YW2? – Silk #2
Hi folks, welcome to ARCHIE G’s. I’m your waiter, Raoul. Here at ARCHIE G’s, we don’t think you can make a dependable Pull List decision based on the first serving of a comic. Publishers throw everything they’ve got at a…
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The Goblin War!
For some readers today, it might be hard to imagine that once upon a time Todd McFarlane was the top artist in the industry and not just a toy company mogul or occasional cover artist. But he was huge. Highly…
Interview | Ramon Perez on Spider-Man: Learning to Crawl
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with series artist Ramon Perez and chat a bit about everyone’s favourite wall crawler, new villains, and what it’s like revisiting a seminal time in comic book history.
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C2E2: Spider-Verse Panel
Spider-fans have a lot of goodies coming their way over the next few months. Amazing Spider-Man relaunches with a new number 1, the second Andrew Garfield film opens up next week, and a new event will pit (almost) every Spider-Man…
Alright Kids, Break Out Your Rhyming Dictionaries!
It’s time for another update from BIFF SOCKO, TWO-FISTED NEWSHOUND. Biff Socko covers Comic Book News like zits on the A-V Club. Faster than Perry White! Stronger than J. Jonah Jameson! Hotter than Cat Grant. He is…BIFF SOCKO!
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Fan Expo | Superior Spider-Man Panel
On Fan Expo Sunday, Spider-Man fans got a chance to talk to the man, Dan Slott, about everything going on with our “not so friendly Superior Spider-Man”. The panel included artist Mark Brooks, artist Ryan Stegman, assistant Editor Ellie Pyle…
People are still very angry about Superior Spider-Man
If twitter had existed in 1971 I can only assume that we would have seen tweets like this: What? Spider-Man doesn’t have six arms! Thanks for ruining this book @roythomas! Or if it had existed in 1984 this would be…
Superior Spider-Man #1
There have been very few titles that have caused as much of a stir as Superior Spider-Man. I wanted to wait a bit before writing this review so that it wasn’t necessary to plaster spoiler alerts every second sentence, but…
Amazing Spider-Man #700
Spider-Man milestone issues have always been epic and/or controversial, and I can only imagine if the internet existed in 1971 there would have been a lot of complaining about Spider-Man growing extra arms. Each of the hundredth issues have been…
Looking Forward To 2013 In Comic Books
Now that 2012 is one for the history books we look ahead to the new year. And there are a lot of titles that have piqued my interest. Star Wars While this series might be cancelled once Dark Horse’s contract…
I’m giving away my Amazing Spider-Man free comic codes
On Saturday night I was lazing around on the couch, watching TV, and I thought I would check into Twitter to see what was going on in the world. My Twitter feed has been busy lately because of Dan Slott,…
Superior Spider-Man and Internet Rage
One of the biggest stories out of the New York Comic Con was some discussion on the new Spider-Man book. In December Amazing Spider-Man will end after 700 issues. It has already ended once before after 441 issues but it…
Daredevil, Spider-Man and Fairy Tales
This week the internet and Twitter-verse have been chock full of cool comic book news. So instead of me rambling on, let’s just jump into the stuff that caught my attention. Daredevil Movie Rights Go Back to Marvel It looks…
Spider-Man Is Fifty And Still Awesome
It will come as no surprise to longtime readers that I am a huge Spider-Man fan. It is the book that I have collected the longest, the character that I have always liked the most, and the one that still…
Why am I not reading Spider-Man?
A couple of weeks ago, Spider-Man celebrated his 50th anniversary with the release of Amazing Spider-Man #692. I didn’t pay much attention to that comic because it had been years since I bought my last Spider-Man book. At the most…
Amazing Spider-Man #692
No matter how many times a character is rebooted, restarted, or renumbered it is still a milestone to be in constant publication for 50 years. Our Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man has his Golden Jubilee this year and Marvel has a host…
How Dan Slott Saved Spider-Man
I have read a lot of Spider-Man comic books. Pretty much everything. I have definitely read every issue of Amazing Spider-Man and believe me when I say that we are currently seeing another golden age in the pages of ASM.…
CBD’s 52Q | #28: Who Will You Keep An Eye On?
Every week CBD’s Editor in Chief Pete DeCourcy asks the question and the crew (and special guests) give their answers, we’ll be doing this for 52 weeks. Tip of the hat goes to the gang at Scans_Daily for the inspiration.…
WHOSOEVER HOLDS THIS HAMMER: Brand New Day Final Thoughts
Whosoever Holds This Hammer appears every Tuesday exclusively on Comic Book Daily. So Spidey’s Brand New Day is over and I for one am glad. It never lived up to its potential (for reasons I will get to) and I…
CBD’s 52Qs | #8: “If you could put a writer and artist on one comic book title who would it be and why?”
Every week CBD’s Editor in Chief Pete DeCourcy asks the question and the crew (and special guests) give their answers, we’ll be doing this for 52 weeks. Tip of the hat goes to the gang at Scans_Daily for the inspiration.…