Posts Tagged ‘comics’

The Sky is Falling!

By Alejandro Alcoba • Dec 4th, 2008 • Category: Juiceblog

Last week a comic book character died.
Every time the opportunity presented itself, I would say to whomever I was hanging out with, “So do you wanna know what happened in comics this week?” Every time, my friend would laugh, shrug and politely allow me to continue.
“The Invisible Woman died.”
“What? Are [...]



BEST FRIDAYS: with Faith Erin Hicks

By Alejandro Alcoba • Nov 28th, 2008 • Category: Worst Mondays/Best Fridays

What’s Worst Mondays without a dark and villainous foil? That’s the kind of thinking that forced us to create Best Fridays. So for all our weekend warrior brethren: Wooooo, T-G-I-F, right? Herein we hope to bookend your awful week by quizzing our previous Worst Mondays candidate about slightly more encouraging things. Every Friday!

When we were [...]



WORST MONDAYS: with Faith Erin Hicks

By Alejandro Alcoba • Nov 24th, 2008 • Category: Worst Mondays/Best Fridays

At JUICEBOX HQ, we’ve never really had a case of the Mondays because we don’t have real-people jobs. But for those feeling a bit garfield this A.M., feel free to wallow in other people’s most hated things. Every Monday!

Faith Erin Hicks is a self-made woman in the world of comics. Her first published comic, Zombies [...]



What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?

By Ashley Carter • Nov 20th, 2008 • Category: Juiceblog

Via the Huffington Post:

P.s. It’s no secret that I love me some Peanuts. Do you know how many relevant Charlie Brown TV special titles there are for this post other than the one above? No? I will tell you:

“This Is America, Charlie Brown” (1988)
“Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don’t Come Back!!)” (1980)

“Race For Your Life, [...]



Captain America: Period Piece?

By Alejandro Alcoba • Nov 19th, 2008 • Category: Juiceblog

Big news… if you’re me.
Remember Iron Man? Remember that bit after the credits that made nerds lose their minds / blow their loads? Well lately, there’s been a bunch of buzz about the next few years of movies based off of Marvel characters. Highlights:

Kenneth Branagh (!) has been slated to direct the Thor movie. [...]



BEST FRIDAYS: with Jeph Jacques

By Alejandro Alcoba • Nov 14th, 2008 • Category: Worst Mondays/Best Fridays

What’s Worst Mondays without a dark and villainous foil? That’s the kind of thinking that forced us to create Best Fridays. So for all our weekend warrior brethren: Wooooo, T-G-I-F, right? Herein we hope to bookend your awful week by quizzing our previous Worst Mondays candidate about slightly more encouraging things. Every Friday!

Yes, it’s Friday. [...]



WORST MONDAYS: with Jeph Jacques

By Alejandro Alcoba • Nov 10th, 2008 • Category: Juiceblog

At JUICEBOX HQ, we’ve never really had a case of the Mondays because we don’t have real-people jobs. But for those feeling a bit garfield this A.M., feel free to wallow in other people’s most hated things. Every Monday!

The internet is a beautiful place, isn’t it? As if animals riding other animals weren’t enough, [...]



BEST FRIDAYS: with Ryan North

By Alejandro Alcoba • Oct 31st, 2008 • Category: Worst Mondays/Best Fridays

What’s Worst Mondays without a dark and villainous foil? That’s the kind of thinking that forced us to create Best Fridays. So for all our weekend warrior brethren: Wooooo, T-G-I-F, right? Herein we hope to bookend your awful week by quizzing our previous Worst Mondays candidate about slightly more encouraging things. Every Friday!

Ryan North, yep, [...]



WORST MONDAYS: with Ryan North

By Alejandro Alcoba • Oct 27th, 2008 • Category: Worst Mondays/Best Fridays

At JUICEBOX HQ, we’ve never really had a case of the Mondays because we don’t have real-people jobs. But for those feeling a bit garfield this A.M., feel free to wallow in other people’s most hated things. Every Monday!

Who is Ryan North? First, he is the mastermind behind the hugely popular Dinosaur Comics. Published [...]



REVIEW: Fan Expo 2008, Metro Toronto Convention Center

By Alejandro Alcoba • Aug 29th, 2008 • Category: Featured!, Hits & Misses, Live

So this past weekend was Fan Expo, the biggest annual convention Toronto sees for all things relating to comic books, science fiction, anime, horror, and gaming. Basically a lot of geek in one place.

What follows is a report of the few (there were just so many!) events I was able to attend over [...]



WORST MONDAYS: with Bryan Lee O’Malley

By Alejandro Alcoba • Jun 9th, 2008 • Category: Worst Mondays/Best Fridays

At JUICEBOX HQ, we’ve never really had a case of the Mondays because we don’t have real-people jobs. But for those feeling a bit garfield this A.M., feel free to wallow in other people’s most hated things. Every Monday!

Bryan Lee O’Malley is a twenty-something, award-winning Canadian comic book (or graphic novel, if calling it that [...]



REVIEW: Justice League - The New Frontier (Dir. Dave Bullock)

By Alejandro Alcoba • May 9th, 2008 • Category: DVD, Hits & Misses

I was genuinely excited as I unwrapped my copy of Justice League: The New Frontier. As the comic book loving, cartoon watching handsome devil that I am, anything targeted at people 10 years younger than me is generally something I’m going to love.