Superhero posts

Possibly in conjunction with acid-washed jeans, I don’t know.

Posted by Shaenon Garrity on March 11th, 2010 at 2:28 PM

It’s come to this. If the Cartoon Art Museum raises $5,000 by Wondercon, my husband will get the Bat-Symbol shaved into his head. I guess I always knew it was just a matter of time.

Assault on New Olympus #1, Incredible Hercules #140

Posted by Tom Crippen on March 10th, 2010 at 9:00 AM

Crossovers: Big and dumb, so why don’t kids like them?

Rich Kreiner’s Yearlong Best of the Year: Gotham Central Book Two by Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka

Posted by Rich Kreiner on March 3rd, 2010 at 1:00 PM

Not being a reader of detective novels or viewer of cop shows, I didn’t know there were such things as “police procedural tales” until I read the introduction to Gotham Central Book Two: Jokers and Madmen.

Rich Kreiner: Meet the Comics Press: MELUS Vol. 32 #3

Posted by Rich Kreiner on February 26th, 2010 at 9:00 AM

At their best, academic journals are driven by useful ideas devised with rigor and discrimination. Their treatments explore intriguing themes and rewarding connections unlikely to be supported in other venues. Abstract concepts are habitually framed with an exacting, developed language in order to capture with precision the full subtlety of their thought.

TCJ Audio Archives: Todd MacFarlane

Posted by Dirk Deppey on February 22nd, 2010 at 1:09 AM

New to the website! It’s a clash of titans as executive editor Gary Groth confronts the Spawn creator and Image Comics co-founder in a no-holds-barred debate over artistic and commercial freedom vs. responsibility, originally recorded in 1992 for TCJ #152.

Click here to download:
Part One
(14.5MB MP3 audio file, 63:28 minutes)
Part Two (4MB MP3 audio file, 17:39 minutes)

Douglas Wolk interviews Kevin O’Neill Part Five (of Five)

Posted by admin on February 22nd, 2010 at 12:01 AM

*exclusive to the Web and tcj.com

 

Previously: PART ONE, PART TWO, PART THREE, PART FOUR

Douglas Wolk interviews Kevin O’Neill Part Four (of Five)

Posted by admin on February 19th, 2010 at 12:01 AM

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* some images in this article are NSFW

Previously: PART ONE, PART TWO, PART THREE

Legion of Super-Heroes: Enemy Rising by Jim Shooter, Francis Manapul, Livesay and others

Posted by Rich Kreiner on February 18th, 2010 at 9:00 AM

©2008 DC Comics.

In delivering solid genre fare, Shooter betrays no greater creative fire (nor grander professional ambitions) than that of a highly reliable caretaker.

Douglas Wolk interviews Kevin O’Neill Part Three (of Five)

Posted by admin on February 18th, 2010 at 12:01 AM

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Written by Tom Peyer, art by Kevin O’Neill ©1998 DC Comics.

Previously: PART ONE, PART TWO

Douglas Wolk interviews Kevin O’Neill Part Two (of Five)

Posted by admin on February 17th, 2010 at 12:01 AM

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Kevin O’Neill talks to Wolk about Marshal Law, Metalzoic and movie adaptations.


©2002 Patt Mills & Kevin O’Neill

 

Previously: PART ONE

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