Aaron's Comic Books Blog May 2008 Archive

Top Shelf Comix, the publishers of such great comics like Owly, Lost Girls, Essex County Trilogy, and many others, has launched a new online initiative. It is simply entitled Top ... Read More

I got a chance to interview Kurt Busiek, the head writer for DC Comics latest weekly series Trinity. This comic, unlike the previous two weekly series of 52 and Countdown, ... Read More

This is by far one of the biggest questions I get from readers, the second being the value of their comics, and it is a good one. When space becomes ... Read More

This last week, retailer Rory Root passed away. I never knew the man, but it seems that his impact on the comic book community was huge. He was the owner ... Read More

With comic book movies becoming more and more popular, product tie-ins are inevitable. All of this is just marketing to sell more goods and put the movie into the limelight ... Read More

Some of you may know that artist Gene Colan has recently suffered from liver failure and has been hospitalized. Gene is the artist who worked on Daredevil, Howard The Duck, ... Read More

Oh the memories are still fresh from this last weekend at the Emerald City Comic Con. Jim Demonakos and his crew did a great job and the tales from the ... Read More

I came back from the Emerald City Comic Con with some really great stuff this year. I walked the con the first day, taking a lot of pictures and making ... Read More

Well the Emerald City Comic Con was this last weekend, and even though it is just only over the memories are still fresh. I met a ton of people, got ... Read More

What the Marvel panel lacked in size it more than made up for in personality at the Emerald City 08 Mondo Marvel Panel. Panelists Ed Brubaker, Robert Kirkman, Scottie Young, ... Read More

The DC Nation Panel was informative and amusing as host Dan DiDio fielded questions for the packed stage of creators and equally packed room of fans. The mood was light ... Read More

Some may know this, but others might not. Talented artist Josh Medors has been fighting cancer for several months now, and the staff at the Emerald City Comic Con, as ... Read More

The Emerald City Comic Con happens this weekend in sunny...scratch that...mostly rainy but ever beautiful Seattle, Washington. This is Northwest's largest convention and is running strong in its sixth year. ... Read More

The Emerald City Comic Con is going to happen this weekend in the heart of the Northwest - Seattle, Washington. This con has quickly become a favorite of many creators ... Read More

I had a blast this last Saturday at Free Comic Book Day, and went to not one, not two, not even three, but four different comic book stores in Portland, ... Read More

The Iron Man movie opened this last Friday and I got a chance to see it. I went in excited for another comic book movie, but with somewhat lower expectations ... Read More

Free comic book day is tomorrow! This now yearly event coincides with the latest comic book movie, this year being Iron Man. The movie looks fun but free comics? Even ... Read More

The Stumptown Comics Fest was a blast this last weekend, and if you missed it, you missed a great time revolving around comics. While it was mostly an indy comic ... Read More