Author: Brad Guigar

Between DC’s Blackest Night and Marvel’s Dark Reign, the average comics-reader could be somewhat forgiven for falling into a bit of Seasonal Affective Disorder. Luckily, there were plenty of bright spots to keep us from having to buy those dopey
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When I launched Greystone Inn, I put all of the strips for that week into a folder slugged Week 1. The next week’s folder was Week 2. It was a habit that just kind of persisted. It helped me stay
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The year started with Diamond Comics Distributors announcing new, higher order minimums for publishers — sounding the death knell for small and mid-sized publishers’ hopes for distribution. DC showed newspapers how to really do the Sunday funnies and Dr. Manhattan
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Dark Avengers Annual #1 Creative team: Story by Brian Michael Bendis; Art by Chris Bachalo Villain to Watch: Norman Osborn They say: Bendis and Bachalo launch from the pages of New Avengers and reunite for this very important double-sized chapter
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NOTE: Due to last week’s Thanksgiving holiday, comics will arrive on Thursday, Dec. 3, this week. The Five to Pull / One to Pass will post as usual on Wednesday. Courtesy of Comic Book Resources: Marvel Comics Anita Blake: The
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SUPER VALUE PACK! Get all four Evil Inc for only $50. It’s like getting Volume One for free! Or get a special Artist Edition 4-Pack with four artist edition books for $90! Please note, only Vol. 4 is printed in
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Blackest Night #5 Creative team: Story by Geoff Johns; Art by Ivan Reis and Oclair Albert Villain to Watch: Nekron They say: The moment you’ve hungered for finally arrives! Who controls death in the DC Universe? Nekron – Lord of
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Since Thanksgiving is this week, I’m posting my Scanner Dorkly column early. Enjoy the bounty of my Pull List. Last week was a week that seemed to have one, single villain against whom everyone seemed to be fighting: The world
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From Newsarama… Web of Spider-Man #2 Incredible Hercules #138 Superman #694 Courtesty of Comic Book Resources… Avengers: The Initiative #30 Criminal: The Sinners #2 Dark Avengers: Ares #2 Dark Wolverine #80 Enders Shadow: Command School #3 Fantastic Four #573Guardians of
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Proving once again the prognosticating powers of this comic, no more than twenty-four hours after yesterday’s comic featuring Gallileo in the punchline, some major news on the astronomer surfaces. [YAHOO NEWS] ROME — Two fingers and a tooth removed from
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Deadpool dominated the magic moments for Marvel, spreading mirth to no fewer than three titles last week. I’m fully prepared to hit the oversaturation point with the Merc, but it hasn’t happened yet. Meanwhile in the DCU, we saw Batman
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I’m going to be offering a few, specially priced items for holiday shopping season, and the first is the return of the popular sale of Evil Inc Vol. 3 for over 30%-off the cover price (plus shipping). This will apply
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Black Knight #1 Creative team: Story by Tom DeFalco; Art by Ron Frenz Villain to Watch: Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies, Demons and Chaos, the Doombringer They say: The secret origin of the original Black Knight is finally revealed as Vampires, Zombies,
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Lady Stilt-Man: Making her debut appearance in the rollicking Spider-Man #611, Lady Stilt-Man called Web Head an “insect” and roared that a “new age in crime” had dawned. VQ has seen worse. But not much worse. Unfortunately, when she insisted
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Courtesy of Newsarama, previews of next week’s comic-shop offerings: Dark Reign: The List – Amazing Spider-Man Amazing Spider-Man #612 Dr. Horrible #1 Courtesy of Comic Book Resources: Dark Avengers #11 Deadpool: Merc With A Mouth #5 Incredible Hulk #604 Mighty
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Marvel Comics baddie, Nightmare, pulled double duty last week, appearing in two unrelated titles concurrently, vying for two different goals. He was paired with Arcade in Deadpool Team-Up (a nightmare in itself), battling Herc and the Merc. Meanwhile, in Dr.
