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shathley Q
PopMatters Comics Editor

green tea is green, shathley Q is shathley | shathley Q has a doctorate in literary and cultural theory. He works as a researcher and writer in the areas of popular culture and critical thinking | shathleyq@popmatters.com | @uu3y324rdry  | his dark materialism


Features

Friday, February 3 2012

Bring Out Your Dumb!: The Ficarra Exclusive Concludes

It's been our longest interview for an exclusive yet, Editor John Ficarra, the mind behind MAD. And it ends in the most unexpected place; compassion.


Friday, January 27 2012

The Future Is a Faded Song: Douglas Rushkoff on the Groundbreaking "ADD"

It's especially hard to shift between being a world-class media theorist writing nonfiction, and a writer of fiction. That's even more so when the fiction appears as comics. Why does Douglas Rushkoff make it look so easy?


Friday, January 20 2012

Endless Reentry: J. Torres, "Li'l Jinx" and "Bob Dylan by Greil Marcus"

J. Torres is a mature, creative voice, a powerful storyteller, and a gifted intellect. Exactly the kind of person you'd want reimagining a classic from your childhood.


Thursday, January 12 2012

You Are Who You Learn to Become: The New Crusaders Exclusive

Can comics be meaningful and personal and accessible to all, without the elaborately stylized rituals of ComicCon? Co-creators of the forthcoming New Crusaders series offer a genuinely new way of thinking about meaningfulness in a PopMatters exclusive.


Wednesday, January 11 2012

Ok, Now Make With the Funny: The PopMatters Exclusive with John Ficarra

There's a deep sense of duty to John Ficarra and his work as Editor of MAD, as well as a practiced, finely-tuned, Olympic-level athlete mindset and an ability to tease out the patently ridiculous in everything. This is why MAD catapults beyond entertainment, and into the orbits of truly great satire.


The Hidden Depths of Aquaman: The Geoff Johns Exclusive [14.Dec.11]
And Action…: The Grant Morrison Exclusive, Act 2 [7.Dec.11]
Darkly Drawn: The PopMatters Exclusive with "I, Vampire's" Josh Fialkov [17.Nov.11]
Grant Morrison on Action Comics: The PopMatters Exclusive [26.Oct.11]
The Leap: Jason Burns Is the Woody Allen of Web TV [22.Sep.11]
Choice in DC Comics' New 52 [19.Sep.11]
"Potter's Field" Retells the Drama of America [14.Sep.11]
*See Issue #129, -Ed: "Spider Island" and the Art of Social Media [7.Sep.11]
Talking With David: Radical's Visionary Chief Marketing Officer [2.Sep.11]
West Coast Sound: Is Disney Victim to the "Decision Illusion"? [25.Aug.11]
Geoff Johns' Green Lantern Finally Buried in the Light [18.Aug.11]
Kirby v. Disney: Wanting to Want More [8.Aug.11]
"Fame: Conan O'Brien" & the Fact-based Circus of the Unforgettable [28.Jul.11]
The Crater-less Impact of Daredevil's Shadowland Hits the Big Apple [20.Jul.11]
Animated Part 2: The PopMatters Exclusive with Full Clip's Schwarz Brothers [15.Jul.11]
Inherited Soil: The PopMatters Exclusive with Robert Venditti [13.Jul.11]
Animated Part 1: The PopMatters Exclusive with Full Clip's Schwarz Brothers [1.Jul.11]
Here Comes Tomorrow: Time Traveling With Comics This Summer [13.Jun.11]
The Class Is Half-Empty When It's Full: Why 'X-Men: First Class' Gets an F [8.Jun.11]
The Dream Factory Part 1: PopMatters' Exclusive with BOOM! CEO Ross Richie [25.May.11]
No Second Acts Part 2: The Public Lives of Giants [6.May.11]
I'm Starting to Root for This Guy: Branagh's 'Thor' As Rachmaninov's Second [5.May.11]
No Second Acts Part 1: Radical's Reassertion of American Literature [29.Apr.11]
Where Your Heart Is 3: The PopMatters Exclusive with Radical's Barry Levine [15.Apr.11]
Where Your Heart Is 2: The PopMatters Exclusive with Radical's Barry Levine [1.Apr.11]
Cowboy DNA: BOOM! Studios' Courageous Leap into Social Media [24.Mar.11]
Stand on Earth: Reading Manga During Fukushima [16.Mar.11]
Where Your Heart Is 1: The PopMatters Exclusive with Radical's Barry Levine [9.Mar.11]
Security Blanket: Previewing Robert Venditti's 'Homeland Directive' [2.Mar.11]
These Long Years, and the Miles: Remembering Dwayne McDuffie [24.Feb.11]
Solid State Society 3: Archie CEO Jon Goldwater and the New Economy [3.Feb.11]
Solid State Society 2: Archie CEO Jon Goldwater and the New Economy [20.Jan.11]
Solid State Society 1: Archie CEO Jon Goldwater and the New Economy [13.Jan.11]
For Tomorrow: William Gibson, 'Zero History' and The Present... The Interview [13.Sep.10]
Missed Directions Reboot: Assembling 'Unthinkable' [27.Aug.10]
Things Will Be Worse Now: John Reed and Breaking the Spell of History [26.Aug.10]
Getting Better Than They Are: Harvey Pekar Obituary [15.Jul.10]
Nice Job Kid: Fathers and Sons, Technology and Tomorrow in 'Iron Man 2' [5.May.10]
Beneath the Great Wave: Azzarello and Morales Return to the Roots of Comics [24.Mar.10]
Oscar Afterglow, "American Century" and a War of Popular Cultures [12.Mar.10]
Sorry I'm Late: The Real Return of Barry Allen [3.Mar.10]
Another Chance: Fox's Reboot of DC Comics' "Human Target" [17.Feb.10]
Life During Wartime: The Cultural Catharsis of Brian Wood's DMZ [4.Feb.10]
What’s Past Is Prologue: The Best Comics of the Past Decade? [6.Jan.10]
Good Memories of Bad Times: Wolverine Under the Boardwalk [16.Dec.09]
The Sociology of Superheroes: Andi Ewington and 45 [9.Dec.09]
We'll Stay Quiet: Comics in an Age of Social Media [22.Oct.09]
Hollow "Victory": J Michael Straczynski 'Reboots' the Mighty Thor [6.Oct.09]
The Devil's Due: What Ed Brubaker Did to Reinvent Daredevil [29.Sep.09]
The Devil You Know: Mignola's Hellboy in the Chapel of Moloch and the Old Debate [28.Aug.09]
The Legacy of Mike Wieringo: The Flash Years [11.Aug.09]
Collapse: 1989's Legion of Super-Heroes [7.Jul.09]
The History of Comic Conventions [17.Jun.09]
The Death of Captain America [9.Jun.09]
Superheroes Versus Comics [27.Jan.09]
A Spirited Friendship [5.Jan.09]

