic: Captain Marvel Quickie
I was enjoying the Carol Danvers-led Captain Marvel comics by written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, and decided to make a quick 3-page fancomic with my favorite heroine. I'm an illustrator…
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Marvel Girl 2013
Jean Grey, aka Marvel Girl, from the 1980s run in X-Factor. I always liked when the X-Men-family characters had these outfits with big "X"s on them. Jean Grey, X-Men, Marvel…
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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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Hulkbuster War Machine custom action figure
I bought some Marvel Legends figures from a friend, including a Hulkbuster Armor Iron Man. This figure was originally the traditional red-and-gold, but I always preferred War Machine’s gunmetal-and-silver color…
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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…
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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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…