This week we are going to talk about that ugly, five letter word when it comes to comics. Anyone have any idea what it is? If you are an avid comics reader you should all be familiar with it. It’s death my friends and I am personally over it.  *Warning: Potential spoilers for Amazing Spiderman, Superior Spiderman, Ultimate Spiderman and Final Crisis to follow. When DC announced its plans to off one of their flagship characters in 1992 with The...

So I have a confession to make. Even though I’m a born and bred DC reader, I have never been a fan of their flagship character. I have never been a fan of Superman. I respect his place in comic history and all the great books he has in his library. I just could never connect with him. He felt too much like an alien, almost god-like at times and I just couldn’t relate. At one point in time I actually owned a “Death of...

So in the interest of hopefully getting some interaction on the Fanboy Remix, I wanted to pose a few questions to all of you this week. It’s in regards to those combo packs you find at the comic shop where you get the hard copy, as well as a code for the digital copy. I have never personally bought one and have always kind of wondered what the value was, because I personally don’t need two different versions of the same item. So, for all...

What do you get when you put an aspiring screenwriter and a fresh-blooded artist together and tell them to make comics? Well, in my opinion, you get some of the greatest stories in comics history. Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s partnership started at DC with a little book called Challengers of the Unknown, vol. 2 (1991). Their run would later be released in paperback form (2004) under the name Challengers of the Unknown Must Die! This book didn’t...

Has anyone else had the revelation that there are just too many comics out there that they want to read, but probably will never get the chance to? Let that thought soak in for awhile. Kind of depressing isn’t it? The comics market is swelling with so many good books and stories that it’s virtually impossible to keep up. No wonder so many new books disappear so quickly. It’s really hard to make yourself stand out in...

This week I want to take a few minutes to discuss our inability to accept change as comic fans. There have already been many cases of source material being adjusted to adapt to the big screen. And, in most instances, these changes have greatly benefited the final product. For example, Kingpin in the Daredevil movie was played by the late Michael Clarke Duncan. As we all know Kingpin is a rather large Caucasian male in the comic and clearly Mr....