Scott Pilgrim Vs The Universe (in Color!)
I read Scott Pilgrim in its original manga-sized, black and white form when it first came out. With the final volume of the color version coming out this year, I…
Epistemological YOLO: Kieron Gillen’s The Wicked + The Divine Vol 1-2
Kieron Gillen has a lot of things going on in The Wicked + The Divine Volumes 1 and 2, but below the plot there are some profound thoughts about godhood,…
No Rest for the Weary: Gail Simone’s Red Sonja Vol 2
With the second story arc in her Red Sonja run, Gail Simone unifies what could easily be a series of six one-offs by creating a fetch quest. In this case,…
Love or Lust? Sunstone Volumes 1 and 2
This has been a year of firsts for me when it comes to literature. Earlier this year I read a romance novel for the first time because it was written…
All’s Fair in Love and War: Fables Volumes 3 and 4
Fables Volumes 1 and 2 were pretty intense. The first volume has Bigsby Wolf solving the alleged murder of Snow White’s sister, Rose Red. The second volume involved an uprising…
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Pow #5: Amazing Spider-Man #4: Slipped Through His Fingers
This time around we meet Sandman. But we also see just how incredibly visionary Stan Lee was. He predicts Watchmen twenty years before it happens and alludes to Civil War…
At the Beginning: Island #1
We don’t often consider single issues here at Comic POW! We prefer to look at story arcs and completed series to get a better feel for what the author and…
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Pow #4: Amazing Spider-Man #3: Nerd Fight
Stan Lee introduces us to one of Spidey’s most challenging foes, indeed the one who ultimately defeats him and ends the run of The Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2: Doctor Octopus!…
Scott Pilgrim Gets it Together (in color!)
I read Scott Pilgrim in its original manga-sized, black and white form when it first came out. With the final volume of the color version coming out this year, I…
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Pow #3: Amazing Spider-Man #2: Fighting Senior Citizens
Even in the second issue of his brand new series, Spider-Man gains enemies that are still around today. I forgot to mention in the video, it’s interesting that Parker is…
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Pow #2: Amazing Spider-Man #1: Who Is Peter Palmer?
Our Monday feature continues as we move from Spider-Man’s debut to the debut of his own comic. We take a look at how things have changed, what tropes were started…
Understanding Japanese Culture, Humor, and Gender Through Love Hina Part 13
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…