Capital City Tip of the Hat for August

BRUCE’S PICKS:

• X-Men Origins: Jean Grey (Sean McKeever, Mike Mayhew)

ROB’S PICKS:

• Atomic Robo: Dogs of War #1 (Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener)

Cover Nostalgia

This great site – superdickery.com – which shows those ridiculously funny covers from the Superman titles way back when is a sure cure for boredom and depression. Check out the Examples and Confounding Covers links.

The Comic Book(s) That Got You Hooked

What was the first book that hooked you into comics? Was it a single issue, a series, a graphic novel? Do you remember when and where you got it?

Wanted: Flabaco!

With Free Comic Book Day just around the bend, we hope to see another installment of that riveting, photocopied wonder entitled Flabaco. I hope the future comics wiz would give us another issue….what do you guys think?

Madtown Comics (Ir)Regulars!

It’s about time we had a community blog for Madison comics lovers who frequent that beloved black hole that is Capital City Comics! Anyone can post here on all things comics – just send us your name and email (either by posting a comment below, or leaving it at the store) and we’ll set you up as an author/contributor. Let us know what types of information and content you would like to have here – e.g., recommendations, reviews, topic categories, who’s who, etc. – so we can design and build this thing together.