by Chris Marshall on July 22, 2009
Collected Comics Library Podcast #229
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DC Comics is underway with their big summer event Blackest Night. Today on the show I look at two recent trade paperbacks that not only feature members of the Green Lantern Corp, but Corps members who are playing pivotal roles in said event. Including a few that are confirmed [...]
by Chris Marshall on July 16, 2009
For the past nine days it’s all been about Wednesday Comics, Blackest Night and gearing up for Comic-Con International; let’s see what’s been going on in the world of Collected Editions:
Stumptown Trade Review has Annotations for Asterios Polyp, a book that I talked about on this week’s CCL podcast. The list is extremely helpful.
Rich Johnston, [...]
by Chris Marshall on June 17, 2009
Collected Comics Library Podcast #224
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This week on the show we talk about something from the What’s Old Is New Again category: X-O Manowar: Birth HC (Valiant). It’s akin to: What if Conan The Barbarian traveled to the near distant future only to find Iron Man’s armor? First released in 1995, X-O is a [...]
by Chris Marshall on April 17, 2009
America’s Best Comics (aka ABC) is the former Wildstorm and later DC Comics imprint headed by Alan Moore. Founded in 1999, it is best known for publishing The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Nearly everything that ABC has put out has been collected in some way or another. Here are a few:
The Official America’s Best [...]
by Chris Marshall on April 1, 2009
Collected Comics Library Podcast #214
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Here at the Collected Comics Library, I tend to focus on the bigger companies. That’s no accident because they have such a huge share of the market, but I do my best to highlight some of the publishing efforts of the Independents. Today, is one of those days, as [...]
by Chris Marshall on March 27, 2009
I covered a lot this week at the CCL and now it’s the weekend, so go out and pick up a new comic or two.
IDW Publishing has acquired multi-year rights to publish print and mobile editions of comics originally released on the ComicMix Website. The first titles to be released by IDW will be GrimJack: [...]
by Chris Marshall on March 18, 2009
Collected Comics Library Podcast #212
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So you’ve seen the Watchmen movie and you’ve read the Watchmen trade paperback and are now longing for more. Well there’s no better place then to start from the beginning; with the Charlton Heroes characters that Watchmen were based upon. Today on the show I go over where you [...]
by Chris Marshall on March 16, 2009
Besides comics, I’m a big sports guy and right now is the best time of year: NCAA March Madness (including The Frozen Four), NBA and NHL games are getting hot and heavy due to playoff seeding, MLB Spring Training (including the WBC) and finally getting in gear is the NFL draft (which is very important [...]
by Chris Marshall on February 24, 2009
Look, I know that mistakes are made all the time. I certainly have had my share of spelling and grammar errors. But you would think that a big company like DC Comics would add in a little proofreading when it comes to laying out the contents of their collected editions in their monthly solicitation rundown. [...]
by Chris Marshall on January 21, 2009
Collected Comics Library Podcast #204
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Vertigo Comics takes center stage on this installment of the CCL. First there is an actual solicit of the Absolute Prometha. It is slated for September 30 and will collect Promethea #1-12, (328 pgs, $99.99). Then, for the feature, I take a look at the two upcoming Swamp Thing [...]