http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress Have a beverage and stay a while, won't you? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:33:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/12/08/late-thoughts-on-teen-titan-bunker/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/12/08/late-thoughts-on-teen-titan-bunker/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:54:36 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=4521 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Bunker recently debuted in Teen Titans #3. You heard about him already — the  gay teen who’ll join the ranks of this incarnation of DC’s post relaunch super powered teens. If you want to be technical there was a two panel, non-speaking cameo and cover appearance in issue #1. That is if you want to [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/12/08/late-thoughts-on-teen-titan-bunker/feed/ 0 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/11/21/faceoff/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/11/21/faceoff/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:13:29 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=4495 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Faceoff is a costumed, urban vigilante operating in the London area. When writer Paul Cornell introduces Faceoff, he’s just one of the many costumed heroes and villains gathering at “The Time in a Bottle” pub’s “first Thursday of the month” affairs. This monthly event is a peaceful one because it’s shielded by Merlin’s “truce magic”, [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/11/21/faceoff/feed/ 0 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/10/22/batwoman-1-2/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/10/22/batwoman-1-2/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:42:55 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=4397 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } J H Williams III and W Haden Blackman Dave Stewart Todd Klein DC $2.99 Review by Joe Palmer The new Batwoman series picks up nearly where it left off at the conclusion of the Detective run. Kate has struck out on her own after being led to believe that the twisted Black Alice is her [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/10/22/batwoman-1-2/feed/ 0 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/10/14/stormwatch-1-2/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/10/14/stormwatch-1-2/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:21:27 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=4367 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Paul Cornell Miguel Sepulveda & Al Barrionuevo Allen Passalaqua (#1) and Alex  Sinclair (#2) – Colorists DC $2.99 Review by Joe Palmer A little over a year ago when news broke about Wildstomr being shut down I was ambivalent. It was clear that no one knew how to write or what to do with staple [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/10/14/stormwatch-1-2/feed/ 3 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/09/26/wonder-woman-1/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/09/26/wonder-woman-1/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:11:07 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=4301 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Brian Azzarello Cliff Chiang DC $2.99 Review by Joe Palmer I avoid Wonder Woman. That isn’t true. I try to avoid reading comments about Wonder Woman from fanboys because there’s a good chance they include something about “the true Wonder Woman”, complaints, snark, why isn’t she with Steve Trevor, or plain outrage over almost anything [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/09/26/wonder-woman-1/feed/ 2 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/09/09/the-comics-conspiracy-gd-superman/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/09/09/the-comics-conspiracy-gd-superman/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:59:53 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=4263 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Rich Johnston over at Bleeding Cool writes about the owner of the Comics Conspiracy shop in Asheboro, NC being upset with Grant Morrison over a single panel in which Superman says “GD”. The Comics Conspiracy owner interpreted “GD” to mean “God damn” and decided his Christian sensibilities were offended. My first thought was that “GD” [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/09/09/the-comics-conspiracy-gd-superman/feed/ 7 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/08/07/gravity-kid/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/08/07/gravity-kid/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:27:55 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=4149 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } As one of the new members of the Legion Academy, Gravity Kid (Tel Vole) is eager to help when he and fellow students are charged with stopping a wildfire for which  the Science Police have requested help. As is often the case with new heroes, he and the other students bungle team work. While eager [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/08/07/gravity-kid/feed/ 0 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/08/07/power-boy/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/08/07/power-boy/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:22:05 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=4142 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Power Boy (Jedidiah Rikane) was introduced in a pre-Crisis story, plotted by Paul Levitz and written by Paul Kupperberg, as a Legion Academy trainee along with Dawnstar, Laurel Kent, and Shadow Lass’ younger brother. The story itself is fairly forgettable. Young trainees fight a huge, goofily designed robot. Their egos and lack of team work [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/08/07/power-boy/feed/ 0 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/06/09/minor-personal-musings-on-change/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/06/09/minor-personal-musings-on-change/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:29:07 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=3956 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Last week much of the comics world was dominated by the news of DC’s planned relaunch and the subsequent reactions of its readers. To say that shocked was one of the most common reactions is an example of the proverbial understatement. The more rumors started to become fact last Wednesday for the comics reading public [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/06/09/minor-personal-musings-on-change/feed/ 2 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/04/30/anton-previn/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/04/30/anton-previn/#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 01:20:13 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=3785 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } While at work Barry Allen receives a phone call from top international women’s designer Anton Previn who’s come to Central City with his latest portfolio. Barry recounts meeting Previn five years before on a trip to Paris and “[they] became fast friends”. Barry stores Previn’s portfolio in a police safe until his show the following [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/04/30/anton-previn/feed/ 0