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The 1982 DC Comics Style Guide
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Zatanna: Bring Down the House
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Absolute Wonder Woman #1-3
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Swamp Thing by Rick Veitch: Volume One
Penguin Random House
The Question Omnibus Volume 2
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Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons
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Catwoman: Lonely City
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Batman: Creature of the Night
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Articles
Tatjana Wood, March 2, 1926-Feb. 27, 2026
Andrew Farago pays homage to the late colorist, who died last month at the age of 99.
We are all in the gutter: Starman at 30, part 2
Read part one of the Starman essay here “It is one thing, however, to remember, another to know. To remember is to safeguard something entrusted to your memory, whereas to know, by contrast, is actually to make each item your own.” — Seneca, Letters From a Stoic: XXXIII “Sand and Stars”, which ran in issues Alex Dueben | December 3, 2025
We are all in the gutter: Starman at 30, part 1
Starman is 30 years old? Where did the time go? Good thing Alex Dueben is here to do a deep dive on this influential James Robinson/Tony Harris superhero series.
Horror ‘It Girl’ Gretchen Felker-Martin on DC pulling Red Hood after Charlie Kirk comments: ‘I had no regrets’
As if you’ve never gotten in trouble at work? Gretchen Felker-Martin dishes on the abrupt cancellation of her new DC series, Red Hood.
RIP Jackson ‘Butch’ Guice, June 27, 1961-May 1, 2025
Andrew Farago remembers the late comic book artist, who died on May 1.
Remembering Bernie Mireault: 1961-2024
Mireault was never the sort of artist likely to make the front of a Previews catalog, but it is wholly possible to imagine the sort of alternate world where he might have been, and where anyone with verve, talent and tenacity for the art form might do the same.
Peter B. Gillis, 1952-2024
New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed comic book writer Peter Benno Gillis passed away in the company of friends and family in upstate New York on June 20, 2024, after a series of medical issues that kept him in and out of hospitals over the past several years.
An Interview with John Romita by Tom Spurgeon
In this 2003 interview, Tom Spurgeon interviews John Romita, who is best known for his 1960s run on The Amazing Spider-Man.
These fragments I have shored against my ruins
Matt Seneca read so many comics that a capsule column was demanded. After all, if you can’t put wordless NYRC books next to Ben Grimm, where will your Yokoyama references find a home?
Joe Giella, June 27, 1928 – March 21, 2023
Andrew Farago pens an obituary for one of the key inkers of the Silver Age of superhero comics, and a longtime artist—credited or otherwise—on serial newspaper strips. Beloved by his peers, Joe Giella died last month at the age of 94.
“You’ve Got to Constantly Reinvent Yourself”: Dan DiDio Is On a Mission to Save Comics From Itself
One of the most well-known figures in corporate-owned superhero comics returns to the direct market, single issues, and Frank Miller. We catch up with Dan DiDio about what’s different this time.
“We All Are Frustrated Artists”: An Interview With David F. Walker
It’s time to catch up with Eisner-winning comics writer David F. Walker, whose work encompasses new DC superheroes, classic Marvel team-ups, Shaft, successful crowdfunding campaigns, and a fascination with auteurs.
The Tim Sale Interview
In this 2008 interview from TCJ #291, Joseph McCabe talked to Tim Sale about the latter’s art for Batman: The Long Halloween, drawing the Marvel “Color” series (although he’s colorblind), providing drawings for the TV show Heroes and more.
“One Of The Things They Definitely Are Is Queer”: An Interview With Rachel Pollack
World Fantasy Award and Arthur C. Clarke Award winning novelist Rachel Pollack talks with Alex about her influential work writing Vertigo’s Doom Patrol, a life spent in love with Tarot, and what motivated a still-recent return to comics writing.
“But You Get Up Again. And Then You Get Up Again. And Again.”: The Liam Sharp Interview
In this extensive interview, cartoonist, creator and innovator Liam Sharp discusses his sprawling career drawing superheroes, creating businesses, writing novels, supporting a family, embracing the struggle, representing his hometown, and much, much more. Yes, more than that.
“If I Could, I’d Completely Redraw It”: An Interview With Chaz Truog
While “Animal Man” may be the first title you think of when his name comes up, Chaz Truog’s career has gone much further than one fondly remembered DC comic. In this conversation, he talks about time spent in the monthly trenches with Coyote, his groundbreaking work on Leonardo Da Vinci in Chiaroscuro and his latest, the violent medieval epic, The Passion of Sergius & Bacchus.
“I Really Am an Underground Cartoonist”: Talking to Rick Veitch
Over the last few years, Rick Veitch has utilized a host of publishing tools to bring his older work back to print, and to return to those series as well. Jason Bergman caught up with him about his dreams, his super-heroes, and which major publisher is still frightened by his work.
Asshole in a Hat – The Early Days of Jonah Hex
Tom digs into the early days of the DC gunfighter, and considers how mounting elements of sophistication only troubled the Weird Western star.
The Light That You Shine Can Be Seen – Part 3
In the conclusion of Tegan’s look back at Knightfall, she makes her way to the other lodestone creator of 90s Batman iconography: filmmaker Joel Schumaker, whose colorful versions of Gotham City’s most popular inhabitants couldn’t be further from where Bruce Wayne now resides. Or could they?
The Light That You Shine Can Be Seen – Part 2
Tegan’s epic look at Jim Aparo, Batman, and Knightfall continues with a necessary stopover in the land of Denny O’Neil, the editor who ran USS Batman for over a decade.
The Light That You Shine Can be Seen
Tegan begins her latest project with a look at the big guy: Batman, and the “Jim Aparo” who drew him best. Knightfall may not have the most beloved conclusion, but you can’t deny the opening act. Or can you?
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Otaku – Frank Miller and Ronin
Revisiting the Frank Miller/Lynn Varley epic of the early ’80s as a story of fanboy dreams – embraced, defied, and deified.
The Strange Case of D. Bruce Berry
Steven Brower takes a look back at the wild and wooly (and probably libelous) life and times of D. Bruce Berry, which started in fandom and ended in The Fourth World.
“We Were Never Comforting. And We’re Not Comforting Now”: The Denys Cowan Interview
The influential creator talks about how he got his start in comics, how a conversation with Jim Steranko helped cement his legacy, his time in animation, the return of Milestone, and how far comics has to go (and what it has to do) if it really wants to change its racist legacy.
