Vertigo announces second printing for 'Django Unchained' #1
In December, moviegoers across the planet were introduced to legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino’s latest offering: DJANGO UNCHAINED. And also making i
Jessica Hickman Shows "The Mermaid and the Shark" To The World
Jessica Hickman is launching her self-published comic book "The Mermaid and the Shark", a story about a mermaid who happens upon a shark trapped in a fis
When the new 52 was launched last year, I could see the rationale behind it. In a lot of ways, DC Comics had gone off the rails, and a lot of long time series were plainly floundering. To me, there hasn't been a shakeup likes this since the mid to la
I thought there might be a need for a separate thread to discuss this interesting concept of bringing the original five Xavier schools students into the present day Marvel continuity.
We've already talked a little about how little happened in the fi
Check out the first look at the variant cover of DJANGO UNCHAINED issue #2 by Mark Chiarello on the Vertigo and The Source blogs. Here's the link to the full post and art. Please feel free to share and post and let
There are those who believe that comics should tell their stories primarily visually, and use words sparingly. It's true that strong visual storytelling can be very effective, and comics can have striking sequences where words aren't used at all.
Captain Cold: In SHOWCASE #8, Len Snart is introduced as a scientifically-savvy crook who wants to find a way to stop the Flash. He invents a gun to use radiation from a cyclotron. He then essentially walks into a “Radiation Laboratory” which appare
I've resolved to experience the Marvel Age of Comics, as it happened.
I wasn't old enough to do that when it actually happened, beginning in late 1961. I didn't start reading Marvel Comics until about 1964 or 1965. I missed the earlier stories until
I just read the Amazon listing for the (OOP) WONDER WOMAN CHRONICLES , VOL 1 , which indicates that the visual of an African-American " sleeping car porter " , drawn in the " blackface " manner of the time in the original version , is printed in a "