The Year in Comics, Week Five: Crime Does Not PaySome of it is still shocking.
Miracleman, Chapter 3: “When Johnny Comes Marching Home”We’ve introduced Miracleman and discussed its first and second episodes, plus the first page of chapter three. We now continue our look at that third chapter of Alan Moore and Garry Leach’s Miracleman stories, which… [more]
Two Books About Grant Morrison Now on KindleSequart Research & Literacy Organization’s celebrated Grant Morrison: The Early Years and Our Sentence is Up: Seeing Grant Morrison’s The Invisibles are both now available on Kindle.
On Breast-Feeding and BooberyI know that in my column here, which is unofficially titled “Living Fiction,” I usually adopt the hippy dippy angle of “comics are more real than we think” or whatever and apply it to whatever… [more]
Rethinking “Modern Era Comic Books Aren’t Bad… They’re Just Not Worth the Money”In the Spring 2010 newsletter of the Comic Book Collector’s Association, I wrote an article called “Modern Era Comic Books Aren’t Bad…They’re Just Not Worth the Money.[1]”
Deconstructing Batman and Robin : The Grayson Foils, Part 2There is no one who could make a better foil for Dick Grayson than Jason Todd.
The Year in Comics, Week Four: On Garth Ennis & Gary Erskine’s ArchangelThere’s such an obvious distinction to be made between the two, but there’s a lot of folks who consistently fail to do so.
Sex and the Super-Hero in Miracleman, Chapter 3Having briefly introduced Miracleman and discussed its first and second episodes, let’s turn to the third of Alan Moore and Garry Leach’s Miracleman stories, which appeared in the legendary British magazine Warrior.
Superpowers, Reality, CelebrityA new series launching from Image Comics in April titled America’s Got Powers will tell the tale of superheroes competing in an American reality show for a place on a superhero team.
Five Years Later: 52, the New 52, and the Elusive “New Reader”DC Comics has never been shy about branding, their long line of multiverse spanning event comics don’t always feature the same titular influence, but it always seems like there’s some new form of Crisis looming… [more]
Deconstructing Batman and Robin: The Grayson Foils, Part 1In all great works of literature, the hero must have a foil; that special character designed to enhance the inherent heroic qualities of the protagonist.
The Year in Comics, Week Three: “Vengeance of the Molecule Man!” by Gerber, Kane, & SinnottThere’s something of the world before the meteor fell about the Marvel Comics of the mid-Seventies.
Miracleman, Chapter 2: “Legend”Having briefly introduced Miracleman and discussed its first episode, let’s turn to the second of Alan Moore and Garry Leach’s earliest stories, which appeared in the legendary British magazine Warrior.
Sequart Podcast #3: World-BuildingHost Cody Walker and guest Terry Bartley discuss world-building in corporate super-hero comics continuity.
Interview with China MievilleIn November 2010, I interviewed China Mieville for my website, Popgun Chaos.
The Girl with the Robin TattooBy now everyone has at least heard of, if not seen, David Fincher’s adaptation of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, a film that many are calling one of the best of the year.
The Power Ring and the Comic Book (Part 3)Green Lantern #18 reads like something of a reprise of issue #11, with Sinestro once again playing mind-games on the hero and luring him to Qward as well.
Musings over Space Adventures #35When I was a kid, I remember asking my dad which superhero was his favorite.
The Year in Comics, Week Two: On Alan Brennert & Jim Aparo’s “Interlude on Earth-Two”It may not seem like so at first, but everything is broken in Alan Brennert and Jim Aparo’s Interlude On Earth-Two.
Miracleman, Chapter 1: “A Dream of Flying”Having briefly introduced Miracleman, let’s begin looking at Alan Moore and Garry Leach’s earliest stories, which appeared in the legendary British magazine Warrior.
How Batman Made Me a BuddhistAs I write this, Hanukkah is in full swing and Christmas is days away.
Get Sequart’s Book on Batman Begins for 99 CentsSequart’s Improving the Foundations: Batman Begins from Comics to Screen, by Julian Darius, is now available digitally for 99 cents.
The Power Ring and the Comic Book (Part 2)Green Lantern #3 makes the Weaponers of Qward the hero’s first repeat villains, as the extra-dimensional villains create an illusion to aid them in stealing Green Lantern’s power battery.
Ultimate Thor: Continuity OffenderMany mini-series set in the Ultimate Universe are known for being odd ducks indeed.
The Year in Comics, Week One: On Robert Crumb’s The Book Of Genesis Illustrated, Genesis Chapter 22What to do when trapped with a front-line, world-class bore?