Each
week we let you know what's happening in the comic world,
plus tell you
which ones you should buy and which to avoid. Trust us.
Marvel
Enters The Grid With TRON: The Betrayal In October!
(07-27-10)
The opening
shot from Disney/Marvel looks pretty good...
Comic-Con
2010: Day Four Photo Gallery
(07-26-10)
Surviving
to the very last day...
Comic-Con
2010 VIDEO: Matt Fraction, "The Batman Dreams of Hieronymus
Machines"
A slideshow
presentation from Thursday night, Matt Fraction sums up
our love of comics...
Comic-Con
2010: Day Three Photo Gallery - Inside
(07-25-10)
A shot
from Hall H, celebrity sightings and a costume or two...
for now...
Comic-Con
2010: Day Three Photo Gallery - Outside The Center
(07-25-10)
It's
the Scott Pilgrim Experience! It's the Walking Dead! It's
Hot!
Comic-Con
2010: Day Two Photo Gallery
(07-24-10)
The day
begins at Flynn's Arcade and ends at From Dusk Til Con...
Comic-Con
2010: Day One Photo Gallery
(07-23-10)
Angelina
Jolie showed up! Brad Pitt did not! But we had fun!
Comic-Con
2010 Video: The Moron Life Preview Night Experience
(07-22-10)
The Moron
Life boys (Lon, Mike and Dave) wander the floor...
Comic-Con
2010: Preview Night Photo Gallery
(07-22-10)
The crowds!
The smells! The first up close look at Abin Sur from Green
Lantern!
Comic-Con
2010: FROM THE CON! BOOM! Announces Stan Lee Projects!
(07-21-10)
Stan
Lee creates a brand new bullpen, and the talent is amazing!
UPDATED WITH PICS!
Comic-Con
2010: The Women of Comic-Con 2009
by
Lon Lopez and David Tapia (07-19-10)
Some
of the best costumes from last year to get you
hyped up for this year...
Comics
Review: Superman #701
by Derek McCaw (07-16-10)
You'll
believe a man can walk... and it's still one of the best
Superman stories told this year.
Comics
Review: Scarlet #1
by Derek McCaw (07-13-10)
Back
to what made Bendis great in the first place...
Comics
Review: Batman Beyond #1
by Derek McCaw (07-03-10)
Terry
McGinnis joins the DC Universe, and it's way past time...
Comics
Review: Ghostopolis
by Derek McCaw (07-02-10)
Zapped
into the afterlife, Garth Hale discovers superpowers, his
boy grandfather and hope...
Comics
Preview: Scratch 9 #1
by Derek McCaw (05-24-10)
Joining
the KiZoic line of books, this cat has nine lives, and many
more stories to tell...
Comics
Review: The Avengers #1
by Derek McCaw (05-24-10)
To quote
Thor to Captain America, "I don't know you..."
Comics
Review: Kill Shakespeare #2
by Derek McCaw (05-18-10)
William
Shakespeare meets an action movie? Not as strange as you
might think...
Comics
Review: The Stuff of Legend Book 1: The Dark
by Derek McCaw (05-12-10)
Brave
toys venture into a dark realm to save their owner ... you
only think you've seen it before.
The
DC Universe: It's Just Unconstitutional
by Troy Benson (05-06-10)
Why Green
Arrow and Brightest Day #0 keep flouting
the law for the sake of storytelling...
Iron
Man and the Iron Can
by Tony Panaccio (05-06-10)
Why are
collectibles so much cooler today?
WonderCon
2010 Photo Gallery 1
by Mish'al Samman (04-11-10)
A look
at the floor and some of the things that caught Mish'al's
attention this year...
Review:
Blackest Night #7
by Derek McCaw (03-02-10)
Sure,
it's going to end in Brightest Day, but it's sure hard to
see from here how...
The
Ultimate Digital Comics Reader?
by Mario Anima (02-4-10)
Graphic.ly
may do everything a comic book should except smell like
print...
