Tuesday, November 19, 2013

New Harley Quinn Comic Laugh Out Loud Funny




Harley Quinn Is Hysterical!

Get the scoop in the new Harley Quinn, issue 0. Ben says "it's hysterical!" Also, in this episode, he decides to pick up Red Hood and the Outlaws: Zero Year and adds it to his reading pile. Yes, you've got that right... it's a huge pile.

Who is Ben's favorite Fantastic Four villain? He'll give you a clue.

This is Episode 127 of what's new in comics this week and features new comics as of Wednesday, November 20. Enjoy.


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Monday, November 11, 2013

Ben Provides Thor Education on Good Day Sacramento


Empire's Comics Vault's Ben knows all about Thor.

Ben visited the set of Good Day Sacramento to talk about the new Thor sequel.

Click on the photo to visit the Good Day Sacramento site and watch the video.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

New Video Series - Comic Book Spoiler Alert - Episode 1

This new video series, Comic Book Spoiler Alert, will give you quick :30 - :60 second videos without concern for spoiling the stories for you. Ben will give you his gut reaction to what he's reading as he's reading. It's the dirty low down from Ben's POV. Just make sure you've already read the comic before you watch the videos in this new series.

Of course, our regular weekly video will continue to provide you highlights about new comic books. It's a 5-10 minute watch, usually, and you'll continue to find it at EmpiresCV.tv.

Enjoy the first episode: Ultimates, issue 30

Thursday, August 8, 2013

The Wolverine for Beginners


Comic book expert Ben Schwartz makes a guest appearance on Good Day Sacramento to bring viewers up to speed on some basic Wolverine facts. Ben references Old Man Logan and Claremont and Miller's Wolverine, available at Empire's Comics Vault, naturally.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Kevin Winter Reviews His Three Comic Book Picks of the Week



Kevin's comic book reviews

Including:

  1. Supurbia
  2. Clone, issue 1, Image Comics, sci-fi
  3. Comeback, issue 1
To submit your own review: Write it up, email it to empirescv@gmail.com. To submit a video review, shoot it, email it, or drop it off at the shop. OR email empirescv@gmail.com to set up an appointment and we'll shoot it using our camera.

Friday, November 9, 2012

Saying Goodbye to Posterous

We're slowly migrating our Posterous Spaces over to Blogger. We're sad to go because we really loved Posterous. Unfortunately, Twitter hasn't told us whether or not we have a future together. :(

 

You can now find our comic book reviews and opinion over at EmpiresComics.com. See you there.

Revisiting Morning Glories

By Kevin Winter
One of my first posts was about the comic Morning Glories, one of the biggest hits in the comic industry in 2010/2011, and I wrote about how it was losing its mojo and becoming boring.  Now a few issues beyond that post I am here to provide an updated report through issue 14.
 

The Glory of The StoryThankfully we have gotten off of the track of each issue focusing on an individual character instead of the overall story arc with individual snippets thrown in about each character.  That long run really threw off people reading the comic and enjoying the true plot line.
  
Now we are into a new story arc and this one covering P.E., but of course this is not normal P.E.  But is it better than it was before?  The answer is a bit of yes and no.

For yes the answer is clear that we are beyond that horrible arc of stories and back into the more sadistic, evil teachers and innocent students fighting them.  At the same time, it has gotten a bit off track, and I think the writer has bitten off more than he can chew.

The Gory of The Story
It is turning into a Lost type comic, with multiple complicated story arcs going off at once,  with none really resolving, just getting more and more complicated.

Share Your Old Comics With Future Generations

By Kevin Winter

Today is a special post.  I will not talk about a specific series or comics.  I will not review the trends or comment on DC's new relaunch that we are well into.  Today I shall talk about what to do with your comics when you no longer have room.  Everyone will face this fact, after all, you can store only so many comics where you live.  The question becomes...

What do I do with my old comics?  
With many stores not buying comics, and very few comics worth a any money on eBay -- unless, say, we’re talking about Chew number 1 or Action Comics number 1 -- what do you do with them? Hold a yard sale and sell them for 25 cents each?


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Think About Future GenerationsI would like to say that I would do something else with them.  Around the country there are several special collections of just comic books