Archive for ‘August, 2011’

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Aug30

A Fake DC New 52 Relaunch Ad is Better Than the Real One!

by The Comic Book Critic on August 30th, 2011 at 7:29 pm
Posted In: News

DC Comics recently launched their New 52 ad campaign and we thought it was a squandered opportunity. Well today we get a look at a video ad put together by Lumberjack Films that’s much more entertaining than what DC had put together. This is a totally fake ad that isn’t commissioned by either DC Comics […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug30

Bill Sienkiewicz Cover and Art Gallery

by The Comic Book Critic on August 30th, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Posted In: Great Comic Book Covers,Opinion

Bill Sienkiewicz is one of those artists that polarizes comic book fans – You either love his art or you hate it. Much like Frank Miller, Sienkiewicz’s early artwork was influenced by Neal Adams, but eventually took on a style of it’s own. His early Moon Knight issues, especially the cover to issue one, show […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug27

James Robinson And Nicola Scott brings us JSA… on Earth 2!

by The Comic Book Critic on August 27th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
Posted In: News

According to Bleeding Cool, DC has announced that they will be bringing back the Justice Society of America into the DC Universe. The news from DC New 52 panel at Fan Expo Canada is that the creative team of James Robinson and Nicola Scott will be providing their take on the WWII based superhero team. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug25

Review: Daredevil #2 (Marvel)

by The Comic Book Critic on August 25th, 2011 at 8:13 pm
Posted In: Reviews

Writer: Mark Waid Penciler: Paolo Rivera Inker: Joe Rivera Colors: Javier Rodriguez Letterer: Joe Caramagna Editor: Ellie Pyle, Stephen Wacker Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Date: October 2011 Cover Price: $2.99 Title: “Red, White, Black and Blue”   The current incarnation of Daredevil by Mark Waid and Paolo Rivera has something that readers have long missed […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug25

DC Comics The New 52 – Teaser Tag Lines

by The Comic Book Critic on August 25th, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Posted In: News

DC Comics has released a list of quotes taken from each of their New 52 first issues set to be released throughout the month of September, starting with Justice League #1 on August 31st. According to DC’s The Source Blog; “These one-liners set up the themes of their corresponding series, hint at the unexpected return […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug24

Cosplay Gone Wrong

by The Comic Book Critic on August 24th, 2011 at 11:30 pm
Posted In: Conventions,Opinion

Comic Book Critic has shown you some really good cosplay from recent comic conventions, from SDCC to SpringCon to C2E2. We’ve collected the women and babes of cosplay for our loyal readers. But we haven’t put together the bad part of cosplay… until now. We scoured Google images to bring you some truly bad cosplayers […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug23

Review: The Red Wing #2 (Image)

by The Comic Book Critic on August 23rd, 2011 at 5:52 pm
Posted In: Reviews

Writer: Jonathan Hickman Artist: Nick Pitarra Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg Publisher: Image Comics  Cover Date: August 2011 Cover Price: $3.50 Title: “Learning to Fall”   Legacy cadets Valin and Dominic made it into the Red Wing and are training in simulators to hone their flying and fighting skills. Dom’s skills are requiring a little more work […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug22

1982 San Diego Comic-Con Photos!

by The Comic Book Critic on August 22nd, 2011 at 10:23 pm
Posted In: Conventions

Several months ago, I came across some photos of the 1982 Minneapolis Comic-Con on Alan Light’s Flickr page. Recently I found one of his sets from the 1982 San Diego Comic-Con that had some remarkable pictures! I’ve picked out some of the best ones and compiled them here. They Include Carl Barks, Burne Hogarth, Archie […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug22

Review: The Intrepids #6 (Image)

by The Comic Book Critic on August 22nd, 2011 at 7:32 pm
Posted In: Reviews

Writer, co-creator: Kurtis J. WiebeIllustrator, co-creator: Scott KowalchukCover, Designer: Scott KowalchukColorist: Donna GregoryLetterer: Ariana MaherScript Editor: Brittany MatterPublisher: Image ComicsCover Date: August 2011Cover Price: $2.99 Title: “End of an Era”   The Intrepids #6 unfortunately marks the end of this six issue mini series, but it does so with a bang! The Intrepids come to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug21

2011 Harvey Award Winners Announced

by The Comic Book Critic on August 21st, 2011 at 8:29 pm
Posted In: News

The 2011 Harvey Awards ceremony took place at the Baltimore Comic-Con on Saturday August 20th. Along with the Eisner Awards, The Harvey’s are one of the biggest awards events in the industry and this year the major players were DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and IDW Publishing – scoring 4 awards apiece. Here is a complete […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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