Comic Talk: Comic book weddings

I pick up my newspaper this morning, scan the headlines and take note of one splash in particular.
The heralded wedding of Archie to Veronica is just around the corner.
For those that don’t know, the world’s oldest teenager has reached adulthood. And he has made his decision as to the great debate; Betty or Veronica. [...]

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Comic Talk: Green Arrow

I’ve always loved a good swashbuckling story.  So it makes complete sense that some of those stories include Green Arrow, comics answer to Robin Hood.  I began reading Green Arrow back in the 70’s in World’s Finest Comics, back when for a dollar you could get one comic, no ads and tons of stories.  I [...]

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Tim Views: V for Vendetta

Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent [...]

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Comic talk: Hawkwoman

A couple of days ago, a friend asked about comics I read when I was growing up.  I mentioned the series DC put out called World’s Finest.  It was a great series; for one dollar you could pick up a comic with five or six different stories, and no ads.  That was awesome.  Of course [...]

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Free Comic Book Day

There is nothing that piques the interest of someone than hearing one little word. Free. For the past few years comic book companies and comic shops around North America (indeed, the world) have used this day to reach the masses. A great marketing tool, indeed. For myself, it was a day [...]

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The Man Show

It was a tradeshow dedicated to everything men. Campers, RV’s, ATV’s, SUV’s, food, beer, recreation, and yes, even a fashion show. Okay, some might say “Fashion show. That has nothin’ ta do with men!” No, but it could be argued that it wasn’t so much the clothes, but what was wearing [...]

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Ultimate Championship!

Funny how you learn about something by reading something else. I was doing some reading and checking out old comic books online, when I found a few links to the website for the Canadian superhero, Captain Canuck. Seems the Captain is still alive and kicking. Richard Comely is still at it, putting [...]

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A long, long time ago

A long, long time ago…I can still rememberHow that music used to make me smile.And I knew if I had my chanceThat I could make those people danceAnd, maybe, they’d be happy for a while.

lyrics from Don McLean’s American Pie
It’s amazing what you can find when you’re doing some cleaning around the house. Things [...]

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