Reviews

Tuesday, February 7 2012

Becky Cloonan's Smile: Dark Horse's Reboot of "Conan"

I'm sure the smile used by Becky Cloonan to signal her enjoyment is a perfectly good smile. But the smile she draws on Conan is sublime. It opens the character in a way very few writers have been capable of.


Monday, February 6 2012

Five Years Gone: The Folded Time of "Action #6"

Action #6's "When Superman Learned to Fly" reminds us poignantly that the superhero's struggle is never against their inner demons, but a never-ending battle to overcome the siren's call of mediocrity.


Thursday, February 2 2012

That Dame With Them Questions: Lobster Johnson: The Burning Hand #1

You can't possibly expect to write a book called Lobster Johnson and push the Lobster to the very edge of the very first issue can you? I mean that wouldn't work, would it? And therein lies the genius of Mike Mignola.


Tuesday, January 31 2012

Geoff Johns and the Batman Problem

Before Grant Morrison's JLA, the creative challenge for any Justice League writer was the overpowered Superman. With JLA Batman became the writer's peril. But with Justice League #5 Geoff Johns introduces a new kind of creative danger.


Monday, January 30 2012

Playing the Piper: Wolverine & the X-Men #4

After a philosophical split with Cyclops over care for the next generation of mutants, Wolverine returns to upstate New York, to the roots of the X-Men to rebuild the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.


