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Item: Mighty muckety-mucks malign Marvel, shoot selves in own feet

By Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

Jan. 30, 2020 — So now Quentin Tarantino has jumped on the anti-Marvel bandwagon.

 “When you say, despite the sequels and the Avengers: Endgame and all of that, I actually think a war for movies got played

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Zombie Chicken Little says comics are doomed! Again!

By Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

April 16, 2020 — Roughly every 20 years, Zombie Chicken Little rises from his grave and predicts the end of the comic book industry. The last time was in the late ‘90s, sooo …  yep, here he comes, shambling a

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Wonder Woman owns January, with two graphic novels and a 750th issue extravaganza

By Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

Jan. 30, 2020 — With Wonder Woman 1984 arriving June 5, the Amazing Amazon should have a good year. Heck, she’s already having a really impressive month!

January saw the release of three important books starr

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Four graphic novels you may want for your gift list

By Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

Dec. 5, 2019 — New graphic novels come out all year long, but they take on extra significance during the holiday season. Here are a few that crossed my desk recently that could find a place on your gift list:

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'Locke and Key,' 'Katy Keene' both come from comics, but couldn't be more different

By Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

 Feb. 20, 2020 — Two TV shows launched from the comics last week, one horror and one humor. Those are the official genres, but both shows are much more of a blend than that.

Locke and Key began life as a hor

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The coronavirus is 'novel' but pandemics are old news in comics

 By Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

April 9, 2020 — The pandemic burning through the world right now is terrifying, lethal and virtually unstoppable. But one thing it isn’t, is unexpected. We’ve been through this before — the 1918 flu, the B

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Captain Comics says thanks to the guys and gals who send him stuff

By Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

Nov. 28, 2019 — ‘Tis the season of Thanksgiving, and as it happens, I do have a lot of people to thank. The public relations folks I deal with all the time are often unknown to the public, but they make my co

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'Birds of Prey' characters make move to movies unchanged — well, mostly

From left, Rosie Perez (as Renee Montoya), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Huntress), Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Ella Jay Basco (Cassandra Cain) and Jurnee Smollett-Bell (Black Canary) star in Birds of Prey, but only three of ever actually called that. H

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Archie co-publisher pens final Alex Fernandez novel, turns focus to 'The Black Ghost' and other comics

By Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

Sep. 18, 2019 -- Alex Segura, the co-president of Archie Comics, has been telling an entirely non-comics story for many years. Starting with 2013’s Silent City, Segura related the travails of Miami P.I. Pete

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Who are those guys? Captain Comics answers questions about DCUniverse's 'Titans'

Art by Dan Jurgens. Copyright DC Comics.
Titans: Burning Rage reprints stories heretofore seen only in Walmart-exclusive comics, and the first issue stars (from left) Beast Boy, Starfire, Raven and Robin III.

By Andrew A. Smith
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My gift to you: A recommendation for three of the best TV shows in existence

By Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

It’s easy for great shows to get overlooked during this era of Peak TV, especially with the content spread over a variety of providers. Here are three that are must-sees, just in time to binge with your visi

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For some new TV shows, you need to read comics for The Rest of the Story

By Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

Feb. 6, 2020 — Have you begun watching Star Trek: Picard? Maybe binge-watched the third season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina? Have you sampled October Faction?

Well, if you haven’t read the comics that in

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'The mightiest champions of right and justice in the world!': DC's JSA returns

By Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

Sept. 3, 2019 -- A few weeks back, DC Comics promised to bring a long-abandoned, fan-favorite super-team back to its pages, and sure enough, the Legion of Super-Heroes reappeared in all its old (and updated)

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From 'Crisis' to Dr. Manhattan, Superman has a big week

By Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

Dec. 19, 2019 – It’s been a Super month! Not in a general sense, necessarily, but in a Kal-El from Krypton kind of way.

First we were treated to multiple Supermen on The CW’s “Crisis on Infinite Earths” Dec.

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'Watchmen' isn't an adaptation: It's something better

By Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

Oct. 24. 2019 -- Watchmen arrived on HBO Oct. 20, to rave reviews, viewer excitement and … well, honestly, a lot of anxious confusion. Let’s deal with that.

For those living under a rock for the last 33 yea

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'Crisis on Infinite Earths': Too much schmaltz, too much talking, but a lot of really cool stuff, too

By Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

Jan. 16, 2020 — So “Crisis on Infinite Earths” has wrapped up. How’s everyone doing? Jazzed about that ending? Tired of all the whinging over Oliver Queen’s death? Wondering why The CW scheduled a five-week

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D23 introduces the TV-watching world to Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk

By Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

If you’re a genre fan, Disney+ is going to get your money.

The new streaming channel doesn’t launch until Nov. 12, but the House of Mouse held its biennial D23 Expo Aug. 23-25 with enough juicy announcements

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From movies to comics to TV, fall promises a cornucopia of genre fare

By Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

Sept. 25, 2019 -- Summer’s over, school’s begun … but the drumbeat of genre material on screen, in print and on TV continues unabated. Fall will be (in some cases literally) fantastic. Let’s preview:

 

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So you think you know the X-Men? New reboot upends status quo

By Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

 Marvel Comics made a big announcement about the X-Men at San Diego’s Comic-Con last month, which was – ironically – buried under Marvel Cinematic Universe news. But now that it’s underway, the X-Men re-launc

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Questions about 'Joker'? We've got the answers

Photo Credit: Niko Tavernise. Copyright: © 2019 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.  TM & © DC Comics

Joaquin Phoenix turns in a tour de force performance in Joker, starring a character who may or may not be who we’ve seen in other e

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