EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: "Batman Confidential" #44

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Published May 3, 2010 at 2:58 p.m.

Courtesy of DC Comics, CBR brings you an exclusive preview of "Batman Confidential" #44 by Kevin VanHook and Tom Mandrake, on sale this week in comics stores everywhere ...

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Lazy Sunday Link Blogging

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Published May 2, 2010 at 7:43 p.m.
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Still coming down from a cupcakes-&-presents high, so all's I can manage right now is a list of other things you should go read ... And if you've already read 'em, then read 'em again ... I don't link to bad people ... February 1966 ... the best month ever in comics? Well, the evidence is certainly there - Dave Ex Machina covers DC, Bully makes his Marvel, and Andrew even makes the case for Charlton (in fact, about as good of a case as anyone as ever made for Charlton beyond "Hey, it didn't

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Free Comic Book Day 2010!

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Published May 1, 2010 at 9:16 p.m.
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Welcome to the first Saturday in May ... the best day of the year ... FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! ... I went to my favorite comic book store in the universe, Bergen Street Comics in Brooklyn! I was so excited! ... Bergen Street Comics had lots of fun and activities and events and OHHH LET ME AT THE FREE COMICS! ... It was very very busy there today! Maybe I should have brought my stilts. Excuse me! Excuse me! ... Tom and Amy had decorated the store up wonderfully. I like helium balloons like this ...

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Saturday Morning Cartoon: Big Rock Candy Mountain

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Published May 1, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.
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Hobo's Holiday (1963), directed by Seymour Kneitel (featuring the song "Big Rock Candy Mountain" written by Harry 'Haywire' McClintock) ... The Big Rock Candy Mountains (2006), written and directed by Ian Kenny ... "Big Rock Candy Mountain" sung by its writer, Harry McClintock (1928) ... "Big Rocky Candy Mountain" sung by Tom Waits from the movie 1989 Ironweed ... Theme song from The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (2008), lyrics by Thurop Van Orman, music by Dan Cantrell, sung by Brian

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365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 120

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Published April 30, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.
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Panel from [Uncanny] X-Men #111 (June 1978), script by Chris Claremont, pencils by John Byrne, inks by Terry Austin, colors by Mary Titus, letters by Tom Orzechowski ...

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How to vote for me in the Eagle Awards nominations.

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Published April 12, 2010 at 3:37 p.m.

1 ... Go here ... 2 ... Enter your name, email address and country of residence at the top, otherwise your vote won't count ... 3 ... Scroll down to " Favourite Comics-Related Website ". Click the down arrow to get the list. Highlight Badlibrarianship - it's second from the top ... 4 ... Vote with your conscience in the other categories, but I do ask that you vote for John Hicklenton in the Roll Of Honour category.  And it was a bloody crime that Tom Frame didn't get it last time ... 5

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New Library Comics: December 2009

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Published March 29, 2010 at 11:51 a.m.
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Here's a list of the comics we added to our library collection in November: ... Ames, Jonathan. The alcoholic / New York : Vertigo/DC Comics, c2008 ... Asamiya, Kia, 1963- Silent möbius v. 1 / Chicago, Ill. : Udon ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2009 ... Baron, Mike. Nexus : space opera / Peoria, AZ : Rude Dude Productions, 2009 ... Black, Holly. Kin / New York : Graphix, [2009], c2008 ... Blain, Christophe. Dungeon. : the early years Vol. 2, Innocence lost / New York : NBM Pub., 2005- ...

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Bonus Giordano Monkey Cover

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Published March 28, 2010 at 2:56 p.m.
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Sadly, legendary comic artist Dick Giordano passed away yesterday. Here's his cover to Konga #1 (1960): ... Tom Spurgeon has a detailed remembrance of Giordano's long career ...

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Post Emerald City!

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Published March 20, 2010 at 5:44 p.m.
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I went to the Emerald City Comicon with every intention of blogging photos and keeping up a stream of information. That obviously didn't happen, so here I am today following up ... This year I volunteered again for HERO Initiative and then I helped Jim out at the Sequential Treasures artist alley table. Between those ventures, seeing old friends, and trying to recover from being sick, while deciding if alcohol would interact poorly with my meds, it was quite the full plate. LOL ... The good news

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Image Comics May 2010 Solicitations

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Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 10:45 a.m.

Image Comics has provided BF with the solicitations for their May ... 2010 shipping titles ... SAM & TWITCH: THE WRITER #1 (of 4) ... story LUCA BLENGINO ... art LUCA ERBETTA & FABIO BONO ... colors FILIPPO RIZZU ... cover LUCA ERBETTA ... MAY 12 ... 32 PAGES / FC ... $2.99 ... NEW CRIME FICTION MINI-SERIES SHIPPING BI-WEEKLY! ... A top-notch creative team from Italy spins a hard-boiled crime fiction tale from the boroughs of NYC! ... PART ONE: “INCIPIT IN MEDIA RES” ... In the dead of

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