SeanHowe

This week on War Rocket Ajax, we welcome Sean Howe to the show to talk about his amazing history of the people and the company behind some of our favorite characters, Marvel Comics: The Untold Story. It's a great book, and in our discussion, Sean talks about defending Stan Lee, the conversations he had with various creators, and his brief correspondence with Steve Ditko (pictured above) -- and yo

We didn't realize when we set out to list our favorite comic books of 2012 that it had been such a fun year to be a fan of the medium that we all love so much. The last twelve months offered readers a wide variety of work ranging from the most crowd-pleasing superhero epics to the most idiosyncratic of indies; the return of much missed mangaka and the emergence of exciting new talent; a new crowd-

Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe Available From: Amazon.com and finer bookstores everywhere. Price: $16.71 at Amazon One of the problems with buying gifts for comic book readers is that we really like comics, but we tend to buy them every week...

An essay written by none other than Alan Moore almost three decades ago demonstrates just how little things have changed in the comics industry over the last thirty years. Fans complained about the way things were compared with how they used to be, sales were falling, and Stan Lee was reviled as the man who (accidentally) ruined everything...