VALIANT WATCH EP01: News, Reviews and More…
Comic Watch’s episode one of new multimedia show “Valiant Watch”!
DetailsComic Watch’s episode one of new multimedia show “Valiant Watch”!
DetailsComics are often extremely collaborative, many owned by companies, not individuals, so who are the real authors? How do we define author in the case comics? Does Frank Miller or Joh Romita Jr bear the responsibility of visuals in Superman Year One? How did a Gisèle Lagacé comic almost have its cover redrawn and recolored by the printer? What is an auteur, a mangaka, a gensakusha? Why should we, as audience, fans, or professionals, care?
DetailsPeter Milligan, Michael Allred, and Laura Allred present the glorious return of X-Statix and their descendents, in Giant-Size X-Statix #1! Thrill as Katie learns her true heritage and how to work her pelvic floor for fun, fame, and to save lives! See Guy cry! Enjoy gentle bedroom reassurances! Doop has a camera! He speaks funny!
DetailsMa Wing-shing’s Chinese Hero, Blood Sword and Blood Sword Dynasty in English, revolutionized Chinese comics and cemented Ma as one of the world’s great comics authors. But, what makes Chinese Hero what it is? And, what is it, that no other comic can be?
DetailsHow to, and how not to talk about art you do not enjoy, with examples from Vaughn Bod?, Jill Thompson, Marjane Satrapi, and Brian Michael Bendis.
DetailsIs there no stopping the literary wonder that is Neil Gaiman? As his novels continue to be adapted in several forms, his back catalogue of past achievements would seem to indicate the answer is a resounding no.
DetailsMaybe you can’t learn to like a comic, but you can learn to appreciate a comic, a human being, a publisher, style or an audience. You can learn to acknowledge their impact, their influence, the hopefully positive effect they have on things you do love.
DetailsA long-ago issue of the Mighty Thor comic book was titled, “If the Thunder Be Gone…” Seeing the way he’s depicted today makes you wonder where the thunder went.
DetailsJoin us for episode #41 of The Comic Watchers Show, where we discuss Absolute Carnage #1 and Beserker Unbound #1, plus so much more!
DetailsAn in-depth look at DC Comics superheroine, Stephanie Brown, from being Spoiler to being Robin to being Batgirl and back, featuring new interviews with Alisa Kwitney and Bryan Q Miller.
DetailsA seven-part serial novel, six chapters and a prologue, Batman RIP is a passion play without a betrayer, a death of… story that does not kill the protagonist, a mystery that ends unsolved. It attacks the core family, brutality, politics, economics, and assumptions of Batman, when Dr Thomas Wayne comes home.
DetailsJoin our guest contributor Adaire Salome-Keating for a look inside Oni Press’ “A Quick and Easy Guide to Queer and Trans Identities”, on sale now.
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