The X-Men are maybe the worst time criminals since Van Damme, having gone through various realities, dimensions, and timelines more than I’ve eaten at burger joints. Therefore, it comes down to somebody to gather up all the disparate adventures and try to make sense out of them for you. Sadly, this duty has fallen to me, this website’s less-talented Alex Winter. [Read more…] about X-Men Timelines and Alternate Universes!
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PREVIOUSLY ON… #58: Punisher S2 Review! Comics Cancelling Conundrums, And DC Universe Listening To The Fans
This week I review the second season of Punisher on Netflix, talk about comics being cancelled from my pull list, and acknowledge a nice improvement to the DC Universe app! [Read more…] about PREVIOUSLY ON… #58: Punisher S2 Review! Comics Cancelling Conundrums, And DC Universe Listening To The Fans
Marvel Year Three: 1964 Pt. 2!
This week on My Marvelous Year we read through and discuss the second half of our 1964 Marvel Comics reading list! [Read more…] about Marvel Year Three: 1964 Pt. 2!
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Grant Morrison DC Comics Reading Order!
Starting around Marvel’s 2015 Secret Wars, I started thinking more about the concept of creative visions creating their own shared universe tapestry within Marvel or DC Comics. This came on the heels of what I viewed as the cohesive-yet-separate visions of a Hickman-verse, Remender-verse, and Bendis-verse within the broader boundaries of Marvel.
Of course, the grandaddy of all modern creative visions is Grant Morrison’s now thirty-plus year writings across the DC Universe. The Morrison-verse is genuinely captivating entirely on its own terms, without reading much DC in between (not that that’s a *bad* idea!). [Read more…] about Grant Morrison DC Comics Reading Order!
Swamp Thing Reading Order
There’s an intriguing dissonance between the simplicity of Swamp Thing’s creation (big ol’ fun bronze age horror monster created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson) and the character’s influence on the entire superhero comics medium. In many ways The Saga of the Swamp Thing is the godfather of the mature readers targeting Vertigo movement that swept the late 80’s and 90’s, perhaps unsurprising when you consider Watchmen