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Panels, Patience, and Pain at San Diego Comic-Con
ComicsBulletin~ The curse has been lifted off the city and San Diego Comic-Con aka Comic-Con International aka SDCC aka Sub Diego Comic-Con has come and gone. It ended a few days ago and I would have...
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#ArtCred: Artists Under Our Feet
ComicsBulletin~ Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet and Angel Catbird are a pair of recently published comics you wouldn’t likely match together, but they share a surprising amount in common. In...
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The Heavy Hand of Editorial Interference
ComicsBulletin~ Comic books may be a fascinating and unique storytelling medium, but they are also a business. Because of this, it may be upsetting but not too surprising to hear the news of a cold,...
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Heroes in Crisis: The Identity Crisis of Today
ComicsBulletin~ Warning: Spoilers Ahead Tom King’s exploration of superhero trauma, Heroes in Crisis, has come to an end. To say that it has not been without controversy is a bit of an understatement....
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Critical Mass: Are We Over-Analyzing Superhero Comics?
ComicsBulletin~ One topic that’s been popping up on a more frequent basis is the idea of “Batman is terrible.” I get it. Batman has been thought of in recent years as a Republican power fantasy: a rich...
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The Legacy of SPAWN
ComicsBulletin~ Todd McFarlane’s Spawn reaches issue #300 this week, tying Dave Sim’s Cerebus for the longest-running independently published comic book. While this means all this week’s hoopla should...
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The Apoliticism of Mainstream Comics
ComicsBulletin~ By the time of this posting, I’m sure most have heard the decision by Marvel Comics to remove an essay by Maus creator Art Spiegelman for the Folio Society’s collection Marvel: The...
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SECOND COMING and Modern Religion
ComicsBulletin~ And now for a topic that will not strike up any hostile feelings: Religion The release of Second Coming #6, effectively ended the first “season” of Mark Russell and Richard Pace’s...
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Revisiting Matt Kindt’s Covert SHADOWMAN Run
ComicsBulletin~ While a popular member of the publisher’s stable, Shadowman to date has not enjoyed the sustained success of other Valiant characters like X-O Manowar and Bloodshot. After Justin Jordan...
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Superman: Champion of the Oppressed
ComicsBulletin~ Since he debuted in 1938, Superman has gone on to become a cultural icon. While he may not be as commercially viable today as characters such as Batman, Spider-Man, or Iron Man, he...
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The Surprising Success of The Hulk
ComicsBulletin~ The Marvel Age of Comics began in 1961 with the publication of Fantastic Four #1. Transitioning from monster, western, and science fiction comics was a risk at the time, but writer Stan...
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RORSCHACH and the Conflicting Feelings of More WATCHMEN
ComicsBulletin~ Whenever DC decides that they aren’t done squeezing more out of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal work, Watchmen, there comes a furious debate over what is ethical and creators’...
View ArticleDEATH METAL is an Exercise in Creative Bankruptcy
ComicsBulletin~ Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo is one of my favorite creative teams in comics. While I consider Grant Morrison’s Batman run to be the character defining run, Snyder and Capullo’s is my...
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Revisiting the Witchblade/Fathom/Tomb Raider Crossover
ComicsBulletin~ In 2000, Top Cow Productions had three of the industry’s top selling comics – each of them starring a strong female lead. Also, the three had artist Michael Turner in common. Turner had...
View ArticleSoapbox: For the Love of Trade Paperbacks
ComicsBulletin~ Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of people sought out comics as a means of staving off quarantine-induced boredom. I personally managed to tackle several titles in my to-read...
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