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Thoughts on the Latest Addition to Wizard's Family of Comic Cons
- by Brian Cronin
- Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 11:43 PM EST
Don MacPherson has an interesting editorial up about the news that Wizard has purchased another convention to add to the 10 cons they already had in their Wizard World family of conventions.
Do you agree with Don's reservations?
Thoughts on Jeff Parker Being the New Thunderbolts Writer
- by Brian Cronin
- Monday, August 10th, 2009 at 1:40 PM EST
Boy, talk about being torn!
Andy Diggle is doing fabulous work on Thunderbolts right now, so it's a shame to see him go, but Jeff Parker is a very good comic book writer, as well, so I guess it is good news!
It's a BIT of a shame, though, to see Parker seemingly taking over Diggle's story [...]
Thoughts on Marvel's Purchase of Marvelman
- by Brian Cronin
- Saturday, July 25th, 2009 at 1:13 PM EST
It's rare to see a news story this big that has such a gaping hole in what most fans want to know about the story.
Marvel now, apparently, owns the rights to Marvelman, after working out a deal with Mick Anglo, creator of Marvelman.
That, in and of itself, is notable, of course.
However, the thing everyone [...]
Thoughts on TV Advertising of Comics
- by Brian Cronin
- Monday, July 20th, 2009 at 11:56 AM EST
Don MacPherson has an interesting post looking at Radical Comics' new comic book, Incarnate, which is written by Gene Simmons' son, Nick, and was promoted on the Simmons family reality show, Gene Simmons' Family Jewels, as well as on A&E's website.
Thoughts on News Made Public on People's Blogs/Twitter
- by Brian Cronin
- Sunday, April 26th, 2009 at 7:00 AM EST
The previous post reminded me of another thing I meant to talk about awhile ago.
The internet is an awesome place for comic book creators to interact with their fans. It's neat that they can share stuff with fans - their insight into the books they are making, news about their upcoming work, etc.
However, if you [...]
Thoughts on Using Other People's Twitter Posts
- by Brian Cronin
- Sunday, April 26th, 2009 at 6:00 AM EST
I see that using other people's twitter posts has become a bit of an issue after Tom Brevoort noted that he was irked that a Blog@Newsarama post consisted of basically just a collection of C.B. Cebulski Twitter posts.
Regarding Twitter, first off, Twitter is a collection of mini-blog posts. That's really all it is. It's a [...]
Thoughts on Andy Diggle, Exclusivity and Timing
- by Brian Cronin
- Sunday, April 5th, 2009 at 12:45 PM EST
If you can find it (lord knows I'm not going to go through the effort to look for it), you'll see discussions between me and various people back in late 2004/early 2005 about what Andy Diggle should do after his awesome Adam Strange mini-series was ruined by being forced to tie-in with an Infinite Crisis [...]
Thoughts on the Search for the Next Sorcerer Supreme
- by Brian Cronin
- Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 at 5:19 PM EST
I find it pretty amusing that Marvel is actually doing stuff like "Odds on who will be the next Sorcerer Supreme," because, really, folks, and I mean this with absolutely zero disrespect to Brian Michael Bendis, but come on, the guy doesn't go by what "makes sense" for stuff like this. He goes by what [...]
NYCC Thoughts on Immonen's Next Move
- by Brian Cronin
- Sunday, February 8th, 2009 at 1:34 AM EST
I have recently been bemoaning the artwork on New Avengers, so to learn that Stuart Immonen, only one of my favorite artists in all of comics, is going to be the next artist on the title, well, I quite reasonably am extremely excited!
Not only is Immonen a great artist, but he's also timely, so that [...]
NYCC Thoughts on Hickman's Fantastic Four
- by Brian Cronin
- Sunday, February 8th, 2009 at 1:28 AM EST
When I featured Jonathan Hickman on a Month of Writing Stars, I noted that he was likely to soon be too famous for such a feature, and unsurprisingly, a week or so later, it was announced that he is going to be following Mark Millar on the Fantastic Four!
This is great news, as the Fantastic [...]
Thoughts on the $3.99 Standard Comic Book...
- by Brian Cronin
- Friday, November 21st, 2008 at 3:17 PM EST
After thinking about it a bit more, I actually think that Marvel MAY actually be handling this situation as well as they can handle it.
Note the stress of the word "may."
Brian Hibbs recently wrote a great column about possible price increases and the possible market reaction, and I found myself absolutely agreeing with him. [...]
Thoughts on the Current Heroclix Situation...
- by Brian Cronin
- Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 at 10:43 AM EST
So what does the closing of Wizkids actually mean for the Heroclix brand?
Does this mean that it is simply just going to continue under the "Topps" name now?
Anyone out there actually play Heroclix? Heroclix has always struck me as a neat little game, but I've never actually played myself, so I was wondering if there [...]
Thoughts on the new Black Panther...
- by Brian Cronin
- Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 at 9:16 PM EST
According to Marvel.com (and an article in the Washington Post), Marvel is introducing a brand-new female Black Panther.
Reginald Hudlin is still writing the book.
I think that what we have here is a clever way of Marvel ending the Black Panther/Storm marriage. If T'Challa is killed and replaced by a female Black Panther, then you have [...]
SDCC Thoughts on Neil Gaiman Writing Batman
- by Brian Cronin
- Monday, July 28th, 2008 at 3:26 AM EST
You have to hand it to DC. They already had a good deal of notable announcements, from the Milestone characters to Warlord returning to the Archie characters to Kevin Smith's Batman mini-series.
But then they dropped the big bomb -
Whatever happened to the caped crusader?
Neil Gaiman.
Andy Kubert.
January 2009.
Talk about just blowing everyone else [...]
SDCC Thoughts on Morrison's Vertigo Work
- by Brian Cronin
- Monday, July 28th, 2008 at 3:23 AM EST
From the Vertigo Panel coverage at CBR:
"One of the things I'm always asked at conventions," said Stewart, "is when is the next Seaguy." Stewart said that he's been asked that question for five years, and now both "Seaguy 2: Slaves of Mickey Eye" and "Seaguy 3: Eternal," will be out soon.
This is followed [...]
