Comic Books
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Heroes Never Rust #2: Why is Batman a Superhero but James Bond isn’t?
Heroes Never Rust #2 by Sean Ironman Why is Batman a Superhero but James Bond isn’t? One of the inaccuracies about superheroes I’ve found is that all comic book heroes are superheroes. Since the sixties, superhero comics have been the most popular genre in the comics industry. People forget comic books are not just superheroes,… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #1: Gambit
Heroes Never Rust #1 by Sean Ironman Gambit The first comic book I remember reading is X-Men (second series) #33 written by Fabian Nicieza with art by Andy Kubert. I was ten years old and had read comics before, but X-Men #33 was the first to have an impact on me, enough of an impact… Continue reading
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Gutter Space #1: Why Focus on Comics-That-Aren’t-Superhero-Comics?
Gutter Space #1 by Leslie Salas Why Focus on Comics-That-Aren’t-Superhero-Comics? Comics as a medium has a richer and more involved history than many people recognize or remember. Comics analyst Douglas Wolk explains in Reading Comics “the argument about the between relationship between painting and poetry, the generic classical terms for image-making and word-assembling, has been… Continue reading
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Episode 28: J.T. Waldman
Episode 28 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download On this week’s show, I interview the comic book writer and artist J. T. Waldman, and Elizabeth Sauchelli discusses Star Girl. Texts Discussed Darin Strauss’s Reasons to Rejoyce. Notes Episode 28 of The Drunken… Continue reading
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