Buy These F**king Comics! – May 30, 2012: Batman And His Douchebag Bourgeois Buddies

May 30th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered

Weeks like this are a special treat. Fat off the flesh of animal and the oak sodas after celebrating Memorial Day, nary a moment has passed after returning to reality and it is already Comic Book Day. None the less, it is the finest of  interstitial  days, an Island of Relief in the middle of the work week. This is the inglorious column where we discuss the funny rags we’re snagging on a given Wednesday. Per usual this is a douche-free zone, and if my poor taste results in me not dropping a title you’re interested in, by all means alley-oop a recommendation.

Don’t know what’s coming out? Hit up ComicList.

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Rafael Grampa Does ‘The MASSIVE #3′ Variant Cover; All Is Right With The World.

May 15th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered

Thanks to Warren Ellis for bringing to attention this glorious variant cover for The Massive #3 by  Rafael Grampa with colors courtesy of Dave Stewart. I’m already excited for the official release of this new jam by  Brian Wood and Kristian Donaldson, and this has me spinning in circles.

Marvel’s Sunday At C2E2: McKelvie On ‘DEFENDERS’ And More

April 16th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered

Marvel dropped some news yesterday at C2E2, the most glorious of which to me is the news that Jamie McKelvie is taking over as artist on Defenders.

Hit the jump for a  potpourri  of deets.

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Comics We’re Snagging This Week: Get That Broadsword Out Of My Secret Orifice

April 11th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered

As I type this, it’s Tuesday evening. I’m on campus in the middle of another seven hour school night. Fuck, man! When you read this, such time will have passed. The groans of labor receded. It will be the most special day of the week. No, no, no. Not colonic and sugar cone Saturday evening. Though that day is a close second. It will be Wednesday, heralding the arrival of new funny books.

This is the jam where we all share the comics we’re digging this week. If you don’t know what’s dropping, hit up ComicList. Share your list, who knows what could happen. My colonic buddy is going away this weekend and if you’re comically compatible consider this your entrance exam.

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Brian Wood Is Taking Over ‘X-MEN’ and ‘ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN’, Plus More Marvel News.

March 20th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered

Apparently Brian Wood is intending to have the X-Gene on fucking lockdown  this year. Fresh off penning Wolverine: Alpha and Omega, the scribe who won my heart with DMZ  is taking over two other X-Titles. Oh yeah!, and a  potpourri  of other Marvel news I haven’t gotten around to.

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Rafael Grampa Does Variant Cover For Brian Wood’s ‘The Massive’ TOO MUCH AWESOME

March 5th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered

Brian Wood’s next magnum opus is The Massive.  Rafael Grampa is a favorite artist of us here at OL. Combining the two of them together in a variant cover for the debut issue is almost too much.

Hit the jump to check it out.

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Comics We’re Buying This Week: Holy Sh*t, A Paul Pope Sighting!

February 22nd, 2012 by Caffeine Powered

The name is the game! Welcome to Comics We’re Buying This Week, the communal comic book welcome wagon where we all share the hotness we’re snagging from the funny book farm on a given Wednesday. Per usual: my taste is shite, and I’m always looking to broaden my horizons. Don’t know what’s dropping? Behold ComicList.

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Comics We’re Buying This F**king Week: Massive Wood and Brubaker’s College Fund.

February 1st, 2012 by Caffeine Powered

Welcome to the newly minted (and perhaps not staying named as such)  Comics We’re Buying This F**king Week. Figured I’d cut the bullshit. Herein us guys and gals of the sequential funny book time can share the comic books we’re digging on in a given week. It’s a pretty exciting week, as I’m getting a new dose of Wood to engulf. Always a sucker for the Wood. (And infantile puns. It’s been a long day, forgive me.)

Dig the releases for yourself at ComicList.

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Warren Ellis Says Comics Should Go Digital First. Brian Wood Says “I Am”

January 4th, 2012 by Caffeine Powered

Warren Ellis got around to dropping some comments about where he thinks the comic industry should go, and should have already went recently. He stated that comics should go digital-first, but opined that maybe creators didn’t have a taste for it. Then stepped in Brian Wood.

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Brian Wood On Comics Industry: ‘Everyone Is Bleeding’

December 9th, 2011 by Caffeine Powered

I’m a huge, huge fan of Brian Wood and his works. More than that, I value his insight into the comic book industry as a whole. A couple of days ago he dropped some rather despair-slathered comments on the comic book industry, proclaiming that everyone is bleeding. And!, And that he’s already begun envisioning a day when his role in the comics world is reduced. Merry Christmas?

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