Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #195: Legendary Status
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #195 by Drew Barth Legendary Status The Spook season isn’t just for the ghosts, goblins, and skeletons we’re all used to seeing stalk the streets on Halloween night, it’s for the legends that accompany them. Much of the aesthetic we associate with spooks comes from the folklore and… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #194: Creep Along
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #194 by Drew Barth Creep Along I hate the comics code. You hate the comics code. We all hate the comics code. Beside the general sanitization of comics in the 50s and Fredric Wertham clutching his pearls so hard his face turned purple, the code caused the cancellation… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #192: Undisputed Classics
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #192 by Drew Barth Undisputed Classics Comics as a medium is old. The stories we tell about those older comics could likely fill up more pages than exist in comics. And even more pages could be filled by the comics that never existed but were talked about by… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #191: Dogged Legends
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #191 by Drew Barth Dogged Legends Cú Chulainn is one of the most well-known Irish hero myths with his image making many appearances throughout the country as a symbol of Irish independence and solidarity. And while he has appeared in various comics in the past, both from Marvel… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #190: Thank You for Being Afraid
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #190 by Drew Barth Thank You for Being Afraid Battle Royals have been the preeminent form of entertainment for the past few years. Due to its dominance in the video game market, Fortnite’s battle royal style of game play is one of the biggest things in the world. But… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #188: Framing Goodbyes
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #188 by Drew Barth Framing Goodbyes How do we remember the ones we love? From the pictures and videos we have saved on our phones, there’s likely an idealized version of them we keep in our memories. Despite everything, when we scroll through those picture or videos, we… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #187: Forgotten Rockets
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #187 by Drew Barth Forgotten Rockets In the 2010s, there was a resurgence of pulp characters. From Doc Savage teaming up with Batman to The Phantom having his own ongoing series, nostalgia for older heroes came back in force, then kind of disappeared. Some publishers still put out… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #186: Yee-Haw Revengeance
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #186 by Drew Barth Yee-Haw Revengeance Westerns have been a staple of comics for almost as long as the medium has existed. From All-Star Western to Weird Western Tales to some of the more modern relaunches and interpretations. And many of them harken back to the idea of the glory days of… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #185: Running the News Room
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #185 by Drew Barth Running the News Room Comics have a strange relationship with reality. Some aspects feel grounded while others seem absurd at first, but eventually make perfect sense in the context of their fictional world—like Jimmy Olsen having a stable job for so long. But then… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #184: A Chip in the Ice
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #184 by Drew Barth A Chip in the Ice I don’t remember the last time I picked up a Batman comic. I’ve grabbed Batman comics in the past—typically some one-offs, a few issues of Batman: Black and White, Batman & Robin, Batman Inc., etc. But never the mainline Batman series. The New52 and Rebirth relaunches… Continue reading
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