Author Archives: Ken Parille
The Plight of the Superhero Comic Book
Working his way through a stack of recent mainstream and alternative superhero comics, Ken Parille finds many drowning in clichés and a few that get it right. Continue reading
Ghost World at Twenty: Daniel Clowes’s Dialogue
Innovation in the 1990s: a comic book in which people talk like people. Continue reading
Everything Sells Everything
A Not-So-Secret History of Superman, Wonder Woman, and the American Superhero. Continue reading
Lichtenstein and the Art of Letters
Roy Lichtenstein is one of the twentieth-century’s most important artists. He’s far from one of its best letterers. Continue reading
Gag Cartoons with Naked People: Abner Dean’s What Am I Doing Here?
Revisiting the “Brave Nude World” of philosopher, psychologist, psychiatrist, anthropologist, and cartoonist Abner Dean. Continue reading
Error Report?: Comics, Text, and Editing
Words, punctuation, and “orthographic consistency” on the comics page: theories and practices. Continue reading














