Today in Yellowed Pages we explore the bizarre, shocking Foolkiller, a 1990 Marvel maxi-series by Steve Gerber and J.J. Birch that is either a searing condemnation of white male rage or an over-the-top anti-PC fantasy, depending on how you look at it. Mainstream comics in the early ’90s were a mess, no matter how you look […]
Yellowed Pages: The Doom Comic
Today in Yellowed Pages we look back at one of the weirdest releases of the ’90s, the infamous Doom Comic. Created by a group of unknowns and intended as a throwaway release at the peak of Doom Mania, the Doom Comic nonetheless found new life in the 21st century, as fans shared it on Doom […]
Yellowed Pages: National Lampoon Presents Claire Bretécher
Today’s Yellowed Pages isn’t a standalone graphic novel or miniseries but instead a collection of material Claire Bretécher created at the National Lampoon. RJ Casey argues that Bretécher is a remarkable comics creator who has been overlooked by history, and he hopes you’ll be moved to explore more of her sharp, observant comics. You know that feeling […]
Yellowed Pages: A Vintage Comics Grab Bag
Normally Yellowed Pages is a column devoted to critical analysis of single works that have been unjustly forgotten and left to mold and decay. But this week, RJ Casey wanted to try something different, offering up a batch of blurbs on a group of weird old comics he found. Enjoy this detour! Flashmarks by Carel Moiseiwitsch […]
Yellowed Pages: Pink Flamingos
Sometimes we just want to talk about old comics we found in bargain bins or antique stores or in our garages. Is that so wrong? Today we bring you RJ Casey’s debut at Loser City, an excited look back at the obscure couldabeen hit comic series Pink Flamingos, published by Simon & Schuster in the wake […]
Yellowed Pages: Hawkworld
Sometimes we just want to talk about old comics we found in bargain bins or antique stores or in our garages. Is that so wrong? In this installment, we look back at Tim Truman’s 1989 miniseries Hawkworld, which sought to reinvent Hawkman for the modern comics era by depicting his origins as an idealistic rookie […]
Yellowed Pages: Howard Chaykin’s The Shadow
Sometimes we just want to talk about old comics we found in bargain bins or antique stores or in our garages. Is that so wrong? Today we’re looking back at The Shadow: Blood & Judgment, a four issue miniseries by Howard Chaykin that had the awesomely surly creator bringing the pulp icon into the ’80s kicking and […]
