As a Hellblazer reader with very strong opinions about adaptations, I wasn’t planning to watch the trailer for NBC’s upcoming Constantine. However, the reactions to it across my social media networks were pretty positive, so I thought I should give it a chance. Immediate reactions to the trailer, in real time: If this is set…
Archery! Comics! Shooting Lines: Laura’s answers
Back again, with another perspective on how comics and other genre media can support your love of archery. Today’s response to my archery-comics crossover survey comes from enthusiast Laura! Find out more about this series of mini-interviews, and get involved, here. Can you relate to Laura’s journey? Tell us about yourself. Are you currently an active archer? When…
News & Things: Awesome Comic Adaptations, Ahoy!
Walking Dead videogame debuts new trailer for upcoming Episode 3 Tomorrow is the release of the latest episode of the much-praised The Waking Dead: The Game Season Two. The series, which follows different characters set in the same universe as the comic, is notable for its sophisticated storytelling and emotional depth of its characters. For anyone who…
Review: X-Men: No More Humans
X-Men: No More Humans Mike Carey, Salvador Larroca Marvel Comics 2014 “No more mutants” was the cry heard ‘round the Marvel Universe, when the conclusion to the “House of M” event in 2005 decimated the mutant population and made the X-Men bigger outcasts than they had ever been before. X-Men: No More Humans obviously wants…
Brian Wood Leaving X-Men
Brian Wood has left X-Men, he stated on Twitter today. “FYI, I left the title on my own accord, no drama, no pressure, just moving on,” he wrote. He has been on the title since May of last year, after penning runs on X-Men, Volume 3 and Ultimate Comics: X-Men. Brian’s last issue will be…
Batwoman and DADT, Karen K. Burrows
When Kate Kane admits she’s gay in Detective Comics 859 (November 2009, Greg Rucka / J.H. Williams III), she does a lot more than out herself. Under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT), the US law that prohibited gays and lesbians from serving openly in the country’s military, she gets herself kicked out of college and…
Shooting Lines: Archery, Comics, My Bliss
I’m not currently a member of an archery club. That sits poorly with me. I don’t even like saying it. Archery means a lot to me. (I’ll get to the comics.) When I was two years old, Maid Marian and her Merry Men started showing on CBBC. At the time, that was the BBC slot…
Buffalo Minotaurs! Or Buffalotaurs? Minoffalo?
Manifest Destiny Chris Dingess, Matthew Roberts, Owen Gieni, and Pat Brousseau Image Comics Until reading this, I never gave Lewis and Clark much thought. There was that IMAX movie about their expedition a few years ago but it seemed like the whole thing was pretty dry. Just two guys walking slowly across the country with a…
Top Ten Comic Book Geniuses
There are plenty of characters in the world of DC and Marvel who have powers to punch through steel reinforced walls, read minds, and fly—but what about good old ingenuity? How about the geniuses that help save the world or make it their life’s mission to destroy it? What is genius and what role does it…
The New Wonder Woman and Greek Mythology
Wonder Woman’s current run is rich with greek mythology. Before, Diana was born from clay and her mother Hippolyta’s desire to have a daughter. In 2011, though, DC Comics revamped its entire universe, that now is called the New 52. In this new take on the character by writer Brian Azzarello and artist Cliff Chiang,…
TOONBooks: Interview with Francoise Mouly
For an excellent introduction to graphic novels, or heck, reading at all, TOON Books has you covered. TOON Books was founded by Françoise Mouly as an alternative to Easy Readers. For the uninitiated, Easy Readers are beginner level books that break dialogue and storyline down to the equivalent of caveman grunts. Think “see Spot run….
Short & Sweet: Comics…in…SPAAAAACE!
Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #3 Zack Whedon, Georges Jeanty; Executive Producer Joss Whedon Dark Horse Comics Issues 1 and 2 have laid the foundation, but issue 3 is where were start to see the subplots come into play. With Zoe being held by the Alliance, River taps into her brain to see if there…