Author Archives: Kristian Williams
Batman Vs. Robin
Batman vs. Robin is the kind of comic book that makes me wish I’d never heard of superheroes. Continue reading
Alan Moore: Conversations
Whatever these are, they are not, with one or two early exceptions, conversations, any more than George Carlin’s monologues, or the Socratic dialogues, were conversations. Continue reading
Liar’s Kiss
The story of Liar’s Kiss is formulaic and ultimately forgettable, but it shows the strengths as well as the weaknesses of its genre. Continue reading
The Weird World of Eerie Publications
In 1954 the Comics Code wiped out classic titles like Tales from the Crypt, but Myron Fass’s company, Eerie, dodged the censors by using glossy paper and distributing horror comics as “magazines.” Mike Howlett has written an exhaustive history of … Continue reading
