People tend to reminisce about long gone eras, arguing that things were always better way back when. But when it comes to comics, there’s no denying that the 21st century has seen the medium explode in unprecedented and unpredictable ways. For many people, that has come primarily in the form of the advent of the […]
Black Canary #1 is a Promising but Not Quite Classic Single
If you think about it, rock stars are pretty close analogues to super heroes. They like costumes, they have outsized personalities and they’re always bickering amongst themselves. So it’s a bit weird that there are so few rock star superheroes. There’s Dazzler, sure, but that character’s origin as a Casablanca Records promotion gone wrong makes […]
The Black Age: Exploring the New Wave of Neo-Noir Comics
Amid the resurgence of the cape-and-tight set due to the multimedia conglomerate cash influx of the last half-decade, there has been a spark in genre comics that has been commercially unexplored in comparison. They’re the books on the shelves with uncommon credits and covers that aren’t simulating starfire or stadium lights- they’re timelessly modern, a […]