Category: comics

Wizard World Philly

I went to Wizard World Philly today. I spent a few bucks on comics, went to a JMS Q&A, and the “Cup ‘o Joe” panel with Joe Quesada. Very entertaining. The con was crowded, but not annoyingly so. Plenty of room to move around, and no problem getting into the panels.

Comics

Just for yuks, I’ve been looking at the major online comic strip services. As far as I can tell, there are basically three big ones. All include daily comics by email.

  • Comics.com — Run by United Media. $12/year for the basic paid package. Comics available include Peanuts, Get Fuzzy, and Dilbert. Lots of mainstream strips, along with a few oddballs.
  • DailyInk.com — Run by King Features. $15/year. Comics available include Mutts, Zits, Zippy the Pinhead, Spider-Man, and Prince Valiant. Generally includes more adventure strips than the other services.
  • MyComicsPage.com — Run by uclick. $12/year. Includes Foxtrot, Doonesbury, and a bunch of others. Mostly mainstream humor strips.

    • Comic Book Guy

    Comic Book Guy’s real name was revealed during last night’s post-football Simpson’s episode: Jeff Albertson. Not terribly exciting, but it sounds about right. Also, there was a brief shot of CBG’s web site, www.dorks-gone-wild.com, which is, of course, now a real web site, presumably created by the Simpson’s folks.