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Taking a Look at DC Vs Marcel Comic Books

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 Mike Selvon (January 15, 2009)  Comic books have entertained audiences since the 1930s with their quick, easy-to-read artwork and appealing, over-the-top characters. Behind Batman, Spiderman, Superman, the X-Men or other comic book heroes, there are behemoth enterprises that have dominated the comic book world for decades. While ..

Batman - RIP - Dead Detective?

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 Raphael Soohoo (January 11, 2009)  Batman is one of the most recognized fictional characters in the world, transcending his genre and entering the realm of characters such as Sherlock Holmes, Hercules and Dracula. Batman is simply an incredible modern legend, and this year, Grant Morrison has decided to take the Caped Crusader to ..

Watchmen Graphic Novel Should Be Left a Comic Book

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 Joel Owens (January 11, 2009)  Started in 1986, writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons formulate a mystery based on the Cold War, wherein the threat of nuclear warfare is an imminent fear. The story explores the possibility that superheroes existed in the 1940s. Thus, in the setting of the Watchmen graphic novel, superheroes ..

Why We Suck - A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy a ...

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 Alain Burrese (January 03, 2009)  Denis Leary spares no one in “Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid." In this hilarious book, Leary offends just about anyone that could be offended, and you can add a couple more to that list just in case you forget someone.If you don't like four letter words, ..

Watchmen - A Deconstructed Graphic Novel

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 Joel Owens (December 15, 2008)  Watchmen was published in an era when the comic book genre was dominated by superheroes and antiheroes with black and white views about good and evil. It is a parody of the overman in dystopia. A combination of dark, pulp, and deconstructed comic book style, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon offered ..

Watchmen Comics - Dispelling the Overman

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 Joel Owens (December 15, 2008)  Watchmen comics, the 12-series book created by Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore, is not your usual graphic novel. It is not a rip off of any virtuous and flawless superhero stories we have been used to reading. It is dark, grim, pulp and deviant in every way.Moore's depiction of dystopia means to mirror .

Graphic Novel Reviews - The Problem With Comic Book Critique

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 Carl Doherty (December 09, 2008)  Comic book and graphic novel criticism is rarely found outside of niche publications such as Wizard, or the many fan-driven sites that litter the web. Occasionally a mainstream newspaper will publish an article on the medium as a whole, or offer a retrospective on an under appreciated author, ..

Are Comics Books?

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 Carl Doherty (December 05, 2008)  Okay, so that's a stupid question. Or at least it may initially sound like one. In terms of publication and distribution, and their dependency on advertisements, comics are clearly magazines by definition. Which would then make graphic novels compiled magazines... which they are clearly (I hope) ..

Book Review - Comic Insights

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 Philip Buuck (December 05, 2008)  Since I've just started doing stand-up and am intrigued by what to expect in beginning a stand-up career, I'm very interested in finding out how other people began their careers, and to see what established comics can teach me. Comic Insights is exactly that book for me.Comic Insights was edited by .

Is Your Comfort Zone Clouding Your Vision

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 Mike Wills (November 26, 2008)  We are creatures of habit. From the moment we wake up and start our morning routines, we go through certain paces that are programmed into our brains. In fact, if you stopped to think about what you're doing, you might throw everything out of whack. What if you reversed the order or your morning ..

Marvel Comic Books Dominate Hollywood For Now

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 Delio Jimenez (October 28, 2008)  Marvel Comic Books, dominating Hollywood and movie makers all over the place. The last time I counted, Marvel comics was taking it to DC comics, and hard. Quite frankly I do not believe that DC comics can compete.Marvel Comics had laid the foundation of their fruits many, many years ago. This did ..

Comic Books - More Than Pretty Pictures

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 Eric Brasley (October 26, 2008)  Gary Phillips is a crime and mystery novelist. But, that would be too limiting to express the variety of his endeavors or his interests. In this article from the Books of Soul Newsletter, Gary discusses writing for comic books and graphic novels.Right off let me say that writing for comics is ..

Marvel Superheroes

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 Peter Gitundu (September 22, 2008)  Marvel superheroes have charmed children as well as adults the whole world over. Marvel comics have created superheroes that we have looked up to and so will our children and our children's children. Most of these superheroes have not only been depicted in the comic books but have since moved on to .

Marvel Characters

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 Peter Gitundu (September 22, 2008)  Hollywood decided long ago that the best way to making more money was to get into the creation of book characters or comic book characters into blockbuster movies. Many of the comic book characters have come from DC comics and off course Marvel comics. The big stars in the DC comics that have ..

Spiderman Comics

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 Peter Gitundu (September 22, 2008)  Spiderman comics have always been on high demand because they are not only bought by children but also by adults who probably read them when they were kids as well. Spiderman comics are a Marvel Comic original that made its debut in 1962 and was written and created by Stan lee and Steve Dikto.In ..

