Comic Books
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Heroes Never Rust #16: A Different Side of Superhero Comics
Heroes Never Rust #16 by Sean Ironman A Different Side of Superhero Comics While most of what I read tends to be dark and filled with violence and sex, I also like to read lighter stories. I’ve never understood people who read the same type of stories, whether in comics or prose, over and over… Continue reading
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Gutter Space #16: Cartooning through Delicate Subject Matters (Marbles, by Ellen Forney)
Gutter Space #16 by Leslie Salas Cartooning through Delicate Subject Matters: Marbles, by Ellen Forney Part of what makes cartooning such a powerful medium of expression is the ability to tweak one’s words and pictures to express tonality and nuance in a way that words and pictures alone cannot. This is most clearly illustrated when… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #15: The Fifth Grade
Heroes Never Rust #15 by Sean Ironman The Fifth Grade My father, who was a passionate reader, was afraid his children weren’t reading enough, so he made it a priority to get us reading at a early age. If we started reading when we were young, he thought, then we’d be readers for life. Judging from… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #14: Earth X
Heroes Never Rust #14 by Sean Ironman Earth X Comics follow no rules. I spoke to a class of undergraduate students at the University of Central Florida this week about this very topic. Because there are no rules in terms of form, there are no rules in story. Comic creators are not confined by stunts… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #13: What if the Villains Won?
Heroes Never Rust #13 by Sean Ironman What if the Villains Won? Since last week’s post was about a Mark Millar comic (Kick Ass) that I found frustrating, this week I’ll look at one I like—Wanted. The miniseries’ first issue came out in 2003, and, while Mark Millar had been writing comics since the ‘80s,… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #12: A Frustrating Superhero Comic
Heroes Never Rust #12 by Sean Ironman A Frustrating Superhero Comic So far I’ve only talked about superhero comics that I enjoy. I thought it would be interesting to highlight one that I don’t. Now there’s superhero comics I hate, storylines that I feel were huge mistake, characters that I can’t stand, but I didn’t want… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #10: Grant Morrison’s Animal Man
Heroes Never Rust #10 by Sean Ironman Grant Morrison’s Animal Man Neil Adams, one of the comics’ greatest artists, once said, “There are no bad characters, only bad writers.” After reading comics nearly my whole life, I not only have to agree with Adams, but I don’t even understand how someone could argue otherwise. When… Continue reading
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Gutter Space #10: Narration in Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home
Gutter Space #10 by Leslie Salas Narration in Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home Many of the graphic novels that I’ve talked about so far on Gutter Space are missing something that Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, excels in: narration. And not just normal narration in captions—heavy narration. Narration that accompanies nearly every single panel.… Continue reading
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Gutter Space #9: Flashbacks in Will Eisner’s A Family Matter
Gutter Space #9 by Leslie Salas Flashbacks in Will Eisner’s A Family Matter We’re going a little bit old school this week by taking a look a cartooning legend Will Eisner’s A Family Matter. Before we jump in, I’m going to take a moment to be honest. As you can see by my previous Gutter Space… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #9: In Defense of Daredevil
Heroes Never Rust #9 by Sean Ironman In Defense of Daredevil Whenever I’m in a conversation about the worst superheroes, someone mentions Daredevil (him and Aquaman). I think much of this comes from the poor Mark Steven Johnson film starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner. It’s not a great film, but there are far worse… Continue reading
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