Friday, September 9 2011
Tony Daniel Gets Gory and Underwhelming in the Relaunch of Detective Comics
With clunky dialogue and plodding narrative, Detective Comics makes for a poor #1 and an even poorer reboot issue.
Tuesday, January 4 2011
The Big Pink: Tapes
The second installment in the Berlin-based electronic label !k7’s Tapes series is a set of drag and other electronic music mixed by The Big Pink’s Milo Cordell.
Monday, January 3 2011
Various Artists: Dark Matter: Mutliverse 2004-2009
Dark matter is an argument for the influence of the space between, those negative dub apertures which imbue those notes and interspersed riddims with so much more intensity.
Tuesday, October 26 2010
And Here’s to You, Mr. Robinson: ‘Jerry Robinson: Ambassador of Comics’
In a conversation with Jerry Robinson, the man who created the Joker, we learn he is much like the superheroes with which he will forever be identified; his career reflects a lifetime of pushing boundaries, challenging conventions, and fighting for artistic integrity.
Wednesday, January 28 2009
Superheroes Versus Comics
There can be no doubt that the summer of 2008 stands as a high-water mark for superheroes. But in the wake of a superhero renaissance and the growing cultural legitimacy of the genre, the question must be posed: Has the superhero genre evolved beyond the comics medium?
Tuesday, January 6 2009
Joker
In their follow-up to the brilliant Lex Luthor: Man of Steel, Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo take us on a twisted, depraved ride through a strikingly recognizable America – and our tour guide is a Joker who acts less like any Joker we’ve ever seen and more like a guard at Abu Ghraib.
