Interview: O’Reilly on Arcana Studio, Part I
In the midst of my ever-growing pull list, there is an elite group of comic books that rank as Must-Buys, even if it means eating Ramen for lunch all week! Two of the books currently in that group are published by Arcana Studio, the fledgling Canadian indie that is home to 100 Girls and Ezra.
Review: Ant: Days Like These (TPB)
There’s a perennial debate on which creative setup works best in comics, the collaboration or the solo creator. With superior examples on both sides, of course, there is no definitive answer, but for every good example, there’s at least as many bad ones. Creator/writer/artist Mario Gully’s intriguing concept – eight-year old Hannah Washington creates an
ménage à trois: 2/2/05
[One Marvel, one DC, both published the previous Wednesday, plus a random indie from whenever I feel like it, each reviewed quickie-style: 1 Minute=bad, 10 Minutes=good. Connections, if any at all, may be forced purely for the experience.] A light week for the big two, highlighted by the already reviewed return of the Black Panther,
Review: Black Panther #1
The opening story arc is called “Who is the Black Panther” for a reason, and it is for that reason that T’Challa, the Black Panther most people know, does not appear in this issue. In fact, while writer Reginald Hudlin has said he’d be using elements of Christopher J. Priest’s critically-acclaimed, if not overwhelmingly supported,
Comment: Being Black in a Four-Color World
It’s an old joke: Why is Black History Month the shortest month of the year? There’s no punchline to that one, of course. The question is the joke. In time for Black History Month 2005, Marvel Comics is relaunching the Black Panther in his own series, his fifth including the short-lived, unfortunately-titled but highly-regarded Jungle
ménage à trois: 1/26/05
[One Marvel, one DC, both published the previous Wednesday, plus a random indie from whenever I feel like it, each reviewed quickie-style: 1 Minute=bad, 10 Minutes=good. Connections, if any at all, may be forced purely for the experience.] There’s a saying in Hollywood about the difficulties of working with kids and animals, and with good
The Woodshed: Wolverine: The End #6
[Some comics get bad reviews, but the really special ones get taken to The Woodshed.] *** SPOILERS A’PLENTY *** Despite the shipping delays that saw this SIX issue mini-series take FOURTEEN months to finish – #1 came out in Nov 03, #6 in Jan 05! And neither Joe Quesada or Kevin Smith had anything to
Interview: Kirkman on Moon Knight
T.S. Eliot said “April is the cruellest month,” but he certainly wasn’t referring to Marvel’s solicitations for April 2005. Excepting the final issue of Paul Jenkins’ Spectacular Spider-Man which, being the only Spider-Man title I cared for does rate as being somewhat cruel, there’s the return of two of my childhood favorites: Power Pack and
ménage à trois: 1/19/05
[One Marvel, one DC, both published the previous Wednesday, plus a random indie from whenever I feel like it, each reviewed quickie-style: 1 Minute=bad, 10 Minutes=good. Connections, if any at all, may be forced purely for the experience.] Back-to-back trips to Miami and Ft. Collins, CO last week meant a double dose of comic books
Review: Writers on Comics Scriptwriting 2
Comic book writers are a special lot, even among creative types, fitting somewhere between performance artists and mimes in mainstream perception. Whereas Mark Salisbury’s excellent first edition, published in 1999, featured many of the Modern Age’s future Hall of Famers – including Warren Ellis, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller and Grant Morrison – Tom Root and