In Our Minds, and Our Everyday Behavior: Rushkoff unbridled in "ADD" [26.Jan.12]
Edmondson's Victory Over War [17.Jan.12]
Peter Milligan and the Bridge to Dangerous Ideas [13.Jan.12]
Grant Morrison and the Problem of 93 Million Miles [11.Jan.12]
Jack and Marlon, and Art and Franco [10.Jan.12]
MAD About You: An Open Letter to MAD's "Usual Gang of Idiots" [5.Jan.12]
Aquaman and the Literary Depths [3.Jan.12]
Aww Yeah, Titans: 'Tiny Titans' Creators' New Kind of Writers' Room [15.Dec.11]
"Defenders #1" Already Feels Like "When Tomorrow Comes" [12.Dec.11]
A Very Gödel Christmas, Batman [6.Dec.11]
Disney's Ducks, BOOM! and Grand Theft Bob Dylan [2.Dec.11]
Cleopatra in the Carpet, and Catwoman [17.Nov.11]
Wonder Woman's Secret Santa [15.Nov.11]
Mr. Snyder, Ms. Watson and the Devil's Haircut [10.Nov.11]
The Anti-Victimology Dan Slott Uses to Reclaim Spider-Man [8.Nov.11]
"Spaceman" Reveals the True Horror at the Heart of Dystopian Fiction [3.Nov.11]
Hard Scifi at the Speed of Hypertext in 'Flash #2' [25.Oct.11]
Fabian Nicieza's Crafting of the Art of Blame in 'Legion Lost' [18.Oct.11]
Why "Brilliant" Shines Like a National Guitar [6.Oct.11]
'All Star Western' Is at Home, Back East [4.Oct.11]
"Red Hood & the Outlaws" is Editor's Choice of DC's New 52 [3.Oct.11]
Drawn Together: Cornell's "Demon Knights" and the Ideal of Camelot [16.Sep.11]
The Undiluted Promise of Comics as Vanguard for 21st Century Media [13.Sep.11]
Ellis' Superb Mastery of the Art of Pop [12.Sep.11]
Handicapitated: How Losing Her Wheelchair Didn't Cripple Barbara Gordon [9.Sep.11]
The Dark Rescue of Walter Bolt, and Us All [8.Sep.11]
Is It Just Us? [2.Sep.11]
Between Church & State [1.Sep.11]
All's Quiet on the Battlefront of Ideas [30.Aug.11]
...And the Men Are All the Same [30.Aug.11]
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road [25.Aug.11]
An American in Svartelfheim [23.Aug.11]
Cirulnick & Manpearl have their Shootout with Legend [11.Aug.11]
The Story of a Woman on the Morning of a War [4.Aug.11]
Captain America and a Past That Must Linger Still [1.Aug.11]
'The Rinse' Describes the Rainmaker's Dilemma Facing US Economy [28.Jul.11]
Messrs. Waid, Rivera & Martin Reintroduce a Devil You Don't Know But Should [26.Jul.11]
DC's 'Flashpoint' Shows Why We Should Make Demands of Our Art [25.Jul.11]
Bought on the Fourth of July [12.Jul.11]
Mr. Moorcock Sings on Mr. Gaiman's iPod [11.Jul.11]
Bendis & Maleev Reclaim the Hidden Tensions in 'Moon Knight' [7.Jul.11]
Williams Blazes Forth With Ghost Rider 0.1 [5.Jul.11]
'Nobody Does It Alone, Kiddo': Marc Guggenheim's Halcyon [23.Jun.11]
Moonlit Romance: Zito & Trov's Moon Girl #2 [16.Jun.11]
What You've Done: Damaged #1 [9.Jun.11]
Days Till Retirement: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep #23 [3.Jun.11]
Great Entrance, Unca Scrooge: Warren Spector Finds Richness in DuckTales [26.May.11]
Fast Like Lightning: Batman Incorporated Gears Up a Notch [24.May.11]
Something Must Be Built: Earp: Saints For Sinners #3 [19.May.11]
World of Hurt: Three Issues With Uncanny X-Force [16.May.11]
The Crowd Goes Wild: Scott Snyder's First Six Months on 'Detective Comics' [12.May.11]
The Philosopher's Tone: Rereading 'Last Days' As a Film [10.May.11]
Remember the Ley Lines That Brought You Here: Ross Richie's Elric [5.May.11]
Strong in the Broken Places: The Hemingway of 'Ryder on the Storm' [28.Apr.11]
Broken in Time: What 'Invincible Iron Man's' 'God Number' Should Have Been [19.Apr.11]
Republication: Radical's 'After Dark #3' and Media-Frenzied Politics [14.Apr.11]
History Ticking Over: A Closer Look at Radical's 'Time Bomb' [4.Apr.11]
