by JPGVerse | Feb 9, 2012 | Comic Books
The Crotchety Old Man Has Spoken: Marvel’s New (Nick) Fury – Equality, Bought and Paid For (updated from 2012) Word on the net is Marvel has found a way to bring black Nick Fury in to their main universe via their Battle Scars mini, and its protagonist...
by JPGVerse | Feb 7, 2012 | Comic Books
The Crotchety Old Man Has Spoken: Fear & Loathing and Comic Books – Conclusion (updated from 2011) “The greatest mistake you can make is to say that your work is better than a lot of the shit that’s out there. No doubt. But being better than...
by JPGVerse | Sep 30, 2011 | Comic Books
The Crotchety Old Man Has Spoken: Fear & Loathing and Comic Books (updated from 2011) ONE I was driving north on the 15 freeway when reflection took hold… I was on my way to work – you know, my real job, the one that actually pays – when my iPhone blew up. My...
by JPGVerse | Sep 16, 2011 | Comic Books
The Crotchety Old Man Has Spoken: Black Like Me.. Not! (updated from 2011) The new issue of Ultimate Spider-Man featuring Miles Morales, the new black – sorry, Puerto Rican – Spider-Man, hit the stores yesterday and the reviews have been good. David Pepose, a...
by JPGVerse | Aug 27, 2011 | Comic Books
The Crotchety Old Man Has Spoken: Why Are Comic Books Going Extinct? (updated from 2011) You want to know how the comic book business is doing? Of course you don’t. Because, odds are, you don’t care. But, there are a lot of people out there, who don’t work in the...
by JPGVerse | Aug 3, 2011 | Comic Books
The Crotchety Old Man Has Spoken: Black Spider-Man… It’s Not Just A Suit Anymore! (updated from 2011) Read the news today, the new Ultimate Spider-Man is black… Okay. Sorry, I just don’t see the big deal. No, not “I don’t see the big deal...