Author Archive: James Romberger

Genius, Clarified

A review of “Setting the Standard”, Greg Sadowski and Fantagraphics’ complete collection of Alex Toth’s influential 1950s work for Standard Comics.

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Neal Adams: Ultraviolence

Neal Adams reifies the brutality of our times.

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Caniff: Momentum

IDW’s collections of Milton Caniff’s Terry and the Pirates read like a runaway train.

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Illustrated Wallace Stevens: Madame La Fleurie

Text by Wallace Stevens; Art and commentary by James Romberger.

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Darkness Blazed My Name: Basquiat’s Poetics

Painter Jean-Michel Basquiat was beaten down for the count, but his work still stands.

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Kirby: Approaching the Threshold

Captain Victory: a look at some of the most underestimated Jack Kirby comics ever.

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Genius, Disempowered

IDW’s first volume of their Alex Toth biography is visually gorgeous, but the text supports misconceptions about Toth and about the role of the artist in comics.

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