Category Archives: Retroviews

Captain Obese back in print!

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Jeff Hebert

Legendary comics creator Don Lomax was kind enough to drop me a line earlier today in response to a “Captain Obese” panel I posted a while back. If it wasn’t clear in my original (and it wasn’t), I thoroughly enjoyed … Continue reading →

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Freelance Friday: Babewatch edition

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

You don’t have to be a filmmaker to know if you like a movie or not, and to offer a critique of it. You don’t have to be an author to know if you like a book or not, and … Continue reading →

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Super-hero comics and originality

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

Frequent commenter Jose had some interesting points regarding the “Sons of Scissorhands” post that I wanted to address at more length. He said: Granted, fanboys (I’m one) get the urge to outshine Superman, Spider-Man, and Wonder Woman (remember the 90’s … Continue reading →

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You say Nightwing, I say Blindside. Potato, potahto.

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

I felt kind of bad trashing Marat Mychaels in the Caption Contest post, so I thought I should look him up online and see what he’s been up to since 1992, when the Brigade issue in question was printed. I … Continue reading →

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Retroview: Comic Book Villains (2002)

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

I recently rented 2002′s “Comic Book Villains” and I hated it, not because I felt insulted by their depiction of anyone who loves comic books and super heroes as pathetic, anti-social losers, but because I think entertainment in any medium … Continue reading →

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Retroview: The Life of Captain Marvel

Posted on November 15, 2008 by Jeff Hebert

These random comic book baggies are strange. Sometimes I can go through all ten and I get nothing worthy of comment, just a big pile of meh. Other times, one issue is so chock full of great, mockable items I … Continue reading →

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Retroview: Great C-C-C-Caesar’s S-S-Stutter!

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Jeff Hebert

There were three “Silver Age Classics” in last week’s Random Comic Stack, and reading back through the old issues was a real treat. Besides all the stuff I already knew, I was surprised to discover that everyone in the Fifties … Continue reading →

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Retroview: Black Dragon

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Jeff Hebert

In 1985, Marvel (through their mature-audience “Epic Comics” line) published a six-issue limited series written by Chris Claremont and illustrated by John Bolton titled “The Black Dragon”. A “historic fantasy” set in medieval Europe, it was an unusual offering in … Continue reading →

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The difference between corporate and creative

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Jeff Hebert

This week’s pile o’ randomness was an interesting batch of butt-kicking, living-island-of-Japan, Robot Fighting madness. It started out with this rather disturbing Barry Windsor-Smith cover illustration of X-O Manowar #5, and I challenge you to tell me just what that … Continue reading →

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Retroview: Liefeld’s New Mutants 94

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Jeff Hebert

I’m sneaking this last entry in under the aegis of “Rob Liefeld Week” because a) it technically didn’t start until last Tuesday and b) due to an office remodel I didn’t post anything on Friday or Saturday. So suck it, … Continue reading →

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