Roger’s Comic Ramblings: It’s a Team Sport
New Teen Titans by Wolfman & Perez
Westfield’s Roger Ash talks about some of his favorite creative teams.
Westfield’s Roger Ash talks about some of his favorite creative teams.
For Your Consideration: DC’s Spirit World HC
Spirit World HC
Robert Greenberger shares a bit of history and tells you why DC’s Spirit World HC belongs on your bookshelf.
Markley’s Fevered Brain: Great Summer Reading 2011
Fighting American
Westfield’s Wayne Markley recommends some books for Summer reading, including Titan’s Fighting American, DC’s Yossel, and IDW’s Genius, Isolated.
Markley’s Fevered Brain: Why I Miss the Beatles
The Beatles
Westfield’s Wayne Markley compares The Beatles to comics and draws some interesting conclusions.
For Your Consideration: Titan’s Fighting American
Fighting American
Robert Greenberger tells you why you need Titan Books’ Fighting American on your bookshelf.
For Your Consideration: Marvel’s Captain America Omnibus Vol. 1
Captain America Omnibus Jack Kirby Cover
Robert Greenberger tells you why Marvel’s Captain America Omnibus deserves to be on your bookshelf.
KC Column: The Never-Ending Story Part 1
by KC Carlson
Though we may be inundated by it in current superhero comic books, long-form serialized storytelling is nothing new.
The idea of telling a long-form storyline as a series of chapters originally dates back to somewhere between the mid-8th and the mid-13th century. The work in question? One Thousand and One Nights, more colloquially known in English as the Arabian Nights. They are actually a series of independent stories gathered together with a framing device, but as originally told, each story was shared over a period of nights, including some kind of “cliffhanger” ending, which would be resolved the following night. Some of the more famous of the stories include “Aladdin’s Wonderful Lamp”, “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”, and “The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor”, all of which are probably much better known to several generations of American children as the basis for three very memorable (and historically important) Popeye the Sailor cartoons.
For Your Consideration: Simon & Kirby Superheroes
by Robert Greenberger
There have been numerous teams of collaborators to make their mark in comics, beginning with pioneers Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. They met at the Fox Features Syndicate and wound up working together at Timely Comics, where Joe was the company’s first editor and Jack was his Go To artist. When publisher Martin Goodman wanted a costumed hero, they whipped up a little something called Captain America. As pioneers and partners they developed the use of splash pages and spreads in addition to later introducing romance comics to readers.
Markley’s Fevered Brain: A Blast From the Past Comes to the Present!
by Wayne Markley
DC Comics has a far-reaching and broad library of old comics and stories dating back to the 1930s. Over the years, outside of the major characters (Superman, Batman, etc.), they have not done a great deal with a host of great little known characters. Recently that has changed and, this time, I thought we would take a look at some of the upcoming releases of these blasts from the past.