John Lennon, Working Class Mythmaker
Because he is unfairly lost to us now, all we have are mounting media replications to inform and console us.
comics that matter
Vertigo Comics Tackle Topical Geopolitics
DC Comics’ mature imprint Vertigo is happy to stray from the spandex in three consecutive releases I recently spotlit over at Wired. But can they hang with pillars of the […]
Geek The Beatles: John Lennon Assassination Simulations (Abridged)
It wasn’t easy writing this piece, because the reality of John Lennon’s assassination is a heavier load than hyperreality of his simulations. After all, hyperreality’s job is to suck the […]
Alan Moore Gives Watchmen the Gas Face
“They offered me the rights to Watchmen back, if I would agree to some dopey prequels and sequels.”
Neil Young’s Enviropocalyptic Comic, Greendale
Neil Young’s stirring Greendale started life in 2003 as a crunchy concept album about the enviropocalypse, and quickly became an indie film. The inevitable graphic novel arrives…
Firefly Reboots! And Other April Fool Headlines
Sigh. Do you ever wish for the return of Joss Whedon’s Firefly, a reunion of the original Pink Floyd lineup, great films made from Alan Moore’s brain-melting comics, Neuromancer the […]
Alan Moore Is Ready For Post-Civilization
“I have largely, completely given up on the comics industry,” Moore said. “I really don’t believe it is going to do anything to address the modern world.”
Give Thanks For Colbert, Superman, Batman
Stephen Colbert’s nightly merge of news, hilarity, social commentary, wit and shameless plugs for everything from his painting in the Smithsonian to his marketable man-seed have fully turned the pop-culture’s self-obsessed mirror upon itself.
Superman + Batman = Public Enemies
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies packs more heroes, action and political satire into a couple hours of entertainment than either icon’s animated series did in the course of several seasons.
Motion Comic Or Illustrated Film?
Comics are coming to life these days, on screens big and small. They’re pwning box offices in Hollywood and Flash-animated versions are ruling downloads in iTunes. So what to call […]
Who’s The Greatest Lex Luthor Ever?
From Buckaroo Banzai to SpongeBob SquarePants, veteran actor Clancy Brown has brought a long string of compelling characters to life on TV and movie screens.
Covered Blog Remixes Memorable Comics
Comics fans are a motivated bunch, as are comics artists. Both come together on the Covered blog to revise their favorite covers of all time, often in strange and interesting […]
After Watchmen, What’s Unfilmable?
This list of five books and comics that may now inherit Watchmen‘s mantle as what Alan Moore called the most “unfilmable” texts around was a popular read.
Jeff Lemire’s The Nobody Takes Invisible Man To Twin Peaks
But like Lynch’s Peaks before it, The Nobody‘s impressive science lies not in the mad experiments of the Invisible Man, or the Nobody, but in its subtle dissection of psychology and interpersonal relationships.
Anthrax + Lobo = Comics Hilarity
Back at it, after a week fighting off a fucked up stomach flu. I sure could have used a murderous lunatic to help me kill it off. Hey, why not […]
Gimme Some (Superman) Truth
Ruled as a suicide, Reeves’ death inspires a series of conspiracy theories and the interpretive biopic Hollywoodland, as well as a persistent urban legend, itself famously known as the Superman curse.
Neil Gaiman’s Final Love Letter to Batman
“I wanted it to have that love in there. I wanted to write the last Batman with honor and love.”
Grant Morrison Gets Deep On Superman, Batman, Cosmology, Crisis
From mind-warping revisions of comic book heroes in All-Star Superman, Batman R.I.P. and Final Crisis, to pop-cultural and philosophical exegeses like The Invisibles, The Filth and We3, brainiac graphic novelist Grant Morrison is a master of the Gordian-knot narrative.
Wolverine Celebrates 35th Anniversary With Art, Animation, Controversy
Whether he’s mashed through the art filters of Dali, Warhol or that dude who painted the dogs playing poker or kicking much ass on the new animated series Wolverine and […]
Watchmen Box Office Still Looks Solid
But the dystopian comic blockbuster isn’t dead yet. Far from it.
Cult Status, Comic Sales Could Boost Watchmen Box Office
But there is one wild card working in the Watchmen film’s favor, and it is a glaring one: The comic.
Watchmen’s Clockwork Origins Span Comics, Lit, Film, Physics
From Mars’ Galle crater to comics, literature, music, politics and even quantum physics, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons borrowed from a stunning wealth of sources.
Watchmen Tunes Merge Comic, Cash
The slightly good news is that some of the music that made it into the film, but not the comic, didn’t make it to the soundtrack. The bad news? Some lousy songs made both the film and the soundtrack, but never made the comic at all.
Watchmen Film Straddles Fine Line Between Loyalty, Heresy, Hope
If only it were that simple.
Wonder Woman Plays The Sex Card
Wonder Woman is an ancient goddess with a sexualized back story.