Tag: comic books
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Aquaman Confirmed For Batman v. Superman, and You Better Not Laugh!
So this will be the most geeky post you read today, if not the entire month. Jason Momoa (of Game of Thrones, Conan the Barbarian, and Stargate: Atlantis) has been confirmed at Aquaman in the new Batman v. Superman movie, which is sort of the sequel to Man of Steel. I can’t claim to be…
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Zero: An Emergency by Ales Kot – A Book Review
Zero has gained a lot of buzz during the last several months. It’s typically described as a spy story with ruthless violence and a cold, detached protagonist. Its main claim to fame is that it features a different artist with each new issue. I’ll be honest. I’m not much for spy stories, but the book…
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Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke: A Graphic Novel I Feel Good About Sharing With My Daughter
I have loved comic books since the age of three. I still remember my first comic, an issue of World’s Finest featuring Batman and Superman. I still love comic books, but unfortunately have trouble finding appropriate ones to share with my six-year-old daughter. You see, even though I’m now thirty-seven, most Batman and Superman comic…
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Manifest Destiny: Flora & Fauna by Chris Dingess and Matthew Roberts – A Book Review
It’s been a long time since I read a graphic novel that excited me as much as Manifest Destiny. I’m going to say it now: this is a must-read book. The premise is outrageous. It follows Lewis and Clark’s expedition through the American frontier in 1804. But they are not only charged with charting the…
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The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew – A Book Review
The Shadow Hero is an interesting graphic novel for several reasons. The first is that it takes an obscure hero from the Golden Age of comic books—the Green Turtle—and gives him an origin for the first time in seventy years. It’s also interesting because it’s largely believed that the Green Turtle is the first Asian…
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My Knee-Jerk Reaction To the New Thor
Today we learned there will be a new Thor, and this Thor is female. My first reaction to this news is, “Thank goodness they are not calling her ‘Lady Thor’ or ‘Thorette.’” I also thought, “Hey, she’s fully dressed – good!” I had these initial reactions because these are two issues that bother me to…
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Keep the “Wonder” In Wonder Woman
Against my better judgement, I’m playing the old comic book fan card. You know the one: the “I’m quitting this comic because of a creative change!” Let me explain. A few years ago, DC Comics (sort of) rebooted their universe and called the (sort of) reboot “The New 52.” In the (sort of) new DC…
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Super Graphic by Tim Leong – A Book Review
When I learned of this book, I knew I had to have it. Super Graphic is a series of graphs—an entire books’ worth, in fact—that deal only with comic books. Each graph is typically quite clever in depicting an image along with information. Of course, this is a poplar medium at the moment called “infographics.”…
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X-Men: Days of Future Past – A Movie Review
Though it took me far longer than I intended, I’m glad I finally made it to the theater to see this film. I’ll go ahead and say it: it’s the best of the X-Men movies thus far. Why is it the best, you ask? How can it be better than X-Men 2? Let me explain…
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Earth 2: The Tower Of Fate by James Robinson and Nicola Scott – A Book Review
There are two things I love in my graphic novels: world building and a true sense of danger. Earth 2 has both in droves. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept of Earth 2, it is an earth much like our own, but it’s just a little bit different. In the “silver” age of comic books,…
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