Author Archives: W. Blaine Dowler

As you may be able to tell, my formal training is not as a writer. My degrees are in physics and education. In my day job, I work in supplemental education, which is why my productivity is lowest when report card season hits.

Weekly Comics Discussion – June 29, 2005

The fifth release week in June has an interesting shipping
list, which includes Green Lantern #2 and
Fantastic Four #528, both of which I’ll be
going home with, as well as new issues of OMAC
Project, Batman, Runaways and
X-Men: Phoenix Endsong. The Fantastic
Four movie adaptation is also out, but I can hold
off another week to see it on the big screen. (Expect
the review on Saturday, July 9.)

September Comic Titles

The latest Diamond Comics Order Form is online. I’ve
been trying to
get a hold of DC’s and Image’s solicitations for the
past few months, but I
haven’t had any response from the company. Marvel and
Dark Horse have
replied and signed me up for the solicitations, so
rather than
continue to wait for DC’s e-mail, I’ll just run with
the solicitations
that get leaked to rec.arts.comics.dc.universe and go
with that.
Anyway, here’s the first monthly column about upcoming
comic products
of interest. Enjoy!
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