Argentinian scriptwriter Héctor Germán Oesterheld raised mainstream adolescent comics much above the business as usual, pervasive formulaic dreck.
On HU This week started out with Suat’s reply to Ken Parille’s discussion of R. Crumb’s Genesis. Then commenter/guest blogger Alan Choate replied to Suat. And Suat replied to Alan. (Alan is planning a guest post for next week as well.) Also this week, I talked about Gary Groth, Victorian dresses, and comics criticism. A [...]
Alan Choate left a long series of comments on Suat’s discussion of R. Crumb’s Genesis. Alan is actually going to post some additional thoughts on the blog here next week, so in preparation for that I thought I’d move his initial discussion into a post where it would be more easy to access. The discussion [...]
What with the vast quantity of words spilled on Hooded Utilitarian’s fertile soil this week, I thought I’d go with an image post. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about John Vassos’ Phobia. This post shows some of the highlights from his previous book Ultimo, a 1930 collaboration with his wife, writer Ruth Vassos. [...]
We’re up to #21 of the Marston/Peter run on Wonder Woman. The last few have been not so hot, and I have to admit that I’ve had a moment or two of doubt. After all, this is January/February 1947 here; when it was published Marston, who died of cancer in May, had only a couple [...]
Flash Rebirth Writer: Geoff Johns Artist: Ethan Van Sciver Colors: Brian Miller and Alex Sinclair Publisher: DC Comics Nostalgia is the sentimental yearning for an earlier, happier era. The majority of superhero books published by DC (or Marvel) are more or less nostalgic, in that they constantly look backward to a mythical period when superhero comics were better. But the [...]
Youka Nitta, 2010, Digital Manga Publishing I was worried about reading this manga. The first and perhaps most “reasonable” reason (or, well, maybe not) is that I was frightened by Embracing Love as a child. At least, I was kind of turned off by the football player necks when the first volume came out, and [...]
Darwyn Cook relegates Wonder Woman to helpmate in Superman’s psychodrama.
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