In a long-negotiated deal, Disney will acquire Twenty-first Century Fox. This means a few things: Disney now controls even more of the media landscape, and the X-Men and Fantastic Four now belong to Marvel Studios.
Category Archives: Comics
Comic Book Physics 49: Superman’s Powers, Part 2
Our look at Superman’s complete set of powers continues here.
Comic Review: Harley and Ivy meet Betty and Veronica
Back in ’94 Marvel and Archie raised eyebrows across the comix community by pairing comicdom’s favorite red-haired teenager with its most deranged vigilante. Back then, of course, Archie was a fading brand sold at grocery store checkouts to nine-year-old girls, and the Punisher, the darkest dude in comic books.
A lot has changed since then.
In 2017, Archie’s mainstream line may be the most relevant and entertaining comics available, and the company has opened up to entirely new markets. In addition to the good ol’ kiddie digests, still available in grocery stores and pharmacies everywhere, other Archie alt-realities include a retro-sixties Sabrina whose witchcraft draws from actual demonic sources, a zombie apocalypse Archie, and the predictably “edgy” and wildly CWesque iconoclastic and wildly popular Riverdale TV series. So when Archie and DC combine to bring several of Gotham City’s sirens to comic-book small-town America, it feels a lot less groundbreaking. It’s just the world we live in.
The question remains: does the team-up work? Is it worth reading?
Comic Book Physics 48: Superman’s Powers (Part 1)
We are seeing the first part of a three part finale, as I discuss the first 8 of Superman’s 51 documented powers. You can listen here.
Graphic Novel Review: The Customer is Always Wrong
What’s a girl got to do to get some respect around here? Stick a needle in her arm?
I discovered Mimi Pond’s comix in National Lampoon, back in the early 80s. The magazine had hopelessly passed its glory days by then; Pond was one of the reasons to keep reading. I lost track of her work after the 80s, though I was aware she wrote the first full-length episode of The Simpsons1.
I stumbled over her stuff again recently. Published at the end of summer, 2017, The Customer is Always Wrong is the second in a series of semi-autobiographical memoirs. Its justification for being reviewed here is that it’s a graphic novel. Otherwise, it’s somewhat removed from our usual fare. Mind you, Madge’s self-medicated supporting cast probably see aliens and monsters all the time.
Iron Man’s Repulsors: Comic Book Physics #45
The latest episode of Comic Book Physics deals with Iron Man’s Repulsors, can you can find it here.
Comic Review: Batman/Elmer Fudd #1
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Things wewrn’t awways this way. They won’t awways be this way.
The most-talked about comic of the season pits the Dark Knight against a cewtain speech-impediment-afflicted hunter, in the shadows of a more-insane-than-usual version of Gotham City.
Nova’s Gravimetric Pulses: Comic Book Physics 44
This month’s Comic Book Physics podcast covers Nova’s Gravimetric Pulses, and can be downloaded here. Special bonus content: how to shatter Silly Putty using materials found in a typical garage!
Underwater Breathers: Comic Book Physics #43
The latest episode of Comic Book Physics, examining the technology behind breathing underwater without scuba gear, is available here.
Free Comic Book Day
We’re a bit behind on some reviews, but we do have a look at Free Comic Book Day. Local to me, we had low temperatures and rain, but it still turned into a fun day:
Stories? Hauls? Comments? What was FCBD like local to Bureau-crats?