The Batman is now in theaters, and while it probably won’t be quite the box office sensation Spider-Man No Way Home was despite releasing at the (hopefully) tail-end of the pandemic, it’s still a massive […]
He’s baaaaaaaack! Some moons ago, a legendary writer/artist took us to ancient Sparta. One of the creators who revolutionized comics in the mid-1980’s turned his eye to a historical epic. He defied conventional formatting by […]
This week the Dark Knight returns…again! Yeah, yeah, yeah, not the punchiest of openers but it’s an accurate assessment of this week’s Graphic Spotlight. Frank Miller, joined by superstars Brian Azzarello, Klaus Janson, John Romita, […]
Matthew Rosenberg sits down to have a Creative Conversation with us. We talk everything from his first comic, the series that he learned to read on, and all things Secret Warriors! […]
Welcome to a Creative Conversation with comics scribe Brandon Montclare. Today we’ll dish on currently captivating run on Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur, his controversial essential reads for newbies to comics, and some of his insane […]
“FINALLY, DK III #8 has come back, to Forbidden Planet!” Or at least that’s what I imagine The Rock would say if he came into the shop this New Comic Book Day (Mr. Johnson, if […]
It’s Tuesday November 24th and we’re at the shop preparing tomorrow’s new comics, graphic novels and toys, like we do on Tuesdays, with our hands plenty full. The hard work’s well-worth it though. Traditionally, Thanksgiving Eve is one of my […]
Elektra Assassin is one of the all-time great graphic novels and just came back into print in TP form last Wednesday August 15th. I did not make sure to raise a clamor about this fact […]
By Chris Troy I like Jack Kirby as much as the next guy, but I really don’t feel the need for New York to be experiencing Kamandi: The Last Boy (available in an omnibus) -like […]
By Unkiedev Comic books are the perfect marriage of pictures and words…but even the best couples need to take a break from one another from time to time! There is a great tradition of comics […]
The 2008 Zach Snyder film “Watchmen” was an almost page by page adaptation of one of the greatest graphic novels of all time. Its minor omissions and additions to Alan Moore’s ground-breaking work were to […]
“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture – it’s a really stupid thing to want to do.” -Elvis Costello An anonymous email received in response to last week’s column- wherein I recalled the laughable […]
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