Comic Books

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #172 by Drew Barth What Streets Say I don’t know if there is anyone as influential to comics as a medium as Will Eisner. His Contract with God trilogy would become one of the shining examples of what graphic novels could do and how a self-contained story could… Continue reading

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #171 by Drew Barth Looking Space Although I have talked about him and his work in the past, I can always talk at length about the wonderfully creeping horror of Junji Ito. Much of his most iconic work is typically found in his short stories, namely pieces like… Continue reading

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #170 by Drew Barth One Last Job DC’s Black Label imprint has become the hub for stories centered on heroes and villains in their later years. From Catwoman: Lonely City to Swamp Thing: Green Hell, we get to see a variety of characters and how the changing times… Continue reading

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #169 by Drew Barth The Walls Have Eyes How much has happened in your home? How much has your home noticed what you’ve done? Although it can’t speak, your home likely has had thoughts about you. But what would it say, your home, if asked? Sloane Leong and… Continue reading

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #167 by Drew Barth Halloween in March Did you know it’s only seven more months until Halloween? Good horror comics have come out already, like every month is Halloween. Pentagram of Horror! by Marco Fontanili brings in a classic horror feeling. With only the first issue out, we… Continue reading

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #165 by Drew Barth The Longest Step In comics, silence is a tool. The lingering moments between characters, the uncluttered panels, the ability to let the art simply be—all of these help the comic to establish a sense of peace or dramatic tension. But silence in comics can… Continue reading

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #164 by Drew Barth Red Hell Years ago, Grant Morrison talked about wanting to turn the DC Universe into a living, breathing organism. To what end? Who knows with Morrison. But if we’re going to collectively push for a comic universe as a living thing, we need to… Continue reading

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #162 by Drew Barth A Shell of Meat and Metal Close to a year ago I looked at the first issue of Paul Allor and Paul Tucker’s Hollow Heart and how it worked with isolation and humanity. Since then, the series has concluded its six-issue run and the… Continue reading