Probably should have said something about this sooner, to save you folks the heartbreaking disappointment of checking the site every week only to find the same dopey Smallville comic.
Brandon and I are taking the opportunity to revamp and streamline the site a little, playing around with the format of the strip and blog section to hopefully allow for quicker updates and more reader interaction. In other words, we’re desperate for readers. Seriously, how’re we gonna sell T-shirts and stuff with, like, 10 people reading the comic every week? That’s a bad business model, people! If Brandon and I wanted to go broke, we’d open up a comic book shop!
(Ooh, that one stung a little, didn’t it? That’s called the sting of truth)
So basically, we’re doing a New 52. Only with no renumbering, no retcons, and no stupid collars or excess lines. Okay, so it’s not very much like the New 52. Except we will have a slight moderate generous horrific increase in exploitative sexism. Whatever it takes!
Anyway, we hope to be back up and running as soon as possible. You can keep an eye right here for updates, and/or follow Josh and Marissa on Twitter. Considering the change in status quo we’ve just introduced, you can expect both of them to have a lot to say about a great many things very soon.
https://twitter.com/#!/JoshCritic
https://twitter.com/#!/MarissaCritic
Thanks for following us this far, and we hope to entertain you even more through 2012! Maybe even make a shocking announcement or two.
(And tell your friends about us. Seriously, I wanna get in on this T-shirt racket)
Habibi by Craig Thompson is probably one of the most enjoyable comics I’ve read in my life. I had two long flights over the past week, and luckily I had this book to escape the stress and time of flying.
If I could only use one word to describe this book, it would be beautiful.
The art is beautiful. The story is beautiful. The language is beautiful. The symbolism is beautiful. The design is beautiful. The layouts are beautiful. The calligraphy is beautiful. The narrative is beautiful.
The way it all comes together is beautiful.
The last premiere week of the new 52…and I think Marvel put out some books too.
A few more DC #1’s than last week, Fear Itself limps along, and my first look at the new Ultimate Spider-Man.
I’m gonna try to do this a little more often. I’m not a proper reviewer like Josh and Marissa, so this is just a few random thoughts to give an idea of what I’m into and not into at the moment. Basically what Josh has already been doing on Twitter, without having to keep in-character. And I’d like to hear what you guys are thinking week to week as well!
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