OK, just read issue #0. It involves the current iteration of Nova, who is apparently a kid named Sam Alexander, whose father was an old drunk who claimed to have been an intergalactic space hero, and who eventually disappeared. In time, the son disc
A comment by Dr. Hmmm? in the "What Comics Have You Read Today?" thread got me thinking about DC Golden Age series/characters that’ve been comprehensively collected. The list is not long. What’s longer is the list of series/characters DC has begun re
The early years of the Caped Crusader get a closer examination as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings the fully-remastered The Batman: The Complete Series to Blu-ray for the very first time. Produced by Warne
The Beauty Volume Six Jeremy Haun & Jason A. Hurley, story; Thomas Nachlik, Matthew Dow Smith, Jeremy Haun & Danny Luckert, art; Nayoung Kim & Brett Weldele, color Image Comics, 2022
The series ends here, after a big pandemic pause. The collection
I've been trying to think of Western characters in fiction that are examples of the "tsundere" archetype. Manga and anime are lousy with them, but for some reason I'm having a difficult time thinking of popular Western examples.
This is New Yorker cartoonist McPhail's first graphic novel. It is evidently semi-autobiographical: young illustrator Nick can't connect with people. The opening scene shows him seeking out a bar: t
It's interesting. I'm sure that most here were like me--aware of Full House, but without it having any sort of major impact on my life. I remember watching a handful of episodes and understanding that it wasn't for me. I'm
Here are some TV shows I'll probably watch, and some I probably won't. Some will be bumped to 2023, of course. Most are genre, but some aren't. Honestly, it's a hodge-podge of stuff I originally researched for the Tribune column and then abandoned. F