The
Heroic Age Comes To Marvel
(01-27-10)
Iron
Man! Captain America! Thor! Spider-Man! Gorilla-Man?
Comics:
Blackest Night #6
by Derek McCaw (12-30-09)
Just waitin' for the Resurrection Man...
2009
Fanboy Planet Hoiday Gift Guide: The Books
by the Staff
(11-24-09)
Oh, sure, and now someone will say "how
could you leave off...?" Well, let us know!
Comics
Review: The Flash: Rebirth #5
by Derek McCaw (11-19-09)
Old-school storytelling that feels fresh, new
and...well, you've got to buy it!
2009
Big Apple Con
by Deborah J. Draisin (11-08-09)
Forget the con-fighting, how was it to actually
BE there?
Comics
Review: Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love #1
by Derek McCaw (11-5-09)
Taking on a scope a fifth-rated network would
never allow...
Comics
Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer #30
by Derek McCaw (11-5-09)
Taking on a scope a fifth-rated network would
never allow...
Suspended
Animation: Wayne Boring
by Michael Vance (10-26-09)
The man who shaped the look of Superman...
Suspended
Animation: Son Of Superman
by Mark Allen (10-16-09)
A look back at a Chaykin and Tischman Elseworlds
classic...
Updated
Post: Green Lantern Superstar
by Troy Benson (10-09-09)
A reader sends in photographic evidence connecting
an ancient Church with Green Lantern...
Comics
Review: Die Hard Year One #1
by Derek McCaw (09-30-09)
Getting back to the roots of both John McClane
and Howard Chaykin...
Suspended
Animation: John Byrne's Namor The Sub-Mariner
by Mark Allen (09-18-09)
An overlooked Marvel book that may be some of
Byrne's best work...
Comics
Review: Blackest Night: Batman #2
by Derek McCaw (09-15-09)
Just within the Batfamily, it's amazing how many
dead there are to rise...
Suspended
Animation: Doris Danger Giant Monster Adventures
by Mark Allen (08-29-09)
From the mind of Chris Wisnia and now through
the grace of Slave Labor Graphics...
Suspended
Animation: Conan The Barbarian #1-24
by Mark Allen (08-21-09)
Marvel did it right the first time...
Comics
Review: Filthy Rich
by Derek McCaw (08-18-09)
Vertigo Crime launches with a loser mixing with
the wrong crowd... and the wrong dame...
Comics
Review: Ultima Thula
by Derek McCaw (08-04-09)
Arcana offers a wild ride to an alien planet
where our blood is better than gold!
Comics
Review: Billboards
b y Derek McCaw
(08-03-09)
The medium is the message, but what happens when
we become the medium?
Comic-Con
2009: The Official "Day Two"
(07-29-09)
Many more galleries coming...but this one previews
some upcoming stories on Fanboy Planet.
Comic-Con
2009: The Wrath Of Con
by Lon Lopez (07-28-09)
Derek and Lon's journey through Comic-Con's hottest
party...
Comic-Con
2009: Jeff Smith Announces A Return To Boneville
by
Derek McCaw (07-27-09)
In addition to next month's Scholastic reprint
of Rose , he's got a lot more on the horizon...
Comic-Con
2009: The MoronLife Preview Night Video Blog
by
Lon Lopez (07-23-09)
Join Lon Lopez for a quick video rundown of Wednesday's
highlights...
Comic-Con
2009: Preview Night Gallery #3
(07-23-09)
Costumes and Pros and Ladies, oh my...
Comic-Con
2009: Preview Night Gallery #2
(07-23-09)
Artwork, toys and Avatar ...yep, a look
at something from Avatar!
Comic-Con
2009: Preview Night Gallery #1
(07-23-09)
David Tapia and Ric Bretschneider captured the
sights, but luckily for you, not the smells...
Comics
Review: Doctor Who: Room With A Deja View
by Derek McCaw (07-21-09)
Missing David Tennant's Doctor? Try this IDW
offering to ease the pain...
Comics
Reviewed: Blackest Night #1
by Derek McCaw (07-18-09)
...and I thought it was gross when Cheeks the
Toy Wonder came back from the dead...
