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Miniatur Wunderland: A train wurld in Miniatur
Miniatur Wunderland is a massive train display in Hamburg, Germany. It includes scenes from multiple countries. Every year around this time — just as all the Christmas decorations arrive at the stores...
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Scooby-Doo villains — All in one place
RUH-ROH!: We need a handbook of all the Scooby-Doo villains ever — from the first series to the most recent movies. Lately, the CotB staff has been enjoying the most recent Scooby-Doo cartoon series...
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A rebirth and a rough houser
It’s been a while since we posted here at Comics on the Brain. Among our many issues were a lack of time and the fact that GoDaddy ditched its blogging platform. Now we are totally on WordPress and...
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Daily Doodle: Scare-Glow
One of the minor villains of the Masters of the Universe line, Scare-Glow has a great iconic look that riffs off of Skeletor. He’s a skeleton creature that is composed of a set of glowing bones. The...
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Experience ‘Tommy One and the Apocalypse Gun’
I’m thrilled to announce the release of my first novel — “Tommy One and the Apocalypse Gun” — as published by the good folks at Pro Se Productions. I wrote “Tommy One” over the course of a few months...
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Review: Mars Attacks – Vol. 1: Attack from Space
It’s not hard to enjoy a “Mars Attacks” bit of media. As long as the Martians come in and engage in some mass destruction, it’s fun. It gets even more exciting when we figure out a way to do those...
View ArticlePaul Hogan as the Ghost Who Walks
We’ve grown to enjoy The Phantom in recent years — from the original comic strips to the awesome movie with Billy Zane. Then we ran across this, and totally loved it. It’s awfully goofy, but a real...
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Blue Baron No. 1: The Dawn of Sitcomics
When Comics on the Brain heard about the new independent comic book company called Sitcomics, we got pretty darn excited. “Blue Baron” No. 1 was published by Sitcomics, which promises a complete story...
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Hawkman: The Life of a Second Stringer
“Showcase Presents Hawkman Vol. 1” is an interesting look at this iconic character from DC Comics. The early Joe Kubert issues are quite good — the energy he captures in each scene is amazing. The...
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Review: William Tell and ‘The Apple and the Arrow’
Most Americans know the very basics of the legend of William Tell. They know the hero, William Tell, was ordered by the bad guy to shoot an apple off his son’s head. He was so skilled that he did it...
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Underman is Born: Help for Your Sock and Underwear Drive
UNDERMAN! He’s the SUPER-CHAMPION powered by CLEAN SOCKS and FRESH UNDERWEAR! Even better, you can recruit him for your next public service project! Got a sock or underwear drive? Underman is ready to...
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Are all those post-apocalyptic films happening on the same world?
Comics on the Brain tried watching the second “Divergent” movie. We say “tried” because we simply stopped watching as the climax approached. It was a terrible bore. Remembering the details of part 1...
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Legends of New Pulp: Tommy One & the Legion of Neptune
With the Summer of 2015 plodding along, I have to admit that I was doing some plodding of my own. You see, I had a self-imposed writing assignment that was taking forever to finish. Upon the...
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Hinterkind: Fantasy and the Apocalypse
“Hinterkind” is a road-trip story in a post-apocalyptic fantasy world. “Hinterkind” (Volume 1) is the type of comic that reads like it started as a novel. There’s nothing wrong with that, it’s just...
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Troop 142: Scouting out indy comic adventures
“Troop 142: A Graphic Novel” is a slice-of-life indy comic with its origins in a webcomic. In it, we get a taste of life at a scout camp over the course of a week. Like most slice-of-life comics,...
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Leprechaun Coloring Page PLUS Leprechaun Facts and Lore
Once again I was asked by the amazing folks at The York Emporium to create a St. Patrick’s Day Parade coloring page for them. The winners in this coloring page contest earn prizes from the book store...
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Sgt. Flash: Star of G.I. Joe Kindle Worlds
It’s official! I’m proud to announce the publication of my first G.I. Joe Kindle Worlds novella. The piece, which is about 43,000 words long, was a real labor of love — I had a lot of fun playing in...
View ArticleJoining up with a G.I. Joe podcast
I had an opportunity to be part of the G.I. Joe podcast created by the folks at the GI Joe Rec Room, a Facebook discussion group. You can now “view it” on YouTube. Will I be asked back for another one?...
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Marvel’s Bug: What makes him Tik?
The Comics on the Brain staff hasn’t always been fans of the Micronauts. The sci-fi superhero group was actually written by Bill Mantlo, one of our favorite Marvel writers, but despite that we never...
View ArticleThe Monkees Go Comic Crazy
It’s hard to believe that in 2016 that there is a new song by The Monkees, but, hey, here it is! Even better, the accompanying video makes great use of The Monkees impressive library of comic book...
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