4

weeklycrisis.com - 6/30/2009

A Collection of Random Thoughts, Vol 9

— weeklycrisis.com — For this edition of A Collection of Random Thoughts , I will be talking about Old Man Logan , Marvel's new Golden Age fetish, various musings about Civil War , X-Men and DC continuity, shared universe, some Cup O' Joe follow-up plus a new reader challenge. You can find all these and more ... (more) A Collection of Random Thoughts, Vol 9

Marvel

Comments vote downundo vote up KirkWarren posted 6/30/2009posted this

4

weeklycrisis.com - 6/28/2009

Cover of the Week - Uncanny X-Men

— weeklycrisis.com — Welcome to another edition of the Cover of the Week , here at the Weekly Crisis . Kirk is once again very busy, this time in preparation with a project for the blog that we will reveal soon, so you get your friendly neighborhood Matt Ampersand again instead. This week marks an unprecedented ... (more) Cover of the Week - Uncanny X-Men

Marvel

X-Men

Comments vote downundo vote up KirkWarren posted 6/28/2009posted this

5

weeklycrisis.com - 6/25/2009

Weekly Crisis Comic Book Reviews for 06/24/09

— weeklycrisis.com — After the delay in last week's Weekly Crisis Comic Book Reviews , I wanted to make sure I got some reviews out for everyone on Wednesday this week. However, I only managed to get a handful of the dozen or so books I picked up this week reviewed, so I'll be updating tomorrow with the rest of ... (more) Weekly Crisis Comic Book Reviews for 06/24/09

DC

Comments vote downundo vote up KirkWarren posted 6/25/2009posted this

Leave a Comment

Seriously, I would totally buy that Wolverine comic.
Mike Sterling's Progressive Ruin — ... with my thing from yesterday regarding what the comics marketplace would be like with Marvel's and DC's characters/teams/franchises restricted to single titles. Just to reiterate...this isn't something I'm hoping will happen, or think will happen (beyond perhaps a condensing of titles into larger periodical anthologies in the face of rising cover prices). This is just a little thought experiment, wondering just what would be different, what situations it would improve or make worse. ...

June 30, 2009: A truly weird individual
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal — ... Mike Sterling asks, “What if the characters/teams from Marvel and DC were allowed one starring title, and that’s it?” He ...

Other people's ideas
hypnoray — Over on the always updated and always enjoyable to read Mike Sterling's Progressive Ruin, he's got a bit of a thought experiment going on about what would happen if the big companies limited their characters to being in one core title only, and one team book. It's a neat little idea, and has given us the concept of Wolverine: The Roaring '20s #1 (guest-starring the Great Gatsby), which sounds like the best idea for a Wolverine comic since the Agent of Shield stuff. ...

Linkarama@Newsarama
Blog@Newsarama — ... I would buy both the Wolverine comic and the Man-Thing one: Speaking of think pieces, retailer, blogger and Sluggo enthusiast Mike Sterling has been wondering “What if the characters/teams from Marvel and DC were allowed one starring title, and that’s it?” and how that might impact the market and industry, as unlikely as it is that either publisher would ever embrace and enforce that rule. Here’s Sterling’s original post on the subject, and ...