Shenanigans & Tomfoolery

I can’t talk about The Flash: Rebirth without first talking about my tremendous expectations for the title. Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver turned me into a huge Hal Jordan fan (a character I previously had zero interest in) with Green Lantern: Rebirth and that book and its pure comic booky-ness stands as one of [...]

I think its appropriate to start the new year with a quick look back at the things I liked and disliked in 2009. I had trouble remembering last year’s disappointments and I could go on and on about the highlights which can only mean one thing: I’ve become quite the discerning fellow and that’s a [...]

Above is the cover to The Flash: Rebirth #5 (click on it for full version). It deserves special mention because it’s a fantastic homage to Carmine Infantino’s classic “Flash of Two Worlds” cover from The Flash (vol. 1) #123. That is, however, not why I’ve decided to write about this particular issue. Earlier this year, [...]

It looks like Green Lantern: Rebirth is getting the Absolute treatment next year. For many reasons (shelf space and price chief amongst them) I’ve been very judicious as to which books I buy in the oversized Absolute format. So far, Watchmen has been my one and only Absolute purchase, though I’ve considered getting Absolute Kingdom [...]