Comic Books

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #13 by Drew Barth Hitch a Ride to Cemetery Beach Let’s talk about action comics. Not Action Comics. Rather comics that are quick, dynamic, and bursting at the brim with explosions. Action comics in this vein are typically shorter series that take a single idea and develop it… Continue reading

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #11 by Drew Barth Two Times First issues are notoriously difficult to get just right. Those first moments of a comic’s life need to set up characters, setting, story, and a whole hook to keep readers interested for the next month’s issue. Writing these first issues is laborious… Continue reading

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #10 by Drew Barth Series Update–East of West In writing all of these articles so far, I mostly discuss the cool new thing. Yet on more than none occasion I have heard “But what about series that aren’t new? What about a series that’s been going on for… Continue reading

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #9 by Drew Barth Turn It Off and Turn It On Again Most monthly comics are built upon legacies and reboots of older characters. Essentially, most superhero comic fiction is officially-sanctioned fanfiction as the original authors are either no longer writing, no longer living, or both. As a… Continue reading

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #8 by Drew Barth The Royal Road of Comics Last week was looking at the numbers and making some guesses about why some comics sell and potentially why others aren’t doing as well, but what makes those comics good? What makes them resonate with readers in such a way… Continue reading

Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #7 by Drew Barth Looking at Numbers Not too long ago I received an email from Diamond Book Distributors about the top selling graphic novels of 2018. These are the kinds of lists I love to see because there’s always a direct comparison between what’s considered to be… Continue reading