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Woke Superman

COMICS Featured Stories

The Dumb Adventures of Woke Superman

January 25, 2022January 26, 2022 William Schwartz 0 Comments Clark Kent, DC Comics, Jay Nakamura, Jon Kent, Son of Kal-El, Superman

‘Superman: Son of Kal-El’ is bisexual, against climate change, and an imperialist tool

COMICS NON-FICTION

Our 2021 Holiday Geek Gift Guide

December 1, 2021December 6, 2021 Christopher Farnsworth 0 Comments Al Ewing, Alexandre Tefenkgi, All The Marvels, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Department of Truth, Douglas Wolk, Esad Ribić, Eternals, G. Willow Wilson, Geoff Darrow, Hellboy, Immortal Hulk, John Ridley, Jorge Fornes, Kieron Gillen, Marvel Comics, Marvel Unlimited, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Pornsak Pichetshote, Rorschach, Shaolin Cowboy, The Dreaming, The Good Asian, The Other History of the DC Universe, Tom King, Waking Hours, Wynonna Earp

The best stuff of the year for the comics nerd in your life

Too Tough To Die

Old Punks Never Die

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 Ayun Halliday 1 Comment Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Ayti Krali, Bird Cage Bottom Books, Chris L. Terry, Eva Müller, Fred Noland, Liz Prince, R Crumb, Robb Mirsky, Sophie Crumb, Too Tough To Die

They just squint while reading the small print in this great new comics anthology

Steve Ditko

Who Owns Steve Ditko?

September 29, 2021October 7, 2021 William Schwartz 2 Comments Batman, Bob Moses, Dr. Strange, Gene Colan, Jerry Siegel, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Superman

New lawsuits calls into question some of Marvel’s most valuable intellectual property

Multiverse

COMICS FILM TELEVISION

A Multiplicity of Multiverses

September 22, 2021September 29, 2021 Samuel Porteous 0 Comments Batman, Battleworld, Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC, Fantastic Four, Hugh Everett, Into The Spider-Verse, Justice League of America, Kingdom Come, Loki, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, multiverse, Owlman, Secret Wars, Superman, The Flash, What If?

How we arrived at our current inter-dimensional film and TV reality

Kristin Radtke

Alone Together With Kristin Radtke

July 13, 2021August 3, 2021 Elaine Margolin 0 Comments Don Draper, Imagine Wanting Only This, Kristen Radtke, loneliness, Mad Men, Princess Diana, Seek You

‘Seek You’, a brilliant new graphic memoir about “American loneliness”

‘Purge’-ing At Thirteen

July 6, 2021 Bill Thomas 0 Comments The Purge

The film franchise’s age of consent defangs some of the horror

Superhero families

COMICS FILM TELEVISION

This is Super Us

June 14, 2021August 3, 2021 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Batman, Fantastic Four, Invincible, Josh Duhamel, Jupiter's Legacy, Sky High, Spider-Man, superhero, Superman, Superman Returns, The Boys, WandaVision

What’s with all the superhero family drama?

Desert Island

Beware the Desert Island Movie List

June 8, 2021June 10, 2021 Bill Thomas 0 Comments Amelie, Desert Island, Ghost In The Shell, GoodFellas, Life of Brian, Lost in Translation, Reservoir Dogs, Robocop, The Seven Samurai, The Shining

Don’t put ‘Amelie’ on that online survey unless you want to watch it forever.

Pepe LePew

Pepe LePew…Exposed!

April 19, 2021May 18, 2021 Bill Thomas 1 Comment Looney Tunes, Pepe LePew

The true story of the scandal that brought down the skunk

Graphic Memoirs

Three Masterful New Graphic Memoirs

April 12, 2021April 13, 2021 Elaine Margolin 0 Comments Alison Bechdel, And Now I Spill The Family Secrets, Fictional Father, Fun Home, graphic memoir, Joe Oldman, Margaret Kimball, the Secret to Superhuman Strength

The form reveals uncomfortable truths of which even the authors seem unaware

Red Skull

COMICS Politics

Jordan Peterson is the Red Skull: Secret Wars

April 8, 2021April 14, 2021 William Schwartz 2 Comments Captain America, Jordan Peterson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, the Red Skull

Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates turns Peterson into Captain America’s arch-nemesis

Godzilla v. Kong

The Making of ‘Godzilla v. Kong’

March 31, 2021April 5, 2021 Bill Thomas 0 Comments Godzilla v. Kong

The stars behind the epic showdown speak out

MOMA

At home with MOMA

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Ayun Halliday 0 Comments MOMA, MOMA Virtual Cinema

How to recreate the virtual art-cinema experience in your apartment, even after the pandemic ends

WandaVision

WandaVision Revision

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 Bill Thomas 0 Comments Alex P. Keaton, Bewitched, Brady Bunch, Darcy Lewis. S.W.O.R.D., Dr. Strange, Family Ties, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Roseanne Barr, StarLord, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Wakanda, WandaVision

What happens when classic sitcom characters invade the MCU?

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