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Dirty Pictures

When We Were Zapped

August 3, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments

An interview with Brian Doherty, author of ‘Dirty Pictures,’ an oral history of underground comix

From Manga to Politics

July 25, 2022 William Schwartz 0 Comments Ken Akamatsu, Love Hina

Writer Ken Akamatsu’s election win offers a peek into Japan’s artistic discourse

Eight Billion Genies

‘Eight Billion Genies’ Can’t Be Wrong

July 1, 2022July 6, 2022 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Amazon Prime, Charles Soule, Eight Billion Genies, Ryan Browne

Amazon has already picked up the bonkers new comic already for a cross-media movie and TV adaptation

George Pérez

George Pérez Remembered

May 9, 2022May 11, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC Comics, George Pérez, Neal Adams, Patty Jenkins, Teen Titans, Wonder Woman

The comics world has lost another creative giant

Gilbert Gottfried Tried to Get My Ass Kicked

April 13, 2022April 14, 2022 Lawrence Lewitinn 0 Comments Gilbert Gottfried, Howard Stern

Thank you for everything

Maus

COMICS Politics

The Maus That Roared

January 27, 2022April 3, 2022 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Antisemitism, Art Spiegelman, Maus

Tennessee school board bans Art Spiegelman’s book just in time for Holocaust Remembrance Day

Woke Superman

The Dumb Adventures of Woke Superman

January 25, 2022April 3, 2022 William Schwartz 8 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, 2021April 3, 2022 William Schwartz 3 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, 2021April 3, 2022 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, 2021March 16, 2022 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, 2021March 15, 2022 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.

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