A Comic Book Reading Order Guide For Beginners & Fans
Editor’s Note: In Part 1 of this series, Ritesh explored Matt Fraction, Steve Lieber and team’s DC Comics series Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen, which led to an exploration of Fraction’s “American Fiction” trilogy released over the last few years. Today, the journey concludes with Adventureman, the Pulps, and circling back to the comedy of Jimmy Olsen!
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I made Casanova and I’m telling you, I could never match the psycho-sexual Jungian underpinnings of Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen as presented by Mort Weisinger. By wife-beating, child-hater Mort Weisinger. – Matt Fraction
I must confess at this juncture:
I’ve never particularly been a Jimmy Olsen fan.
Now, now, put your pitchforks down, folks. I like the goofy ginger as much as the next person, always have. But he was never a character I was particularly obsessed with or enthralled by. You get me? He was fun. He was cute. He was charming. And you know what? That was enough. I didn’t think he necessarily needed to be more. [Read more…] about Matt Fraction, American Fiction, and Jimmy Olsen! (Pt. 1 of 2)
Comic book writer Kieron Gillen (of Thor and other Marvel fame) has a relatively new podcast called DECOMPRESSED. He discusses the craft, creation and execution of creating Marvel comics with some of the most interesting and talented writers and artists working today. If you have any aspirations of one day creating your own comics, or are simply interested in the god machine behind creating worlds, DECOMPRESSED is your podcast! In today’s post, I’ll take a look at the most recent episode: Number 6 with Matt Fraction and Mark Waid (!!!). [Read more…] about Kieron Gillen’s DECOMPRESSED Comics Podcast: Episode Six With Mark Waid and Matt Fraction
Take James Bond. Do it. Just grab him by the neatly pressed suit jacket and make him have a baby with Han Solo. Make them have that baby.
Good.
Now take the baby and soak it in the acid-drenched residue of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. Soak the baby. Be careful, it’s a baby.
Good. We’re almost there.
Now, if you would, promptly raise this man-child baby into a Super-Space-Spy where time travel is a reality. Good. We are now looking into the essence of Casanova Quinn. And damn is it interesting. [Read more…] about Casanova Comics Volume One: Good, Bad, Or Ugly?
In today’s Marvel Review, Comic Book Herald takes a look at a few pressing issues. Just how immortal is the Immortal Iron Fist? How did the character of Danny Rand make it out of the 70’s Kung Fu craze in tact? Just how stunning are Kim Kardashian’s curves? And most importantly: What makes for truly timeless art? [Read more…] about Iron Fist: Second-Rate Kung Fu Reject Or Immortal Icon?