Mark Seifert Archives

  The announcement that Walt Simonson will do a six issue stint with Bendis on The Avengers seems to have everyone's attention today, and with good

Both Marvel and DC elaborated on major upcoming event storylines today (alas, not with each other), with Batman's The Night of the Owls generating more

I'm not sure what to make of the unorthodox ending of The Devil Inside since I haven't seen it yet, but the amount of attention that post got today

  It was one of the most controversial topics of last year, and it is certain to be regularly discussed in 2012 as well.  Of course, it's almost

Despite nearly universal criticism of AvX Versus in the forum, I love the idea -- if properly executed. In an era during which we have tumblrs dedicated

  There has almost always been an element of the politics of the times in our comics. Even if you ignore policital cartoons and cartoonists -- many

Thank goodness it's basketball season. Nothing like the squeak of the shoes on the court on tv in the background to get you into the winter work groove.

Marvel took back the top spot in the industry's favorite horse race for the first time in the New 52 era, though as many have pointed out, they did so by

  A cold trend to start the new year. How appropriate.  But it looks like one of the earliest villians of the Silver Age (it doesn't get too much

Another holiday, another mysterious Watchmen-related image. At this rate, this mystery could be very interesting by Groundhog Day next month. Most-Read

Rabbit hole, indeed. I find today's top topic pretty amusing, because -- as we've said before -- panic room is a pretty interesting code name for a secret

Rich nails it in his post on what makes New 52 Action Comics #5 so potentially interesting. Action Comics volume 1 number 1 page 1 by Jerry Siegel and Joe

  With Marvel and DC owned by two of the world's largest entertainment companies, the conversation over comics and SOPA has been simmering for quite

Some pretty interesting and creative pieces of work in today's roundup of Watchmen commission art.  Anybody else got some little-seen Watchmen art?

Today we got our first trend-topping New 52 story in some time, and while it's a holiday news week, it does bring to mind what a crazy year 2011 was for

The Grinch hated Christmas, the whole Christmas season. Oh, please don't ask why, no one quite knows the reason. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Watchmen 2

  Not too long after the last present is opened and Christmas dinner is eaten, it's time to start thinking about the New Year and what it will bring.

Today is a day during which we traditionally find out who's been naughty and who's been nice, and that's all well and good.  But in 2012, there's going to

So be good for comics' sake.  And you've all been very good this year, indeed.  Rich wrapped some presents earlier, and has them ready for Christmas.  He

Good job by Brendon in discussing (and debunking, where necessary) the little clues that have come to light in various Dark Knight Rises marketing this

Now here's a movie I'm really looking forward to.  Gotta say that the Hobbit trailer didn't wow me (yeah, I know, I'm the only one on the  internet who

In 1977, comic book dealer Chuck Rozanski unearthed the most important comic book collection that the world will ever know. 18,000 comics from the late

The internet has been thoroughly consumed with discussion of The Hobbit trailer for the past day -- and we're still almost a year out from the movie's

Ah well, it was still fun speculation.  And the original Sand Superman saga from 1971 is still my favorite 70s-era Superman story. I stumbled across a

With the official release of the new trailer, The Dark Knight Rises plot speculation reached a fever pitch today, and spiked a months-old BC post about

Based on the title alone, Stan Lee ought to be annoyed about at least one of these Sharon Moody pieces too, I think. That aside, I've heard it said that

Like just about everybody, I'm a little skeptical that this script snippet is legit. Still, it does make for interesting speculation.  Did you understand

Interesting conspiracy theory from DB Hughes in today's trendingest post. I remember the clues and speculation over this at the time pretty well,  but by

New imagery from a pair of next year's Marvel movies dominated the film side of the page this week -- which insidentally seems to be rather interestingly

In which several months worth of paper and ink begins to unfold on a cold, gloomy day in December. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: SPOILER: The Shot That