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The Power And The Morning Glory – Talking To Joe Eisma

Joseph Kyle Schmidt talked to Joe Eisma. No stranger to scrutiny, Joe Eisma can withstand the pressures of penciling a book like Morning Glories. Even then, a guy’s liable can get nervous from time to time. “Every issue has some …

Talking To Nick Spencer About Bedlam, The Aurora Shootings And SHIELD

Photo by Sindha Agha. Dylan Sutcliff writes; To get an interview with Nick Spencer I first had to abandon any semblance of self-worth- okay maybe it wasn’t that bad. It was in a chatroom, a tinychat to be specific. I …

Orbiting Around Morning Glories

Orbital Comics of London presents: Welcome to Episode 110 of The Orbiting Pod! This week, we go back to school with Morning Glories #26, say cowabunga with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #21, travel far with A Distant Soil #39, act …

Morning Glories #26 To Be Replaced Over Wrong Page

Morning Glories #26 was printed with a odd page. Not the kind of thing you wouldn’t expect to see in the title, which does kinda go all over the place. But in this case, It wasn’t intentional, so retailers have …

Fourteen Thoughts About Fourteen Comics – Manhattan Projects, Morning Glories, Todd The Ugliest Kid On Earth, The End Times Of Bram And Ben, Wolverine & The X-Men, Cable & X-Force, Batgirl, Katana, Powers, Avengers Assemble, Fury, Buffy, Avengers Arena, Ghostbusters

This is the Albert Einstein we always deserved and yet, until Manhattan Projects we never got a whiff of until now. I’m so glad we got Manhattan Projects. Morning Glories does the hideous trick of applying a child’s logic to …

Fourteen Thoughts About Fourteen Comics – Locke & Key, FF, Minutemen, Crossed, Gambit, Ferals, Mudman, Phantom Lady And Doll Man, Wolverine & The X-Men, The New Deadwardians, Ultimate X-Men, AVX Versus, JIM, Morning Glories

The new Locke & Key comic is an interesting creation. Much of the plot twists are based on familiarity with the series, and if you know the comics well, you’ll see them coming a mile of. But for newcomers, too …

Eleven Other Thoughts About Eleven Comics Today – Mudman, Avengers Vs X-Men, Prophecy, Action Comics, The Boys, Fanboys Vs Zombies, Snarked, Thief Of Thieves, Secret, Harbinger And Morning Glories

Okay I’m calling this. The finest superhero comic book being sold right now. And this issue has it all, unrequited love, a mysteriuous stranger, a subervillain with unusual motivation, and a young man coming to terms with how his body …

In One Week, In Two Weeks

Next week sees Eric Powell’s Goon hit that regular schedule, the death of Boba Fett (again), Aquaman, the last Blackhawks, the new Popeye, the beginning of Marvel’s VS, the transformation of Nick Fury, the final issue of The Twelve, the …

Ten Thoughts About Ten Comics Today – Aquaman, BPRD, Morning Glories, Justice League Dark, New Avengers, Angel And Faith, New Deadwardians, Cover Girl, FF, The Twelve

It’s a lovely summer’s day in London already. I’ve spent today in Soho Square, reading comic books and watching people come by. Some had comics, books, newspapers, magazines… no one had digital devices out. Why? You just can’t read them …

Those Image Solicitations For June 2012 In Full

Is it me or are Image really stepping up? Can you think of a comic book publisher that has quite so many critically acclaimed books than Image Comics right now? They’re basically what Vertigo used to be… but their subject …

Dealing Cool #2: A Retailer Perspective from Third Eye Comics

Welcome to the second installment of Dealing Cool, our new regular feature which shares retailer perspectives from among the racks and at the register. Today, we’re proud to present insight from Steve Anderson of Third Eye Comics. Enjoy! …

Morning Glories, Evening Disappointment

For those of you who bought your copy of Morning Glories HC Vol 1, out today, the remedy will be simple. For those who used Amazon, you may be in for a wee wait. The volume in question contains a …

Wednesday Comics Review: Morning Glories 8 and Generation Hope 5

Morning Glories’ Joe Eisma‘s work has been compared to Jamie McKelvie. There certainly are similarities, the clean thin lines, the open space for colour, the expressionistic faces and the elegant panel design. And today we get both Morning Glories #8 …