What Wizard Magazine Entails

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 Peter Gitundu (September 22, 2008)  The wizard magazine is an information magazine, where you go if you are interested in knowing how much certain comics cost. The Magazine features all kinds of comics and cartoon characters you might be interested in such as the DC comic collections as well as the Marvel comic collection, and not ..

Comic Book Values

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 Peter Gitundu (September 22, 2008)  I don't know if you feel the same about comic books like I do, but one thing is for sure, I have held on to my first ever comic book for a very long time and I believe now it will probably cost you quite a penny especially since it is mint condition and it is a first series. When shopping for a ..

What Comic Value Entails

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 Peter Gitundu (September 22, 2008)  It's always good to have your comic book appraised by a professional if you are looking to sell it. Comic Value would help you understand what you have in your comic book. There are specifications on how your comic book must look. The glossy cover and the brightly filled pages must still look as ..

Marvel Comic Books

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 Peter Gitundu (September 18, 2008)  We have read them, throughout the years and have followed them like a cult following and even now as they create more films with our favorite characters we can't help but buy the DVD. Marvel comic books have been around for a long time and have entertained us as kids and still do for most people as .

Leisure Daze by Mike Mihalek - Book Review

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 Richard R. Blake (August 24, 2008)  RoseHeart Publishing ISBN 9780980150452An octogenarian lawyer, his vivacious Russian emigrant wife, a younger retired widower, a registered nurse, and two teenagers are pitted against members of a Colombian Cartel drug ring and the president of the homeowners association of a Florida coastal ..

Comic Book Collecting 101

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 Patrick Rittenhouse (August 18, 2008)  Collecting comic books is a source of joy for many comic book and graphic novel enthusiasts.  However, many collectors have trouble finding comics that they feel would be worth collecting and don't really know what to do with them when they do.  There are a number of ways that collectors and ..

Meanwhile - The Impact of Comic Books on Society

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 Patrick Rittenhouse (August 13, 2008)  Comic books and graphic novels have long captured the imaginations of children, teens and adults everywhere. Many people have read comics when they were kids, occasionally hiding a comic book inside of a school book in order to read it while their teacher lectured. The frequency of which we would ..

Vintage Adult Comics

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 Ian Pennington (August 12, 2008)  As how they are obviously referred to, vintage adult comics are a reflection of ancient era or golden times. These are comics released in the 13th and 14th century and these days, they are difficult to get hold of. Other collectors aren't just limiting themselves to the 1940-50's collections, ..

The Women's Daily Irony Supplement by Judy Gruen

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 Carine Nadel (August 09, 2008)  The Women's Daily Irony Supplement is definitely for those of us who are married, have kids and love to laugh. Gruen describes herself as a humor writer and she does know best.I found myself literally laughing out loud while reading about her descriptions on everything from motherhood and marriage ..

Captain America - Part One

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 Virgil Vince (August 06, 2008)  The impressively long history of the comic superhero Captain America began in December 1940, a full year before the bombing of Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II. “As the ruthless war-mongers of Europe focus their eyes on a peace-loving America..the youth of our country ..

Better Living Through Comic Books - Three Life Lessons From ...

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 Keenan Patterson (July 31, 2008)  Comic book characters are enjoying renewed popularity. Many leaped to film successfully, such as Batman, Spider-Man and the X-Men, and attracted audiences that don't read comics. Good stories can be adapted to many media.Good stories also draw us into the characters and their situations. We can ..

The Dark Knight Ten of Batmans Most Important Stories in Comics

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 Andrew Hawnt (July 28, 2008)  Batman is back, and he's bigger and better than ever. The new series of films featuring the caped crusader himself has seen countless new fans flock to his adventures in print, but with the world of comics being such a daunting prospect to a newcomer, it is easy to get stuck on what to read first. ..

Comics in the Classroom

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 Jeff Hughes (June 23, 2008)  When I think back in my days in school as my friends and I hid our comics in our desks or lockers so the teachers would not confiscate them or we would get a lecture of how comics would rot our brains"These books have zero educational value!"But I can tell you that comics actually enhanced my ..

Kill All Parents The Greatest Superhero Comic Book Ever!

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 P Hershon (June 18, 2008)  I just finished reading “Kill All Parents" by Mark Andrew Smith on Image Comics and it it the greatest and funniest Superhero comic book story I have ever read. The writer, Mark Andrew Smith is a genius and the art by Marcelo Di Chiara and his colorist Russ Lowery is awesome. I have to admit, .

The Silver Age Of Comic Books

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 Jay Villaverde (May 12, 2008)  The Silver Age of comic books was a period that lasted roughly a decade and a half from 1956-1970. This period was notable for the drastic increase in popularity of comic books during that time. That increase in popularity came from several sources and the Silver Age of comics paved the way for ..



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