Category Archives: Comic Books

Comic Book Boyfriend

My boyfriend is obsessed with comic books. He is your basic nerd: loves comic books, plays role playing games, and is incredibly intelligent. I am sure there are other women out there who know what kind of man I am talking about. I love him, but the problem comes in the fact that I am…

Archie Comics

Archie Comics is the famous American comic book series, renowned for the fictional teenage Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Forsythe “Jughead” Jones set in the fictional American town of Riverdale. The characters were created by publisher and editor John L. Goldwater, written by Vic Bloom and drawn by Bob Montana. John…

Comic books are popular

Comic books have been around for years and they continue to increase in popularity. Back in the day it was hard to get hired for being a comic book artist. That’s why most of us who have heard of comic books, know the faces behind our favorites. Do you remember Marvel? It’s now of the…

DC comics: Identity Crisis

This is probably my favorite DC comics compilation so far. The story is so refreshing and yet gripping enough, you can’t stop reading it again and still can’t get over it.  This is where best selling author Brad Meltzer proves that he is now one of the best mystery writer in the world of superheroes….

The Justice League of America

As a collector of  graphic novel of DC titled Justice League of America, I cant wait to blog about my new acquisition, Justice League of America- The Lightning Saga.  Brad Meltzer and Geoff Johns made this book one heck of a joy ride with  the most unpredictable ending ever.  It is actually the continuing part of…

Archie’s Digest

Since a kid, I was fond of buying Archie’s digest. By and by, I didn’t know that I was buying a lot of it. Even my sister’s fond of reading them. My craze of the said comic book grew and grew. They teach teenagers to stay away from drugs and negative doings. Archie is a…

Comic Book Encyclopedias

With all the recent superhero movies coming out the last few years, it’s no surprise that the comic book and superhero merchandise is all over store shelves. When there’s a comic book or superhero fan on your holiday shopping list, what do you usually get them? Let’s see, you can get them a DVD of…

Comics versus Pocket books

People have different preferences in terms of cultivating their knowledge. There are people who are content with no picture books like pocket books. But there are people aren’t. They want to see the pictures of what they are reading. In reading pocket books, your imagination will develop because you have to create your own scene…

Komiks

Komiks, as entertaining as it is, has been a commodity, a phenomenon, an industry that caters to the taste of thousands of Filipinos nationwide. It offered the pulse of the masa. Created and distributed to and for the masses, its audience simply answers why this visual form of art, literature and entertainment has spread like…

Innocence and Seduction: The Art of Dan DeCarlo

The first career retrospective of the great Archie comics artist. Dan DeCarlo was one of the greatest artists working in humor comics in the latter half of the 20th century. He was without a doubt the most prolific, and for that reason was often referred to as “The Jack Kirby of humor comics.” But he…