RiseOfArsenal

Not since Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose won an award for "Best Independent Comic" have we been quite so shocked by an award-winner as we are today. As DC's The Source reports, last Saturday saw the Prism Awards honor Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal as an accurate portrayal of substance abuse and mental illness...

We've talked about Rise of Arsenal before, notably the scene where Arsenal gets high on heroin and assaults of bunch of people in order to protect the corpse of a cat that he believes is his dead daughter. It's a scene that has prompted more than a few jokes, but one of the best ones we've seen came in this week's Supergirl #57 by Sterling Gates and Bernard Change, where a Bizarro version of the J

On Saturday morning at Fan Expo in Toronto, DC Entertainment continued their panel schedule with the DC Universe panel, where they announced a "Batman Beyond" ongoing series after the miniseries" discussed the criticism of "Justice League: Rise of Arsenal," and why DiDio thinks Krul did "extraordinarily well" on the miniseries, and the raw, less experienced Batma

I have long wanted to have my own theme sketchbook to bring to conventions for artist commissions, but I've never hit on quite the right idea. ComicsAlliance contributor David Wolkin put me to shame at the recent Comic-Con by coming up with an amazing idea: A "Rise of Arsenal" #3 theme sketchbook featuring Arsenal and a famous cat, a nod to the infamous issue where the one-armed Roy Harp

The thing about modern comics criticism is that the immediacy of the Internet makes it easier than ever to base reviews around a first impression. Believe me, I'm as guilty of it as anyone, but shades of grey tend to be replaced by snap judgments that play to the extremes, leading to titles quickly being deemed the best or worst comic ever printed on a weekly basis...