Tom Shapira
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The Best Comics of 2021
Gadzooks! It’s the Best Comics of 2021! And it’s so long, you can read it until 2023.
From Revere to Eternity – The Works of John Smith
A bird’s-eye view of one of the most intriguing UK comics writers, whose works are now appearing in digital form courtesy of Rebellion.
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.
Can’t Stop / Won’t Stop – Geof Darrow and The Shaolin Cowboy
Diving deep into the swirling blood and sweat of Geof Darrow’s 21st Century action comic, which satirizes the present while drawing from the past.
Unknown Soldier – Known Unknowns
Tom looks back at the 1997 Unknown Soldier, when Garth Ennis and Killian Plunkett warned us of the world that was coming.
Man Out of Time
Tom Shapira looks at the storied history of Dan Dare, and all the random hands that have shaped and reshaped the character for the last 70 years of his existence.
Malleable Madness: Plastic Man from Jack Cole to Kyle Baker
Tom Shapira takes a fond look at the only non-Jack Cole Plastic Man comics anybody ever mentions: the Kyle Baker run from 2004.
Their Other Last Hurrah – Cinema Purgatorio
Tom Shapira takes a look at the recently concluded series of comics by Alan Moore & Kevin O’Neill. No, not those. The other ones. Yeah, the ones from Avatar.
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.
Usagi Yojimbo’s Neverending Story
Tom Shapira takes a fond look back at the last few decades of Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo, and makes some predictions for the future of the series.
