Archive for March, 2009

This Week in Comics (3/13/09)

Posted on March 13th, 2009 by by Manic

Welcome back to This Week in Comics, my reviews of whichever comics I’ve bought for the week. As always, reviews contain SPOILERS. If spoilers tend to bring back unpleasant suppressed memories from your childhood, seek help.

Watchmen Saturday Morning Cartoon Parody

Posted on March 6th, 2009 by by Manic

Here’s a funny little thing I found on the internet tubes…

This Week in Comics (03/05/09)

Posted on March 5th, 2009 by by Manic

Welcome back to This Week in Comics, my reviews of whichever comics I’ve bought for the week. As always, reviews contain SPOILERS. If you’ve got a problem with spoilers, take it up with my supervisor.

Virgin Comics, Liquid Comics, and What May Never Be Again

Posted on March 3rd, 2009 by by Manic

Back in 2006, Richard Branson decided to expand his immensely huge Virgin company into the realm of comic books. To do so, he teamed up with Dr. Deepak Chopra, Gotham Chopra, Shekhar Kapur, Sharad Devarajan, and Suresh Seetharaman in founding Virgin Comics.

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Posted on March 1st, 2009 by by Manic

At some point in 1990, Ted Turner unleashed his environmentalist fury upon the children of America by creating one of the least subtle educational cartoons ever conceived. It was a certified hit. Captain Planet and the Planeteers was a show about pollution tearing the world apart, and Mother Nature herself (named Gaia) getting proactive in [...]