It's finally, finally ready - The Complete Guide to DC Universe Events.
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I've poured so much ener...
2017-03-12 21:15:09 +0000 UTC View PostIt's a new month, and that means it's time to pick a new Patrons' Choice guide for me to attack in the poll below.
The poll includes a selection of guides that aren't going to arrive sooner than the end of April without your intervention - some aren't even on the map for 2017. Last month's poll ended in a four-way deadock of 1 vote each and all four vote-getters are back.
Vote early and often for many choices as you'd like - the poll will close on Monday March 6th at ...
2017-03-01 12:30:09 +0000 UTC View PostHello, Patrons of all levels, shapes, sizes, and colors!
It has been another incredibly eventful month at CK thanks in large part to your support and I want to recap where things stand.
First I'll do it in a series of easy-to-swallow bullet points. Then, for those of you who love to sweat the details, I'll recap everything in a long-form essay.
Hero we go!
February Wrap-Up:
Here's the surprise guide I've hinted at a few times this week: Collecting Conan!
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2017-02-27 04:43:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I'm bringing you a guide to one of my favorite characters introduced in the past decade - Collecting Batwoman.
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This guide is tentativel...
2017-02-24 20:47:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Tonight I bring you my first-ever author- or storyline-specific collecting guide - Batman by Grant Morrison.
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2017-02-22 00:44:32 +0000 UTC View Post
This weekend I wrapped up a strange swiss army knife of a guide - Collecting DC's Gotham Titles.
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This guide is tentatively scheduled for gene...
2017-02-20 02:55:36 +0000 UTC View PostLast night Crushing Krisis migrated from a WordPress theme template last updated in 2008 that was literally called "Very Plain Text" to a still-plain but very modern professional theme that works well on mobile devices.
I cannot emphasize enough that this important change is only possible thanks to your support. Thank you so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so much.
That's one "so" for every current Patron!
A CK redesign ...
2017-02-18 16:08:40 +0000 UTC View Post
The Dark Knight Returns! Tonight I'm excited to share with you the sibling page to Detective Comics - Collecting Batman (1940 Post-Crisis, 2011, & 2016).
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2017-02-16 00:16:37 +0000 UTC View PostI'm deep in the midst of knocking out the remaining Batman guides before moving on to the other major Justice Leagues heroes, but I should have time in the next two weeks to work one one other mid-lengthed collecting guide.
What should it be? Vote for as many choices as you'd like! I'll get to all of these guides soon enough, but none of them are even close to being next on the list right now.
2017-02-13 14:08:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Surprise! I had some spare time today and decided to knock out a new guide all in one shot before digging into my next DC project: Collecting X-23!
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2017-02-12 06:06:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Moments ago I wrapped up work on my third single-character DC Guide - Collecting Green Arrow!
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Green Arrow didn't prove quite as diffic...
2017-02-10 18:31:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Batman Returns! It's my second Batman guide for DC's namesake comic title: Collecting Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight
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This guide is not currently scheduled for general public release; I plan to make it...
2017-02-05 17:42:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I want to take a moment to offer you my sincere thanks for supporting Crushing Krisis in this Patreon campaign.
Your support, both in dollars and in spirit, is pushing me to do things on CK that weren't even on my radar before November!
Thanks to your support:
Batman Begins! It's my first Batman guide for DC's namesake comic title: Collecting Detective Comics (post-Crisis).
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This guide took a little over eight ...
2017-01-29 21:20:47 +0000 UTC View Post
No, this isn't a post griping about Nolan's Batman Begins.
It is a post to let you know that I'm finally buckling down and grappling with The Bat.
Batman is far and away my #1 most-request new character to add to Crushing Comics and it's finally time to figure out how to handle him. Really, he's not so different than my initial foray into X-Men guides all those years ago - each title is its own little puzzle to work out. It just so happens the same character stars in all t...
2017-01-18 15:46:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Ask and ye shall receive! My second solo DC hero guide is the one chosen by Patrons: The Definitive Guide To John Constantine, Hellblazer!
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I was under the mistaken impression that this guide would be easy - just his Swamp Thing beginnings and 300 issues of a self-contained Vertigo book to check...
2017-01-17 18:48:39 +0000 UTC View Post
It's here! My first solo DC hero guide to my all-time favorite hero and the reason I'm a comics fan in the first place: The Definitive Guide To Wonder Woman!
