New Yorker Magazine’s Regrettably Pretentious Article on Stan Lee’s History
The New Yorker wrote a history item about Lee’s life and development of Marvel, reviewing a book prepared by propagandist Abraham Riesman called True…
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Roy Thomas Laments the Lionization of Comic Industry Outsiders
Via Bounding Into Comics, veteran Roy Thomas did a podcast interview with Fragaboom, citing examples of what he thinks about filmmakers, novelists and…
CBR’s Praises Marvel Comics’ Worst Spider-Man Storylines
CBR, in its modern incarnation, frequently tries to sugarcoat at least a few of the worst modern storylines ever to have soiled Spider-Man comics. This…
Roy Thomas Returns to Marvel to Write a Conan the Barbarian Prequel
Games Radar/Newsarama announced veteran Thomas, the guy who launched Robert E. Howard’s pulp adventures into the realms of comicdom, was hired by Marvel, now that…
Spider-Man Writer Kurt Busiek Seems to Have Forgotten Mary Jane
Games Radar/Newsarama interviewed Kurt Busiek, who’s returning to mainstream after about a decade of being more on the sidelines, to script a story for Amazing Spider-Man…
Whisper Network’s De Campi & Cooke’s Hatred of Men Rivals Their Hatred for Classics
Newsarama interviewed a woman who’s been the subject of much controversy due to her involvement in troublemaking movements like the Whisper Network, about a new…
New Marvel Docuseries on Disney+ Brings Female Contributors Into Focus
Entertainment Weekly wrote about a new documentary anthology airing on Disney Plus, “Marvel’s 616”, covering past history of the publisher, and one of the directors,…
Ron Marz Has No Remorse for Contentious Run on Green Lantern
Newsarama interviewed Ron Marz and Darryl Banks, reflecting on their assignment to write and draw Green Lantern back in 1994, and they still don’t seem to…
When Was the Last Time They Made Comic Stories That Mattered?
A writer at Newsarama argued in favor of creators actually making their story output matter, citing some far better examples from past comics like Amazing…
Is it Time to End Monthly Comics? SyFy Almost Gets it Right
Wouldn’t you know it, somebody writing for a leading news publication seems to agree with my view that the monthly pamphlet model the industry’s…