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Last week was a dark week in comics. We saw some awfully, darned good villains cut down, one by one, in Masters of Evil, and we saw the same villain, Nightmare, appearing concurrently in two different titles, sporting two vastly
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For a limited time, I’m offering Evil Inc holiday cards — guaranteed to fill your holidays with wonder. Specifically, when your relatives get one of these cards, they’re gonna wonder about you. Again. These glossy cards are 5.5″ by 4.5″,
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Amazing Spider-Man #611 Creative team: Story by Joe Kelly; Art by Eric Canete Villain to Watch: Lady Stilt-Man They say: Deadpool-Man, Deadpool-Man – does whatever a Deadpool can…spins a web any size – but not really…Deadpool’s don’t have webs. Look
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For the first time since 1968, DC snagged the top six spots in the top-ten selling titles of the month. Marvel Comics maintained its hold on the dominant market share in comics, according to Diamond Comic’s monthly sales report. But
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Courtesy of Comic Nook Resources, here’s some previews of what’s in store at your comic shop this Wednesday. Black Panther #10 Cable #20 Daredevil #502 Dark X-Men #1 Deadpool #17 Ender’s Game: Command School #3 Luke Cage Noir #4 Marvel
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How can I not point out a review of Evil Inc Annual Report volumes one and two that opens like this: Evil Inc. is one of those strips that I always wanted to get into. A ridiculously long Google Reader’s
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Batman Widening Gyre #3 Creative team: Story by Kevin Smith; Art by Walter Flanagan and Art Thibert Villain to Watch: Deathstroke They say: As The Dark Knight stalks the night preying upon Gotham City’s criminals, Bruce Wayne spends his days
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More good news to pass along! All systems are GO for another trip to Seattle for Emerald City Comic Con! This has been a highlight on the convention circuit for me ever since I started going out there, and I’m
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Blackest Night began to turn a major plot corner with three significant issues hitting stands last week. The yellow, violet, indigo and yellow rings joined together for in Green Lantern #47. Meanwhile, in other Blackest Night Titans #3, the Teen
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Courtesy of Newsarama, here’s a preview of new comics available in comic shops tomorrow. DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #899: The Merc with lots and lots of monthly content is about to add another release to his already robust monthly stable of appearances.
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If you’ve been following my Twitter feed, you know that I decided two Saturdays ago that I wanted to make a Dr. Strange costume for Halloween. Sure, I could have stayed with last year’s Dr. Octopus costume, but I was
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As a public service announcement, I’m reminding you to set your clocks back an hour Sunday night if you live n an area that observes Daylight Savings Time. And if that isn’t bad enough, check out these Daylight Savings Time
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As a public service announcement, I’m reminding you to set your clocks back an hour Sunday night if you live n an area that observes Daylight Savings Time. And if that isn’t bad enough, check out these Daylight Savings Time
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I told you about the Transylvania University / Rafinesque storyline. In 2004, I revisited the story with a sequel. I failed to capture the lightning of the first story, but it was still an awfully good story. It stands up
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Halloween 2001 was uneasy. The month before, we had suffered all of the fright we could handle. That’s why Mac decided to throw a party — to get out of a rut. In the excitement, an invitation gets delivered to
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Congratulations to Aaron Hamlett and Jonathan Fletcher, the only two henchmen (out of over 350 participants) to correctly guess the brackets for the tournament contest. I know I said I was going to choose one at random, but I just
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Huntress chased the Man-Bat for about fifteen pages — only to crash through a non-descript window of a Gotham cathedral at the feet of a cleric driven mad; Power Girl and Terra grappled with Ikea furniture; Power Man ate waffles
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All week I’m going to be highlighting Halloween storylines from years past. This first one is from the very early days of Greystone Inn. Mac and Argus discover the rowhouse they share is featured on a tour of haunted sites
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Click on the thumbnail to see the entire image. This is my all-time favorite Halloween comic from Greystone Inn. It is an homage to Philadelphia’s Henri David Ball — a fantastic costume party thrown every year by jeweler Henri David.
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My apologies to those of you who have already read the Rafinesque storyline from the Greystone Inn archives. It’s the (mostly) true story about a botanist who taught at Transylvania University in Kentucky (the place really exists). When he was
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Blackest Night #4 Creative team: Story by Geoff Johns; Art by Ivan Reis and Oclair Albert Villain to Watch: Sinestro They say: Summer’s hottest event explodes in this critical issue! Hold on to your power rings, because the secrets behind
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First of all, I have some great news for everyone who has been trying to get me to come out to Chicago for another convention appearance: It looks as if C2E2 is going to be a go for April 16-18.
