Rereads: Mister Miracle by Tom King and Mitch Gerads

September 10, 2020 by Keigen Rea in Rereads

By Keigen Rea — Welcome back to Rereads, a feature in which I’m rereading a comic once a month (at least) for various purposes, potential reasons including; not “getting it” with previous reads, not liking it at all the first time, experience and time providing a different perspective on the work, forgetting what happened, or any number of other reasons. The idea is to reread with purpose more than comfort, largely because a comfort read doesn’t interest me in the same way that a purposeful and critical read does, but I won’t be surprised if a comfort read sneaks in at some point in the future. Anyway, welcome!

CLASSIC COMIC OF THE WEEK: Fantastic Four #52

August 31, 2020 by d. emerson eddy in Comic of the Week

By d. emerson eddy — This past Friday was the 103rd anniversary of Jack Kirby's birth. It should go without saying that he's one of the titans of the comics industry, responsible for creating or co-creating so many of our cherished comics characters and frameworks for the Big Two publishers like The Fantastic Four, The X-Men, The Avengers, Captain America, The Demon, The Fourth World, Kamandi, OMAC, and The Hulk. Even Kirby's less commercially successful efforts, like say The Sandman or The Eternals, show a seemingly limitless breadth and scope of imagination. He left a legacy that is practically unmatched and neither the Marvel nor the DC universes would be the same without him.