Author Archives: David Harper

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News
Zack Snyder to Direct Nolan’s "Superman" Film

By | Oct 4, 2010 | News

That’s what it looks like folks – Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision Blog is reporting that the director of 300, Watchmen, and the recent Legend of the Guardians, Zack Snyder, is Christopher Nolan’s choice to direct the new Superman film that will be guided by the caring hand of the auteur of The Dark Knight and […]

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New "Thor" Pictures Make It Rain Awesome on the Intarwebs

By | Oct 4, 2010 | News

Even though the magazine itself isn’t out yet, the pictures from the “Thor” film cover story in Empire Magazine have already leaked on the internet thanks to Superhero Hype (via ComicsAlliance). Not a whole lot of revelatory images, but they are pretty nice (especially the silhouetted image of Thor and Loki squaring off), and supposedly […]

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Podcasts
4 Color News & Brews: Month in Review

By | Oct 4, 2010 | Podcasts

This week on 4 Color News & Brews, Brandon and I are back with a look back at September’s comic book output. The two of us pick our five favorite comics of the month, and the lists are quite unexpected throughout (except in the fact that I pick a ton of Vertigo books and Brandon […]

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Columns
David’s Got You Covered (Week of 9/29/10)

By | Oct 3, 2010 | Columns

What a spectacularly mediocre week of comics! This week featured my smallest stack in recent memory, and one that wasn’t even that memorable once I actually read the comics. With that said, there were some very nice covers, especially from books that I didn’t read. Note: I’ll be taking this column over going forward, and […]

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U.S. Acres Returns as a Webcomic

By | Oct 1, 2010 | News

Jim Davis is without a doubt most well known for his lasagna loving, trouble causing cat character Garfield, but in the mid 1980’s he also was regularly producing another comic for three years: U.S. Acres. This comic did not meet the same widespread critical and commercial love, but it is remembered fondly by yours truly, […]

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Reviews
WINCBD! – David’s Stack (9-29-10)

By | Sep 30, 2010 | Reviews

I don’t normally say this, but I feel like it’s pretty safe to say here: the comic output this week was pretty putrid. I only bought 8 books (I know – only), which has to be my smallest stack of the year. Not only that, but the majority of the books I purchased were not […]

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Columns
Off the Cape: Koko Be Good

By | Sep 29, 2010 | Columns

This week on Off the Cape, I’ve got a recent release from First Second Books from frequent Flight contributor Jen Wang: Koko Be Good. This book has garnered a good amount of buzz without me being aware of it – I simply was walking to buy my books at my local comic book shop when […]

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News
Bob Harras Takes Over as EIC at DC Comics

By | Sep 27, 2010 | News

You read that right – Bob Harras, Marvel’s EIC from 1995 to 2000 (and a man well known for making the X-Books the flagship books of the Marvel world), was named Editor-in-Chief of DC Comics today. As the DC: The Source post says: Harras will oversee editorial for DC Comics, DC Universe, MAD Magazine and […]

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