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The Brandon Graham ‘Multiple Warheads’ Interview, Part 2
This October, Brandon Graham (Prophet, King City)is unleashing the all-new color volume of his Multiple Warheads series. Spinning out of a one-shot published by Oni Press in 2007, this new four-issue Image Comics series, subtitled "Alphabet to Infinity," lets Graham return to an irradiated fantasy version of Russia with the sci-fi assassin Nura, organ smuggler Sexica and her werewolf bo
The Brandon Graham ‘Multiple Warheads’ Interview, Part 1 Of 2
This October, Brandon Graham (Prophet, King City)is unleashing the all-new color volume of his Multiple Warheads series. Spinning out of a one-shot published by Oni Press in 2007, this new four-issue Image Comics series, subtitled "Alphabet to Infinity," lets Graham return to an irradiated fantasy version of Russia, the sci-fi assassin Nura, organ smuggler Sexica and her werewolf boyfrie
Happy 95th Birthday, Jack Kirby
You hear it all the time: "Jack Kirby is the King of Comics." "Jack 'King' Kirby." "Marvel's House of Ideas is The House That Jack Built." Most people, comics critics and the like, usually leave it there. The idea that Jack Kirby is one of the most important people of the comics industry is taken for granted, most times...
50 Years Later: Growth And Maturity in Amazing Spider-Man 1-50
In the beginning, Peter Parker was fifteen years old. He was too young for full manhood, but too old to be treated like a child. He was coddled by his family and abused by his peers. He was a beloved nephew and professional wallflower, a bitter bookworm and great student...
Sex & Violence Comix: Conan The Barbarian
Brian Wood's scripting the latest relaunch of Robert E. Howard's Conan character, this time in a series called Conan the Barbarian. The DMZ and The Massive writer is using Howard's short story "Queen of the Black Coast" as a springboard for new stories featuring the barbarian...
Four Micro-Essays on League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 2009 [Review]
Kevin O'Neill and Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was one of those books that was waiting for me when I came back to comics after high school. Two trades full of familiar and unfamiliar characters having adventures. I liked it, though maybe more for the spectacle than the craft...
Darwyn Cooke’s ‘Parker: The Score’ Gives Us A Tantalizing Glimpse Into Career Thievery
One of the most popular types of stories features an ordinary person in extraordinary circumstances, such as John McClane in Die Hard. Most superhero stories feature extraordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, like when Green Lantern is trying to prevent the collapse of all reality...
Just How Hard is a Black Panther Film, Anyway?
A lot of news broke at San Diego Comic-Con, particularly courtesy of Marvel and Marvel Studios. They've been busy, and of course fans wanted to know what else was coming down the line. One of the questions that Marvel Studios reps answered was about a prospective Black Panther film...
The Originals: Joe Casey and Invigorating Originality
More than a few of your favorite Marvel and DC Comics creators have projects that you may not have heard of, depending on how closely you follow their careers. In creator-owned comics, they get to go wild and create a story that springs entirely from their own brow, and I love seeing the results of that...
The Originals: Garth Ennis and Characterization via Dialogue
More than a few of your favorite Marvel and DC Comics creators have projects that you may not have heard of, depending on how closely you follow their careers. In creator-owned comics, they get to go wild and create a story that springs entirely from their own brow, and I love seeing the results of that...