Web
of Spider-Man Relaunch In October
(07-14-09)
A brand-new spin on an old title gives us top-notch
storytelling and the Spectacular Spider-Girl!
Comics
Reviewed: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? #1
by Derek McCaw (07-14-09)
Philip K. Dick's classic becomes a graphic novel...and
a whole new generation gets paranoid...
Comics
Reviewed: Green Lantern #43
by Derek McCaw (07-10-09)
Black Hand sure seems different from my Green
Lantern Archives vol. 3....
Suspended
Animation: Marvel's Ultimatum
by Mark Allen (07-10-09)
It's the end of the world as we had just started
getting to know it...
Super-Con
2009: Creators and Creations
by Ric Bretschneider and Derek McCaw
(06-12-09)
The best of Ric's photos from Super-Con 2009
in San Jose!
Review:
Batman #687
by Derek McCaw (06-10-09)
If Batman can be reborn, why not our comics coverage?
Super-Con
2009: The Costumes
by Lon Lopez and Derek McCaw
(06-05-09)
You've heard the interviews, now see the fandom
that flocks to San Jose!
A
Look Back At Lee and Ditko's Amazing Spider-Man
by Mark Vance (06-05-09)
Is it nostalgia, or is it really every bit as
good as us old-timers remember?
New
York Comic-Con 2009: From The Hero Initiative Booth
by Deborah J. Draisin
(03-02-09)
What's it like to see your first Comic Convention
from the inside?
America's
Newest Superhero
by Derek McCaw (01-18-09)
Powered only by the audacity of hope...but we're
buying it for now...
Sparks
Hits The iTunes Store!
by Derek McCaw (01-15-09)
Actor Michael Pare plays Catastrophic Comics'
Noir Superhero in a new iPhone App...
Comics
Reviewed: City of Dust: a Philip Khrome Story #2
by Derek McCaw (11-12-08)
A shiny city can't see what's reflecting up from
underneath...
Comics
Reviewed From Box Four 11/11/08
by Derek McCaw (11-11-08)
Final Crisis: Resist, Justice Society of
America #20, Sandman: The Dreamhunters #1...
Embrace
Change
b y Lon Lopez
(09-24-08)
The Skrulls are here...and now sports fans know
it, too...
Comics:
All-Star Superman #12
by Derek McCaw (09-18-08)
This
is the end, my friend, and yet...
Comic-Con
2008: The Berman Photos
by Jeffrey Berman (08-19-08)
Fleeting
moments from the floor of the San Diego Convention Center...
Comic-Con
2008: A Pack of Jokers
(08-03-08)
So, so
many clown princes...
Comic-Con
2008: The Lego Collection
(08-03-08)
For those
about to play well, we salute you...the amazing Lego statues
from Comic-Con!
Comic-Con
2008: A Few Celebrity Appearances
(08-01-08)
Stephanie
Rodriguez roamed the floor and caught some nice candid shots...
Comic-Con
2008: The Kings Panel, Courtesy of NBC
(07-25-08)
Retelling
the story of King David in modern times...brilliant or just
weird? YOU be the judge...
Comic-Con
2008: Thursday Slideshow
(07-25-08)
Lon Lopez
relives his childhood with 125,000 other people...
Comic-Con
2008: The Knight Rider Panel, Courtesy of NBC
(07-25-08)
What
cool secrets will be revealed? We don't know. Our hotel
internet is too jammed...
Comic-Con
2008: Preview Night Slideshow
(07-24-08)
Lon Lopez
finds some of the summer's biggest stars...or their Lego
facsimiles, anyway...
Comic-Con
2008: The Greatest American Hero Returns!
(07-21-08)
Join
us at Booth #2109 as we sit with William Katt and Robert
Culp -- there's a panel, too!
Comics
Review: Rogues' Revenge
by Derek McCaw (07-18-08)
A classic
Flash team returns for one last excellent capper....
