This isn’t a revolutionary thought, but at this point in his career, it’s safe to say Mark Millar thinks exclusively in elevator pitches. “What if James Bond was the product of an elite boarding school?” “What if the Avengers were dicks?” “What if Mad Men was superheroes?” Millar’s comics exist as skeletal frameworks for inevitable […]
Loser City on the Web: Critic Game Battle Royale, Hennum on Manga, Francesca Lyn on Identity in Comics and More
Us Loser City folk sometimes take trips outside the city limits, so this week we’re rounding up some of the places you might have seen Loser City citizens. It’s been a couple weeks since we checked in, but only because things have been crazy. As you may remember, Shea Hennum made his debut at Paste […]
Kingsman is Both a Throwback to and Skewering of Classic Spy Films
I feel bad for Kingsman. Movie people will assume it’s crap after being shunted from its November 2014 release to late winter, a period commonly accepted as a Siberian wasteland for would-be blockbusters. Comics people have grown to hate Mark Millar, so Kingsman doesn’t even have a built-in fanbase that’s gonna rep it. Which is […]
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 […]