In Panel Panopticon, Nick Hanover and friends talk about the comics they’ve picked up for the week, good, bad or otherwise. This week, Dylan Tano joins in. Shutter #1 Writer: Joe Keatinge Artist: Leila Del Luca Colorist: Owen Gieni Letterer: Ed Brisson Published by Image Comics Joe Keatinge’s work frequently deals with characters who have […]
TV Review: Silicon Valley 1.01 “Minimum Viable Product” (HBO)
1.01 “Minimum Viable Product” When I caught the premier of Mike Judge’s new HBO series Silicon Valley at SXSW last month, I said it was one of “the most promising plot driven comedies to hit HBO in ages” and after watching the pilot debut on tv last night, I’d like to correct that statement: Silicon Valley is one of the most […]
The NSA Took My Baby Away: Fighting for Personal Freedom in Captain America: The Winter Soldier
There’s a reason why most action films situate their heroes as rogues, combating authority even as they’re saving the day. Larger than life figures gel with audiences when there’s something to ground them and while most audiences probably don’t know what it’s like to, say, save a business tower full of hostages on your day […]
Anatomy of a Page: Ulises Farinas’ Judge Dredd: Mega-City Two #3
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 […]
Sorry, I’m a God: Bolo Nef’s Sol Invictus is Truly Scary Horror Rap
It doesn’t take much for hip-hop to scare people. For a nation that has “conquered racism,” we’re stock full of people who think an MPC is more dangerous than an AK and are all too happy to put a Soundcloud beats page up on the same criminal pedestal as running down a mob of people. […]
Reviews in the Panel Panopticon: Starlight, Creepy, Judge Dredd: Mega-City Two and More
In Panel Panopticon, Nick Hanover talks about the comics he’s picked up for the week, good, bad or otherwise. Starlight #2 Writer: Mark Millar Artist: Goran Parlov Colorist: Ive Scorcina Letterer: Marko Sunjic Published by: Image Comics Few figures in comics are as divisive as Mark Millar. The Scottish writer known for The Ultimates and […]
Advanced Review: The Field #1 (Image Comics)
Artist: Simon Roy Writer: Ed Brisson Colorist: Simon Cough Published by Image Comics If you saw Inside Llewyn Davis and like me you enjoyed it but weren’t blown away, there’s probably one scene that nonetheless sticks out to you even now. The scene in question occurs exactly in the middle of the film, as […]
The Life Pursuit: Fate and the Creative Process in God Help the Girl and Grand Budapest Hotel
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 […]