Non-Trivial Pursuits: Hellraiser #1 [24.Mar.11]
The Dues of Machinima: 'Cyclops' vs 'Insurrection V3.6' [8.Mar.11]
Deus Ex Machinima: 'Cyclops' vs 'Insurrection V3.6' [7.Mar.11]
The Girl in the Evening Gown: Top Shelf's 'Homeland Directive' [3.Mar.11]
Art Works Hard For Its Money: The Art of BOOM! Studios [21.Feb.11]
The Decider: South Fellini's 'Dogs of Mars' [14.Feb.11]
True, True Grit: Earp Saints For Sinners #1 [17.Jan.11]
Walking Through Hell: Misery City #1 [4.Jan.11]
Indian Summer: Milligan's Customizing of the Hellblazer Character [9.Dec.10]
Falling Down: Marvel's Daredevil 'Shadowland' event [7.Dec.10]
The Trial of the Flash: Geoff Johns' Relaunch of the Silver Age Flash [2.Dec.10]
Batman, Begins: Batman: The Return Oneshot [18.Nov.10]
Back Issues: Tron: Original Movie Adaptation #1/2 [11.Nov.10]
This Will Go On, Forever: 'Batman & Robin #16' [4.Nov.10]
Frozen in Place: Dethklok #1 [28.Oct.10]
The Day Before Social Media: DC/Vertigo and "Hellblazer: Shoot" [26.Oct.10]
Behind Blue Eyes: Bruce Wayne: The Road Back Home Oneshots [21.Oct.10]
Hostage Drama: 'Uncanny X-Force #1' and Marvel’s 'Heroic Age' [14.Oct.10]
Better Dead Than...: Four Prequels to "Red" [7.Oct.10]
Welcome to Yesteryear: Moon Girl Fights Crime Volumes 1 & 2 [5.Oct.10]
Small Story: Joe Hill and the Birth of Pop Culture in Kodiak [30.Sep.10]
No Road Back: Authenticity and the Ghost Rider in “Shadowland: Ghost Rider” [28.Sep.10]
Putting It Back Together: R.E.B.E.L.S.: Sons of Brainiac [16.Sep.10]
¡Revolucion!: Astonishing X-Men: Exogenetic [14.Sep.10]
Gravity's Ante: William Gibson's 'Zero History' [13.Sep.10]
Poetry After Auschwitz: Boom! Studios' 'CBGB' [31.Aug.10]
Heavy: John Reed's 'Tales of Woe' [17.Aug.10]
Feminist Nightmare: Ultimate Comics #3 [12.Aug.10]
Antigone Tomorrow: Darkwing Duck #1 [5.Aug.10]
Graze Anatomy: Artifacts #1 [3.Aug.10]
Shutting Down: Vengeance of the Moon Knight Finale [29.Jul.10]
The Hole in Things: Batman #701 [22.Jul.10]
Shadowland #1 [15.Jul.10]
Wonder Woman #600 [8.Jul.10]
Superman #700 [1.Jul.10]
Batman #700 [29.Jun.10]
Oddly Compelling Confessional [17.Jun.10]
Secret Avengers #1 [15.Jun.10]
Black Widow #1-2 [27.May.10]
Sam & Twitch: The Writer #1 (of 4) [20.May.10]
Vengeance of the Moon Knight #7-8: 'Killed, Not Dead' [18.May.10]
Codebreakers #1 (of 4) [11.May.10]
Captain America: Who Won't Wield the Shield? [6.May.10]
Philip K. Dick's Electric Ant #1 [4.May.10]
S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 [27.Apr.10]
Justice League: Rise and Fall Saga [20.Apr.10]
The Flash: Secret Files and Origins [15.Apr.10]
Ultimate X #1 [8.Apr.10]
American Vampire #1 [6.Apr.10]
A-Team War Stories: Hannibal [25.Mar.10]
Nemesis: The Imposters #1 [18.Mar.10]
The Question #37 [11.Mar.10]
Batman and Robin: "Blackest Knight" #7-9 [2.Mar.10]
Human Target #1 [23.Feb.10]
Moon Girl [18.Feb.10]
Joe the Barbarian #1 [2.Feb.10]
45 [26.Jan.10]
Hercules: The Knives of Kush #1-5 [19.Jan.10]
Batman: 80 Page Giant [14.Jan.10]
MAD #502: 20 Dumbest People, Events & Things 2009 [5.Jan.10]
Hellboy: The Wild Hunt [3.Dec.09]
Batman/Doc Savage One Shot [19.Nov.09]
Vengeance Of The Moon Knight #1 [15.Oct.09]
Wolverine: Weapon X #1-5 [6.Oct.09]
Dark Reign: The List - Daredevil #1 [1.Oct.09]
Moon Knight: The Death of Marc Spector [30.Jul.09]
Ghost Rider [25.Jun.09]
The Strange Deaths of Batman [23.Jun.09]
Stray Toasters [2.Jun.09]
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest [28.May.09]
Bat-Manga: The Secret History of Batman in Japan [28.Apr.09]
The Alcoholic [7.Apr.09]
The Winter Men [12.Mar.09]
The Invincible Iron Man, Vol. 1: The Five Nightmares [5.Mar.09]
Local [11.Dec.08]

