Last night, I attended a special showing of James Gunn's Superman . My short review is: I liked it a lot. I think it's the best Supe...

As I'm sure you know, Jim Shooter passed away this week at the age of 73. While Shooter got his start at a wunderkind writer for DC in t...

The cultural phenomenon that is Star Wars had an effect on comic books, even in its first decade. Despite my pithy title, it's unfair to...

The mysterious and pervasive algorithms of the internet offered me this book the other day: Neon Visions: The Comics of Howard Chaykin . I...

Sometimes, I finally get around to reading some stuff from decades back that's new (at least in part) to me. Here were my thoughts on a ...

Recently, I revisited the 13 episodes of the 1981 Filmation Saturday morning animated series,  Blackstar . Jason and I watched an episode of...

In the waning days of Google+ (remember that site?) I did a series of superhero-themed posts inspired by Wold-Newton essays with the conceit...