1965: The year the Justice Society failed
By 1965, the Justice Society had become semi-regular guest stars in DC’s Earth-One series. Three popular crossovers between Jay Garrick and Barry Allen. Two highly acclaimed JLA/JSA team-ups. So it’s …
‘April Fools’ Day’
“Hey. Change the clocks. It’s Daylight Savings Time.” He grunted. He rolled over. “Is it forward or backward?” “We lose an hour.” “That doesn’t help.” “Forward, you big dummy.” Allen …
Welcome to Broadway at New York Comic Con
There’s a growing connection between New York Comic Con, Broadway, and New York City. In 2021. despite the smaller pandemic-style con, there were several panels featuring Broadway theater actors being …
His Story Is … Unwritten
Back in 2019 (this is another repost from my own blog), I finished rereading the 2009-13 Vertigo series Unwritten, created by Mike Carey and Peter Gross. It held up well. …
Question of the Week: What’s your favorite situation comedy of the 21st century?
Laugh, clown, laugh!
Discarding characters to die in the gutter
One of the things that annoys me about 21st century comics is that along with the impulse to get back to the Silver (or at least the Bronze) Age versions …