Blogs

Monday, January 23 2012

The Past Makes Good, Again: "Savage Hawkman #5" Exclusive Preview

What was Gold Key doing trying to resurrect the heyday of EC Comics? Tony Daniel succeeds flawlessly at the very same project with The Savage Hawkman. Enjoy an exclusive preview of the new storyarc.


Thursday, January 19 2012

Exclusive Preview: "Archie Meets KISS" Meets Thomas Jefferson

Archie Meets KISS is a flawless piece that plays magnificently the strengths of both Archie Comics' beloved protagonists and to KISS. Enjoy your exclusive preview.


Friday, January 13 2012

Gunboat Diplomacy or Cosmic Kismet?: Exclusive Preview of "DCU Presents #5"

DCU Presents #5 is at once the small, personal tale of Boston Brand's Deadman, and the epic, sweeping metaphor for the coming geopolitical balance. Download an exclusive free preview.


Friday, December 16 2011

Father-Figured: "Captain Atom"#4 Exclusive Preview

It was only a matter of time before Eiling appeared. And now, four issues in, here he is in JT Krul's New 52 Captain Atom. And immediately the curtain rises on the oedipal drama.


Thursday, December 8 2011

I Built My World Around You: Olbermann Makes MAD's "20 Dumbest" at #7

A PopMatters Exclusive. MAD's "20 Dumbest, 2011" hits newsstands this December. In an exclusive-access interview with MAD Editor John Ficarra, we explore Keith Olbermann's relationship with MSNBC and their parting of ways earlier this year. Also, enjoy a free download from the "20 Dumbest".


