As many comics fans and professionals alike are speculating about the latest DC Implosion, and WHAT IT ALL MEANS, I got to reminiscing about the comics publisher that literally shaped the course of my life.
The indie B&W boom of the 1980s generated lots of horrible comics, like the several zillion TMNT knockoffs. It also generated some good stuff. MICRA, by Lamar Waldron and Ted …
I assume the Gardner Fox/Carmine Infantino/Murphy Anderson story “The Flying Gorilla Menace” from Strange Adventures #125 was one of their “cover first, story later” creations. If so, they put far …
Despite some inconsistencies and a plot-hole or two, HBO’s much talked-about sequel to the Watchmen graphic novel is still well worth watching.
Several titles have given me reasons to stop reading them; maybe they’ll make good case-studies.
