All it takes to become a modern-day polymath is a bit of light reading—or, a lot of heavy reading. If you read the books on this list and pay attention, you’ll walk away able to discuss just about anything with the confidence of an expert. We’re not saying these books represent the sum total of […]
2015 has been a great year for comics and graphic novels, and the quality cuts across every genre: science fiction, fantasy, horror, memoir. Even the big two have done groundbreaking things to mix up the tried-and-true superhero formula. More than ever, the range of material available proves the graphic medium has something for everyone, with a number of […]
Last week, Marvel and Sony finally cut a deal to allow Spider-Man to show up in Marvel Studios pictures starting with next year’s Captain America: Civil War. Not much else is known, except that the he’s no longer going to look anything like Andrew Garfield. While we’re all debating whether the new Spidey should be […]
When I got my first house a few years back, after being an apartment dweller for all of my adult life, my parents took great delight in delivering me storage containers packed with the stuff I’d left sitting in their house for about two decades. Most of these bins contained the comics I’d collected as a kid, […]
Twenty-five years ago, Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art began appearing on the bookshelves of discerning comic book lovers everywhere, and changed the way the medium is created and consumed. Significantly, it’s a deeply scholarly work that doesn’t feel like work. Formatting it as a comic book is part of it (what better way to explore […]