Last Weekend at Emerald City 2010 (or, the Cartooning Class Reunion)

I have just finished reading Greg's column about his experience at Emerald City 2010 and found it interesting, entertaining and touching as well. Go check his post and read about his week end over there... I really like what they've done to try to keep the cartooning class going on, read more to know about their upcoming projects as well as checking out what those young artists can do. Or if like me you've never been to a comic convention, it will give you a better idea on how it goes.

Tough decision…

As you have read yesterday in my post, I really enjoyed Brian Cronin’s Cool Comic Book Moment yesterday. Coincidently, Mycomicshop.com is having promotions on Thor titles… Should I shell out USD100 and get the entire Walt Simonson’s run? Is it really worth biting the bullet? Leave comments to let me know what you think.

Brian Cronin

Does that name sound familiar to you? Probably not, just like it was the case for me some months ago… I think I may have linked to a couple of his posts (or should I say articles?) in the past but maybe without referencing to him directly… I think I also had a link to the “Comics Should Be Good” (CSBG) section over at Comic Book Resources, but it probably got wiped out when I accidentally messed up my blog’s template…

I keep a CSBG Feed in Outlook so I’m able to keep track with what is going on at his website and read religiously each and every update; it’s really quality stuff you’ll find there, not only from Brian Cronin but also from other contributors who occasionally share a slice of their lives as well.

This morning, when checking my subscribed feeds, I read through the CSBG section and found Brian’s daily post in his “A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments” series. He was featuring some panels from Walt Simonson’s The Mighty Thor #362, and while I usually enjoy reading this section, this morning was a bit different than usual. Those panels really vibrate, there’s something about them I cannot explain that really touched me inside and brought a sense of respect for that character. I found it so strong it just made me want to order Thor titles right away (I’ve never read Thor before…)

At the end of his posts, Brian always mentions what he thinks being “THE” moment in those panels… I know the year isn’t over yet and there are still 136 “Cool Comic Book Moments” but out of all the ones that have been published so far, I think that particular one gets the crown.

Just wanted to share

Brian Cronin recently featured Sean Gordon Murphy in his Comics Should Be Good column. I have been quite impressed by Murphy's new project... You can check it in Brian's related post, just scroll down to the end until you reach the last few panels...

As I understand, this is still a work in progress but it looks really promising. I'll try to update you once it comes out... And still from this blog, I've learnt about a nice comic called Arrowsmith. I can't get to find the link back to it, just google it and you'll find something... :)

Wanna read X-MEN comics?

Happy New Year everybody... Wish you all the good things you'd ever dreamt of for 2009... And if one of them was to start reading (or catching up) with X-Men comics, I thought I'd share a link (actually 2 links) with you that seems interesting. Greg Hatcher over at Comic Should Be Good published some letters between himself and one of his former students who's asking questions in order to better understand what is going on in the X-Men world as she is reading them (from the start it seems). Check out the first post here, and the follow up post here. It should be interesting if, as I said earlier, you're planning on reading X-Men anytime this year.
Hope you enjoy it.