After voraciously picking up his sister’s leftover comics as a young lad, Pedro bought anything that had John Romita Jr drawing it, something he still does to this day. His tiny little hands grabbed whatever they could, and left him with a taste for Captain America, Over-Sized Hardcovers, Steve Weismann, Ballin’, Amanda Waller, and Hello Kitty. He has been known to call Alan Moore a crybaby, seen suggesting tweaks to Geoff Johns’ JSA, laughing at Joe’s Manifesto and awaiting the next single of Incredible Hercules. The only thing he loves more than America are gay mutants. His current pursuits are playing Expert drums in Rock Band and finding how you got kiddie porn on to your computer. He is happy to hear that his Metal Gear Solid fan-fiction has finally disappeared off the internet.
Wizard is doing an online poll for their annual fan award. They state it’s the only place online where fans pick their favorites in comics and pop culture. Yeah, Wizard is a pop culture magazine on the level of Maxim. Don’t think about it, it’s as stupid as it sounds. Besides we here at FBB […]
Tamora Pierce, Timothy Liebe, Phil Briones, Al Rio
White Tiger: A Hero’s Compulsion
Marvel Comics
White Tiger isn’t a little bad, or a book that was marred with a few missteps. It is an outright handbook on how not to write a superhero comic. It seems to relish in a obscene number of cameos that will confuse […]
I was flipping through the previews for JSA on Newsarama. It was cute to see Johns point out that character count on JSA may be a tad bit high, but I was quite in love with this comedic bit featuring Jakeem Thunder, Black Lightning, and Lil’ Lightning (Sparkess?). It was a combination of something straight […]
At first glance, this solicit made me pause.
BLUE BEETLE #27
Written by Will Pfeifer;
Art and Cover by Rafael Albuquerque
Hold me closer, tiny demon! Blue Beetle and Traci 13 are just trying to have a normal date, but when that old black magic kicks up, there can’t be anything normal about it!
However, I have heard John […]
CHECKMATE #26
Written by Bruce Jones
Art and cover by Manual Garcia
“Chimera, ” by Bruce Jones (Hulk) and Manuel Garcia (COUNTDOWN) begins! Left for dead on a Middle East minefield, one soldier’s only chance to survive is as a test subject of a dangerous-but-invaluable project run by the Black King. Both the King’s wildest hopes and fears […]
We been messing with the site design a bit, tweaking things and also changing stuff on the back end. We hope you like the small bug fixes.
I also like to say, that it’s great that there is going to be an arc of Rucka/Brubaker/Lark on Daredevil. The name just happens to be Other People’s Problems. […]
Pedro, you don’t really care about story integrity or my integrity or about defending Black Lightning or Geoff Johns.
You just want to feel like
“somebody” for instigating and winning a “debate” on teh internets.
Sir, it is a dick move.
Go on the Newsarama boards and pick a fight with some comic writer. I grow weary of you. […]
There is nothing wrong with the fact the current one is strapped.
Steve Rogers has used a gun in his time. He served in WW2. There is no reason he would not have used a gun in a time of war. He however had a impenetrable shield and super human strength. He had options that most […]
I ain’t saying I was right… but well…
People should have given Bendis more credit than they normally do.
The ‘blogosphere’ was up in arms over the dissolution of a marriage that may or may not be everything wrong with the comics industry. I personally couldn’t even notice in between the bounty of amazing books last week.
The thing that blows my mind about this conversation is that there were tons of great books that […]
Jonathan Hickman
Nightly News
Image Comics
There is a lot of negative things going on in Nightly News. It’s heavily photo referenced art, nearly every alternate page features an info chart, a heavy handed political message, the ending feels very underwhelming and a little cliche, even down to the “it was me all along moment”. It’s […]
Two, much to my annoyance, reading superhero comics still carries the stench of loser. The ghost of Comic Book Guy haunts many…
But that guy with the stack of DC and Marvel comics? Well, he’s an unattractive social outcast in his thirties with dodgy views on women and minorities who sweats profusely and writes long-winded essays […]
It depends on how well-informed the discussion is. I liking hearing how my work is perceived by readers and how they would categorize my “style,” but too often its a sweeping observation based on just one book, or one type of lead character. I grow very weary of snark, and just today someone pointed me […]
Everyone and their mom has been talking about the new Marvel Comics online initiative and how it will and won’t change the industry forever. There’s a lot of interesting discussion out there right now, but you don’t really give a shit about that. You want to know if there are any comics on the site […]