I Built My World Around You: Olbermann Makes MAD's "20 Dumbest" at #7 (Graphic Novelties) [8.Dec.11]
And Into, Asylum…: Exclusive Preview of All Star Western #3 (Graphic Novelties) [21.Nov.11]
"I, Vampire's" Love Story With Teeth: Exclusive Preview (Graphic Novelties) [14.Nov.11]
Demon Knights, Whiskey in a Jar and the Edge of Woody Allen (Graphic Novelties) [7.Nov.11]
Red in the Face (Graphic Novelties) [17.Oct.11]
Missed Directions: The Involved Psychology of the Hunt In "Green Arrow #2" (Graphic Novelties) [3.Oct.11]
Three Hours to Go: Talking With Paul Cornell about "Demon Knights" (Graphic Novelties) [14.Sep.11]
Will You Be Radical's PopMatters VIP? (Graphic Novelties) [19.Jul.11]
Down San Diego Way (Graphic Novelties) [18.Jul.11]
Radical Announces 'Last Days of American Crime' Movie (Graphic Novelties) [10.May.11]
'Jake the Dreaming" Preview for Free Comic Book Day (PopMatters Exclusive) (Mixed Media) [6.May.11]
Hellraiser's Big BOOM!: BOOM! Studios' Revolution in Social Media (Graphic Novelties) [23.Mar.11]
Missed Directions: What's Your Story (Graphic Novelties) [5.Jan.11]
Notes from the Road: A Word About Tomorrow (Kicking Off 2011) (Graphic Novelties) [3.Jan.11]
Zero History by William Gibson (Consuming Consumables) [14.Dec.10]
Tomorrow: On the Day Before 'Tales of Woe' (Graphic Novelties) [16.Aug.10]
Two Guys, and a Bottle of Whiskey: "Punisher: The End" (Graphic Novelties) [20.Feb.10]
Missed Directions: Ghost Boxes (Graphic Novelties) [16.Feb.10]
Undoing the Horror: Astonishing X-Men "Torn" (Graphic Novelties) [5.Feb.10]
Life During Wartime: The Cultural Catharsis of Bryan Wood's DMZ (Graphic Novelties) [1.Feb.10]
Looking Up: The Man Who Laughs (Graphic Novelties) [29.Jan.10]
Missed Directions: The Boulevard (Graphic Novelties) [26.Jan.10]
My Perfect Panel: Learning To Not Quit Smoking (Graphic Novelties) [22.Jan.10]
Missed Directions: The Long Dark Halftime of The Ultimate Universe (Graphic Novelties) [19.Jan.10]
Lone Wolf and Cub Part 2: Revenge in the Epic Narrative Tradition (Graphic Novelties) [18.Jan.10]
This Was Then: Hero Illustrated No. 3 (Graphic Novelties) [13.Jan.10]
What's Past Is Prologue: The Best Comics of the Past Decade? (Graphic Novelties) [4.Jan.10]
The Sociology of Superheroes: Andi Ewington and 45 (Graphic Novelties) [7.Dec.09]
These Ghosts Haunt Me Still... (Graphic Novelties) [30.Oct.09]
Red Menace in the Mirror: Identity, Politics and Identity Politics in Superman Red Son (Graphic Novelties) [16.Aug.09]
The Flash #91: Unfrozen (Graphic Novelties) [10.Aug.09]
The Legacy of Mike Weiringo (Graphic Novelties) [9.Aug.09]
Captain America: 'The Death Of The Dream': An Empty Suit (Graphic Novelties) [27.Jul.09]
Ultimate Secret: The Human Drama Begins (Graphic Novelties) [24.Jul.09]
Starman #54: 'A Rich Man's Folly': What Dreams May Come (Graphic Novelties) [23.Jul.09]
MAD Magazine: Flesh Garden: The Empty Rocketship (Graphic Novelties) [22.Jul.09]
The Ultimates: Grand Theft America: Looking Up (Graphic Novelties) [21.Jul.09]
Orbiter: Learning to Look Up Again (Graphic Novelties) [20.Jul.09]
Sin City: The Hard Goodbye: 'Only Happy When It Rains' (Graphic Novelties) [17.Jul.09]
A Contract with God And Other Tenement Stories: Crying in the Rain (Graphic Novelties) [16.Jul.09]
Criminal: Lawless: The Christmas Getaway (Graphic Novelties) [15.Jul.09]
Flash #119: 'Pray for the Dawn': Through Layers Of History (Graphic Novelties) [14.Jul.09]
Hellblazer #160: '...Freezes Over' part three: The Wink (Graphic Novelties) [13.Jul.09]
Fantastic Four #60: 'Inside Out': It Was Never About the Costumes (Graphic Novelties) [26.Jun.09]
The Authority: Relentless: 'Shiftships': I Can Do This (Graphic Novelties) [25.Jun.09]
Doom Patrol: 'Imaginary Friends': Unconcern (Graphic Novelties) [24.Jun.09]
Ultimates Volume 2: 'Gods and Monsters': Dropping In (Graphic Novelties) [23.Jun.09]
JLA #33: 'Altered Egos': The Reply (Graphic Novelties) [22.Jun.09]
Collapse: 1989's Legion of Super-Heroes (Graphic Novelties) [21.Jun.09]
Spider-Man's Tangled Web #14: 'The Last Shoot': A Jump Over the Top Rope (Graphic Novelties) [19.Jun.09]
Hellblazer Joyride: "In At the Deep End": What You Really Want (Graphic Novelties) [18.Jun.09]
Starman: Grand Guignol: More History Still (Graphic Novelties) [17.Jun.09]
Reinventing Comics: Bill of Sale, Bill of Rights (Graphic Novelties) [16.Jun.09]
Green Lantern #146: "Hand of God, Day One": Ulp! (Graphic Novelties) [15.Jun.09]
Planetary #10 "Magic & Loss": What Should Have Been (Graphic Novelties) [12.Jun.09]
El Diablo: No Gun Mojo (Graphic Novelties) [11.Jun.09]
The Flash: Blitz: "You Need to Let that Go" (Graphic Novelties) [10.Jun.09]
House of Secrets #7: A Perfect Narrative Line (Graphic Novelties) [9.Jun.09]
Uncanny X-Men Annual, 2001: What I Remember (Graphic Novelties) [8.Jun.09]
The Death of Captain America (Graphic Novelties) [7.Jun.09]
Peanuts, 11/30/57: Down the Line (Graphic Novelties) [5.Jun.09]
Sandman #72: No Going Back (Graphic Novelties) [4.Jun.09]
Domu: Alienation, Illustrated (Graphic Novelties) [3.Jun.09]
Last Day in Vietnam: A Multi-Dimensional Drama (Graphic Novelties) [2.Jun.09]
Daredevil #95 - Hanging in the Air (Graphic Novelties) [1.Jun.09]
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