It's good to know..

And now for something I'd like to call, "A Single Image Illustrating Why You Should Be Reading The Punisher".


The Punisher #11
Writer - Rick Remender
Artist - Tony Moore

Looks pretty crazy, right?
Well, all you need to know is this comic takes place mere moments after the events of Dark Reign : The List - The Punisher. In that comic, Wolverine's evil son, Daken or (sigh) Dark Wolverine if you prefer, cut The Punisher to pieces. Literally. Arms cut off. Beheaded. The whole deal. He then proceeded to toss the assorted severed bits into an open sewer. The pieces of the former Punisher were collected by monsters and taken to a vampire scientist (he's a scientist who is a vampire, not a scientist in the field of vampire) who put Frank back together a la Frankenstein's monster.
After he awakens (and goes on a short rampage), the vampire scientist asks..



THIS COMIC IS BEYOND AWESOME!
I mean, what a great response. This guy lives in a world with rock monsters and rubber guys and spider men and aliens in capes and he was just been brought back from the dead. If you were The Punisher I think there'd just have to be a point where you'd go, "Yeah, you know what? Fuck it. What else can happen?"

Now I know..

And now for what I like to call, "A Series of Images Illustrating Why You Should Be Reading Daredevil".


Daredevil #501
Writer - Andy Diggle
Artist - Robert De La Torre

No farther than you'd normally go..

A Series of Images Wherein I Review a Comic : Hulk #6

Let's do this thing!

This review thing!

I insist you go ahead..

So has anyone other than me seen that movie Sky High?
It's really good.
If not actually sit and watch it, I could at least have it on in the background once a week.
Speaking of movies, if you enjoy horror flicks and Christopher Guest movies, you need to seek out Behind the Mask : The Rise of Leslie Vernon. I had no idea what to expect going into it, and I'm really glad I didn't because pleasant surprises are the best surprises.

I saw They Might Be Giants live and in person playing music last night.
Possibly more on this later.

And now for what I'd like to refer to as..
"A Series of One Image Illustrating Why Ivan Reis Should be Drawing Justice League of America and not (shudder) Ed Benes."

Could Superman look any mightier? No. No, he could not.
Are you kidding me?!
BATMAN JUST KARATE CHOPPED A ROBOT'S FACE OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There are not enough exclamation points in the world to accurately explain how awesome this is.

My father will never forgive me...

I really loved The Irredeemable Ant-Man, so, as you might have expected, Marvel cancelled it.
Marvel said the book wasn't selling well enough.
Hence my drawing up there for all of you who weren't buying it.
Anyway, and now for what I'd like to call, "A Series of Images Illustrating Why You Should Have Been Buying The Irredeemable Ant-Man".
The following is pages 15-17 of issue #7.



If those three pages don't convince you this was a great book, I don't know what will.
The first six issues of this book were collected in an inexpensive digest-sized trade already, with the collection of the last six issues coming shortly.
I also did this version of that picture with some color in the background.

I couldn't decide which one to use, so I figured I'd just put them both up here for you to decide.
By all means, let me know which you prefer.

Certain stars..

UPDATE!
I went back and added a few captions to all of the pictures from the Brit #1 "A Series of Images.." entry just below this one. (Editor's Note : You have to click on the photos to see the captions.)
If you don't care for what passes for humor or commentary around these parts it's okay to skip it.
It's not much of a value add, but it's there, so I figured you should know.
Just in case.

It's kind of a rough one...

And now for what I'd like to call, "A Series of Images Illustrating Why You Should Be Buying Brit".
The following panels are all from Brit #1.
As always, click the pictures for a closer look.


All the introductions you need in two handy dandy captions.
Also, you'll notice Brit is climbing out of a dinosaur's mouth... I mean, I don't know what else to tell you.


Brit may be invincible, but that doesn't mean his clothes can't be Snuggle-soft.
(I know that sentence has a double-negative in it, but I have no idea how else to say that.)


And you wouldn't like him when he's angry.
Not to mention, I think we can all enjoy a good Bill Bixby quote.


Now there's a t-shirt slogan just waiting to happen!
How badly do you think Mark Millar wishes he'd written that line?
I'd bet real, real bad.

And if that wasn't convincing enough, Newsarama has the entire first issue up for you to read at your leisure.
The first issue is available in finer comic shops everywhere and the second issue came out today.
So there you have it.
Go buy Brit!

UPDATE : I made a Brit icon.
For absolutely no reason.

Who's here?

I was out way too late last night drinking gin and singing karaoke with some of my fellow Legionnaires.
I got like two hours of sleep before I had to drag my ass to work, head still slightly swimmy with alcohols.
I feel not so great.
But I will push on, for you, and update.

And now for what I'd like to call, "A Series of Images Illustrating Why You Should Be Buying Invincible".


The following panels are all from Invincible #45.
As always, click the pictures for a closer look.



Nolan's growing as a person. I mean, seriously, look at this guy's character arc from issue one to now. From Superman archetype to murderer to traitor to planetary savior to deserter to prisoner.. and that's leaving out a lot and doing what I did mention no justice whatsoever.


Allen the Alien is one of the most likeable characters in comics. Ever.


Look at him playing possum!

And most importantly..

Inter-species bred, super-powered, purple alien children in this comic use correct grammar.

Know what else is incredibly impressive?
None of these images featured the star of the comic.
Robert Kirkman has created a wealth of supporting and secondary characters and then fleshed them out so deftly that this book could easily be Mark Grayson-less for months without losing any momentum.
Well, that's what I think at least.

UPDATE : I forgot to mention that none of this book's greatness would be possible if not for how well Mr. Ryan Ottley draws the thing month in and month out. The guy does big time comic action, unbelieveably brutal violence, humor, tender emotional moments, and all points between in equal levels of absolute awesomeness.

So there you have it.
Go buy Invincible!

Without even trying..

And now for what I'd like to call, "A Series of Images Illustrating Why You Should Be Buying DC's Black Adam Mini-Series"
The following panels are all from Black Adam #2.
As always, click the pictures for a closer look.


Black Adam is using the entrails of an abominable snowman he's just cut open with a big knife to bungie down a cliff to retrieve his backpack.. which holds the bones of his dead wife.
To be completely honest, I don't think I should need to show you anything else.
But I will because I love you.


Superman stops one bullet by grabbing it and stops the other bullet that bounced off of him with his heat vision.
Superman is not just faster than a speeding bullet, he's faster than TWO speeding bullets and he's got a good sense of humor about himself.
Oh, and he has laser eyes!


Just click on it.
I really miss Doug Mahnke drawing JLA right about now.


Look at Black Adam's beautiful teeth.

And there you have it.
Go buy Black Adam.