I’m wrapping up the Rebirth Revisited series with one of my favorite types of articles to write, a top ten list. This took some doing, as there are many good stories in Rebirth and very consistent quality, so a lot of these were splitting hairs. Even so, I thought it might be fun to put …
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“Totally unnecessary.” That was Peter Tomasi’s answer when asked what he thought of the trend of the dark, brooding superhero. In an interview at a con which happened to coincide with the release of BvS, when that answer was given, fans had already latched onto Tomasi and Gleason’s Superman Rebirth book. The story about Superman’s …
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It does my heart a lot of good when I see some of my favorite comic book creators from my childhood continue to work in the industry, and it’s even better when their output stays at a high level. A writer who may have been great in the 70s, 80s, or 90s doesn’t quite translate …
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After sampling the latest round of Superman comics, now post-Bendis, I found myself underwhelmed again, to say the least. Although intrigued by Tom Taylor’s Superman: Son of Kal-El, I haven’t managed to get absorbed into the current comics like I was just three years prior. We’ll see where everything ends up, but I thought this …
This is a post that really is long overdue. Comics are such a visual medium that the men who put pencils and ink to paper play a critical role in how these characters and stories come to life. The look and feel of the work of the talented men and women drawing Superman and company …
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