Monday Memories #50 - The Punisher #8

Each Monday this year I'll be taking a look back at a random comic, prestige format issue, graphic novel or collection of reprints from amongst my 3,000 or so comics that date from 1962 to 2003 - I figured anything in the last ten years would be too recent to hark back to.

The comics are chosen completely at random and apart from a four week lead-in period, even I don't know what I'll be looking at in the weeks to come!

New York Comic Con Cosplay

With nothing else to blog about at the moment, I'm reduced to trawling through the cosplay photos from the recent New York Comic Con, picking out a handful that made me chuckle.

Kudos to this guy - those octopus arms look really well put together. Wonder if they moved?

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #232

Dr Thirteen proves smart men can be stupid too

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #229

Ladies and gentlemen: Hawkman summed up in four words.

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #224

Power Girl forgets the point where confidence ends and arrogance starts

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #220

Superboy's not impressed with Red Robin's new digs.

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #210

An extract from the Dr Arkham guide to picking up girls

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #207

Hawksmoor paraphrasing Oscar Wilde. A Haaaawwwksmoooor?

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #197

Alien infiltration will start in the strip clubs, people.

Perusing Previews - September 2012

While I won't be picking up the IDW Judge Dredd series, I'm interested as to how the US will take to this quintessentially British take on future American law keeping.

They Might Have A Point

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Warner Bros are one of the biggest studios in the world and they own DC Comics who own some of the most recognisable superheroes ever but with the exception of Superman and Batman, nothing seems to be happening on the film front.

How many people outside of comics had heard of Iron Man, Thor or Nick Fury until a few years ago when Marvel started producing (mostly) damn fine films?

The New 52 - whether you like the titles or not - reinvigorated DC's comics line and, by extension, affected Marvel and the other publishers as well, getting more and more people talking about comics and the heroes that DC publish. Yet Warners failed to capitalise on that.

Sooner or later, the superhero film bubble's going to burst and DC/Warners need to do something before that happens.

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #190

Flash and Hawkgirl get off to a flying start.

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Please pardon my French

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #182

Boxing gloves are so 1960's

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #178

Good advice whatever world you're on

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #166

You can't say fairer than that.

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #129

I guess Captain Thunder isn't talking about the David Kelley pilot

Here be Flashpoint #1 spoilers, people so continue reading at your own risk . . .