Classic Comic of the Week: Kraven's Last Hunt
Today’s pick for the classic comic of the week by senior staff writer d. emerson eddy is Kraven’s Last Hunt, not just a great Spider-Many story but a great story period. Check it out…
Read MoreOn the Strip: Peanuts, a 'vehicle to meditate on anxiety and failure'
Isaac Kelley returns to talk about another legendary comic strip, this time sharing his love for Charles Schulz’s masterpiece Peanuts. With explorations of the nature of life, the strip itself, and the question of Peanuts’ enduring popularity, this piece is sure to inspire many trips back to the Peanuts archive.
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: In the new OGN Seen - Rachel Carson, activism spurs the creation of the EPA
Comics Bookcase has an exclusive preview today of Seen: Rachel Carson, a new graphic novel that tells the story of the environmental activist whose best-selling books changed the way America deals with environmental crises.
Read MorePax Krakoa: Quentin Quire Buys a Suit
This month Quentin Quire gets a new suit in X-Force #17, and the costume change speaks to the nature of some of the differences between this era of X-Men and others that have come before it.
Read MoreClassic Comic of the Week: Spider-Man - Reign
Spider-Man: Reign — from the excellent Marvel Knights era — can be a polarizing story with its Dark Knight Returns influence, but this week, d. emerson eddy writes about why he enjoys it quite a bit…
Read MoreFuture State Fridays: This is the end but not the end
In the final Future State Fridays column, senior staff writer d. emerson eddy looks at the event as a whole, as well as the fluid nature of this week’s “ending.”
Read MoreLove of Letters: The Letters of Absurd Realities
Today Ritesh Babu unpacks the work of letterer Aditya Bidikar in a trio of comics: Blood Moon, Coffin Bound, and the breakout hit from Image Comics, The Department of Truth.
Read MoreClassic Comic of the Week: KILL YOUR BOYFRIEND by Morrison and Bond
Today’s Classic Comic of the Week is Kill Your Boyfriend. Although you do see some of the themes of this comic similarly explored in The Invisibles, this book remains unique among Grant Morrison's work.
Read MoreFuture State Fridays: The end is very, very near
It’s the penultimate week for DC Comics 2-month event, Future State, and our senior staff writer d. emerson eddy is looking at all the books, as well as where Future State fits with DC’s other events.
Read MoreBaby's Got to Back: February 2021 Kickstarter Comics Highlight
We have combed all through the Kickstarters that are ending soon, and come up with a list of the highlights for February…behold! This month’s installment of Baby’s Got To Back…
Read MoreClassic Comic of the Week: LUISA - NOW AND THEN, a tale of acceptance
Luisa - Now and Then offers up an entertaining tale of a woman trying to find herself and imparts an important lesson that we need to accept ourselves for who we are, regardless of any outside interference.
Read MoreFuture State Fridays: These endings are getting...weird
In the second week of story conclusions, d. emerson eddy’s Future State Fridays column starts to look at the plot threads that we’re being left with, finding just a bit of weirdness.
Read MoreRereading SCOTT PILGRIM Comics at 25 vs. 18
Today, Keigen Rea re-reads the newly-colored version of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s classic Scott Pilgrim comics, revisiting this story and these characters at age 25 after first experiencing it all at age 18.
Read MoreCLASSIC COMIC OF THE WEEK: Breathtaker, an outside-the-box take on love, sex, and attachment
Breathtaker takes an outside-the-box approach to ideas of love, sex, and attachment. It uses some of the traditional avenues of pursuing an object of affection and really turns it on its ear complete with some breathtaking visuals.
Read MoreFuture State Fridays: The event's first conclusions raise big questions
In Future State Week Five, one bad apple here doesn't ruin the bunch. The rest of the orchard is filled with solid, healthy trees. Some — like Swamp Thing, Wonder Woman, and Harley Quinn — even yield prize-winning bumper crops.
Read MoreComics Anatomy - Creator Perspective: Character Introductions in Young Offenders! #1
Writer Mark O. Stack goes behind the scenes on Young Offenders! #1 to unpack how he and artist Mike Becker crafted a team debut that introduced all new characters and got them working together with space to spare for story and action.
Read MorePax Krakoa: She Wants Revanche...1000 words on Besty Braddock and Psylocke
In this month’s installment of Pax Krakoa, Isaac Kelley writes more than 1,000 words about the absurd and stupidly-convoluted histories of Betsy Braddock and Psylocke.
Read MoreCLASSIC COMIC OF THE WEEK: Daredevil - Love and War
Daredevil: Love & War is an interesting addition to the Daredevil canon from Miller, Sienkiewicz, and Novak, one that largely stands alone as a curious, separate object well-worth revisiting this month.
Read MoreFuture State Fridays: A future that goes on in week four
For those of you waiting with bated breath to pounce with an “I told you so!” after a week finally falls on its face, DC Comics Future State Week Four only stands to disappoint you…
Read MoreCLASSIC COMIC OF THE WEEK: The Infinite Adventures of Jonas Quantum
The Classic Comic of the Week, The Infinite Adventures of Jonas Quantum, is a fun — sometimes very funny — series of adventures that evokes the science heroes of the pulp era.
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