I’m reserving final judgment until I see the next volume, which I believe concludes this particular story arc, but so far, it’s not bad. SPOILER: Turning Pepper Potts into a superhero? Genius. More like this, please. The one annoyance is…
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Comic Book Report: Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore
This collection of Superman comics from the early 1970s epitomizes many of the things that were wrong with the Silver Age (and continues to be wrong with Smallville on TV–but that’s another post). I mean, come on. I’m used to…
A Facebook Conversation
This is actually one of the more coherent threads I’ve seen on FB: Please note that Sean lives in Silicon Valley, has been a professional video game developer for nearly two decades now, and actually hacked MAME source code to…
Comic Book Report: Checkmate: Pawn Breaks
One of my few complaints about the Checkmate TPBs is that they’re not clearly labeled with volume numbers. Yes, I’m a completist, and somewhat OCD about it; I like to read serialized stories in order, and I like them to…
Comic Book Report: X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills
For something that’s supposed to be a cornerstone of contemporary comics, I wasn’t hugely impressed by this graphic novel. For one thing, despite a large cast of characters, they’re all surprisingly arc-free, and navigating their relationships depends on the reader…
Do You Know What Yesterday Was?
Really, now. Did you think I’d forgotten? It was also this year’s Free Comic Book Day–more on that later–and, apparently, a good day for political protests in Portland. Not that there’s any connection between those two, but as long as…
Comic Book Report: Invincible Iron Man, Vol. 1: The Five Nightmares
I picked up a free reprint copy of Invincible Iron Man #1 a few weeks ago at a local game store (D was dropping off flyers for GameStorm). The female clerk on duty recommended it, saying that she normally doesn’t…
Comic Book Report: The Unwritten Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity
And now for something completely different. Well, not entirely. Mike Carey riffs on Harry Potter, Fables (Bill Willingham wrote the introduction to this collection), and real-world fandom, telling the high-concept story of a young man who has the same name…