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You Can (Not) Parallax: A Case for Heroes in Crisis

November 11, 2021 by Sean Dillon 1 Comment

The first thing we must address regarding Heroes in Crisis is that it is a ruin. It’s a six issue miniseries stretched out into nine issues, and it shows. There are several points in the narrative where it’s clear that the wheels are spinning, everyone’s just waiting to get to the bit where Wally West confesses everything. I’m tempted to argue that the series would have been better suited for a more Columbo-esque structure where the reader is aware of who did it and the rest of the series is spent finding out why, rather than having that why provided over the course of an issue long monologue.

But, as with all ruins, what doesn’t work, what caused the ruin, is often the least interesting part. What’s more interesting, however, is what a ruin can show us. What we can find within the ruin that shows us what it could have been. Not that it was secretly good (though I’m quite aware that some are invested in that project), but rather what hidden depths can be found by taking what’s there seriously. [Read more…] about You Can (Not) Parallax: A Case for Heroes in Crisis

Filed Under: DC Reviews, Featured Tagged With: flash, heroes in crisis, wally west

America Chavez (Miss America) Reading Order!

November 10, 2021 by Charlotte Fierro Leave a Comment

It’s always exciting to see Marvel try to embrace new non-legacy characters (yes, there was a Miss America in the 40s, but the two characters have nothing in common outside of the name). It’s even more exciting when those characters bring new representation to the Marvel universe, as the House of Ideas is in desperate need of more queer and non-white characters. This all makes America Chavez, Marvel’s first LGBTQIA+ Latine character to ever get her own ongoing series, one of the most interesting new characters to have come out (no pun intended) of Marvel Comics in recent years.

From dimension-hopping teen hero to Avenger and Ultimate, Ms. America has quickly become a mainstay in the Marvel universe; soon both on the page and on the big screen, with Xochitl Gomez set to play the character in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. [Read more…] about America Chavez (Miss America) Reading Order!

Filed Under: Featured, Marvel Characters Tagged With: america chavez, Marvel

Infinite Frontier: The Joker Vol. 1 Review!

November 9, 2021 by Nathan Payson Leave a Comment

Written by James Tynion IV, (issue #5 by Matthew Rosenberg)

Pencils by Guillem March, (issue #5 by Francesco Francavilla)

Colors by Arif Prianto

Collects: The Joker #1-6

When James Tynion IV revealed he was working on a second Batman title, I was excited to see what it would be; when I found out the comic was Joker, I got nervous. It’s no secret that the Joker has been heavily overused over the past two years, from Stjepan Sejic’s Harleen to Geoff Johns’s Three Jokers to the Joker Movie and Lemire’s Joker: Killer Smile. Even in the last couple of months, we’ve gotten The Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox by Mathew Rosenberg, the Joker ongoing, a Joker/Suicide Squad Story, and the Joker showing up in Tom King’s Batman/Catwoman. I wondered when I started reading the book if I would feel the same Joker burnout here as well.

Fortunately, Tyion has a creative solution to the Joker burnout problem. Tynion’s Joker isn’t a traditional Joker story told from the Joker’s point of view, but rather a James Gordon story about his relationship with the Joker — about the trauma and grief that the former Commissioner has endured over the years and the way they make him question his morality. [Read more…] about Infinite Frontier: The Joker Vol. 1 Review!

Filed Under: DC Reviews, Featured Tagged With: joker

Creannotators #66: “Cooking Will Break Your Heart” with creator Greg Pak!

November 9, 2021 by Dave 1 Comment

This week on Creannotators, I talk “Cooking Will Break Your Heart” with writer and creator Greg Pak. We talk about Greg’s upcoming Kickstarted cookbook memoir, how the prequels fit into his Darth Vader run, Asian character representation in Marvel Comics, and a bunch more!

On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!

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Filed Under: Best Comics Ever Podcast, Featured Tagged With: creannotators, podcasts

MCU Eternals Review!

November 8, 2021 by Dave 1 Comment

Above everything surrounding Eternals – the reports of global bans for Marvel Studio’s (woefully belated) attempts at queer representation, the most rotten critical reception any MCU movie has seen, the debates about MCU fandom’s respect for Eternals creator and Marvel Comics King, Jack Kirby – there’s one element I was most excited to figure out: What’s the strategic thinking behind Eternals at this particular moment of MCU Phase 4? Why Eternals, and why now?

* Spoilers For Eternals Will Follow*

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Filed Under: Comic Book Movies, Featured Tagged With: eternals, mcu

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