Avid readers are familiar with the joys and sorrows of film and tv adaptations: for every awesome movie that brings your favorite characters to life, there’s another one that tries to destroy them. Given that the next few years promise to be absolutely saturated with adaptations, the smart book nerd will buckle up now, because […]
It’s a tough job, saving the world, and when you have to do it with the regularity that the Avengers do, well, I can only imagine it wears you down. Between all the rescuing and the heartbreak and the creation of new and ever more dangerous villains, it’s hard for Earth’s mightiest heroes to get […]
Way back in February 1992, when Bush (the first one) was president and the Soviet Union was freshly out of the picture, the comic book world was undergoing its own seismic changes. A band of upstart new kids on the block (not to be confused with the New Kids on the Block, still a thing way back in […]
Call it the Happy Kittens: This year’s slate of Eisner Award nominees is diverse in terms of both creators and content, with a stories ranging from the pulpy to the cerebral and plenty of interesting characters. It’s strong evidence of the growth of comics and graphic novels over the past 20 years, as the medium moves beyond […]
Have you been keeping up with our coverage from this year’s San Diego Comic-Con? There are a ton of great interviews, pictures, and news items, so check out the link to locate all of that coolness. As usual, the really big news involves the movies (Batman v Superman! Suicide Squad! Ant-Man!), but there’s plenty of stuff happening on the printed […]
