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“…Into Some Loathsome Pit!” Notes on True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee
James Romberger takes a look at 2021’s hit biography of Stan Lee from journalist Abraham Reisman and ask: how honest are we willing to get, this time around?
Human Parasytes
Court is in session, and Noah has some theories about Hitoshi Iwaaki’s Parasyte, the popular 90s manga where a guy gets super powers and uses them to slice people open but still can’t seem to crack a smile.
Happy Birthday, Alex Niño
While Alex Nino is retired, we bet he’s still celebrating birthdays: today is his 80th, and Oliver Ristau is here to remind you why you should be sending cards.
Come in from the Cold: Gou Tanabe’s At the Mountains of Madness and the Comics Adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft
Tom Shapira runs through some of the many comics adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft’s writing with an aim towards crowning one with the title of Number One.
The Best Comics of the Decade (Are All Judge Dredd)
Tom Shapira looks back at the last ten years of Judge Dredd, John Wagner, and trying to use violence as a solution.
Are You Not Entertained? Tegan Enters The DC Universe
Tegan O’Neil takes a dip into the world of subscription based comic book reading, with the DC Universe. Can she resist the temptation to watch cancelled television shows and focus on back issues instead? It’s time for an economics lesson!
It Is Time To Boycott Marvel
RJ Casey has had it up to here, and has decided it’s time to pull out of this whole arrangement. Will you join him?
Dammit Jim, I’m a Comics Retailer, Not a Doctor!
In the inaugural edition of our new op ed column, we’re sharing the unedited version of a pamphlet given out this week at the annual ComicsPro meeting between publisher and comic shop retailers in Charlotte, NC.
Letter to a Young Cartoonist
What is the meaning of the Internet? And what can be done about it? I am 36. Like Virgil in Dante’s Inferno I come from Another Time, the pre-Internet era, to guide you, Young Cartoonist, through the architecture of Hell.
The Lives of Insects: On Photography and Comics
About photography, comics, and (mostly) Eddie Campbell.
