1. Scarlet #6 by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev [Icon] Though this was my number one pick of the week I decided to write about it last because of a very personal connection I have to this book. I just wanted to put that out there and I also want to say that comic books, like any other medium are suppose to make you feel something, something besides enjoyment. I feel connected with characters, especially the ones that I really love that’s why I love Batman and Spider-Man so much. Anyway I’m going to talk about the comic first and what happens in the issue and then I’ll talk about my connection and why it means so much to me and why I felt the way I did. When Bendis launched this book last year with Alex Maleev I was excited because this book was very different from what Bendis was doing on his Marvel work at the time, and when this launched it was a breath of fresh air in his writing, not to say that he lost anything, I have and always will be a Bendis fan. But to have him work on creator owned stuff was exciting. And though this comic had big ideas and big […]
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Trick-or-treat kids it’s that time of the month when we ask you “Did You Catch All That?” This month is loaded as we have hundreds of bits of news coming out of New York Comic Con.Did you know that Sheldon and Simon both have issues and these are not the typical issues that you would imagine them having.I am talking about some comics that your inner child of the 80s will love! Shelley give you the rundown of the best and most important entertainment news for October. Simon tells you what Zombies books have hit the shelves this month on “On Shelves Now.”We also talk about the events that are going on in comics currently such as Death of the Family and Marvel Now! All this and more on Octobers episode of “Did You Catch All That” coming to you live from DJ’s Universal Comics in the heart of Studio City! So start eating that Halloween candy and enjoy watching a brand-new episode of “Did You Catch All That?”
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Last week we launched a new weekly video feature here at ComicImpact called “New This Week.” Every week we will post a short video about the books that are coming out on Wednesday that we are excited for or just curious about. You might end up hearing about them on the POW (Pick of the Week) or read about them in a reviews on the site. On new this week join Sheldon as he talks to you about what’s coming out on September 1st 2010 and remember to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes.
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