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I believe that one of the pleasures of the second volume which you did not mention is the heavy dose of stories featuring Big Red McLane...the lumberjack. Back in 1940 at the dawn of the comic book they eviently thought that stories about a lumberjack were a good idea!

These tales exist primarily as an excuse for Hanks to draw page after page of guys beating the hell out of each other. An obsessive myopic brute, himself, Fletcher Hanks has been described by R. Crumb as, "A twisted dude". He's right.]]> Tuesday, April 20, 2010 07:55 AM
You're right, I didn't talk enough about Big Red McLane! The lumberjack genre has been sadly neglected in modern comics. I was fascinated by how Red's story took an odd new turn in this book, with him gaining a girlfriend and starting in on a boxing career.

If R. Crumb calls you twisted, you've got problems. :)]]> Tuesday, April 20, 2010 09:03 AM Wednesday, April 21, 2010 06:18 AM Wednesday, April 21, 2010 08:19 AM Monday, September 29, 2008 09:02 PM Tuesday, September 30, 2008 09:24 AM
just sayin.]]> Tuesday, June 17, 2008 09:31 PM Wednesday, June 18, 2008 07:50 AM Thursday, June 5, 2008 10:35 AM Wednesday, June 4, 2008 09:42 PM Tuesday, February 26, 2008 02:11 PM Tuesday, February 26, 2008 02:14 PM Has Loeb ever written any comics that you like?
Not that I know of, no. I've pretty much decided to avoid anything he's written from here on out.

Also, what do you have against Zatanna?
She goes around in a goofy magician's outfit, and all her spells are just regular sentences spoken backwards. She just seems really lame to me. Of course, it's quite possible I just haven't read the right comic about her yet. I don't think I've come across her character very often, and when I have, she may have been written by somebody I don't like (I'm feeling like it's probably Marv Wolfman's fault). So who knows, maybe she'll win me over at some point in the future.]]> Tuesday, February 26, 2008 03:16 PM
And now you know!]]> Wednesday, February 20, 2008 02:08 PM Wednesday, February 20, 2008 04:03 PM Wednesday, January 9, 2008 10:28 PM Wednesday, January 9, 2008 12:07 PM Monday, September 29, 2008 09:54 AM Sunday, September 28, 2008 07:06 PM Wednesday, December 19, 2007 04:03 PM Disease fight!!!

That character was actually a one-line throwaway gag that Alan Moore came up with back in the mid-80s. Nice to see him (her? it?) getting some time in the spotlight.

Anyway, consider this: If your ultimate plan involves an army of Zombie Lanterns, what better way to build your army than to have the Green Lanterns kill a bunch of unstable supervillains?]]> Wednesday, December 19, 2007 12:14 PM Friday, December 7, 2007 11:55 AM Tuesday, December 11, 2007 03:24 PM Planet Hulk. Interesing stuff.
2) I will, as long as I can do it for free. Maybe it'll show up at the library one of these days...
3) Well, you could pick pretty much anybody in comics and find a group of rabid fans for him/her somewhere, right? I guess Dini's probably got more than most, though. Guy's got an interesting Wikipedia entry, that's for sure. I thought I remembered that he was connected with cartoons, and I see I was right. I like a lot of the stuff he did for those series, but the guy's definitely not perfect.]]> Tuesday, November 27, 2007 01:30 PM 2) You ought to give Ultimates 2 a try. I really believe that.
3) I know people that would tie you down and torture you with cheese graters for saying anything even remotely negative about Paul Dini. I'm not one of them, thankfully, but I'm just sayin' — there ain't no fan like a Dini fan, so be advised.]]> Tuesday, November 27, 2007 11:52 AM Wednesday, November 21, 2007 01:48 PM
So since they can't use the name Changeling anymore, he became Morph when they brought him into the TV cartoon continuity as a major recurring character. That made him popular, so he's appeared in a bunch of alternate continuities in the comics. I know he's a major character in Exiles.

I think maybe at one point he was supposed to be Mystique's son? I don't know if that was ever official continuity or a red herring or a What If or what, though.]]> Wednesday, November 21, 2007 11:46 AM
It still amuses me that DC can't put the name "Captain Marvel" into the title of any of their books or movies about Captain Marvel because of a similar rights issue.]]> Wednesday, November 21, 2007 12:26 PM
Heh heh heh. Best line in the first collection.]]> Monday, October 29, 2007 01:17 PM Tuesday, October 30, 2007 11:24 AM What other superhero team has a gay couple in it?

Many would argue that the JLA has at least two...]]> Tuesday, September 18, 2007 01:01 PM JLA; are there actual real, stated gay couples in the team now?]]> Tuesday, September 18, 2007 01:23 PM
And Apollo and Midnighter aren't strongly implied so much as... stated. And shown.]]> Tuesday, September 18, 2007 01:28 PM
Well, they're not really stated yet, at least not as far as I've read. But yeah, it is pretty clear, what with all the hugging and the "Get a room" stuff.]]> Tuesday, September 18, 2007 02:15 PM I'm waiting for the trade.]]> Friday, August 24, 2007 03:50 PM you won't have it in issues. Loser.]]> Saturday, August 25, 2007 06:05 PM Monday, August 20, 2007 09:32 PM Monday, August 20, 2007 10:08 AM Monday, August 20, 2007 10:21 AM
Also, I'm glad that you're enjoying Planetary as much as you are. It's likely one of my favourite works from Ellis, and Cassaday's art has never been better. It probably goes without saying, but I do have the entire run up to current if you'd like to borrow it while hunting down the remaining trades. I could also throw the Ellis run of the Authority into the pile if need be. ]]> Tuesday, August 21, 2007 05:48 PM
I definitely appreciate your offer on Planetary and Authority - you are a gentleman and a scholar. I might take you up on it, but we'll see what treasures my trip to the store tonight yields. :)]]> Wednesday, August 22, 2007 08:17 AM
I think I heard about these crossovers of which you speak back before I knew what Planetary was. I will definitely have to track them down now.

Thanks for the recs.]]> Tuesday, August 14, 2007 03:58 PM I think the two might be combined in to one TPB called Crossing Worlds, but I don't recall for sure.

Also, Byrne is a love-him-or-hate-him kind of guy. Ask Jill about his four years on Wonder Woman sometime.]]> Tuesday, August 14, 2007 12:19 PM Tuesday, July 24, 2007 12:11 PM Tuesday, July 24, 2007 12:33 PM Tuesday, July 24, 2007 12:33 PM