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Newsarama has three previews from Marvel Comics this week: SON OF HULK #16 Written by PAUL JENKINS Penciled by ANDRES GUINALDO ISABEL Cover by ALEX GARNER 32 PGS./Parental Advisory $2.99 FANTASTIC FOUR #572 Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN Penciled by DALE
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Last week’s comics seemed to center on costumes. Batgirl had a new one, Deadpool was out of his, so was Hercules, and a trio of ex-Robins were still adjusting to theirs. Without further ado, here’s the best and the worst
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Blackest Night Superman #3 Creative team: Story by James Robinson; Art by Eddy Barrows and Ruy José Villain to Watch: Black Lantern Superman and Black Lantern Psycho Pirate They say: Black Lantern Psycho-Pirate shares his pain with the citizens of
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Newsarama has an interview up in which Lance Festerman, who organizes New York Comic Con for Reed Exhibitions, talks about the decision of Wizard Entertainment CEO Gareb Shamus to schedule Big Apple Comic Con on the same weekend as New
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Big Apple Comic Con, held last weekend at Pier 94 in New York City, was my last convention of the year, and it was great to be able to go out on a high note. Thanks to all of the
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Wizard Entertainment owner Gareb Shamus announced last night that his Big Apple Comic Con will be scheduled next year for the same weekend as Reed Exhibitions’ New York Comic Con.

Breaking news from the Diamond Retailers Summit in Baltimore: [NEWSARAMA]There’s Doom, and then there’s everyone else. That’s the view from inside the mind of Doom, but it can also be said looking from the outside in at Marvel’s top echelon
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Last week had a plethora of moments that just made a guy say “…huh?” They weren’t necessarily confusing or incorrect. They just made you pause on the panel and wonder if you had just missed something. Perhaps most huh-worthy was
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BIG APPLE COMIC CON Oct. 16-18 Pier 94 Manhattan 55th & 12th Avenue New York, NY This weekend will be the last convention appearance of the year for me. It’s been an awesome year, and I’m looking forward to wrapping
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Batgirl #3 Creative team: Story by Bryan Q. Miller; Art by Lee Garbett and Trevor Scott Villains to Watch: Scarecrow, Black Mask They say: It’s a new look and a new costume for the all-new Batgirl! As crime in Gotham
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There were more than 350 entries in the Evil Inc Brackets contest, and one two people who guessed all of the open spots correctly. I will be taping myself choosing a winner at random, and contacting both finalists with an
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Y’know how you look at a photograph, and get hit with the realization that it’s a photograph that you’ll always look back on and cherish? This is one of those photos. It’s the Halfpixel crew, Kris Straub, Dave Kellett, me
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Courtesy of Newsarama, here are four previews of Marvel’s best this week. Incredible Hercules #136 The face-off Herc fans have been clamoring for since his series began is here at last! God of Strength versus God of Thunder! Adamantine mace
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I’ve just discovered a clever, fast-paced Web series based in the Zeus Comics store in Dallas, Texas. It’s funny as hell, and very enjoyable to anyone who has seen the inside of a comic shop (or wants to). From their
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Last week, Star Sapphire took center stage in the Green Lantern / Blackest Night storyline, Black Cat continued to torment Spider-Man and the Divas continued their sashay through the Marvel Universe. It should be no surprise, then, that with all
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BALTIMORE COMIC CON This weekend Baltimore Convention Center Harvey Awards Ceremony “How To Make Webcomics” nominated More con info If you’re going to be anywhere near Baltimore this weekend, you’ve got tons of reasons to be at the Baltimore Convention
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Dark Reign The List Secret Warriors #1 Creative team: Story by Jonathan Hickman; Art by Ed McGuinness Villain to Watch: Norman Osborn They say: Norman Osborn’s got it in for Marvel’s super spy, but what happens when he needs Nick
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Whoever said “getting there is half the fun” had no idea what I went through to get to Columbus last weekend to attend Mid-Ohio-Con. The Thursday before the convention weekend, my wife and I noticed that the turn signal had
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New-Gen recently invited me to an interview that covered a wide range of topics — from the history of Evil Inc to my love for Plastic Man. It starts out with my describing how I graduated college in ’91 and
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I was planning to do this at Mid-Ohio-Con this weekend, and then I decided maybe I should extend it to everybody. I’m going to have a sale on Evil Inc Annual Report Vol. 3. I’m marking down the price of
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One last word about Mid-Ohio-Con this weekend in Columbus, Ohio. I’ll be in Artist’s Alley all weekend with all of my copies of the Evil Inc Annual Report books along with How To Make Webcomics and Phables. I’ll also have
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The voting as in favor of “A Scanner Dorkly” last week, so I’m going to try that on for size for a little while, but I still haven’t ruled out re-re-naming this feature “Brad Guigar’s Comics Reviews And Predictions.” Comics
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