RATING RECENT READS ❤ = LOVE ☠ = EXTREME DISLIKE ☃ = INDIFFERENCE It’s simple: a GREEN HEART means I loved the book, a RED SKULL & CROSSBONES means I extremely disliked the book (I attempt to reserve the word HATE for things I truly hate– and I try not to hate on inanimate objects) [...]
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Love, Dislike or Indifference – Rating 11 Recent Hardcovers & Graphic Novels
Posted: October 12, 2010 in Book ReviewsTags: American Vampire, American Vampire Volume 1 HC, Atomic Robo Volume Four: Atomic Robo and Other Strangeness GN, Brian Clevinger, Chuck Dixon, Comics, G.I. Joe Disavowed Volume 1 GN, G.I. Joe Volume 3 GN, Incorruptible Volume 2 GN, Lobo: Highway to Hell, Mel Rubi, Queen Sonja Volume 1 GN, Scott Snyder, Stephen King, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, The Mighty Volume 2 GN, We Will Bury You GN, Zero Killer GN
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A Big Ass Bottle of Irony & Some Manga Books
Posted: September 16, 2010 in Fan Service, Fun, Manga, Manga Lover!Tags: CCW*TV, CCW*TV Blog, Comics, Fan Service, Manga
And it’s empty… …Just like my dreams of ever reading all these books. Yes, each shelf is stacked TWO ROWS DEEP. Yes, there are FOUR MORE shelves just like this one.* In all seriousness, I will finish every one of them… As soon as my clones arrive. *Yes, CCW*TV Blog Readers– I really did listen [...]
Hey Kids! You think YOU got it tough!
Posted: August 1, 2010 in SOP, WTF?Tags: Comics, Dangerous, DC Absolute Editions, Marvel Omnibus, Ripley's Believe it or Not, SyFy Channel
Imagine if this was the only way to your local comic book store. Sales of overpriced DC Absolute Editions and Marvel Omnibi* would plummet! (*The plural for Omnibus)
DIGITAL COMICS: Wave of the future… Or Comic Store Killer?
Posted: August 1, 2010 in Comic Book Distribution, Controversy, Digital Comic BooksTags: Apple, Comics, DC, DC Comics moves to LA, electionic book distribution, iPad, iTunes, Jeff Bezos, Marvel, Paul Levitz, Steve Jobs
The SAVIOR or the DEVIL… Depending on who you ask. Apple may take a 30% vig on those millions of applications offered for sale in their APPS Store– but they earn PENNIES for each iTunes track or “album” purchased. This is well-known. Why is Apple willing to do this? Because they want to sell more [...]
When Good Comic Book Bloggers Get Lazy
Posted: July 29, 2010 in Bloggers, Cool CommentaryTags: Avengers, Bloggers, Blogs, Comics, Girls Gone Wild!, Internet, Questions, San Diego Comic Con, Spider-Ham, Stephen Hawking
There are a lot of good comic-centric blogs out there… So I feel very privileged that you have decided to spend some of your valuable time here– reading mine. I promise that I’ll always try to do my best to make things interesting. Whether or not I actually succeed will be for you to decide. [...]
My Pull List
Posted: July 28, 2010 in Comics Commentary, My Pull ListTags: Comics, Dark Horse. Image, DC, Dynamite, IDW, Manga, Marvel, New Comics, Viz, X-Men
A NEW WEEKLY FEATURE Since I am a 99.9% “Wait for the Hardcover or the Trade Paperback” kind of guy, I’m going to put my money where my mouth is and let you know what I’m buying every week. Since people keep asking why I buy so many books every week, I expect all you [...]
Why AGENTS OF ATLAS Didn’t Sell!
Posted: July 27, 2010 in GREAT COMICSTags: Cancellation, CCW TV, CCW*TV Blog, Comic Culture Warrior, Comics, Elliott Serrano, Jeff Parker, Jose Melendez, Marvel, Namora
IT’S QUITE SIMPLE, REALLY The good guys at CCW*TV– comic retailer par excellence Jose Melendez and comic writer extraordinaire Elliott Serrano– are very high on the obvious talents of one Mr. Jeff Parker. They like him so much, they mention his name often and are always certain to note whenever a new “JP” book arrives. [...]
REVOLVER HC Review: Kindt’s Trippy Premise Falls, Crawls and Ultimately Stalls
Posted: July 25, 2010 in Hardcover ReviewTags: Comics, Matt Kindt, Underwhelmed, Vertigo
Let’s just get on with it: I did not like Revolver by Matt Kindt. Not in the least. Not even a little. (WARNING: Moderate– but ultimately insignificant– SPOILERS ahead!) Revolver operates around the premise that Sam– Kindt’s main character– a disenfranchised, down-on-his-luck nebbish who goes to sleep one night and wakes the next morning to [...]
COMIC RETAILERS – Here’s What the USPS Thinks of Your “Collectibles”!
Posted: July 22, 2010 in Life, USPS FAILTags: Comic Collectibles, Comics, Damaged Boxes
Just received some COMIC BOOK COLLECTIBLES in the mail! ULTRA FAIL. Luckily, this Retailer believed in LOTS & LOTS of Packing Material. Many of you do not. GET YOUR ACTS TOGETHER!
Blog’s Less than a Week Old… and HOUSTON… We have a CONTRIBUTOR!
Posted: July 16, 2010 in New ContributorTags: Air Force, Comics, Felicia Day, Grimace JJL, News, Official Geek, Reviews, The Guild, Video Games, Views, Web Series
HIS NAME IS “GRIMACE JJL” Preferring to remain just a shadowy figure on the internet(s)– (Really aren’t we all?)– GrimaceJJL will be the nom de plume for SAYL’s first contributor… I’ve known “GJJL” (what I don’t usually call him for short) for quite a while now. There are (3) things I can tell you that [...]
First Pic of Ryan Reynolds as GREEN LANTERN?
Posted: July 15, 2010 in MOVIE COSTUMETags: Comics, Crap, DC, Fail?, Green Lantern Movie, Warner Bros
ARE YOU F’ING KIDDING ME?!? HONEST TO FRICKIN’ GOD… My first reaction when I saw this was somebody had pasted Ryan Reynold’s head on top of an illustration from the medical text, GRAY’S ANATOMY… Then PAINTED IT GREEN. GETTING A SENSE OF DEJA VU YET?
