This is the third season of a column that judges a book by its cover. Catch up on the current season here, or view the complete archive. I forking love textless covers. Can’t get enough of them! So when Image Comics announced they were doing a series of textless variant covers as part of a […]
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: in BATMAN: CREATURE OF THE NIGHT #2, a fiendish power begins to corrupt
The holidays may be dominating our thoughts right now, but let’s not forget that next Wednesday, new comics are still coming out! Last month, I reviewed Batman: Creature of the Night #1, a fascinating elseworlds Batman story that literalizes the intent behind the Dark Knight’s costume. In this book, Batman is not just an alter ego […]
DC REBORN ROUND-UP: Batman meets DEATH NOTE in CREATURE OF THE NIGHT #1
In June 2016, DC Comics kicked off the start of its Rebirth initiative. After a wave of criticism surrounding the way they have treated their characters’ rich histories since 2011’s New 52 relaunch, DC has decided to rebrand. They hope that by restoring their characters’ pasts, they will restore readers’ faith in them as well. […]
Batman in the “Real” World – Busiek and Leon’s Batman: Creature of the Night
Back in 2004, Kurt Busiek and Stuart Immonen did a comic called Superman: Secret Identity, about a fellow named Clark Kent in a world without superheroes where Superman is just a comic book character… and then Clark Kent discovers he can fly. 13 years later, Busiek has returned with a sort of “spiritual companion” in Batman: Creature […]
Free on the internet: The Eisner nominated “Black Death in America” by Tom King and John Paul Leon
“Black Death in America” is an Eisner nominated short story that originally appeared in the Vertigo CMYK: Black issue. Written by Tom King with art by John Paul Leon it follows the true story of Henry Louis Johnson, an African-American soldier in World War I who was held up as a war hero but died […]