Baltimore Comic-Con Day 2: Michael Rowe Spotlight
Christy Blanch, who Comic POW! readers will know as the writer of The Damnation of Charlie Wormwood and the professor behind the MOOC that led to the redesign of this…
Things go Massively Wrong in The Massive
The best thing about the Humble Bundle and other similar deals is that you may go after the bundle for one book that interests you and end up with lots…
Uneasy Peace: Fables Vol 9
This volume is all over the place. There is a Christmas interlude, we learn of Rapunzel’s plight, and a series of reader questions answered as 1-2 page comics. But the…
Canadian Vampires, eh? : American Vampire Vol 6
American Vampire has always been more about America than vampires. Because America has always been portrayed as a land of opportunity, it has always attracted those most desperate for that…
Never Bring a Witch to a Djinn Fight: Fables Vol 7 and 8
At the end of volume 8, we’re just past the 1/3 point without counting the spinoffs. Bill Willingham seems, at this point, to perhaps be following a three act structure.…
A Masterpiece worth Reading: The Dark Knight Returns
When I started the relaunch of Comic POW! while taking Christy Blanch’s gender dynamics-based comics MOOC, part of the premise was that comics are a product of the times in…
The Puppetmaster: Fables Volumes 5 and 6
Volume 5 is all over the place, but it does seem to continue to follow Willingham’s trend of providing some thematic respite after a heavy plot. So this volume starts…
Holy Double Entendre Batman!: Week 12
Thanks to a college student complaining about reading Y: The Last Man and Perseopolis when he thought he’d be reading innocent comics like Batman, people have been collecting inappropriate Batman…
Holy Double Entendre Batman!: Week 11
Thanks to a college student complaining about reading Y: The Last Man and Perseopolis when he thought he’d be reading innocent comics like Batman, people have been collecting inappropriate Batman…
Holy Double Entendre Batman!: Week 10
Thanks to a college student complaining about reading Y: The Last Man and Perseopolis when he thought he’d be reading innocent comics like Batman, people have been collecting inappropriate Batman…
Holy Double Entendre Batman!: Week 9
Thanks to a college student complaining about reading Y: The Last Man and Perseopolis when he thought he’d be reading innocent comics like Batman, people have been collecting inappropriate Batman…
Holy Double Entendre Batman!: Week 8
Thanks to a college student complaining about reading Y: The Last Man and Perseopolis when he thought he’d be reading innocent comics like Batman, people have been collecting inappropriate Batman…