Every week I’ll be bringing you a comic book cover that I feel eclipses others out there—to the point I might just have to own it when released!
This week: Batman, Incorporated #9! Batman’s Son Dead?!
Read More-
Doctor Who
-
Cage Match 2013!
-
New York Comic Con 2012
-
Tolkien Re-read
-
Manga & Graphic Novels
-
Cage Match–2012!
Grant Morrison
For decades Scottish writer Grant Morrison has been leaving his wildly creative mark on the sequential storytelling medium with titles like The Filth, The Invisibles and Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth. When he’s not writing ground-breaking (and mind-blowing!) comics, Morrison is a playwright and screenwriter.
His last book, Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous [...]
Being a relative newcomer to superhero comics, I’ve endeavored to educate myself on their history and the lives of some of their most compelling writers and artists. Grant Morrison’s Supergods has been an invaluable resource in my journey, supplying an admittedly idiosyncratic insider’s view on the industry. Morrison’s book is full of interesting trivia, and [...]
Read More
Every week I’ll be bringing you a comic book cover that I feel eclipses others out there—to the point I might just have to own it when released!
This week: Action Comics #1! The relaunch of DC Comics most important comic book!
Read More
I went to the emergency room Thursday night. I’ve got a stomach condition. The test have been inconclusive. The agonizing pain has not.
I came home in the small hours of Friday morning. Since then, I’ve been working my way through Grant Morrison’s groundbreaking work of comic book scholarship-cum-autobiography SUPERGODS: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun [...]
I’m covering three fantastic nonfiction titles in this week’s “In the Mailbag”:
Grant Morrison’s Supergods, Juliet Eilperin’s Demon Fish and Jon Ronson’s The Psychopath Test.
From one of the most acclaimed and profound writers in the world of comics comes a thrilling and provocative exploration of humankind’s great modern myth: the superhero.
Read MoreThanks to the fine folks at Suvudu, I had the opportunity to attend the world premiere of “All-Star Superman,” the tenth entry in the popular series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies, at the Paley Center. For the uninitiated, the film is based on the acclaimed limited comic series of the same name, written by [...]
Read MoreNew Releases
-
-
The Millennium Falcon Owner's Workshop Manual: Star Wars
Ryder Windham, Chris Reiff, and Chris Trevas -
Embassytown
China Mieville -
Mass Effect: Deception
William C. Dietz -
Shadow Games: Star Wars
Michael Reaves and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff -
The Human Blend
Alan Dean Foster -
-
Riptide: Star Wars
Paul S. Kemp
John
More! There is never enough Caine. Hands down my favorite series, and my favorite author.