Suspended
Animation: Rom, Spaceknight
by Mark Allen (06-27-08)
One of
the best toys-adapted-to-comics you'll ever find...
Suspended
Animation: Tomo
by Mark Allen (06-19-08)
Daydreams,
aliens and ninjas collide in a top-notch book aimed at girls...
Eternals
#1
by Derek McCaw (06-11-08)
While
DC kills its New Gods, Marvel finds a way to give them life...
The
Illusive Mr. Watson Reviews Guardians of the Galaxy
#1
by Tim Watson (05-28-08)
For those
who loved Annihilation, this is the book for you...
Super-Con
2008: Photos From The Floor
by Derek McCaw and Clay Robeson (05-22-08)
Jane
Wiedlin gave me a piece of cake...
House
of Mystery #1 by
Derek McCaw (05-08-08)
Every
mystery has its secrets, but not every secret has a mystery...
Detective
Comics #844 by
Derek McCaw (05-08-08)
Reminding
us that no matter how it works, ventriloquist dummies are
just plain creepy...
Buffy
the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #14
by
Derek McCaw (05-08-08)
Vampires
are in danger of getting humdrum. Thank heavens Dracula
lives!
The
Illusive Mr. Watson Reviews Hercules: The Thracian Wars
#1
by Tim Watson (05-05-08)
Welcome
a new reviewer, this week tackling the flagship offering
from Radical Press!
DC
Universe #0: A Hero Reborn Of Confusion
by
Derek McCaw (05-05-08)
Wading
through it all, at least we get a flashback...or is that
a Flash back?
Countdown
To Final Crisis #1: Can We Breathe?
by
Derek McCaw (04-24-08)
After
a year of earth-shattering action, what has really changed?
Titans
#1: Haven't We Been Here Before?
by
Derek McCaw (04-11-08)
They're
getting the band back together, and they sound a lot like
X-Men...
WonderCon
2008 Gallery 3
by Michael Goodson and Derek McCaw
(02-26-08)
Strange
things that caught our fancy and celebrities, too!
WonderCon
2008 Gallery 2
by Michael Goodson and Derek McCaw
(02-25-08)
What's
a convention without CosPlay?
The
Independent Garcia: WonderCon 2008
by Chris Garcia (02-25-08)
Trolling
the aisles of Artists' Alley, Garcia finds some treasures...
WonderCon
2008 Gallery 1
by Michael Goodson and Derek McCaw
(02-25-08)
You say
you had money burning a hole in your pocket? Not after WonderCon...
This
Week In Marvel 02/20/08
by Derek McCaw (02-20-08)
Reviewing
Orson Randall and the Green Mist of Death, Hulk #2,
Runaways #29 and more...
Comics
Review: Popgun Vol. 1
by Caitlin Moriarity
(02-18-08)
A graphic
mixtape to convince you that Image loves you forever...
Steve
Gerber Dies At 60...
by Derek McCaw (02-12-08)
It seems
only appropriate to give a soft and sad "waaauuggghhh..."
Comics
Reviews From Box Four 02/07/08
by Derek McCaw (02-07-08)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #11, Countdown #12,
Detective #841, Fables #69 and more...
There's
A New Captain America In Town...
b y Derek McCaw
(01-28-08)
A review of Captain America #34...
From
Out Of The Shadowline... The Revenant
by Derek McCaw (01-24-08)
Image Comics releases pulp-influenced avenger
in March...we've got five pages of story here!
Suspended
Animation: Growing Old With B.C.
by Michael Vance (01-18-08)
Before you close the book on a cartoonist's career,
check this one out...
The
Twelve Return To Rock
by Derek McCaw (01-08-08)
J. Michael Straczynski and Chris Weston revive
a dozen heroes from Marvel's past...
One
Hulk, Two Hulk, Red Hulk, Boo Hulk
by Derek McCaw (01-08-08)
Red is the new green...and we care why?
This
Week In Marvel 01/03/08
by Derek McCaw (01-03-08)
Reviews of Annihilation Conquest #3, Omega
the Unknown #4 , Thunderbolts #118 and more..
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