Tonight I have the awesome opportunity to be interviewed live about my history of comic collecting by The Omnidog himself, Jess Bragg! I’m incredibly excited to field his question and discuss some of my favorite books, both past and present.
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Crushing Comics S01E057 – Tomb of Dracula Omnibus, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
Despite claiming that I’m not going to do much talking while I unwrap, I briefly talk about how I haven’t explored the weirder side of shopping in Wellington before opening up the classic pair of Tomb of Dracula omnibuses. To help explain how this series came to be, I give an explanation of one of my favorite increasingly-forgotten aspects of comics history -Fredric Wertham’s Seduction of the Innocent. I also get to highlight one of my all-time favorite artists, Gene Colan.
Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.
Episode 57 features Marvel’s Tomb of Dracula Omnibus Volume 1 and Volume 2.
Crushing Comics S01E056 – Learning Vocabulary from Claremont + X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Companion Omnibus
Coming off of two episodes of unwrapping intense Claremont X-Men books, I talk a little bit about how reading classic comics built my vocabulary and how the loss of narration boxes has really limited the narrative power of comics. Then, I unwrap the Age of Apocalypse Companion and sift through its material to explain what is and isn’t essential in this tag-along book.
Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.
Episode 65 features the X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Companion Omnibus. For more on Age of Apocalypse, visit the Guide to Marvel Events.
Back Issue Review: Alan Moore’s The Courtyard, Captain Canuck, Dark Ark, & more!
Welcome to a pilot of a new series of comic book posts on Crushing Krisis – Back Issue Review!
If I tried to complete my quest to read 2018 comic issues in 2018 purely by keeping up with new releases, I’d have to read 39 new comics every week!
Since my pull list isn’t quite that deep, I pad out my new release reading (and my playing catch-up to get current with new releases) with a healthy amount of back back issue reading, both from my own ridiculously deep collection and in browsing for digital deals.
Here’s the rundown of the back-issues I’ve read this week and reviewed below:
- Alan Moore’s The Courtyard (2003) #1-2
- Aquaman (2016) #1-6
- Avengers/Champions: Worlds Collide (Avengers #672-674 & Champions #13-15)
- Captain Canuck (2015) #1-2
- Captain Marvel (2016) #6-10
- Civil War II (2016) – The Oath
- Dark Ark (2017) #1-4
- Freelance (2017) #1
- Grimm Fairy Tales: Return to Wonderland (2007) #0-3
- Judas (2018) #1
- Monstro Mechanica (2017) #1
- Port of Earth (2017) #1-2
- Realmwalkers (2017) #1-3
- Silk (2016) #14
- Spencer & Locke (2017) #1-4
- The Skeptics (2016) #1-4
- Toil and Trouble (2015) #1
Interested in what I have to say about other random pulls? Leave a comment about a series you’d love to see me dig into in the coming weeks. Given the scope of my collection, you might be surprised to learn I already own a copy! [Read more…] about Back Issue Review: Alan Moore’s The Courtyard, Captain Canuck, Dark Ark, & more!
The Pull List: Babyteeth, Black Bolt, Captain America, Crosswind, Giant Days, and more!
What did I read this week that was newly released and wasn’t X-Men?
I’m still a long way off from being caught up to all of present-day Marvel, so I have to choose my battles – reading series that are in the early stages of their Legacy numbering or have few enough issues that I can catch up all the way. A handful of indie series I follow (one only begrudgingly) also dropped this week.
This post covers:
- Babyteeth (2017) #7
- Batman (2016) #38
- Blackbolt (2017) #9
- Captain America (2017) #697
- Crosswind (2017) #6
- Giant Days (2015) #34
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2017) #150
- Paper Girls (2015) #19
- Spider-Man (2016) #236
- Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles (2018) #1 [Read more…] about The Pull List: Babyteeth, Black Bolt, Captain America, Crosswind, Giant Days, and more!