Matt Fraction Archives

Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen is Comics’ The Good Place

November 20, 2019

I heard people rave about The Good Place for years before I actually watched the show, mostly because I don’t consider myself to be a sitcom person. I then I read Sam Anderson’s article in The New York Times, “What Makes ‘The Good Place’ so Good?” which convinced me that there was something ...

Comics, News, Pubwatch, Reviews

DC PUBWATCH – September 2019 Edition

September 26, 2019

The biggest news of this month’s DC Pubwatch is the further expansion of the Black Label line with another addition to Frank Miller’s Dark Knight canon (why?!), and Daniel Warren Johnson’s Wonder Woman: Dead Earth. We also got news of James Tynion IV’s “Year of the Villain” spin-off tied to the ...

Comics, Reviews

Superman’s Pal (and Problem) Jimmy Olsen Is Our Delight

July 30, 2019

Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #1 Clayton Cowles (letters), Nathan Fairbairn (colors and cover), Matt Fraction (writer), Steve Lieber (art and cover) DC Comics July 17, 2019 When Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen was announced several months ago, it immediately became my most highly anticipated book of ...

Comics, News, Pubwatch, Reviews

DC Comics PUBWATCH – April 2019 Edition

April 25, 2019

The biggest news this month for DC Comics was the full-on committal of the company to getting their comics on the DC Universe App. At Wonder Con it was announced that soon they’d have their entire digital catalog (with a twelve-month delay for new issues) on the platform, and they’re doing ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Essays

“Don’t Get Eaten by a Tiger”: The Presentation and Safety of Othered Children in FF

April 19, 2019

Marvel Comics’ all-ages series FF (2012) is brought to us by team Matt Fraction and Mike, Lee, and Laura Allred and follows the adventures of the Future Foundation, a school for special youngsters, temporarily headed by Scott Lang, She-Hulk, Medusa, and pop singer Darla Deering a.k.a Miss Thing.

Comics, Pubwatch, Reviews

DC PUBWATCH – February 2019

February 28, 2019

The biggest news this month came from the annual Comics Pro conference held right before convention season kicks off. Dan DiDio was there to talk about the company’s future. Among things talked about were the rumor of a massive cutback of the publishing line, and DiDio confirmed that it was ...

Comics

Con Diary: Emerald City Comicon Day 3

April 17, 2014

I was taken to my very first con in 2011 by my unapologetically geeky, big sister. Back then, Emerald City Comic Con’s exhibition floor spanned only half of the fourth floor’s ballrooms. In 2014, the entire Washington State Convention Centre is home to the northwest coast’s premiere comic book ...

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Three Love Songs/Three Comics

February 21, 2014

Music and comics go together like … well, music and comics. Sometimes it’s just a well-chosen lyric juxtaposed with a particular panel sequence, or a character singing a favorite song that also happens to reveal something important about their story arc. However it’s done, the blending of such ...

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NSFW: Let’s Talk About Sex (Criminals)

February 7, 2014

Based on the title, you probably won’t be surprised to read that Image’s Sex Criminals, by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky, is a comic about sex. And crime. Or rather, social transgression: because the essence of a crime is that it goes against the mores of society, whether reasonable or ...

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News & Things: Agent Coulson Is Disappointed In You

February 4, 2014

News “Game of Thrones” director Neil Marshall tapped for “Constantine” Known for directing one of the best episodes of Game of Thrones, “Blackwater” (season two, episode nine), horror movie director Neil Marshall has been chosen to direct the pilot episode of NBC’s in-the-works “Constantine” TV ...

Matt Fraction

Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen is Comics’ The Good Place

DC PUBWATCH – September 2019 Edition

Superman’s Pal (and Problem) Jimmy Olsen Is Our Delight

DC Comics PUBWATCH – April 2019 Edition

“Don’t Get Eaten by a Tiger”: The Presentation and Safety of Othered Children in FF

DC PUBWATCH – February 2019

Con Diary: Emerald City Comicon Day 3

Three Love Songs/Three Comics

NSFW: Let’s Talk About Sex (Criminals)

News & Things: Agent Coulson Is Disappointed In You

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