Spider-man « The Hooded Utilitarian

Retreat from the Citadel: Confessions of an Ex-Comic Book Reader

“There are better products to spend my money on.”

Spider-Dove

With great power comes the responsibility not to hit people.

Spider-Man: Wordless Destiny

Steve Ditko and the greatest story arc of the Silver Age.

July 31, 2012
By Eric Berlatsky
Blog
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More Superheroes, More Ideology

Dark Knight, Spider-Man, and Avengers

Bendis Still Sends Me

In praise of Ultimate Spider-Man

February 12, 2011
By Noah Berlatsky
Blog
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Months Later and You Still Smell Like Mutant Wolverine Fart

A slightly edited version of this appeared a while back on Splice Today. It’s something of a homage to the inimitable Tucker Stone. _____________________________________________________ Batman and Robin #13 Writer: Grant Morrison Artist: Frazer Irving Grant Morrison kicks this off with Bruce’s mother lying on the ground dead, Bruce beside her, and Thomas Wayne standing over [...]

January 1, 2011
By Alex Buchet
Columns, Keeping Up With the Goonses, Series
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Strange Windows: Keeping up with the Goonses (part 5)

This is part five of our look at comics, cartoons and language– today focusing on the comic book Art by Don Newton and Alfredo Alcala “Jeff and Tom are an item? Isn’t that cradle-robbing?” “Oh, total Batman and Robin, you know.” That same online gay and LGBTglossary consulted in part 4 gives the following definitions: [...]