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Jen Krueger: Breaking Down the Breakdown
Shia LaBeouf claims that the other guy is a stunt double and that he’s the one being copied here. We don’t believe it either. By spending six days last week wearing a paper bag emblazoned “I am not...
View ArticleDennis O’Neil: Tabula Ra’s al Ghul
Well now, I just don’t know. When I finished last week’s blatherthon I thought we were al done with the al Ghuls. Excuse that and where were we… oh yeah, Talia and her sister Nyssa and their father,...
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REVIEW: The 300 Spartans
We have Frank Miller to thank for reminding us of the valiant tale of the Battle at Thermopylae as 300 Spartans fought off an invading force from Persia. His 300 graphic novel is a wonderful retelling...
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Glenn Hauman: Like “Sandman” Through An Hourglass
George Harrison once said to Eric Idle, “If we’d known we were going to be the Beatles, we’d have tried harder.” That’s the phrase that comes to mind when I look back on that fall day when the pages...
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Mindy Newell: Who Are You?
“Whooooooooo are you? Who? Who? Who, Who?” WHO ARE YOU Composed by Pete Townsend The Who, 1978 Picking up from last week— All our super-powered mythic creations, whether hero or villain, man or woman,...
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Box Office Democracy: “300: Rise of an Empire”
300: Rise of an Empire is a movie that made me doubt my own sanity. I watched that movie and wondered if I had completely imagined the ending of the original movie and, for that matter, the graphic...
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Dennis O’Neil: How Long Can You Go Without Faking It?
Story ideas are pretty malleable. I once presided over/rode herd on/sweated out an 1,100+ page continuity that began as a plot for two 15-pagers. Hemingway is credited with writing a story in only...
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REVIEW: Cleopatra in Space
Cleopatra in Space: Target Practice By Mike Maihack 169 pages, Scholastic Graphix, $12.99 The allure of Cleopatra VII has endured over the millennia and continues to be a source of fascination for...
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REVIEW: The Book Thief
The Coming of Age book has become fodder for dystopian science fiction and fantasy while some of the toughest Worldbuilding is done right here, on the planet Earth. Things don’t get more dystopian...
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Mindy Newell: Reading Is Fundamental
Dorothy: What kind of a horse is that? I’ve never seen a horse like that before! Guardian of the Emerald City Gates: And never will again, I fancy. There’s only one of him and he’s it. He’s the Horse...
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Marc Alan Fishman: In Defense of the Hustle
This past week, I joined a panel of fellow indie comic publishers in a Q & A session revolving around the industry. There were some great questions bandied about, but for my money? The best...
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REVIEW: Beware the Batman Season 1 Part 1
As much as there has been a fascination with Batman since his debut 75 years ago, lately, the trend has been to examine those vital origins. This began back with the Christopher Nolan Batman Begins...
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Jen Krueger: Binge Reading Comics
A friend of mine has multiple subscriptions at multiple comic book shops. He gets excited for every new issue, and has been consuming comics this way for most of his life. Try as I might, I just can’t...
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John Ostrander: 65
So there I was, flailing around for this week’s topic. The clock was ticking and time was running out. And then it hit me like a wet sock on the end of my nose – it’s appearing on Sunday, which...
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Mindy Newell: Columnist Columnizing
“Don’t you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you can repeat words! And they don’t even have to be true!” – Dave Barry Some thoughts this...
View ArticleMindy Newell: Mother’s Day
“I have called on the Goddess and found her within myself” Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon Feeling very Hemingway-esque because I am sitting here in front of the computer sipping a glass of...
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REVIEW: Son of Batman
Way back in the 1970s, there was a fun little one-off story by Denny O’Neil where Batman was pitted once more against Ra’s al Ghul, but the unique element was that he was drugged and by the time he...
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Longmire Season 1-2 Come to Blu-ray This Month
The Walt Longmire book series from award-winning author Craig Johnson has spawned a fine adaptation on A&E and in the coming weeks, fans are in for a treat. First, the first two seasons are making...
View ArticleMartha Thomases: Book… Fair?
When I went to my friendly neighborhood comic book store last Wednesday, they offered me a free copy of DC Entertainment Graphic Novel Essential and Chronology 2014. “No,” I said. “It will just piss...
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Wiley Miller Wins Reuben Award
Wiley Miller won the Reuben Award this year, the major honor also known as the National Cartoonists Society award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year. One of the most esteemed awards in the world...
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