Every year brings an onslaught of new titles. Some are relaunches, others are brand-spanking-new. All of them, no matter the publisher, are competing for your attention and money, for unless you're able/willing to read every single series ever, you need to trim a few titles to make room for the newer ones. And who doesn't […]
While it's nice to have a couple of ongoing series queued up in your pull box, sometimes just settling with a limited series can make for a nice break in the cycle. These are series that have a shelf life of only a few issues, then they're off to be collected in a trade paperback […]
Continuing on with the Countdown (see what I did there?), this week we'll be focusing on the Best Continuing Series category. For the past two years Saga has reigned supreme, salting the earth so the rest of the nominees don't stand a chance. However, this year just may be the year someone else wins it. […]
Have you noticed how expensive comic books are nowadays? And when the events are happening the prices shoot-up even more. Nothing I just typed is news to the majority of readers, but it does remind us that when we plop down $4-5 on a single issue of something, it better be worth every cent. In […]
Welcome to the first article of many, as we slowly countdown to the Eisner awards. I'll keep this intro short, since the subject this time around is Best Short Story. It can be easy for some to spend an entire issue, volume, or series crafting the perfect memorable story. For others, all they need is […]
For those of you unfamiliar, I've done a somewhat regular column for Bleeding Cool every other year focusing on the Eisner awards, giving my opinion on who should win, could win, and should have been nominated. I'm not going to lie, I'm no Nate Silver. My predictions for the winners were about half right in […]
