about contributors submissions book series advertising contests tour dates Mixed Media PopMatters Picks
|
|
Articles tagged "dc comics" Column: Worlds in PanelsWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Supergirl’s Shortsby Shaun Huston[20.Nov.09] :. Supergirl's summer costume change -- which included concealing shorts under her skirt as she flew about, kicking butt -- reveals a lot about our changing superheroes.  The Iconographies FeatureWe Few, We Happy Few, We Bandaged Brothers: Jeff Lemire’s The Nobody and the Quest for Selfby Kevin M. Brettauer[13.Nov.09] :. A touching, heartfelt meditation on identity and isolation in a small town, Jeff Lemire is able to redress an H.G. Wells classic and make it as timely and disturbing as ever. NewsVertigo’s first prose novel spins out of ‘Fables’by Bill Radford [The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) (MCT)][3.Nov.09] :. The world of “Fables” has spawned a first — the first prose novel published by Vertigo, DC Comics’ mature-reader imprint. “Fables,” created by writer Bill... Comics ReviewMadame Xanadu: Disenchantedby Kevin M. Brettauer[3.Nov.09] :. Reminiscent, in all the best ways, of Neil Gaiman and Kurt Vonnegut’s finest works, Matt Wagner’s opening salvo of his new Vertigo series shows the world still has need for the archetypes inherent in Wagner’s Parsifal. Comics ReviewWednesday Comics #1-7by Andrew Bishop[24.Sep.09] :. Is Wednesday Comics just another piece of the DC pie or its own unique work?  NewsComics are leaping from page to screenby Tom Horgen [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)][27.Jun.08] :. In this weekend’s potential blockbuster “Wanted,” Morgan Freeman hands a gun to the film’s reluctant antihero and orders him to shoot the wings - and just the wings - off a... PopMatters Pick Comics ReviewIncognegroby Chauncey Mabe [South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)][4.Mar.08] :. Incognegro proves once more, if proof is still needed, that the graphic novel equals prose, film and stage in its potential for all kinds of creative expression. ‘Scalped’ writer having sizzling Augustby Bill Radford [The Gazette (MCT)][23.Aug.07] :. It’s a big month for Jason Aaron. The start of August saw the release of a trade paperback collecting the first five issues of his ongoing series, “Scalped.” Also this month from... Superman: Emperor Jokerby Shawn O'Rourke[29.May.07] :. Sadly, this is one of those stories that was better in my memory. ‘Scalped’s’ Jason Aaron wrote his own ticket into comic booksby Ethan Sacks [New York Daily News (MCT)][24.Apr.07] :. A fan off the street with almost no experience getting a gig writing for the publisher of Superman through an unsolicited email? The Exterminatorsby Greg Oleksiuk[19.Apr.07] :. The book's complexity, combined with its over-the-top moments, make this a very enjoyable read. |
Now on PopMatters
Features
:. The Story of a Soul Survivor: ‘Private Dancer’ at 25 :. Re-Meet the Beatles: PopMatters Salutes the Still Fab Four
Columns
Lowbrow Literati: Are We All Mythtaken About Star Wars? Jazz Today: Spinach and Broccoli Music: An Interview with Composer and Drummer John Hollenbeck
Blogs
Short Ends and Leader: Comedy is Not Pretty: Funny People (2009): Blu-ray Peripatetic Postcards: Traveling with Turkey Sound Affects: Green Day - All About ‘Dookie’: “Having a Blast” Notes from the Road: Jimmy Cobb’s So What Band Covers Kind of Blue: 9.Nov.09 - Barcelona Re:Print: The Fate of the Epistolary Novel
Music
:. The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out (40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set) :. John Mayer: Battle Studies :. Duran Duran: Rio Special Limited Edition / Live at Hammersmith ‘82! :. Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard: One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Music From Kerouac’s Big Sur :. Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 :. Heavy Trash: Midnight Soul Serenade :. Otto: Certa Manhã Acordei de Sonhos Intranquilos
|
