Escapism has long been a driving tenet of comic books, but as the medium has evolved, creators have started to see…

There’s a real temptation to just tell people to read Mitch Gerads and Tom King’s Mister Miracle #1 (DC) and leave…

There are some comics creators immediately recognizable beyond a visual style, revisiting the same themes and tropes…

Youth has always been a cultural target, but countless think pieces and breathless cries of what millennials have…

Superhero series should have easy jumping-on points. If these books are grabby enough, readers might be compelled to…

From war-torn South Vietnam to the apartment of supernatural stoners to a psychedelic plane of reality inside a…

Comics, just as much as movies, have been under the thrall of summer blockbusters, translated into big event…

Contrary to what people might think, the recent boom of comic book movies and television shows hasn’t come with a…

As the graphic novel market continues to grow, the medium is increasingly popular for established novelists who want…

Starting a new superhero universe is a risky endeavor in a comic book marketplace crowded with superhero titles, but…

Monsters in pop culture are cyclical, with media fixating on a particular type long enough for audiences to get sick…

The flexibility to form and reform comics creative teams is both one of the genre’s biggest strengths and…

The first X-Men Prime was released in May of 1995, on the heels of possibly the best-received crossover in franchise…

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Best known as the man that popularized the word “zombie” in the English language, William Seabrook is a tragic…

Nadia Pym is Marvel’s latest attempt to make its comic-book universe resemble its cinematic universe, and while…

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: In the aftermath of a civil war between two gangs of superheroes, the…

In a study published last year, The American Journal Of Medicine revealed that Americans are 10 times more likely to…

The Flash is a friendly guy. It’s part of the character that comes with wearing the red suit. Barry Allen is bland…

Bad comics used to be fun. The first Civil War, 10 years in hindsight, had charm—a well-made piece of hokum that…