Al Jaffee amazement
We take back everything bad we were just saying about The Internet. This Flash-based New York Times tribute to Mad's Al Jaffee and his...
Siegels awarded Superman rights
In a stunning decision, the heirs of Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman, have been granted the copyright to Action Comics Vol. 1. Jeff Trexler...
Remembrance of Werthams Past
David Hajdu's The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America has been getting a great deal of press. The story...
The truth about comics
Doc Lehman wrote to share a gallery of photos from the 1930’s and 1940’s of people reading comics and newsstands. You should go check...
Snake Eyes
The first picture of Snake Eyes, played by Ray Park, from the GI JOE movie has been released. We give this its own spot...
Tom Brevoort’s Unknown Greats
"Great" might not be exactly the word some would use, but Marvel editor Tom Brevoort's look back at some under-appreciated comics he worked on...
RIP — The Real Mlle. Marie?
While reading the NYT today, I was struck by the obit of Pearl Cornioley, a resistance fighter during WWII, who died a few weeks...
Save the Rain Forest
Is that what it's like to be an old timer?
"Cured the Black Plague? Why, I remember when I was a kid, we'd pass stacks...
The evolving Onion
Have you ever wondered what the relationship of the "Area Man" Onion is to the "A.V. Club" Onion? Us too, and here's the answer:
Pocket...
Kick-ass comics women of the 70s
http://www.youtube.com/v/HIFiuIV67u0
This YouTube video has a weighty theme:
The American civil rights movement opened possibilities of empowerment to a new generation. Feminism simply extended that to...
The Best of ’07 courtesy of Dick Hyacinth
Dick Hyacinth has finally compiled the 100 best reviewed comics of last year using a weighted chart. There was a preliminary list, but this...
