by Jarrod | Oct 6, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Molly Jane Kremer. It never fails: I can always tell when something comics-related has really hit mainstream America, because my parents will immediately, and excitedly, call to ask me about it. They don’t read comics (but thankfully, unlike others in their...
by Jarrod | Oct 2, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Andrew Stevens. In Fatale, Sleeper, and Incognito, Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips dipped inside the fantastical: we got super-powers, immortal beings, and indestructible protagonists. In The Fade Out this creative team produces a direct mimesis of the Hollywood...
by Jarrod | Oct 2, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Gavin Rehfeldt. Guns and Grayson make for an interesting combination, being that he is the disciple of the House of Wayne, which strictly forbids gunplay. Grayson #3 presents a direct narrative while also exploring the larger idea of guns, guns and fun, and guns as...
by Jarrod | Oct 1, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Molly Jane Kremer. I used to define myself as a DC Comics fan (inasmuch as we nerds tend to classify ourselves by these things we love and obsess over). Which certainly isn’t to say I hate everything DC currently publishes. It simply became very clear to me in...
by Jarrod | Oct 1, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Jarrod Jones. Let’s be honest with each other: there was never anything wholly original about Lobo. Created by Keith Giffen and Roger Slifer in 1983 as a response to Marvel anti-heroes like The Punisher and Wolverine, Lobo was very much a heightened...
