I’m on a personal quest to discover which comics are still relevant to me today. I’ve loved the form my entire life–particularly the super-hero genre. Over the years, I’ve fallen away from the super-heroes; barbarian phase, independent phase, Vertigo phase, adult phase, and back around to super-heroes again. DC’s New 52 pulled me strongly back [...]
Pamela Mullin, editor at Vertigo, posted Paul Cornell’s pitch for SAUCER COUNTRY on the Vertigo blog the other day. As a writer and a writing teacher, I have to admit that I love stuff like this. It gives us insight into the mind of the creator, and also reveals a pitch that was actually accepted [...]
Shy of two months ago I had never read Neil Gaiman’s Sandman Series. I had only heard good things about the series, but was unable to read it because vol 1 seemed to elude me for so long. Two months ago by some miracle I was able to sit down and over the course of [...]
There is an interesting article over at Newsarama that asks fans why new characters and concepts struggle. Obviously, this is a problem not only for comics, but pretty much every corner of the entertainment world. I am absolutely sick of remakes at the movies and on TV. Reading the article got me to thinking about [...]
I love Vertigo. Superheroes are fine, but after events and weeklies and relaunches, I sometimes grow weary of men in tights beating the living snot out of one another, and I long for something deeper. That’s when I turn to Vertigo. The Unwritten is my favorite title, and I’ve loved many of the classic Vertigo [...]
I was on vacation last week and therefore missed a week of comics. Catching up was more a pleasure than a chore, and of the stack of 2 weeks worth of books, my favorite by far, at least of the DC New 52, was All-Star Western #1. I mentioned in my last blog that Nightwing [...]
This is a list of the books I bought last week in order from favorite to least favorite: The Unwritten #29 (best book on the shelves) Severed #2 (I’m really loving this story so far) Resurrection Man #1 (quite good) Grifter #1 (shockingly good) Legend of Drizzt #2 (I’ve been reading about Drizzt since high [...]
The best book that I’ve read this month is the best book that I read every month. It isn’t about superheroes or fisticuffs or scantily clad warrior women. It’s about stories–where they come from, what they mean to us and the search for truth. The best book I’ve read this month is The Unwritten #29. [...]
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