Andrew A. Smith
Scripps Howard News Service
When I think of how amazingly versatile comics are, I think of publishers like Archaia Entertainment. They’ve just published six graphic novels – none involving superheroes, no two remotely alike, and all of them beautifully done.
Leaping to the top of the list…
Added by Captain Comics on July 23, 2012 at 4:33pm — No Comments
Upcoming Comics for Your Reading Pleasure
PREVIEW-PALOOZA!
By Andrew A. Smith
Contributing Editor
2012 has been a pretty good year so far in comics. But what’s coming this summer may put what’s come before in the shade. A number of publishers were enthusiastic enough to answer our call for a…
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By Andrew A. Smith
Scripps Howard News Service
Who the heck is Gwen Stacy?
That is likely to be a question a lot of movie-goers will be asking as they watch The Amazing Spider-Man, premiering this week. For the answer, we have to go back to the early years of Spider-romance, even before the Wall-Crawler’s most famous girlfriend, Mary Jane Watson.
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Andrew A. Smith
Scripps Howard News Service
I’ve never been a fan of Daniel Clowes, but a recent art book has changed my mind.
Not that I don’t admire Clowes’ craft and skill – I do, I do. He’s the writer/artist of the Ghost World graphic novel, and the screenwriter of the 2001 movie (starring Thora Birch, Steve Buscemi and a teenage Scarlett Johansson). His writing is nuanced, subtle and open to interpretation; his artwork is detailed,…
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