Are you ready for some, um, links, I guess?

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Published May 20, 2010 at 5:30 p.m.
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Man, even Hank Jr. would have a hard time making that line sound exciting ... Anyway, links to things you may have already seen, but should make an effort to check out if for some reason you haven't ... (BTW, each of this is via a whole bunch of other sites, and it'd take me far too long to list everyone ... If you think I found the link through you, I probably did, so consider yourself well-and-truly-thanked.) ... Faith Erin Hicks has created what is now very likely my favorite X-Men story ever

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Heroes Con Memories: No, I’m Not Chris Claremont’s Toady

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Published June 1, 2010 at 6:53 a.m.
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As a kid in rural Nebraska, I had access to three comics: G.I. Joe, Spider-Man and X-Men. No surprise, then, that I considered Chris Claremont to be the pinnacle of comics writing. I still enjoy his run on X-Men, but over the years I’ve grown out of being such a fanboy. Which serves to explain [ ... ] ...

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Spider-Man 4 Vs X-Men: First Class – Sony And Fox Go To War

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Published June 12, 2010 at 7:30 a.m.

As a result of both the Marvel bankruptcy and some short term money grabs in the nineties, Marvel does not have movie control over a number of its majorproperties, and even gets very limited revenue ...

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Has X-Men: First Class found its Emma Frost?

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Published June 9, 2010 at 11:30 a.m.

There are some reports that Rosamund Pike is up for the role of Emma Frost in the upcoming X-Men: First Class movie.I’m even more confused by this than ever. I was under the impression that Fox were placing this in the same continuity as the previous X-Men films; after all, the sequel to X-Men Origins: [ ... ] ...

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If I Ran Marvel Comics...

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Published June 8, 2010 at 7:10 p.m.
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then I'd introduce just what the comics world needs ... another X-Men title! No, no, I wouldn't call it X-Cess ... that'd be too much truth in advertising. I'd bring out a brand new X-Men #1 ("the first X-Men 1 in nearly twenty years," sez Marvel ... go ahead, collect 'em all!). I'd take the fine artwork of Victor Gischler and Paco Medina's advance pages for this new X-comic (you can see the pages here). And then I'd jettison all that vampire nonsense and bring aboard some good old

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365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 160

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Published June 9, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.
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Panel from [Uncanny] X-Men #66 (March 1970), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Sam Grainger, letters by Artie Simek ...

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Separated at Birth: You kids better get up or you'll miss the school bus

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Published June 5, 2010 at 10:08 p.m.
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L: New Mutants #38 (April 1986), art by Art Adams ... R: New X-Men v.2 #27 (August 2006), art by Paco Medina and Juan Vlasco ... (Click picture to zombie-size) ...

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New Library Comics: May 2010

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Published June 4, 2010 at 12:25 p.m.
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Here's a list of a comics we added to our library collection in May: ... Adam, Peggy. Luchadoras / Madrid : Sinsentido, c2007 ... Alexander-Tanner, Ryan. Television. Issue Number One, "The pilot" : a comic book / [S.l.] : Ohyesverynice Comics, [2007] ... Archer, Dan. Archcomix no. 1 / [S.l.] : archcomix.com, c2009- ... Archer, Dan. Whopper / Palo Alto, CA : [archcomix.com], 2009 ... Aya, princess of darkness no. 1. / Giza, Egypt : AK Comics, 2005- ... Bagge, Peter. Hate annual. no. 8 / Seattle,

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Arriving 6/9/10

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Published June 7, 2010 at 12:34 p.m.

Brutal week last week with the end of 1st grade, and all that entails — I should (I hope) be back to a normal speed this week…ARCHIE & FRIENDS #144ASTONISHING X-MEN XENOGENESIS #2 (OF 5)AVENGERS ACADEMY #1 HABATGIRL #11BATMAN #700 (NOTE PRICE)BOOSTER GOLD #33BUZZARD #1 (OF 3) ERIC POWELL CVRCAPTAIN AMERICA #606 HACHEW #11CHIP #2 ...   Read MoreRelated posts: Arriving 5/12/2010 Arriving 6/28 Arriving 6/26/2010 ...

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Covering '66

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Published April 30, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
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Amazing Spider-Man #33, art by Steve Ditko ... Avengers #25, art by Jack Kirby ... Daredevil #13, art by Jack Kirby, Mike Esposito and John Romita, Sr ... Fantastic Four #47, art by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott ... Fantasy Masterpieces #1, art by Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Don Heck, Dick Ayers and Joe Sinnott ... Journey into Mystery #125, art by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta ... Millie the Model #135, art by Stan Goldberg ... Modeling With Millie #45, art by Stan Goldberg ... Patsy and Hedy #104,

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