http://www.comic-art.org Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:13:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   People tend to believe that there is a specific kind of readers usually buying and reading comic books, the same kind of readers that have to go through a pretty hard time of acne in high school, listen to music genres that would make their parents’ ears bleed and play ... http://www.comic-art.org/world-of-warcraft-01/2007/09/14/ Today’s comic suggestion will be a somehow alternative one, not in a groundbreaking or exclusive sense but just because it presents a decent story in a mayhem of mediocrity. I never really liked all those Elsewords comics DC occasionally publishes (or the Marvel What If? for what it’s worth), indifferent ... http://www.comic-art.org/batman-%e2%80%93-nosferatu/2007/06/09/ Try it yourselves, get the first story arc of Steve Niles’ and Ben Templesmith’s 30 Days of Night and if you don’t imagine it as a film at least every a couple of pages, well I’ll be proven wrong. Every panel, every setting I was thinking what a great vampire ... http://www.comic-art.org/30-days-of-night-%e2%80%93-the-movie/2007/05/29/ The latest Marvel Knights title is here and it’s about out favorite silver bald guy, his own “end” mini series, Silver Surfer: Requiem! With his debut on the big screen coming in a few months with the new Fantastic 4 film and his latest appearances in the Ultimate Universe it ... http://www.comic-art.org/silver-surfer-%e2%80%93-requiem-01/2007/05/27/ There was a time when comic movies where nothing but shameful events for us, comic fans, or best case just a good laugh, but fortunately that time has passed. Most of the movies based on comic books nowadays are carefully produced by the biggest studios and top actors, directors line ... http://www.comic-art.org/iron-man-%e2%80%93-the-movie/2007/05/23/ This column mentioned one of the previous days the forthcoming comic book “God Save the Queen” by Mike Carey and was actually thrilled to present a new work by him. This is the second time in a short period that we enjoy that privilege, Carey’s new mini series will be ... http://www.comic-art.org/faker-01-of-6/2007/05/18/ There are several different opinions on who’s the most popular character in Vertigo’s acclaimed series Fables but the creators decided to create a spin-off series about Jack, the trickster, thieving, attractive guy that got banished after the discovery of his actions back in the main series. Jack is an anti-hero, ... http://www.comic-art.org/jack-of-fables-10/2007/05/12/ Your favorite Vertigo series is back and the synopsis of the July issue is released! Marching towards the last 15 issues 100 Bullets becomes more thrilling than ever, the plot is finally being revealed step by step and the dark characters of Azarello’s and Risso’s noir vision approach the grand ... http://www.comic-art.org/100-bullets-84/2007/05/07/ It is often hard for a comic that draws its material from real events to succeed in an industry that favors super heroes, grown men in tights and mythical battles, but fortunately it is also far from impossible. Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, combining ingeniously the dramatic life story of a ... http://www.comic-art.org/persepolis/2007/05/04/ When you search a little the mini series casually released by different publishers you will notice that they include different styles, innovative ideas, revolutionary creations, everything we usually miss by the ongoing ones. A perfect example of the previous statement is the 8-issue series currently published by Image, The Pirates ... http://www.comic-art.org/the-pirates-of-coney-island/2007/04/27/