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Thought Bubble #4: What ‘Age’ Of Comics Is This?
Thought Bubble #4: What ‘Age’ Of Comics Is This?
Thought Bubble #4: What ‘Age’ Of Comics Is This?
The comics medium attempts to answer a lot of big questions: What makes someone truly evil? What's wrong with childlike wonder? How, father? How do I do it? What do I use...to make them afraid? In that spirit, ComicsAlliance's Matt Wilson is asking comics creators, retailers and commentators some big questions of his own...
Link Ink: Swapping ‘Justice League’ Gender Poses, ‘Comix Zone’ Comes to PlayStation Plus and the Return of ‘Sin Titulo’
Link Ink: Swapping ‘Justice League’ Gender Poses, ‘Comix Zone’ Comes to PlayStation Plus and the Return of ‘Sin Titulo’
Link Ink: Swapping ‘Justice League’ Gender Poses, ‘Comix Zone’ Comes to PlayStation Plus and the Return of ‘Sin Titulo’
Humor: Manly Guys Doing Manly Things artist Kelly Turnbull swaps gender poses on the upcoming Justice League #1 variant cover by David Finch. Reading: Have you read CA contributor Douglas Wolk's Comic-Con Strikes Again on Amazon, you can still check it out for just $0...
Blackest Night: A Holiday Carol
Blackest Night: A Holiday Carol
Blackest Night: A Holiday Carol
We've got a special holiday treat for you today on ComicsAlliance: A "Blackest Night" Christmas carol parody to the tune of "Silent Night," written and performed by myself and the Eisner Award-winning Douglas Wolk in two-part harmony with ukulele backup, all for your amusement...
Kant’s ‘Critique of Aesthetic Judgment’ Explained by Superhero Comics in 5 Minutes
Kant’s ‘Critique of Aesthetic Judgment’ Explained by Superhero Comics in 5 Minutes
Kant’s ‘Critique of Aesthetic Judgment’ Explained by Superhero Comics in 5 Minutes
"Reading Comics" author and ComicsAlliance contributor Douglas Wolk recently got on stage at the Ignite Portland 7 conference (where speakers get 5 minutes and 20 slides to to say whatever they want) and explained the "Critique of Aesthetic Judgment" by Immanuel Kant -- using superhero comics...
Comic-Con ’09 Roundup: The Good and the Bad, Part 1
Comic-Con ’09 Roundup: The Good and the Bad, Part 1
Comic-Con ’09 Roundup: The Good and the Bad, Part 1
San Diego Comic-Con is over, and as both fans and pros wend their way through the recovery process, ComicsAlliance talked with creators across the industry about their best and worst moments from the leviathan convention that annually eats the comics industry whole, spins up our bones, and uses them for toothpicks...
Don’t Ask! Just Buy It: Black Casebook, Captain America, Streets of Gotham’]
Don’t Ask! Just Buy It: Black Casebook, Captain America, Streets of Gotham’]
Don’t Ask! Just Buy It: Black Casebook, Captain America, Streets of Gotham’]
Savage Critic and "Reading Comics" author Douglas Wolk joins ComicsAlliance for a rundown of the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out the week, which includes this helpful key: Ø I would probably be getting a lot more excited about this if I hadn't read it the previous time around ◊ Danger! Deep cont...
Inanimate Cartoons at SPX
Douglas Wolk, of Reading Comics fame, moderated an informative panel exploring the relationship between animation and comics this evening at SPX. Joining Wolk on the panel were Kim Deitch, Jeff Smith, Tom Neely and Roger Langridge. All of the panelists except Langridge have had (or continue to have) animation experience, and all of them expressed a preference for making comics over animation given