How Comic Books Tackled 9/11: Then and Now
It has been twenty years since the September 11th, 2001 attacks, yet for any American old enough to remember, it feels like it was just…
Tag: Walt Simonson
SPOILERS: About That Surprise ‘Loki’ Cameo in Episode 5…
If you’re caught up on the latest episode of Loki on Disney+, then you probably caught the quick scene of Throg, the Frog version of Thor, that…
Facepalm: Polygon Is Recommending Some of the Very Worst Post-2000 Comics
Polygon’s presenting a list of what they believe moviegoers seeing the DC/Marvel movies should check out. There are 2 examples cited that are actually good,…
Are We to Believe DC & Marvel Have Been Racist for 30 Years?
Business Insider published an interview (see also archive link if it’s behind a paywall) they’d run with at least two Black men who’d worked at DC Comics…
Disgraceful: DC Says Incapable of Successfully Selling Older Archives
Our much maligned inspiration, Bleeding Cool, recently wrote about DC cancelling quite a few trade collections of older material, which they claim is inexplicably…
Mike’s Saturday Soapbox: Why Our Community Needs a Good FF Roast
I thought I was going to find some good oldies to pull out of the box this week, but once I got going through…
Marvel Comics #1000: Cebulski’s Newest Customer and Retailer Scam?
This week’s Marvel Comics releases contained teasers images featuring creators for an event in August 2019. Speculation began almost immediately. The comic book community knew…
Story Spotlight: Just Imagine Stan Lee Created the DC Universe
Stan ‘The Man’ Lee! The brilliant co-creator of so much of what’s great about the Marvel Universe! From the Fantastic Four to Spider-Man to the…
RFTM: Harley Quinn #0 Director’s Cut Flashback Video Review
As New Comic Book Day begins to wind-down, I thought I’d look back at a favorite back-issue from January 2014. That one that brought me…
Why a Comic Creators Union Wouldn’t Work Today
Employment in the United States is at some of the best levels since before the Great Recession started. In fact, unemployment is at it’s lowest…