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Monday, October 17, 2005
"If that guy's straight then I'm sober"
 James Kochalka  Corey "The Rey" Lewis
Comic book artists drawing Arrested Development characters. My two geek obsessions combined. I feel reborn. You can find more at Zach Smith's blog (Scroll down a bit). Found via Will Pfeifer.
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A recent conversation between me and Brian Hibbs when I purchased DC's first two Showcase volumes:
Brill: Sometimes I think DC and Marvel should just stop putting out new books and simply concentrate on reprints their old stuff.
Hibbs: You and a lot of other people.
In that case lets get down to some of Marvel's archival books shipping in the future. The MarvelMasterworks.com page is a great source of news on this subject. Under the headline "SCHEDULED BOOKS ROUNDUP!" we are informed of new Essentials such as Essential Godzilla (the story is that Marvel got the rights to one print run of this book, after that it's gone), Essential Moon Knight, Essential Nova and the start of Essential Handbook.
The most exciting news for me is the continuation of the hardcover "Marvel Visionaries" series. Roy Thomas gets his book but the best news is that Jack Kirby gets a second one. In it you'll find:
Captain America #1, Marvel Mystery Comics #23, Yellow Claw #4, Strange Tales #89, Two-Gun Kid #60, Love Romances #103, X-Men #9, Strange Tales #114, Tales Of Suspense #59, Sgt Fury #13, Fantastic Four #57-60, Not Brand Ecch #1, Thor #154-157 and Devil Dinosaur #1.
There's something about Not Brand Ecch and Devil Dinosaur ending up in an onversized hardcover that makes me happy.
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 Rob G
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So long Graeme, and thanks for all the rampaging memories. Is this the true end of the FBR story? Pehaps not because this very blog you're reading now will feature an interview with Graeme looking back at his wild days of blogitude. Stay tuned!
With FBR gone does this mean we all have to step up our survelliance of message boards to find the next great rampage? I'd do it but there are only so many times you can read about Scarlet Witch's state of bugfuckery.
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If this is what happens when Ed Cunard thinks too much about superheroes then by golly, I want him to think about superheroes a Hell lot more.
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 Colleen Coover
 Jim Rugg
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