Magazine
Batman #667: Bringing 1950s Characters into the Present
Eight months ago, in a Wizard Universe article / interview, we read the following words:
Batman #666: The Future Looks Back to the Past
Batman #666 begins with a Golden Age homage to the origin of Batman, featuring the words “Who He is and How He Came to Be,” just like in that classic Bob Kane story.
Batman #665: The Doppelgangers Three
Ah, Batman #665. Morrison seems to be disappointing critics with his run on this title, and I find myself constantly defending the work. I trust him enough as a writer to wait and see how it… [more]
Craig McGill on His Grant Morrsion Biography
Human Traffic author Craig McGill has been working on a Grant Morrison biography for years, as was recently mentioned in a Morrison interview over at Fanboy Radio. In the preparation for my Grant Morrison book, I… [more]
Batman #664: Bruce Wayne is Cool
So Grant Morrison follows up an intruiging Batman prose story full of dense allusions with… this. And the internet scratches its head.
Batman #663: “The Clown at Midnight”
Batman #663 has already generated much commentary and consternation around the world with its prosaic depiction of the Caped Crusader.
Jay Faerber on His New Image book, Dynamo 5
Coming in March is the second ongoing Image book from Jay Faerber, Dynamo 5. Imagine a world where Earth’s greatest superhero had fathered a bunch of illegitimate super-powered children. That superhero, Captain Dynamo, has been recently… [more]
Josh Roberts on ComicSpace.com’s Launch
Not even a week ago, OnlineComics.net owner Josh Roberts launched ComicSpace.com, a MySpace-like website for comic book fans and creators. As of this writing, the site already has 3,500 members, and it is growing at… [more]
Comics’ Identity Crisis: Claiming “Art” is a Misguided Quest
Comics have a bit of an identity crisis: our culture cannot decide what they really are, leaving them to pay the price both financially and legally.
In Defense of Lateness
There’s been a lot of commotion in recent years over late — sometimes very late — high-profile books.
The Greatest Villain of All Time
He is portrayed in one form or another in all mythological writing, classic literature, movies, television, and even comic books. He appears in Marvel Comics as Mephisto. He plagues the DC Universe as Lucifer Morningstar.… [more]
Sequart.com: A 10-Year Retrospective
Earlier this week, I authored an item about how Sequart is celebrating its ten-year anniversary. I want to use this space to expand on what I said there, giving a fuller accounting of our history.
Sequart.com: 10 Years!
Today, Sequart is celebrating 10 years online.
Superman Returns Prequel #3: Lex Luthor
How did Lex meet that girl Kitty anyway? Or that widow Gertrude? And what exactly was he up to for five years?
Dissolving Comics’ Boundaries
Let’s face it: business has not been good in the comic industry during the last decade or so. However, despite this, there has been a swelling of diversification amongst genres, creators, and publishers, and maybe… [more]
You Can’t Go Back Again
An unfortunate trend seems to have taken hold at Marvel Comics, which has slowly convinced me to give up reading my favorite super-heroes.
Superman Returns Prequel #2: Ma Kent
Previously, I introduced the Superman Returns prequel comics and examined the first issue in some detail, paying particular attention to how it changed things from Donner’s 1978 original. This time, we’ll continue on to the second… [more]
The Valiant Comics F.A.Q.
I am a rabid comic book fan and I’m not ashamed to say it. (Thank you, Hollywood.) One of the things comic book fans are often asked to do is recommend comics, and when I… [more]
The Superman Returns Prequel Comics
In a major coup for the publisher, DC Comics announced in early 2006 that it would, in June 2006, be publishing a four-issue mini-series prequel to the then-upcoming Superman Returns.
What Bryan Singer Has Done
What Bryan Singer has done, with Superman Returns, is to create something lastingly sublime.
Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: Firestorm in Space
Besides being featured on a few pages in Infinite Crisis, Donna’s group starred in five issues once they took off into space on New Cronus.
Why Comics Matter
The following video consists of a lecture I delivered on 5 January 2006 at Glen Carbon Centennial Library in Glen Carbon, Illinois. The total runtime is 46 minutes.
Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: The Rann / Thanagar War Special
Over the past months, we’ve examined a hell of a lot of Infinite Crisis. In the process, this study has come to exceed 160,000 words! In fact, our coverage of the Rann-Thanagar War alone runs 40,000 words… [more]
Bandes Dessinées in a Material World
My name is Nicolas Labarre. I am French, and while completing my Ph.D., including a dissertation on “Theories of Mass Culture in the United States,” I write comics. Or more precisely, bandes dessinées.
Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: “Coalition in Crisis”
With Hawkman #46, which ended with Hawkman and Hawkgirl contacted by Adam Strange, the Hawks’ narrative met up with that of The Rann Thanagar War (a mini-series that had already concluded at that point). The following three… [more]
