Ronald Wimberly’s Prince Of Cats hit bookstore shelves last September, and I picked it up immediately, took it home, and read it that evening. Now, half a year later, I’m still turning it over in my head, constantly revisiting it,…
Tag: DC Comics
Hip-Hop Comics: An Introduction. Eighties Exploitation- Vibe, Wolfpack.
Hip-Hop comics are difficult to define, much as Hip-Hop itself is. They’re an entirely different thing than Pop Music Comics, and they deserve their own forum for discussion. This is an important distinction to make, because Hip-Hop is more than…
Aw Yeah! Superman Family Adventures #2 Saves the Day!
When I wrote about Superman Family Adventures #1, I talked about the things it did well. And it did many things very well. But I also brought up a few of the places I thought it fell short when it…
Pop Music Comics: David Lapham’s Young Liars
While some pop comics focus on trying to evoke emotions through particular musical references, that’s not the tack that David Lapham took with his (sadly short-lived) Young Liars series. Two song titles emblazoned on a cassette appear at the start…
First thoughts on Superman Family Adventures
Art Baltazar and Franco, the pair responsible for bringing us 50 issues of Tiny Titans, have launched their latest project: Superman Family Adventures. It’s a monthly all-ages comic book featuring Superman in and out of his Clark Kent persona. Tiny…
Impressions of Free Comic Book Day 2012
Free Comic Book Day is a day when comic shops across America (and the world) give away special edition comics from a variety of publishers. It falls on the first Saturday of May, and serves as both a promotional opportunity…
Tiny Titans: 50 Issues of Awesomeness
Anyone who’s ever been to a playground knows that preschool kids love superheroes. Look in a major toy store, clothing store, or Halloween costume catalog and you’ll see that 3 year old boys all want to be Spiderman, Superman, Batman……
Comic Reviews: Wonder Woman, Legion Of Monsters, The Shade
Wonder Woman, issues 1-3 (DC Comics, 2011) Blood. Guts. Intrigue. Meticulous storytelling. Betrayal. Fights. And lots of hairpin plot twists. After three issues, Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang’s new Wonder Woman is a rousing success on every level. Azzarello’s writing…
Pop Music Comics: The Maniaks
I’ve discussed many of the ways that comics and rock and roll have intersected over the years, but there’s one particular type I’ve forgotten to mention ’til now: The blatant cash-in. The Monkees were the hottest thing around in 1967,…
Comics Through The Years: Angel And The Ape
In the late 50s, DC Comics editors Irwin Donenfeld and Julius Schwartz noted that sales went up every time an one of their comics featured an ape on the cover. Predictably, what followed was a flood of simian-centric issues. By…