It’s the end of an era for Marvel Television as it’s existed since Netflix Daredevil season one debuted in 2015. In the wake of the news that Kevin Feige’s taking over as Marvel’s Chief Creative Officer (see also: The One Above All!), Godfather style executions have started rolling out across the Marvel TV landscape. Netflix output is already dead, but we’ve also now seen Hulu’s “horror” line, Cloak and Dagger, and Jeph Loeb’s tenure as head of Marvel TV on their way out. [Read more…] about Jessica Jones Season 3 & The Lessons of Marvel on Netflix
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The (Undead) People’s History Of Marvel Zombies!
It used to only stand for coded shade thrown at fans exclusively consuming Marvel comic books, but in the past two decades, the phrase “Marvel Zombies” has taken on an all-new, all-deadly (after)life!
Originating circa an industry-wide popularity surge of shambling corpses championed largely by Robert Kirkman and company’s The Walking Dead for Image Comics, what allegedly starts as a joke during one of Marvel’s famous creator retreats becomes so much more. Of course, it also doesn’t hurt that Kirkman himself is largely involved in the early years. [Read more…] about The (Undead) People’s History Of Marvel Zombies!
Green Goblin Reading Order!
One of comicdom’s longest-raging debates is surely “Who is Spider-Man’s greatest villain: Doctor Octopus or the Green Goblin?”, but we’re sorry to say this one isn’t about you, Otto…
Sure, Ock’s met some latter-day acclaim taking the axiom “If you can’t be ‘em, join ‘em” to weird metaphysical places in varying forays as the Superior Spider-Man, but if we’re talking sheer adversarial opposition to all that power and responsibility? It’s uncontestedly Norman Osborn all the way. [Read more…] about Green Goblin Reading Order!
Lies Made From Light and Fire – The Essential Comics Reading List for Mike Carey
About Mike Carey
Background:
Mike Carey trained at St. Peter’s College, Oxford and spent 15 years as an English teacher before deciding to write comics full time. Like all good English comic creators, Carey got his start writing for 2000AD. [Read more…] about Lies Made From Light and Fire – The Essential Comics Reading List for Mike Carey
Magic’s a Nasty Game – Best Starting Places for Hellblazer
About John Constatine
History:
There was a time where every famous wizard was a member of the aristocracy, from Merlin on Arthur’s court to Prospero being an archduke in the Tempest.
Then came Alan Moore, who wanted to throw a brick through the windows of Camelot. Moore created John Constantine in The Saga of Swamp Thing #37 as an act of class warfare. Constantine was a working class magician, a grifter barely getting by in Thatcher’s England.
The Character Himself:
The first and only thing that you need to know about John Constantine is that he is a con man. It is critical that you know that John Constantine will trick you, personally. Worse yet, knowing he’ll do that only makes it easier for him to do so. Hell, he does it to his creative teams.
This makes Constantine hard to do right. People get tangled up in his trademark coat, cockney swagger, and cigarette smoke. Or else they get charmed by his magic, criminality, and sexual promiscuity. But these are just cons, tricking people into playing “Spot the Red Queen,” all the while John’s behind them picking their pockets. Even Brian Azzarello, one of my favorite authors at the time, got his pants pulled down on that title.
This makes him a hard hero to start reading. Which is why we’ve gathered up the perfect places to start, no matter if you’re brand new to the character or an old salt looking start at the beginning.
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