For a readership obsessed with origin stories and continuity, it’s somewhat remarkable just how inarticulate the history of Marvel Comics can be. Show up to Marvel Comics in the 2000’s, and everything tells you this is the house that Stan Lee built. It doesn’t take much digging, though, to figure out there’s more to the tale than that. [Read more…] about Should You Read Sean Howe’s Marvel Comics: The Untold Story?
How Do You Unlock The Code On The Back of Issues #1 Through #6 Of Mind MGMT?
Mind MGMT by Matt Kindt is quite probably my favorite ongoing comic of 2012. Right up there with Saga. This is not the full review, but if you like espionage, mystery, psychological ethics and an illuminati that spans centuries, Mind MGMT is for you. If you already know Mind MGMT is for you and want some help with the super secret code included in issues #1-6, this is the post for you. [Read more…] about How Do You Unlock The Code On The Back of Issues #1 Through #6 Of Mind MGMT?
Brian K. Vaughn Takes Us to Space in Saga – Should We Follow?
At this point in his career, Brian K. Vaughn has a level of comic book credibility that is very hard to come by. [Read more…] about Brian K. Vaughn Takes Us to Space in Saga – Should We Follow?
DC’s New 52 Year One Reviews: All-Star Western #1-9
Up until very recently there was just something about Westerns that I rejected intellectually. As a genre, Westerns seem so base. Cowboys and Indians? At best it’s a throwaway Sleigh Bells lyric, and worst it’s violent, racist, and embodies American’s deep-seeded inability to ever just get along.
I realize the hypocrisy here from a (relatively) grown man who reads comic books like it’s his job. But, for whatever reason, Westerns always seemed a rung below acceptable.
Then I watched The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. [Read more…] about DC’s New 52 Year One Reviews: All-Star Western #1-9
DC’S New 52 Year One Review: Wonder Woman by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang
Like most conversations with my wife, the following was simultaneously eye-opening, confusing, and borderline psychopathic. No marriages were harmed in the transcribing of this dialogue: [Read more…] about DC’S New 52 Year One Review: Wonder Woman by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang