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Ask Chris #303: Guilty Pleasures
Ask Chris #303: Guilty Pleasures
Ask Chris #303: Guilty Pleasures
Q: Do you think there's any value in defining something as a guilty pleasure? If so, what's your comic guilty pleasure? — @ykwilpodcast A: On the one hand, no, I don't. The concept of a "guilty pleasure" has always struck me as a weird way to shield yourself from the knowledge that you like something that's not very good, and that's reductive to both your own tastes and the media that you're consuming. There's very little media in this world that's completely without value, and even when I can judge something to be completely and utterly worthless, that judgment comes from a context and a set of experiences and comparisons that are completely unique to me. Dismissing it as a guilty pleasure isn't just disingenuous, it ignores the idea that art can resonate with you despite its failing. On the other hand, well, it's been 20 years and I still kinda love Gen 13.
The Naughty List:  Five of the Worst Holiday Comics of All Time
The Naughty List: Five of the Worst Holiday Comics of All Time
The Naughty List: Five of the Worst Holiday Comics of All Time
For the past few weeks, the jolly elves here at ComicsAlliance have been offering up rundowns of our favorite holiday comics, starting with DC and then moving on to Marvel! But with 70 years' worth of holiday specials floating around out there, they can't all be great...
Is There a Santa Claus? And Other Christmas Questions
Is There a Santa Claus? And Other Christmas Questions
Is There a Santa Claus? And Other Christmas Questions
Q: DEAR CHRIS: I am 42 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, 'If you see it in ComicsAlliance it's so, unless that Wolkin guy wrote it, and then all bets are off.' Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus? -- David Lartigue, via email A: David, your little friends are wrong, especially about David Wolkin. At least 30% of the stuff he writes is well-researched and at least partially semi-accurate. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe anything except what they read on message boards and comment threads. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, David, whether they be men's or children's, are little. Except Batman's. Because Batman thinks of everything. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect in his intellect (and not the radioactive kind that can give you super-powers), as compared with the boundless world about him. Yes, David. There is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as Batman and Superman and Spider-Man exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no genocidal killer robots who were reprogrammed to give out presents but decided instead to murder the Avengers with hate-lasers.
Tarot And The Krampus And The Worst Christmas Story
Tarot And The Krampus And The Worst Christmas Story
Tarot And The Krampus And The Worst Christmas Story
Q: What's the worst Christmas comic you've ever read? -- @franzferdinand2 A: Folks, I have read a lot of Christmas comics. For a while, they were the only thing I actually "collected." I'd buy any Christmas story I could find, any comic with Santa Claus in it, anything that had the requisite number of sleighs and trees with lights on 'em, and as a result, I have seen some genuinely terrible Christmas stories. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of good ones too, but when you're reading every Christmas story out there, you run across plenty that are overly cynical, mean-spirited, or just plain not very good. And every now and then, you read the two-part Krampus story in Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose, which is a piece of work unto itself.
‘Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose’ Gets Bitten on Her Ladyparts By an Eel. Seriously. [Review]
‘Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose’ Gets Bitten on Her Ladyparts By an Eel. Seriously. [Review]
‘Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose’ Gets Bitten on Her Ladyparts By an Eel. Seriously. [Review]
It's been a while since we've talked about one of our all-time favorite titles here at ComicsAlliance, and to be honest, the past few issues of Jim Balent's Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose have actually been pretty boring. As much as I love the book, there just hasn't been anything even remotely approaching the usual level of insanity set by stories of hainted ladybits, nuclear breast implants, or
Colleen Coover Draws Tarot, Witch of the Black Rose
Colleen Coover Draws Tarot, Witch of the Black Rose
Colleen Coover Draws Tarot, Witch of the Black Rose
HeroesCon 2010 was nothing short of amazing for the ComicsAlliance staff -- the highlight of the convention season, hands down -- and we'll have lots of content coming from our time at the event, but even among the rich store of wonderful moments the convention provided, one thing stands out as a shining jewel: Colleen Coover's drawing of Tarot, Witch of the Black Rose...
Mind-Boggling Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose MiniMates [Girl Week]
Mind-Boggling Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose MiniMates [Girl Week]
Mind-Boggling Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose MiniMates [Girl Week]
Last month, BroadSword comics announced via YouTube that after ten years of publishing the often-naked adventures of Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose, their flagship character was finally hitting the big time: Being immortalized as a tiny plastic figure as one of Art Asylum's MiniMates: And I thought it was funny when they did Power Girl...