Stuart Murdoch and Wes Anderson may as well be twins. The two auteurs likely have near identical record collections and they share a visual aesthetic wrapped up in stark, flat palettes. But more importantly, they both have fanatical cult followings who treat them as semi-religious figures, their every work a spiritual tome ready for revelation […]
Reviews in the Panel Panopticon: Real Heroes, Genus and All-New Ghost Rider
In Panel Panopticon, Nick Hanover talks about the comics he’s picked up for the week, good, bad or otherwise. Real Heroes #1 Drawn and Written by: Bryan Hitch Inks: Paul Neary Colors: Laura Martin Published by Image Comics If you’ve been enjoying the self-aware but kinetic recent slate of Marvel Studios films, then you […]
Adventures in the Floating World: 20th Century Boys Vol. 1
I’ve been reading and enjoying comics for most of my life, but one area I’ve never explored as much as I should has been Asian comics. Part of that is because when I was growing up, comic book stores did not stock much— or more frequently, any— Asian comics. True, they didn’t stock much in […]
SXSW Review: SVDDXNLY
The Loser City team caught a lot of stuff at SXSW this year, including a mutant strain of bird flu courtesy of a rogue pack of grackles. So we’ll be rolling out select individual film reviews for a while, starting with this look at the disappointing vanity doc, SVDDXNLY. A$AP Rocky is a New York rapper […]
Anatomy of a Page: Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Vol. 1 Pg. #672
Comics are a visual medium, but so often criticism of the medium hinges on narrative, ignoring or minimizing the visual storytelling and unique structures that make comics so different from cinema and photography. We’ve decided to change that up with a feature in Loser City that we’re calling anatomy of a page, in which we explore pages […]
Anatomy of a Page: The Secret History of DB Cooper #1, pg. 21
Comics are a visual medium, but so often criticism of the medium hinges on narrative, ignoring or minimizing the visual storytelling and unique structures that make comics so different from cinema and photography. We’ve decided to change that up with a feature in Loser City that we’re calling anatomy of a page, in which we explore […]
It’s All Bullshit: Pete Toms’ On Hiatus Pt. 2
Sometimes the relentless grind of stupidity and negativity and sheer stubborn regression makes me give up on comics for a bit. I look around on the internet, I see people being assholes and everyone complaining about how bad comics are these days and I feel like I’m stuck in an infinite loop of surreality, where […]
American Horror Story: Coven “Bitchcraft” Review
Nick Hanover: I blame you for my entrance into the world of American Horror Story, Dylan. If it hadn’t been for your review of the first season and that laundry list of absurdities that made up the major plot points of the first season, I never would have wound up going down this rabbit hole […]
Anatomy of a Page: Kamandi #1 Pg. 2
We haven’t done an Anatomy of a Page for a splash yet, so what better time to start than on Jack Kirby’s birthday? And what better Kirby splash than this incredible page that kicks off Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth #1? Kamandi may not be as well remembered as some of Kirby’s other creations, but it […]
Is This the End? Burning Out with The World’s End
Inspired perhaps by the ending that didn’t come last year despite whatever promise we read into Mayan calendar habits, 2013 has been a year for finality, from the apocalyptic narratives dominating pop culture to the tense, imminent conclusions of series like Breaking Bad. But few works this year merge metaphorical endings with literal ones quite […]