When I was in college, I took a couple of classes on the history and theory of journalistic and broadcast media in America. They were pretty insightful, if sometimes self-mythologizing, and they hit a lot of beats about the importance and sanctity of news reporting Read More …
From long-running soap operas to comedy-drama slices of life to daily gag strips, the digital comics scene has exploded over the last decade and readers have never had more options. Feeling overwhelmed? Jen Overstreet and Joe Stando are here to take you on an expedition through the webcomics wilderness Read More …
We live in an age of genre television. The seeds planted in primetime TV years ago by The X-Files and LOST have bloomed, and the once-safe block of medical procedurals or four-camera sitcoms is increasingly crowded out by wizards or zombies or at the very Read More …
It’s been a pretty good couple of years for spy movies. With James Bond back onscreen and adaptations of everything from John le Carré’s novels to Mission: Impossible, there’s a flavor of espionage for everyone. This week’s flavor, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., is stylish, campy, Read More …
From long-running soap operas to comedy-drama slices of life to daily gag strips, the digital comics scene has exploded over the last decade and readers have never had more options. Feeling overwhelmed? Jen Overstreet and Joe Stando are here to take you on an expedition through the webcomics wilderness Read More …
As a big fan of Cartoon Network’s Regular Show, I’ve had somewhat mixed feelings about the BOOM! Studios comic series. While they’ve had solid talent attached, I’m not sure that an ongoing book is the best fit, especially since the storylines tend to get stretched Read More …
When I do digest reviews for Deadshirt, I skim through a lot of books from mid-level publishers, looking for something that piques my interest enough to be worth checking out. Sometimes it’s easy, sometimes it’s hard, and sometimes I don’t find anything. Monster Motors, by Read More …
From long-running soap operas to comedy-drama slices of life to daily gag strips, the digital comics scene has exploded over the last decade and readers have never had more options. Feeling overwhelmed? Jen Overstreet and Joe Stando are here to take you on an expedition through the webcomics wilderness Read More …
Comic books are a huge, sprawling medium, with all kinds of formats, genres and series. While longtime fans can easily walk into a comic book shop and pick out exactly the issues or graphic novels that suit their precise tastes, casual readers might have a Read More …
Part of Censure vs. Censor: A Blog Carnival assembled by Women Write About Comics. Mainstream superhero comics have exploded in general popularity over the past decade. Characters like Rocket Raccoon and Groot are household names, mentioned in between discussions of the Grammys or the March Read More …