Tuesday, October 4 2011
‘All Star Western’ Is at Home, Back East
In a longstanding tradition of using company-wide shakeups to offer a new and engaging visions of Jonah Hex, All Star Western offers perhaps the sincerest reboot of the entire New 52 run.
Friday, January 21 2011
The Year in Review: The Best Comics of 2010, Part II
Regardless of format, what seems unlikely to change is the use of comics for serial storytelling. In the future, this may take place on the web, or in e-editions, it may not follow a monthly publishing schedule, but like television, comics is both historically associated with serials and well-suited to making and delivering these kinds of stories.
Tuesday, March 9 2010
Sweet Tooth #1-5
In his latest opus, Jeff Lemire cries out for help. If only he were crying wolf.
Thursday, February 11 2010
A Modern Promethea: Mike Carey and Peter Gross Pen the Unwritten
Story these days is a battlefield, and Mike Carey and Peter Gross are the new generals.
Monday, February 8 2010
The Word Made Flesh: Chronicling The Unwritten
"Companion Tommy, sound your horn!" A story for the ages and, of course, our age, The Unwritten's goals are lofty indeed, and its creators do not shy from them, lest their work lose validity.
Tuesday, November 3 2009
Madame Xanadu: Disenchanted
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.
Thursday, October 16 2008
50 years later, follow in the footsteps of Hitchcock and his ‘Vertigo’ characters
Monday, October 13 2008
Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 1
Day One - A trip back to the classic days of studio system Hollywood, complete with great musicals, amazing adventure yarns, and a couple of post-modern freak outs, just to keep things controversial and lively.
Tuesday, March 4 2008
Incognegro
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.
