Saturday, July 19th, 2008
If Batman Begins represented a step or several forward from the superhero movies that came before, so does The Dark Knight represent another leap. The Dark Knight retains all that I loved about its predecessor – note-perfect acting[1], solid writing, gorgeous cinematography and art direction – and adds several ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Comics flow through a marketplace so fickle and so resistant to innovation that getting off on the right foot is damn near essential to any sort of success. While certain comics have been able to overcome a non-descript opening story (Daredevil came to mind while breaking out this list), ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Batman (arguably) places higher on the fanboy scale than Superman[1], but why? If comics specialize in wish fufillment and escapism, you can't get granted a much cooler wish than being bulletproof and able to fly, agreed?
Thing is, once you get beyond the first few pages of a Superman story, you ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
In no real order, other than maybe from least-to-most credibility-bruising...
10. Strangers in Paradise -
Since my wife never fell for the "they're not comics, they're graphic novels" load, I never had to bring home Terry Moore's heartfelt... whatever it is. I never even tried to read this on the sly in ...
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
I'm sure by now you've seen the sure-to-be-temporary Alex Ross redesign of Captain America debuting in January. It's not a bad design, I think, if a bit overdone with Ross' fondness for metallic materials; I actually like the callback to Cap's original shield in the ...
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Thursday, August 9th, 2007
To the media: YEEEEEAHHHH!!!!! BARRY BONDS IS NOW THE MAN!! 7-5-6!! 7-5-6!!
Barry, I hope you’re reading this. You changed your number on me when that BALCO shitstorm began, so I haven’t been able to tell you personally how excited I am that you took down that arrogant, self-righteous, brooding ...
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Friday, July 20th, 2007
Frank Miller's really just screwing with us at this point, isn't he?
(From the preview for All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #6.)
Every single mention of Batman in those panels is as "the goddamn Batman." I know that phrase (very intentionally constructed) took the brunt of some Internet mockery the ...
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