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Bullet to the head

Artw — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:52:09 -0800

The first four issues of Stray Bullets set the world on fire when they came out. Paper burns, you see, and a comic book as inflammatory as Stray Bullets just had to be burned. The religious right burned them. The Godless left burned them. The people in the middle felt left out and burned them too. Only a few copies survived and are probably worth millions by now. Inaccessible to the common man, the wonders of the digital universe have finally arrived to allow you—the average Joe—to see what the fuss was all about.

"My New Home. I think maybe a lot of people killed themselves here."

Artw — Sat, 02 May 2009 10:05:55 -0800

It's Free Comic Book Day, so don't forget to pop down to your local comicbooks store and score some swag. In the mean time Warren Ellis suggests you enjoy this free online copy of Fell issue #1, with art by Ben Templesmith.

Elf-inflicted marketing plan for generating elf-esteem.

Sparx — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:11:15 -0800

ElfQuest for free...gradually. The complete ElfQuest comic oeuvre (about 6000 pages) is being released online in batches every friday. The first five issues (a complete 150 page arc in itself), along with some other EQ series's first issues, are already up.

PURE EXCITEMENT!

klangklangston — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:33:17 -0800

As Image Comics prepares to resurrect Golden Age comics under the rubric of public domain, it may be worth revisiting heroes of yore, like Stardust (by Hank Fletcher), Fantomah and Titan. Even more can be found through the Pure Excitement reprint webzine, (unfortunately burdened with clumsy navigation— modify the final segment for all 36 issues).

Of course, a fair number of them do show up on the Stupid Comics page, like Fantomah versus the Weird Gorillas, alongside more modern mockeries of books like Man or Astroman and Superman meets the Quik Bunny.

I seem to be drunk! And also vomiting in your bonnet!

klangklangston — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 08:29:55 -0800

Make mine Maakies Tony Millionaire (who also does related comic Sock Monkey) has all of his sea-faring katzenjammers online. No direct links (curse you, frames!) but you can browse from here. The later ones are better (especially in the 540 range), but all are fun.

Free Comic Book Day

signal — Sat, 03 Jul 2004 06:55:36 -0800

Today is Free Comic Book Day in the US and few other places. Here's your chance to get reaquainted with an old friend.