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It's 2017 - time to make some decisions!
Because I have an OCD Godzilla stomping through my innards at all times I decided it wouldn't be enough to create just a few DC Guides. If I'm doing DC, I'm going all in in the way DC would be proud - 52 major guides!
You can see them already laid out on the Collecting DC page . Of those 52 guides:
First: Thank you, thank you, thank you.
When I first dreamed up this campaign on the plane to Austin in October I thought a reasonable amount of success to acheive by the end of 2016 would be hitting around $40 of pledges. That would pay for CK's hosting and also be strong social proof to future pledgers.
You helped me meet and exceed that goal, and the result was more than just dollars. You've helped give me a renewed sense of excitement and commitment towar...
2016-12-31 21:31:51 +0000 UTC View Post
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Like my own blogging version of Days of Future Past, you're getting a glimpse into an alternate future I never thought would happen - the addition of DC Comics guides on Crushing Krisis in 2017!
First up are comprehensive guides to every book announced for Rebirth and for every single title from 2016-12-25 17:59:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a brief note for you all this week, as I continue to work on January content and my top-secret 2017 launch.
(Well, top secret unless you're a Patron, then you know what it is!)
Thanks to Patrons helping me reach my goal of paying for Crushing Krisis's (CK) hosting costs, I now have $33 of extra room in my monthly CK budget!
Since this campaign is not about profit, but about bettering CK, I immediately thought about how I could use $33 to improve the blog.
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2016-12-20 17:17:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I've now completed enough work behind the scenes that I can give you an exclusive reveal of why CK has been so quiet for the last weeks.
I'll be launching The Crushing Comics Definitive Guide to DC Comics with six pages in January (...and, to ≥ $3.99 Patrons in just 10 days)!
I'm still working feverishly on these pages, should t...
2016-12-15 16:00:35 +0000 UTC View Post
2017 is only 20 days away, and my plans for Crushing Krisis in the new year are getting a little bit clearer - probably because I spent every second of my blogging time on them this week.
That meant a brief hiatus from daily posts, but I think we'll all agree it's worthwhile in the end - especially when my Patrons get early access to this new project :)
Can you make out what's coming to Crushing Krisis next year?
2016-12-12 00:26:34 +0000 UTC View Post
2017 is only 25 days away, but trying to see into the future from this distance doesn't always yield such a clear picture.
Can you make out what's coming to Crushing Krisis next year?
2016-12-06 23:22:16 +0000 UTC View PostI've just finished drafting my editorial calendar for December, and it looks like I might have the time to complete one new guide by the end of this month.
What new guide should I work on? Please pick up to three in your comment, to give me a little wiggle room :) The winning pick will be Patrons-Only for $3.99+ Patrons until the end of January.
Your Choices:
Today at noon the second half of the third chapter of Krisis will be up on CK.
Reading prose in the format of my blog isn't the most enjoyable possible experience, so I've include the entire Krisis Issue #1 (Chapters 1-3) here for you to download and read/print in any way you'd like.
Thank you for supporting me as I share my original fiction writing for ...
2016-12-02 15:29:22 +0000 UTC View PostIt took 182 hours to write all of CK's content for November, which does not count writing content for Patreon, time spent on social media posts to promote CK, or time spent setting up and playing the streaming concerts.
That equals a 42.5 hour work week of blogging, every week, which is nearly twice as much time as I currently have available to blog.
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If you look back at a month in 2001 - say, March - you will see that I blogged a lot. A LOT. Sometimes multiple t...
2016-12-02 02:33:27 +0000 UTC View PostI've written so many words in the past nine days (33,751, to be exact, plus 7,625 in the new comic guide) that I cannot possibly summon up more words to describe those words.
The content took 53 hours to write, and I had virtually none of it pre-written, having completely exhausted my reserves (in more ways than one) in the week following the election. Since I got no writing done on Black Friday, that meant pulling a 7hr writing shift, daily, in addition to parenting and sleep.
Yea...
2016-12-02 00:36:48 +0000 UTC View Post
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Alright - you asked for it!
Last week, Patrons said that the next guide they wanted was a page devoted to the Master of Magnetism, which agreed with the last survey of the Crushing Comics Mailing list. I'm more than happy to oblige with The Definitive Guide To Magneto!
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