A Comic Book Reading Order Guide For Beginners & Fans
A series in which we attempt to find the single, perfect superpower by reviewing each one on a five-star scale.
The ability to naturally defy gravity and travel in a non-parabolic fashion.
[Read more…] about SUPERPOWERS REVIEWED: Flight (and Superman)
There are no small characters. Not even ones who stand next to giants.
Lois Lane is popularly thought of an adjunct to Superman. A mortal with no powers save the ability to ask a question and turn Clark down for a date. But she’s so much more than that.
She can be brave, brilliant, cunning, and utterly unique. There can be — in fact, has been — a world without Superman
I’m here to show why that is. [Read more…] about The Essential Lois Lane Comics!
The Joker is the perfect comic villain, with high scores across every conceivable grade. He’s instantly recognizable. He’s the dark reflection of Batman’s psychotic, violent tendencies. Joker’s got range, allowing him to be funny and charming while terrifying others.
Best of all, he never loses track of being terrifying. No one does bad better than him, and the few times he tries to be good? He’s worse.
Here, then, are some of the Joker’s best moments.
Human beings tend to notice things late. Comic book superheroes were a thing for two full years before Action Comics #1 got people’s attention. There were heroes wearing Bat, Spider, and Strong Man outfits long before Bruce, Peter, and Clark. And it’s not just comics; Fleet Walker was the first to break baseball’s color barrier; fish and chips are Portuguese; even the pyramids are Brazilian.
The cause of this is partly because of marketing (honestly, the branding campaign around the pyramids has been stellar). But partly it’s because human beings are spectacular at noticing trends, not origins. So today, we’re going to give you a look at 10 of the comic books that came before the beginning and set the ball rolling. [Read more…] about Ahead of Their Time: 10 Revolutionary Comics That Inspired the Medium!
The best way to come into Jonathan Hickman’s writing is to understand what he was before. Before the dizzying page count and before the awards those pages earned him.
Before the beginning, Jonathan Hickman was a graphic designer. An exacting profession that makes order and beauty out of chaos by focusing on the slightest fraction of an inch. And an art form obsessed with ripping away what’s unnecessary to reach a purer, more memorable state.
[Read more…] about Jonathan Hickman Creator Profile – The Essential Reading List