Category Archives: Comics

Summer Reading: DC: The New Frontier

DC’s sales soared with the New 52, but the best rebooting of the DC Universe in recent years may be Darwyn Cooke’s fantastic, thought-provoking reimagining of the Silver Age. So mix a Tom Collins, kick back in your space-age egg chair, cue Sinatra, and fly yourself to the Utopia Casino in Vegas, where Bruce Wayne, Lois Lane, Carol Ferris, Hal Jordan, Selina Kyle, Oliver McQueen, Richard Flagg, and “Ace” Morgan find Ted “Wildcat” Grant’s post-title-bout party interrupted by a supervillain– and the new Flash.

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Summer Reading: Persepolis

If you’re looking for something a little different to read this summer, Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, published to great acclaim in the early 2000s, remains a modern classic among graphic novels. It begat both a sequel and an animated adaptation. We consider the original here.

The story brings you into the world of a child growing up during turbulent times. If you’ve ever wondered how a dystopian government could take hold of society, read Persepolis, and find out how one actually did.

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