American comics and graphic novels
Friends, you know what time it is. It’s Wednesday. It’s somewhat close to Day Thread time. Time for you to tell us all about the comics you’ve been enjoying lately! Whatcha buyin’? Whatcha readin’? Whatcha think about it? If you … Continue reading Weekly Comics Thread 22-MAR-2023
Hallows Eve #1 Writer – Erica Shultz Artist – Michael Dowling Dark Web was mini-crossover between Spider-Man and the X-Men that saw the clones of Peter Parker and Jean Grey (Ben Reilly/Chasm and Maddie Pryor/Goblin Queen) teaming up to right … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Hallows Eve #1
Speak my name and my powers are yours. SHAZAM! ⚡ Captain Marvel and his family are back on the big screen this weekend so today’s Chat is all about the Big Red Cheese. He’s a major player in the DC … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – SHAZAM!
Episode 006: Emerald Dawn While many of DC’s other heavy hitters were massively revamped in the wake of Crisis on Infinite Earths, Green Lantern Hal Jordan received a comparatively modest tune-up to his origin story. But Emerald Dawn’s attempts to … Continue reading The Iron Age of Comics
Friends, you know what time it is. It’s Wednesday. It’s somewhat close to Day Thread time. Time for you to tell us all about the comics you’ve been enjoying lately! Whatcha buyin’? Whatcha readin’? Whatcha think about it? If you … Continue reading Weekly Comics Thread 15-MAR-2023
Local Man #1 Writers and Artists – Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs I was placing an order from Midtown Comics a few weeks ago and I decided to add this first issue to my cart. I was going to pick … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Local Man #1
The Batman was released March 2022 and today we are discussing the film and the future of this franchise. I saw the film twice in theater but I haven’t revisited it since then. I should rectify that soon. A sequel … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – The Batman – One Year Later
Adventure Comics 519 (December 2010) Legion of Super-Heroes – Writer – Paul Levitz and Artist – Eduardo Pansica The Atom – Writer – Jeff Lemire and Artist – Mahmud Asrar Remember a few reviews ago where I said I was … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Adventure Comics #519 (2010)
Today’s Comic Book Chat is a look back at Zero Hour. I was a big fan of this event back in junior high. Even today, I still look for Zero Hour tie-ins in the dollar bin. What did you like/dislike … Continue reading Crisis Management – Zero Hour – A Crisis in Time (1994)
Friends, you know what time it is. It’s Wednesday. It’s somewhat close to Day Thread time. Time for you to tell us all about the comics you’ve been enjoying lately! Whatcha buyin’? Whatcha readin’? Whatcha think about it? If you … Continue reading Weekly Comics Thread 01-MAR-2023
Episode 005: Peter Parker, the Spectacular Married Man Spider-Man went through a lot of changes in the Iron Age, but not even the Clone Saga had as big an impact as getting married to Mary Jane Watson. What began as … Continue reading The Iron Age of Comics
Wolverine and the X-Men #9 (June 2012) Writer – Jason Aaron Artist – Chris Bachalo In this prelude issue to the crossover A Vs. X (Avengers vs X-Men), Captain America visits the Jean Grey School of Higher Learning to formulate … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Wolverine and The X-Men #9 (2012)
The key to thread longevity here at the Avocado are fresh ideas and keeping things both fun and interesting. Todays Thread is a Cover Challenge. The first prompt is Cars. Post a comic book cover that features a car. If … Continue reading The Comic Book Cover Game – Cars
30 years ago this week, Milestone published “Hardware #1”, the first of their comics line. The artists and writers behind the line had first really started the project at the San Diego Comic Con in 1991. Derek T. Dingle, Denys … Continue reading 30th Anniversary of Milestone Comics Day Thread
Friends, you know what time it is. It’s Wednesday. It’s somewhat close to Day Thread time. Time for you to tell us all about the comics you’ve been enjoying lately! Whatcha buyin’? Whatcha readin’? Whatcha think about it? If you … Continue reading Weekly Comics Thread 22-FEB-2023
Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania is hitting the big screen tomorrow. Today we are talking about the central villain in this entry in the franchise. Kang will be the next big bad and will be the focus of the next … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – K is for Kang the Conqueror
Episode 004: The Man of Steel When DC decided its flagship character needed a top-to-bottom reboot for the post-Crisis era, they turned to superstar writer-artist John Byrne. The six-issue origin series The Man of Steel introduced a streamlined, modernized, and … Continue reading The Iron Age of Comics
Friends, you know what time it is. It’s Wednesday. It’s somewhat close to Day Thread time. Time for you to tell us all about the comics you’ve been enjoying lately! Whatcha buyin’? Whatcha readin’? Whatcha think about it? If you … Continue reading Weekly Comics Thread 15-FEB-2023
DC Essentials – Batman and Robin: Bad Blood (2018) Writer – Peter J. Tomasi Artist – Patrick Gleason The TO Comic Book Club’s latest book selection features the father and son team of Bruce and Damian Wayne as Batman and … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Batman and Robin – Bad Blood (2018)
Today’s Comic Book Chat is all about Archie Comics. One of my favorite memories is riding the bus to school in the morning and reading one of those Archie Digest collections. Now that I think of it, I’ll probably look … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Archie Comics
Friends, you know what time it is. It’s Wednesday. It’s somewhat close to Day Thread time. Time for you to tell us all about the comics you’ve been enjoying lately! Whatcha buyin’? Whatcha readin’? Whatcha think about it? If you … Continue reading Weekly Comics Thread 08-FEB-2023
