Tag: Commentary

Daniel Warren Johnson's Absolute Batman Annual felt like a well-deserved crash out after witnessing the horrors of the Trump Administration.

Perhaps a question that can lead future FCBD title selections.

Covid anxiety was a very real part of the NYCC '21 experience, but the show must go on.

"Comic books can be a fantastic tool in so many ways - particularly now."

The current kerfuffle tells us more about ourselves than it does movies.

With the 'farm story' chapter of Jeff Lemire's BLACK HAMMER concluded, we look at the heroes at the center of the series and where they ended their journey.

3:38 p.m. - What is time? Hall H is my home now.

Review: Is Marvel Action Spider-Man #1 the Future of Periodical Comics? A review and commentary

§ This column has been absent for the usual reasons, a big deadline on an outside project, travel and the fact that running this...

Years ago I found myself in Sofia, Bulgaria as part of the production team on a Dolph Lundgren movie I had written (in three days because that’s how the low-budget action kingdom works), kept around to do last-minute changes as is sometimes the case in filmmaking. Bulgaria was a remarkable place, a country with a much older history than America, a history you felt in the architecture, in the manner and the speech of people who had not forgotten the old ways.

by Bryan Hill “Thank you, Sarah for your courage through the dark years. You must be stronger than you imagine you can be. You must...

When Heidi offered her forum to me to discuss issues of diversity, I was hesitant. I admire activism, but I’m a writer and my passion is talking storytelling and character. The opportunity made me feel unsafe, like somehow I would put storytelling in danger by raising the issue of diversity within it. I realized, during a long play session of FALLOUT 4 (my chosen tool for meditation), that my safety wasn’t at stake. I was protecting my comfort. Diversity is an uncomfortable conversation, especially on the internet. Writing popular fiction is kin to walking barefoot on hot coals. If you ignore the heat, you can make it to the other side. The moment you think about what’s underneath you, the flame takes you forever.