February 22, 2012 in The Packrat Show
Josh and Jack return after a brief Valentine’s day hiatus to check out 3 more awesome books, bring you your weekly video deal, engage in silly slapstick-ish anecdotes and crush William with a massive comic. Also, Caroline’s back again with a review of Chew #24!
February 21, 2012 in Graphic Novel Picks
The Long Halloween is a 13-issue romp through one of the greatest Batman mysteries. Revolving around the Holiday killer, who, as the name suggests, claims his victims on various holidays throughout the year. Set within the Batman: Year One storyline, Jim Gordon, Harvey Dent, and Batman make a pact to bend but not break the [...]
February 20, 2012 in Events
Free Comic Book Day is rapidly approaching and we couldn’t be more thrilled at the store. If you’ve been in lately no doubt you’ve noticed our constantly playing Ghostbusters 1, 2, and the Animated Series on the TV whilst stuffing our faces with Twinkies (or Zingers, which, I hear are just as good) in anticipation [...]
February 14, 2012 in Comic Talk
Because nearly the entire crew have significant others there is no show this week and apparently this Valentine’s Day thing is kind of important. However, because it’s Valentine’s Day I thought to myself who among the women in comic books would I absolutely not go out with today? And now, for your reading pleasure I [...]
February 8, 2012 in The Packrat Show
Welcome back! In this episode Jack and I talked about the books in the title and also brought on special guest, Caroline to announce a new show!
February 7, 2012 in Comic News
As the gap between Bruce and his son continues to widen, Batman must track Robin down before he heads down a dark path with his new teacher. So far in this arc Tomasi and Gleeson have spent a lot of time diving into Batman’s past and establishing parallels between Damian’s current interactions with Nobody and [...]
February 6, 2012 in Events
Earlier today we posted to our Facebook and twitter about a new clearance sale we just started. Realizing you all might appreciate knowing exactly what we’ve got on sale I thought I’d go ahead and list it here so you know exactly what we’ve got. Statues The Dark Knight Strikes Again Hand-Painted Gold-Cast Porcelain Statue [...]
February 1, 2012 in The Packrat Show
Greetings! We’re back again with the latest episode of The Packrat Show where we have taken a look at Magic: The Gathering #1, Detective Comics #6, and Winter Soldier #1. Also we’ve got another video deal for you served up fresh and the beginning skit is a not-so-subtle homage to one of our favorite filmmakers- [...]
January 27, 2012 in Comic Talk
If you read my Winter 2011 Pulls post you know that Aquaman was one of my favorites right out of the gate. However, we’ve now come to the end of the first arc, lasting 4 issues entitled Terror from the Deep. Rather than review the latest issue individually, I thought I’d start a new series [...]
January 26, 2012 in Comic Talk
Especially if you’re new to comics (and even if your’e a long-time fan), having an understanding of the history of comics can be a little confusing. How can you tell if a comic was from the golden or silver age? Well, I decided I’d make this handy go-to guide explaining what happened during each of [...]
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