Beauology 101: Reading With Passion


"Some guys have all the luck."

"Some guys have all the luck."



Beau Smith asks if you have a passion for comics.

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KC COLUMN: LISTEN, BUD, HE’S GOT RADIOACTIVE BLOOD!


Amazing Spider-Man: Big Time

Amazing Spider-Man: Big Time



KC Carlson has really been enjoying Marvel’s Amazing Spider-Man and let’s you know why he thinks you should be reading it, too!

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10 THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MARCH 2012 COMICS


Avengers Vs. X-Men

Avengers Vs. X-Men



KC Carlson takes a look at some of the cool books in the new Previews.

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A FEW THINGS I LIKE ABOUT OCTOBER ’11 COMICS (and a couple that make me go “Huh?”)


Daredevil #5

Daredevil #5



KC Carlson looks at upcoming books from Marvel & DC.

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10 THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MARCH 2011 COMICS (and a couple I’m not too crazy about) Part 2


Genius, Isolated

Genius, Isolated


KC Carlson continues his look at upcoming books with Genius, Isolated, Matt Baker: The Art of Glamour, Crossgen books at Marvel, and more!

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Beauology 101: One More Time With Feeling


Amazing Spider-Man #33

by Beau Smith

I’m going to be a little selfish and honest with you. I want to see a really bad guy get all busted up by a really good guy in comics for all the right reasons.

Yeah, it’s a little bit “retro” for me to ask that, but I’m also tired of people thinking retro is a bad thing. So many of the mainstream superhero comics these days are a steady diet of muddy morals, anti-heroes, sympathetic bad guys and more text than a Dan Simmons novel. Yeah, I think that borders with stories should be widened, but on the other end or the stick, we should get treated now and then to a good old school good vs. evil, punch the creep out kinda story. What’s it going to hurt?

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KC Column: This & That


Archie Complete Daily Newspaper Comics Vol. 1

by KC Carlson

Just got my huge box of comics and books from Westfield last week! Still digging through it all, but here’s a few “quickie” reviews.

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Beauology 101: I Come in Peace


Beau Smith

by Beau Smith

I am at peace with comics right now.

I have finally worked out my old school ways with the part of me that embraces modern technology. I think that’s important right now, not only for me, but hopefully for everyone who enjoys comics.

For the longest time I was conflicted on how I was going to deal with reading, buying and collecting back issues, new issues, graphic novels and trade paperbacks. Not so much on the budget end, because I know how much money I have to spend and what I don’t.

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10 Things I Like About July ’10 Comics (and a couple I’m not so crazy about)


by KC Carlson

Batman: Odyssey

1. CLASSIC CREATORS RETURN TO CLASSIC CHARACTERS: Neal Adams writes and illustrates Batman: Odyssey, a new six-part miniseries from DC Comics. For those of us reading comics in the late 1960s and 70s, Adams was THE Batman artist, so his return to write and draw a brand-new Batman tale (featuring a bunch of classic friends and foes) is pretty big news.

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Roger’s Comic Ramblings: Magic Time


X-Men #115

by Roger Ash

“What the heck is magic time, Roger?”

Good question! For the purpose of this column, “Magic Time” refers when comics were magic to you. I’ve found that with many of my friends this is the time shortly after you discovered comics and they had the biggest impression on you. It’s the time when you couldn’t wait for new comic day at your local comic shop, or if you’re old like me, when you’d haunt the spinner rack at the local convenience store looking for new issues of your favorite comics. Or when you were sure every UPS truck that drove down the street had your latest shipment from Westfield. (Yes, I know Westfield doesn’t ship by UPS now, but they did back when I was a customer.)

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