#December2011
Infographic: Comics on the 2011 New York Times Bestseller List!
Infographics! They’re swank as fuck, distilling information into little morsels our ADD brains can handle. Simple info! Colors! Check out a neat one about the comics on the New York Times Bestseller list this year.
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Variant Covers: Get Friggin’ Drunk, Batman’s Black Hole Is Coming.
Glory be to you, comic book friends. It’s 10:42 on Tuesday evening as I burp this out of a chemical-coated caffeine ravaged mind, and I’m writing it with a bit of a grin. ‘Tis the season for days off and leisurely loitering as we go into a collective slumber until January 2. How are you? Not rhetorical, how you doing? Hit me. This is Variant Covers, the comics column where I talk about this week’s releases that I’m either snagging, wish I was snagging, or am curious about. Per usual drop a line on what you’re digging, I’m always looking for new hotness in my greasy mitts.
Let’s party.
Preview: Wood Talks About ‘Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha and Omega”
Brian Wood is returning to Marvel and rocking the fuck out on Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha and Omega. Which is close, so very close, to trumping Ultimate Comics Ultimates for the most amazingly cumbersome Marvel title. Ever. More cumbersome than one of my adverb riddled mindlessly spewed neverendingly vapid sentences. (See what I did there?)
Want a preview of this awesomeness? Of course you do.
Peter David Pens ‘Comic Book Convention Bill of Rights’. Well Done.
Longtime comic book scribe Peter David has penned a Bill of Rights to be followed by both professionals and fans at comic book conventions. It’s a bit fucking long, but if you stick with it, it gets pretty amusing. Also? There’s a lot of good goddamn points in it.
Dude Discovers $12,000 Spider-Man Comic In Attic. Bank Account Tingling!
While rummaging through his attic, some lucky Illinois native came across a copy of Amazing Fantasy #15. You know, the title where everyone’s favorite Geek Gone Wild, Peter Parker debuted.
Variant Covers: Alan Moore’s Beard Is Your God Now.
There’s! There’s! There’s comic books dropping this week. As per every week, lest the Good Lords strike me dead. I can’t fathom living in a world without the weekly comic book shuffle. Snag the rags, dissect the diegesis and party until my pants come off. This is Variant Covers, the column where I blather about the funny books dropping this week that are keeping my sanity afloat.
DC Comics Is Named One Of America’s Hottest Brands. Well Done, ‘New 52’.
Whatever misgivings I have with the DC Reboot-Relaunch-Refried Beans, it’s a success. The company is crushing it in sales (though I’m sure Economist Wizards have found ways to dismiss this, frankly numbers are above my head), and they’ve also been named one of My Country Tis Of Me’s hottest brands.
Variant Covers: Wolverine’s Vomiting Apple Pie On Grandpa
Gobble, gobble, gobble! How’s it going? We’re getting ready to celebrate LOL Sucker Indians Day! You know the one I talk about! We show thanks for everything by generally behaving like we really don’t appreciate anything. Packing in an inordinate amount of food, telling Uncle Steve he better pass that fucking drum stick, and then smashing Old Ladies in the nose for a good Black Friday deal.
Makes the human spirit sing!
Thankfully we have mofuckin’ comic books to hide within. Crack the spine, it shall provide an escape.
What are you reading this week?
Image Comics Announces ‘Image Expo’ In February.
Image Comics is throwing its chips into the convention circuit with their own being hosted next February. Even though it’s hosted in Oakland – get your own police ass-whupping for a limited fee! – its enticing. The creators line-up is pretty beast.
