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View ArticleLet Paul & Storm Take You to LearningTown
What happens when Captain Kangaroo, The Muppet Show, and Flight of the Conchords have a drunken one night stand? You get the newest show to hit the Geek and Sundry lineup, LearningTown! Self-labeled...
View ArticleProfound Statements: Who Cares About the Super Bowl?
Welcome to your favorite comics related twitter recap that’s published on NerdSpan, Profound Statements! This week’s installment comes hot on the heels of Super Bowl XLVII which means some talk about...
View ArticleLet’s Get Physical : DC’s Hedonistic Power Couple
So far the Superman / Wonder Woman relationship is six months old. The don’t have a pet name yet (Superoman? Superwonder?) but they are passing their first Valentine’s day. I think it is pretty obvious...
View ArticleProfound Tweets: I
In one busy week, we've seen a Pope resign for the first time in centuries, a fugitive ex-cop keep the nation glued to social media for updates, and the State of The Union address. DC dominated the...
View ArticleProfound Tweets: To the Emerald City!
Emerald City ComiCon is here once again and this seems to be the year the convention stakes its place as one of the top shows of the year... We'll start this edition with tweets from Rob Liefeld. Rob...
View ArticleThree Episodes We’d Like to See Open Season 5 of Community
Community shines thanks to the sheer ridiculousness of the classes and the way that the writers have managed to so effortlessly capture the thematic resonance those classes allow. I’m not completely...
View ArticleProfound Tweets: Saga, Comixology, Censorship and Redd Foxx.
The comics industry has a lot on their minds recently and like many of us, they took to twitter to talk about it. As always, NerdSpan likes to share with you some of the highlights(and occasional...
View ArticleFriday Favorites: Favorite Comic Book Bromances
It’s Friday and Josh had a bit of a lack of time this week, so I’ve stepped in to talk about a very serious thing: Bromances. While romances are are all fine and good, there’s another special kind of...
View ArticleThought Bubbles: Batman ’66, DC Digital, and Permanence
Holy poor choices, did I make a big mistake last week. When asked to choose my favorite ongoing series of 2013, I picked the wrong book. I was flipping through short boxes to look at what I’d read in...
View ArticleThought Bubbles: The Thing About Wally West
I have strong feelings about Wally West. Wally West is my Flash. He was The Flash when I started reading comics in the late ‘80s/early ‘90s. I was growing up as he was growing into the role he had...
View ArticleThought Bubbles: Looking Out for Number One
Here’s an honest question: do people ever fall for this? At a quick glance, that’s the first issue of new series, right? The number 1 is the largest number on the cover, after all. But then, down in...
View ArticleThought Bubbles: Trade-Waiting for Grant Morrison
I’m about three months behind on reading new comics. I’m collecting a lot of books I’m really excited about right now, with concepts that I’m intrigued by or by creators whose work I consistently...
View ArticleThought Bubbles: Dissecting DC’s Weeklies
When DC Comics launched 52 back in 2006, there were people who wondered if a weekly book could be sustained, not only from a production standpoint but from a sales perspective as well. Many commenters...
View ArticleThought Bubbles: #FireRickRemender and The Outrage Cycle
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an internet commenter in possession of some free time must be in want of a controversy. Anyone who spends any amount of time on social media or perusing...
View ArticleThought Bubbles: Spoiler Space
We need to talk about spoilers. I’m not talking about people spoiling stuff after it’s happened. As far as I’m concerned, once a thing is out there in the world it is my responsibility to avoid...
View ArticleFirst Looks: Archie Comics
Here’s a look at what’s coming out from Archie Comics this week. Betty and Veronica #274 Archie’s favourite gal pals, Betty and Veronica, are packing their passports for a semester abroad, and the...
View ArticleKey Issues: Archie Comics and the Good in Hedonism, part I: Fast Times at...
Superhero comics are morality plays, acting out the battles of good and evil; Archie comics are not unlike satyr plays and argue instead for the power of the human drives to motivate its principals,...
View ArticlePreview : Archie Releases The Week of 1-14
If you’re a lover of physical comedy in comic books, like in Mad Magazine‘s Spy Vs. Spy, Sergio Aragones’s Groo, or Don Rosa’s Magica DeSpell stories, it’s a safe bet that a digital anthology of Archie...
View ArticleThought Bubbles: Crossing the Timestreams
A powerful being takes the residents of multiple timelines and places them on the same world, where tensions flare and conflict inevitably breaks out. Coming this summer from __________ Comics! It’s a...
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