Best Comics of 2022 (So Far): Marvel Comics
Featuring (as the headline implies) a rolling list of the best comics of 2022 from Marvel Comics, so don’t forget to bookmark this page.
Read MoreWhat Should the Next Batman Movie Be? Our Picks
The Cult…Dark Knight, Dark City…The Court of Owls…and more make our wish list for future Batman films.
Read MoreThe Department of (Post) Truth & the Horrors of Discourse
The Department of Truth — created by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds, Aditya Bidikar and Dylan Todd — comes in response to this era of Post-Truth…
Read MoreThe All-Time Best Batman Comics - Staff Picks
The Comics Bookcase staff goes beyond the obvious choices like Batman: Year One and the Dark Knight Returns to compile a list of the best batman comics of all-time.
Read MoreYA Free Period: TINY DANCER defies our dashed childhood dreams
Check out the first edition of Lisa Gullickson’s new column about graphic novels for young adults…and the lessons they offer about growing into your life.
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: A Norse adventure concludes with HELLBOY - THE BONES OF GIANTS #4
Hellboy: The Bones of Giants #4 is out this Wednesday, February 16, and you can find five interior pages from the book exclusively in today’s preview post…
Read MoreComics Anatomy: The Best of 21st Century Batman, Pt. 3 - Batman (1940) #656
While we wait for the new film The Batman to get here on March 4, we are reposting Harry Kassen’s excellent comics craft series, The Best of 21st Century in its entirety. The third and final part looks at Grant Morrison’s run…
Read MoreWhat is DARK CRISIS? DC Comics is having another one, just this time dark
DC Comics has announced its big summer event for 2022, and we’ve got a preview plus also jokes statements…
Read MoreComics Anatomy: The Best of 21st Century Batman, Pt. 2 - Batman #5 (2011)
In this reposted Comics Anatomy piece from 2019, Harry Kassen’s Best of 21st Century Batman series continues, looking at Batman #5 from the Snyder/Capullo New 52 run, which features the Court of Owls…
Read MoreComics Anatomy: The Best of 21st Century Batman, Pt. 1 - Batman #12 (2016)
In this re-post from 2019, Harry Kassen’s Comics Anatomy series launches a 3-part exploration of the best Batman comics of the 21st Century (so far), starting with an issue from Tom King’s Rebirth Batman run.
Read MoreWho is THE BATMAN? The comics history, explained
A new movie called The Batman is due out March 4, and today we get audiences ready. Who is The Batman? Where did he come from? Where might he fit in with other DC superheroes? You have questions; we have answers.
Read MoreThe Best Graphic Novels of 2021
The Best Graphic Novels of 2021 is a strong and varied list, featuring books from a wide range of publishers, including Drawn & Quarterly, Fantagraphics, First Second, DC Comics, and more.
Read MoreOf course...of course David Bowie comics just work
The preview of a graphic novel adaptation due out this October has spurred a Comics Bookcase (semi) Investigation…why do David Bowie comics just work?
Read MoreCheckout classic Brian Bolland art in ESSENTIAL JUDGE DREDD - DREDD VS. DEATH
The new volume of 2000AD’s excellent Essential Judge Dredd series has arrived, and it features a mix of truly heinous villains, sci-fi action, and classic Brian Bolland artwork.
Read MoreIt's time to talk about ACTION COMICS because War World Rising whips ass
Action Comics whips ass, and today we want to look at some the choices in and around the books that have enabled this ass whippery by the current run of one of America’s longest running superhero comics. Very important work.
Read MoreLet's Read ZENITH by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell
We’re going to read Zenith by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell, the 2000AD classic, and we’re going to do it with nightly posts on Twitter. See how you can jump in and join us now…
Read MoreWhy Saga #54 Hurts so Bad
In preparation of Saga #55 (finally) dropping next week, today I’m reposting this piece I wrote the morning of July 31, 2018…the last time a new issue of Saga dropped. Beware of spoilers!
Read MoreWhy is Alan Moore excited about a comic called HYPERTHICK? Comics Bookcase investigates
Hyperthick #1 is a new comic that Alan Moore has praised, saying, “With Hyperthick, Steve Aylett has blundered like a confused and angry bear into a new dimension of poetic genius” …and we want to know why.
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: The Rush #3 from Vault Comics
In this The Rush #3 preview, it’s 1899: Everyone keeps telling NETTIE BRIDGER that the frozen West is no place for a respectable lady. Lucky for her, she’s neither…
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