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The Comics Market Transparency Conundrum
SOURCE: Comics Beat The comic book market is in the midst of a sales renaissance. In the last year, overall North American dollar sales of Diamond’s comics, trades, and magazines is up 9.95%, while...
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Last Alan Moore Interview?
The source of all the recent ire: Slovobooks’s “Last Alan Moore Interview.” Josh EpsteinJosh Epstein is the Publisher for the Capeless Crusader website. He’s a lifelong comic nerd, and “Superman” is...
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COMMENTARY: The Flash: Kansas City’s Hometown Hero
Grant Gustin stars as Barry Allen Last week The CW network began principal photography on the pilot for their latest super-hero prime time drama The Flash. A spin-off of the network’s wildly successful...
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COMMENTARY: Avengers Alliance and the Unexploitable Carol Danvers
As anyone who listens to the Infinite Crossover podcast or follows me on Facebook knows, I’m utterly addicted to Playdom’s Marvel Avengers Alliance social game. Over the last year and change, Playdom...
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COMMENTARY: Wolverine Might Die
Wolverine has long been one of the go-to staples of the Marvel universe but, based on recent information teased by Marvel, that might come be about to change. I’m being purposefully misleading, of...
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COMMENTARY: 5 Reasons why Carol Danvers Deserves the next Super-Hero Movie
Recently Marvel studios head Kevin Feige said that he would like to see Carol Danvers get the next movie. And you know what? I agree. I agree so much that I had to compose a list of the top five...
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COMMENTARY: Marvel Assembles a Universe, Spoils The Winter Soldier
Tonight ABC aired a one-hour special entitled Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe. The special was intended to showcase the well-planned route by which Marvel has arrived at its current state of box...
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Invincible Movie? Chasing Up Rumours!
It’s March 2005 and Variety posts the news that Paramount Pictures have purchased the rights to make an Invincible movie, a tale of the son of an all-powerful superhero who grows up to forge his own...
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Harvey Awards Go Capeless as Indies Dominate
At this past weekend’s Baltimore Comic Con, the winners of the 26th Annual Harvey Awards were announced, and the results told us one thing for certain: we are living in the Indie Age of comics. From...
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Gerry Conway, Caitlin Snow, and the Freezing Out of Creators
Gerry Conway is possibly one of the most prolific creators in DC’s long history. With the notable exception of writers/editors such as Carmine Infantino, who was responsible for the bulk of the Silver...
View ArticleFractured Reality: Marvel’s Multiple Cinematic Universe Problem
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last decade-and-change, you know that pop culture has entered the second age of the Super Hero Film. This year alone, studios have released five films...
View ArticleWhat If Marvel Did A SUICIDE SQUAD?
There’s no denying that superhero film and television has gotten distinctly darker and more adult as of late. And some think the transition is only just beginning. With Daredevil and Jessica Jones...
View ArticleMarvel’s “Champions”– The Change Agents of the Marvel Universe?
In Marvel’s recently announced ongoing series Champions, six young heroes are looking to change the world by redeeming the concept of super heroes following a divisive conflict. From writer Mark Waid...
View ArticleThe Time Luke Cage Told Trump to F&*k Off
Every now and again, comic books are topical. Even more rarely, they are accidentally topical. On very, very, super-rare occasions, they are accidentally topical in retrospect. Thanks, Luke Cage....
View ArticleLABOR DAY SPECIAL: Profile on the Hero Initiative
Having a career in art can be deeply frustrating at times — most work is freelance, and that doesn’t translate well to job security or financial stability a lot of the time. Even the best and most...
View ArticleX-Men: Apocalypse Deleted Scenes – Verdicts and Criticism
X-Men: Apocalypse came out in Digital HD last Friday. Along with it came a selection of deleted scenes. Here, I review and criticize the team’s choices. Mall Scene: “Safety Dance.” The whole montage...
View ArticleMystique, Iceman, and Me: Bisexual Awareness Week as an XMCU Fan
Bisexual Awareness Week comes to an end tomorrow. As someone who identifies as somewhere between bi, gay, and queer, this marks a sort of bittersweet moment every year. I spent a long time unable to...
View ArticleDISCOURSE DISH: Marvel’s Mutants, Allegory, and the Anxiety of ‘X’
This week, I’m taking a brief break from my usual Discourse Dish subject matter. I know I’ve made my name with this column primarily in talking about DC Discourse, but this week, we’re hopping the...
View ArticleCaptain America Says: Vote!
Today, for Election Day, we present a special guest editorial from Steve Rogers, Captain America. My fellow Americans. Steve Rogers here. And before you ask, no I am not the Steve Rogers working for...
View ArticleDISCOURSE DISH: On the Maintenance of Hope
This week, it may feel silly, or trivial, or what have you, to focus on fiction. The U.S. has elected Donald Trump as our next president, proving a whole multitude of American stereotypes correct....
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