Book Review: Cartoon County
/In "Cartoon County," Vanity Fair editor Cullen Murphy recounts his famous cartoonist father's adventures during the heyday of the American pop art industry.
Read MoreWastelands – Stephen Crane’s War
/Stephen Crane was born too late to go to war, but The Red Badge of Courage endures, not only as a story about war and what happens to people in war, but also as a remarkable experiment in literary modernism.
Read MoreCollateral Damage
/Back in the halcyon days of the 1990s, writer Fabian Nicieza and artitst Rob Liefeld created "X-Force," perhaps the worst spin-off of Marvel's "X-Men" ever to see print. A new collection invites a trip down memory lane.
Read MoreGraphic Novel Review: Son of Superman
/In the first story-arc in the newest era of the ultimate comic-book hero, a deadly enemy threatens the young son of Superman
Read MoreBook Review: Otto Binder
/He helped to create some of the staple characters of the comic book world, and yet he's unknown outside the industry. A spirited biography tells the story of Otto Binder.
Read MoreAbsent Friends: Darwyn Cooke
/Editor Zach Rabiroff revisits the great masterpiece of the late Darwyn Cooke
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Read MoreOrestes in Spandex
/Fifty years ago, a daring writer and a quirky artist created an offbeat character who became one of the most famous superheroes in the world. A look at the early days of Spider-Man.
Read MoreI Am Jack's Contested Legacy
/The book Fight Club - and even more so the movie adaptation - have cult fixtures in American culture. But after twenty years, is there anything left for a sequel to subvert? Justin Hickey reads Fight Club 2.
Read MoreNow in Paperback: Doomed
/Now in paperback: a densely-packed graphic novel in which Superman slowly becomes his worst enemy
Read MoreMe Am Your Smallest Fan
/Long, long before Superman appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938, human folklore was rife with super-beings. A new book takes a look at the more-than-human.
Read MoreBook Review: Snowden
/The life of infamous NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden, in comic book form
Read More“The Strangest Teens of All”
/The venerable concept of the superhero team dates back to 1940, but in 1975 Marvel Comics introduced a new team of X-Men - and an empire was born.
Read MoreA Moon, A Girl … Romance!
/Sure, we all know Superman, Wonder Woman, and Spider-Man - but what about the also-rans? Who played the Captain and Tennille to the Avengers' Sonny and Cher? Zach Rabiroff looks at the heroes who didn't quite make the prime-time cut.
Read MoreBook Review: The Violent Century
/In a world very much like our own, super-powered clandestine operatives vie with each other on missions to save or destroy humanity
Read MoreThere's the Door, Spaceman
/DC Comics gives writer/artist Darwyn Cooke's masterpiece The New Frontier, a shrewd and powerful re-imagining of DC's iconic superheroes, the glorious hardcover edition it deserves. Justin Hickey re-reads.
Read MoreComics: Action Comics - What Lies Beneath
/The revamped Man of Steel embarks on a new series of adventures in Action Comics
Read MoreComics: The Legacy of Thanos
/The super-villain glimpsed at the end of the mega-hit "Avengers" movie casts a long shadow in the comic books where he was born - a new Marvel Comics graphic novel fills in some of the blanks
Read MoreEcho Chamber Blues
/Marvel Comics is mopping up at the box office, but what of its rival DC? Our resident expert fisks the also-rans and reminds us about an epic story still waiting to be adapted.
Read MoreLove in a Cold Climate
/Isabel Greenberg's graphic novel is set in the frozen land of Nord, but its lush storytelling influences come from such legendary places as Mount Olympus and Mount Sinai
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