Month: October 2021

I’ve been saying this for a while now, to pretty much anybody that will listen, but I have some serious doubts that the new BVS movie, unlike Superman, is going to be able to fly. I’m actually expecting a crash and burn. Not that I WANT a crash and burn; I WANT it to be… Continue reading Batman vs. Superman: I hope I’m wrong

If I’m right in my belief that a complete reboot is coming, not only for Superman but for DC Comics in its totality, in the wake of the failed reboot that was the New 52—wait, if we’re rebooting a reboot, does that count as another reboot, or wouldn’t we be in fact retro-booting?—then the various… Continue reading Alas, Jimmy, we hardly knew you!

It’s guaranteed to get some notice. Stir up some controversy. Garner publicity. And sell comic books. Which is, at the end of the day, what it’s all about, right? Sure. But there’s a good way and a bad way to go about it. So which approach is Marvel taking right now? I’d say, for the… Continue reading Clickbait or Quality Storytelling? Yes!

Sorry, Frank Miller. Or Brian Azzarello. The linked-to article doesn’t specify which of the two co-writers of DARK KNIGHT 3: THE MASTER RACE actually said that this new comic, and specifically its introduction of a FEMALE in the role of “Batman,” is going to “piss people off.” I kinda doubt that it does. It just… Continue reading A Female Batman – Wouldn’t that be BatWOMAN?

So let’s see if we can get this straight. The reason Captain America Steve Rogers and stand-in Captain America Sam Wilson are no longer on speaking terms is because one’s a Democrat and one’s a Republican? And we’re given the rather trite challenge of trying to guess which one is which? Um, no. That would… Continue reading Fuedin’ Captains America

Times sure have changed, and they changed pretty fast. Just a few short years ago, the hinting that a comic character MIGHT be gay was enough to get a writer fired (Remember when Northstar was “outted” in Alpha Flight?) and have fans boycotting. Now you can’t turn a comic book page without hitting a gay… Continue reading Diversity is a Five-Letter Word

After watching the FIRST fantastic fiasco to be played out on the silver screen and leaving the theater grousing and shaking my fists at the sky, lamenting the film’s greatest sin, the grave disservice it had done to Doctor Doom, my lovely better half, not as up on her comics culture as you or I,… Continue reading The Marvel Cinematic Universe desperately Needs DOOM

I’ve spoken previously about my concerns for the NEW new Marvel Universe, now that so many of their top-level writers, including former “architects” Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, and Jonathan Hickman, along with fan favorites like Rick Remender and Kelly Sue DeConnick, have all departed for greener pastures. (Double entendre alert!) I expressed optimism, though, in… Continue reading The New Marvel: So Far So Good

I heard again this past weekend how Zack Snyder’s MAN OF STEEL “ruined” Superman because of its ending. “Superman doesn’t kill,” this person said. “EVER!” I agreed, with the caveat that for every rule there is an inevitable exception. A fanboy might complain that he prefers his Superman painted in lighter tones—and I don’t just… Continue reading MAN OF STEEL: Superman Did The Right Thing

A good Batman story can be told without Batman even appearing in it. I actually quite enjoy those rare stories that focus on Gotham City itself, on the everyday citizens who live there, and on the mythic, ever present effect that Batman has on it and them. Batman’s PRESENCE can suffuse a story whether or… Continue reading Is screwing with Batman a recipe for success, or disaster?