Comic Events and Consumer Affairs: Age of Ultron
Events and crossovers are a longstanding tradition in the world of comics. They provide a means of telling a larger story than can normally be told, and they give a…
Multiple Warheads: A Crazy Soviet Alternate History, Pun-Filled World
When I first heard about Multiple Warheads: Alphabet to Infinity I had no idea who Brandon Graham was and the solicit didn’t particularly sound exciting: Sexica and her Werewolf boyfriend…
Retelling Origins Without Erasing History: Teen Titans: Year One
I tend to read comics backwards. Well, not entirely, but usually I don’t start at the beginning and go on from there. For one, that’s a really intimidating number of…
It’s a bird, it’s a plane… it’s a Superman origin story!
Man of Steel has its US theatre release today. It claims to be a fresh look at Superman as well as an origin story of sorts. In honor of this,…
Understanding Japanese Culture, Humor, and Gender Through Love Hina Part 4
note on all the image scans: they are correct manga-style so they are read right to left Spend enough time doing critical readings of media and you come across the…
Villain takeover at DC!
No, I don’t mean Dan Didio with a fake mustache that he twirls diabolically. DC has released all of the solicits for their Villain Month in September, along with the…
Gender in Paradise
There are a lot of details in Strangers in Paradise that add up to make it an excellent book. It’s written and drawn by Terry Moore; since it’s all done…
Not the Best time to be a Sidekick
Super hero sidekicks almost have the same joke status nowadays as Star Trek’s Red Shirts. In a lot of ways they’re a relic from an old era before people asked…
Understanding Japanese Culture, Humor, and Gender Through Love Hina Part 3
note on all the image scans: they are correct manga-style so they are read right to left Spend enough time doing critical readings of media and you come across the…