By Andrew A. Smith
Scripps Howard News Service
With World War Z pulling in big numbers at theaters and The Walking Dead returning for a fourth season on AMC in October, it’s easy to overlook the medium that incubated the zombie phenomenon: Comic books.
The zombie as a concept arose in West Africa, and shambled…
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By Andrew A. Smith
Scripps Howard News Service
If you’ve never read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and only seen the movie, you may be missing out.
I certainly was, until DC Comics began adapting Stieg Larsson’s popular thriller into graphic novel form (in two parts). And I still remained shrouded in ignorance of the full impact of the novel after reading TGWTDT Volume 1, which offered little more in the way…
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Kim Thompson, long-time co-publisher at Fantagraphics, died today. Here's the release from Fantagraphics:
Fantagraphics co-publisher Kim Thompson died at 6:30 this morning, June 19. "He was my partner and close friend for 36 years," said Gary Groth.
Thompson was born in Denmark in 1956. He grew up in Europe, a lifelong comics fan,…
Added by Captain Comics on June 19, 2013 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments
This site has been around since the late '90s, and has been called many things: "Captain Comics site." "The Board." "The Round Table." "The Forum." "The Website." Usually most of these have been preceded by "Captain Comics' ...", but not always -- Legionnaires have often just used shorthand with each other.
When I was forced to make some changes recently -- Ning stopped supporting our chosen design -- I threw together a masthead that reads as you see it above. I chose "Round…
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By Andrew A. Smith
Scripps Howard News Service
Has Man of Steel made you hungry for more Super-stories? Then read on, for the five essential Superman graphic novels, in reverse order:
5. Superman: Red Son ($17.99) is a play on words; as every Super-fan knows,…
Added by Captain Comics on June 17, 2013 at 9:02pm — 18 Comments
I have to say, I loved the response to this particular quiz! The responses were everything I hope for when I gin up one of these brain-teasers: a reasonable amount of participation, a bit of brilliance from everyone who posted, some correct answers which I hadn’t thought of, and one question which nobody got right.
(O.K., that last one is my ego speaking…
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By Andrew A. Smith
Scripps Howard News Service
Can Man of Steel save Superman?
It’s odd to think that a strange visitor from another planet, with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men, would need any saving. And in comic-book sales, the Man of Tomorrow is holding his own: The Superman franchise is probably DC Comics’ third-most-popular, after Batman and Justice League.
But from a movie…
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By Andrew A. Smith
Scripps Howard News Service
Two graphic novels set in the past jumped out at me recently, and when I checked the credits I knew exactly why they were so good.
The first is Fury Volume 1: My War Gone By (Marvel, $21.99), starring Nick Fury – not the one in the Avengers movie,…
Added by Captain Comics on June 5, 2013 at 1:32pm — 11 Comments
I’m a big GI Joe fan. I grew up playing with the action figures and watching the cartoon- complete with the moral at the end of the story “now you know… and knowing is half the battle.” I wasn’t aware of the comics at the time or I would have immersed myself in them too. I’ve also spent a lot more time thinking about GI Joe than is probably healthy for a grown man.
In my view, the…
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