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CEO Supervillains: Toyo Harada & Dario Agger

Matthew Derman / 29 January 2015

The businessman bad guy is nothing new. Lex Luthor and Wilson Fisk (the Kingpin) both come to mind immediately as classic comicbook villains whose main source of power is their wealth. And they’re not the only examples…

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Love Everybody, Trust No One in “Hinterkind”

Matthew Derman / 23 January 2015

Hinterkind focuses on characterization, developing its cast intelligently and deliberately so that everyone is fully formed and multi-faceted.

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Sometimes I Live in the Country, Sometimes I Live in Town

Matthew Derman / 11 December 2014

Today on the Iconographies we begin with Ken Kesey’s Sometimes a Great Notion, and work our way through Revival and Rachel Rising to Gotham?!

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“Ms. Marvel” Keeps the Change

Matthew Derman / 13 November 2014

The reason Ms. Marvel is so capable of dealing with the enormous shifts in her life is that, underneath all of her typical teenage fear and doubt, she very much knows who she is.

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Staring Down the Inevitable Reign of Digital Comics

Matthew Derman / 6 November 2014

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There’s No Beginning, There Be No End: The Last of the Greats

Matthew Derman / 17 October 2014

The Last of the Greats was published by Image in 2011-12, a five-issue mini-series that received deserved critical acclaim but ultimately flew under the radar, popularity-wise.

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The “Mighty Avengers” are Mighty Avenger-y

Matthew Derman / 3 October 2014

Mighty Avengers stars a pseudo-random collection of heroes who form a team based on external circumstances rather than because of some specific shared goal. What’s wonderful about that, though, is that it’s exactly why the original Avengers started way back when.

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Exemplary Continuity in She-Hulk

Matthew Derman / 25 September 2014

“My own views on continuity are something of a mixed bag. Basically, I think the massive, over-populated mainstream superhero worlds create opportunities for interesting, inventive interactions between the disparate characters…”

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Riley Rossmo’s Eclectic Signature

Matthew Derman / 12 September 2014

“Momentum” is a good word for Rossmo’s work in general. If there’s one thing that ties together his eclectically vast projects, it’s the kinetic energy his art contains.

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“It Never Happened Again” and Again and Again

Matthew Derman / 28 August 2014

In his book It Never Happened Again, Sam Alden uses two short comicbook stories to offer a slight twist on the old journey-vs.-destination philosophy.

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The Silver Surfer Spectrum

Matthew Derman / 15 August 2014

We didn’t see Marvel’s iconic Surfer of the Cosmic skyways in the recent Guardians of the Galaxy, but iwe should have.

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Single Comma Issues

Matthew Derman / 8 August 2014

Matthew Derman

CEO Supervillains: Toyo Harada & Dario Agger

Love Everybody, Trust No One in “Hinterkind”

Sometimes I Live in the Country, Sometimes I Live in Town

“Ms. Marvel” Keeps the Change

Staring Down the Inevitable Reign of Digital Comics

There’s No Beginning, There Be No End: The Last of the Greats

The “Mighty Avengers” are Mighty Avenger-y

Exemplary Continuity in She-Hulk

Riley Rossmo’s Eclectic Signature

“It Never Happened Again” and Again and Again

The Silver Surfer Spectrum

Single Comma Issues

How One Innovative LP Carved a Dusty Trail to Alternative Country

Souled American’s Slow Resurrection

Hallelujah for Bruce Springsteen’s Definitive “Hail Mary” Album

15 Breakup Songs That Are Vicious, Painful, and Bitter

Tom Robbins’ Crazy Wisdom

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