An extra-sized anniversary issue with Barry Allen and company came out this week, and it was chock full of battles, discussions, and surprises! Time to review Flash #50 from DC Comics.
Author: Wayne Hall
Wayne Hall
Wayne Hall creates the Wayne's Comics Podcast. He’s interviewed Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, John Layman, Kyle Higgins, Phil Hester, Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray, David Petersen, Christos Gage, Mike Grell, and Matt Kindt. On this site each week, he writes his "Comics Portal" column (general comics comments and previews) and reviews comics.
Why do comics creators seem to dislike marriage so much?
Not every artist can write well, but in Episode 337, I talk with Gene Ha, an accomplished artist who is doing an excellent job with both the writing and art on Mae.
As previously reported at MajorSpoilers.com, BOOM! Studios is beginning a Legacy Edition series, mostly featuring comics created by them that are based on TV series’. Can other Legacy Editions be far behind? Let me weigh in on this subject!
British horror is some of the best there is, and in Episode 336, I talk with Joseph Oliveira, editor of Afterlight Comics, a British independent horror comic publishing house.
Something that’s been happening more and more in the comics industry is the effort to place comics in locations other than local comics shops. Recently, Toys R Us and GameStop have been working at it, but now there’s a new entry in this attempt. As reported here at MajorSpoilers.com, DC Comics will start selling $4.99 monthly 100-page monthly anthologies with one new tale and several reprints in an attempt to attract new customers! This will happen in 3,000 participating Walmarts. At the risk of repeating myself, all I can say is, go, Walmart, go!
In Episode 335, I interview one of its creators, scripter Chris Massari, who discusses how the book came to be, who the characters are, and what we can expect from the series after its initial terrific issue!
This past weekend, I attended Heroescon in Charlotte, North Carolina, once again. This year my friend Richard Rivera of Stabbity Bunny fame and I shared a booth with Frankie’s Comics, a different kind of comics shop.
Episode #334 features one of my all-time favorite comics writers, Doug Moench!
The last several days I’ve been reading from several sources about another company, GameStop, and their experiment with selling DC and Marvel comics in a limited number of their stores.
All I can say is, go, GameStop, go!
It’s another great double-header weekend, this time in Episode 333 with Jay Gillespie and Tyler Chin-Tanner!
These days, a lot of folks are turning to trade paperbacks instead of what some now call “floppies” or individual issues. (I guess they use that term since computer discs have largely fallen out of favor.)
There are good and bad aspects to this, so I thought I’d elaborate a little on them.
Two favorites are back in Episode 332!
Now, as announced here on MajorSpoilers.com, The Walking Dead is celebrating 15 years of bites, betrayals, and beheadings this October!
So I thought I’d look over my experience with the book that redefined the undead as we get ready for the celebration.