In honor of Pixar's new movie, Hoppers, which has people "hopping" into robotic animals' minds, let's see SOME MIND SWAPPING! Pick two comic characters, and our artists will draw them with their minds swapped.
03.03.2026 22:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 10 📌 0@briancronin.bsky.social
Senior writer at CBR, where I do Comics Should Be Good columns. I also do general pop culture writing at Pop Culture References, plus other legends stuff at Legends Revealed. Finally, I write sport stuff at Knickerblogger & Replacement Level Yankees Weblog
In honor of Pixar's new movie, Hoppers, which has people "hopping" into robotic animals' minds, let's see SOME MIND SWAPPING! Pick two comic characters, and our artists will draw them with their minds swapped.
03.03.2026 22:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 10 📌 0
In a brand-new Line it is Drawn, see comic book characters drawn as horror versions of themselves
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Black Canary thinks she's PMSing.
I just posted a positive Look Back at CBR on Green Arrow #1, which celebrated its 25th anniversary, and I actively liked the issue (and the art from Hester and Parks was OUTSTANDING), but, well, this PMS line is just so out of fucking nowhere cringey that I just can't...
28.02.2026 21:36 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
In a brand-new Comic Book Legends Revealed at @cbr.bsky.social, I detailed the amusing problem that Stephen King had when he wrote his first comic book story (due to his unfamiliarity with the process).
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In a new Comic Book Legends Revealed for @csbg.bsky.social at @cbr.bsky.social, see whether Hasbro forced the return of Starscream in the Transformers Generation 2 comic book series.
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It's Sophia Lillis, who played Beverly in It Chapter One. The images are from a Reddit bit, "Favorite actress that keeps trying to steal your soul every time she is on screen?" I saved the final image on my phone to show Mer. :)
24.02.2026 16:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Isn't she INTENSE-looking as fuck?!
24.02.2026 16:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I can live with that
24.02.2026 15:48 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
Saturday Night Live launched its own YouTube channel in 2013. It's interesting to see what have been their ten most-watched sketches since launching. I detailed the results at @cbr.bsky.social
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Kitty visiting
I love how there's no hesitation. Just plops there, burrows in there, and konks out.
24.02.2026 09:39 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0For next week's Line it is Drawn, in honor of CBR's Horror week, pitch a horror version of a comic book character (you can either just say the character's name and let the Liners come up with their own idea, or note a horror approach to a character)
23.02.2026 17:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0
In a brand-new Line it is Drawn, our artists drew your suggestions for Ghostface attacking comic book characters
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In a brand-new TV Legends Revealed at @cbr.bsky.social, I reveal the surprising truth about how The Rockford Files came about.
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For next week's Line it is Drawn, in honor of the upcoming Scream 7, suggest comic characters hunted down by Ghostface.
17.02.2026 03:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 10 📌 0
In a brand-new Line it is Drawn, our artists drew your suggestions for comic book characters depicted in Western settings
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At @cbr.bsky.social, I reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #19, an action-packed battle where Spider-Man was tested against Hellgate for the first time since their first fight (which went REALLY poorly for Spidey).
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In a brand-new Political World for @csbg.bsky.social at @cbr.bsky.social, I spotlight the time that Captain America TOTALLY tore into the United States over its regime change in Latin America, its systemic racism, and its class disparities.
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At @cbr.bsky.social, I reviewed DC KO #3, which leaned into DC's most iconic heroes and villains in a big way.
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At @cbr.bsky.social, I reviewed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Battle Nexus #2, the first battle of the tournament featuring the Turtles, with Leonardo fighting against Shredder from the Black and White Turtles comics!
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DC
Birds of Prey
Batman/Superman: World's Finest
Immortal Legend Batman
Detective Comics
Metamorpho
Detective Comics 2025 Annual
Krypto
Titans 2025 Annual
DC x Sonic the Hedgehog
Green Arrow
MARVEL
Amazing Spider-Man: Torn
Undead Iron Fist
Marvel All in One
Deadpool/Batman
Nova Centurion
Marvel Knights: World to Come
The Avengers in the Veracity Trap
Black Cat
Daredevil Cold Day in Hell
Battleworld
These are ten Marvel and DC books that I think were the biggest "snubs" on the CBR Top 100 of 2025.
If I had the total say, I'd have found room on the list for most of them, but there were SO MANY good books in 2025 (and we also include a lot of manga and manhwa), so these books just missed
Make suggestions for next week's The Line it is Drawn! Suggest comic book characters in Western themes!
09.02.2026 13:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 8 📌 0
In a brand-new Line it is Drawn, our artists drew your suggestions for notable new "What If...?" scenarios
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At @cbr.bsky.social, I reviewed the final issue of Star Trek: Red Shirts, one of the bleakest Star Trek stories in recent memory.
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At @cbr.bsky.social, I did an advance review of The Rocketeer: The Island #1, which comes out later this month (Do note that I wasn't told "no spoilers" for this one, so, well, I spoiled some stuff. ;) )
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At @cbr.bsky.social, I interviewed Garth Ennis about the new volume of Babs.
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At @cbr.bsky.social, I reviewed Star Trek: Voyager - Homecoming #4, where Seven of Nine begins a surprising romance.
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It's funny, I had two good options for advance reviews this week. This one and TMNT #15, and I really didn't want to do an ADVANCE for this one, so that I could talk about it more in depth next week, but there were two other TMNT books this week that I was reviewing, and no Star Trek, soo... ;)
06.02.2026 23:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0So hard to not spoil some of the really great character bits! :)
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