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Avengers Age of Ultron, a Triptych’s Second Frame
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Avengers Age of Ultron, a Triptych’s Second Frame

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 / 29 April 2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron is an amazing spectacle and there's very little you don't see. But if there is something unnoticed, it might be how seamlessly Whedon crafts the movie into the history of Hollywood.
A Response to Avengers: Age of Ultron, in Triptych
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A Response to Avengers: Age of Ultron, in Triptych

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 / 27 April 2015
Even after Daredevil, especially after Daredevil, Avengers: Age of Ultron might be the finest realization of the Marvel Universe on screen.
Every Generation Gets the ‘Daredevil’ It Deserves
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Every Generation Gets the ‘Daredevil’ It Deserves

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 / 17 April 2015
Marvel's Daredevil is a reminder that our pop culture, even that which is rooted in the pulp tradition, can be vivid, vital, and powerful.
‘Frankenstein Underground’ and the Deaths That Tax Us
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‘Frankenstein Underground’ and the Deaths That Tax Us

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 / 6 April 2015
Frankenstein Underground is the magnificent postmodern crown jewel in the Hellboy-verse that creator Mike Mignola thinks of as a love-letter to Edgar Rice Burroughs. We think otherwise.
The High Art of Disownership in ‘Death Sentence: London’
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The High Art of Disownership in ‘Death Sentence: London’

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 / 3 April 2015
Death Sentence: London is quite possibly the most important work of 2015.
Janelle Asselin, Rosy Press and the Reinvention of the Ordinary
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Janelle Asselin, Rosy Press and the Reinvention of the Ordinary

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 / 27 March 2015
Sometimes once in a rare while someone with a single idea disrupts an entire industry. Veteran Editor Janelle Asselin's Rosy Press might just be that idea for this generation.
‘Invisible Republic’ Gives Us Two Tales, Twinned With Shakespeare
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‘Invisible Republic’ Gives Us Two Tales, Twinned With Shakespeare

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 / 20 March 2015
Smashing the hubris of grand space opera against the neonoir of political investigative journalism, it’s only a matter of time until we make the leap to Shakespeare.
Big Neon Kill Machine
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Big Neon Kill Machine

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 / 19 March 2015
In Suiciders, series creator Lee Bermejo gives us an elegant drama of transitions, and in doing this offers perhaps the most innovative mediation on LA itself.
‘Injury Time’ and Others for ‘The Black Hood’
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‘Injury Time’ and Others for ‘The Black Hood’

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 / 13 March 2015
A quatrain of "ways of looking", as Wallace Stevens put it, at the groundbreaking first issue of Dark Circle’s relaunch of The Black Hood.
‘Rebels’ Argues for Freedom As Pop Culture
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‘Rebels’ Argues for Freedom As Pop Culture

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 / 6 March 2015
Rebels is the book I was waiting for Brian Wood to attempt. Since long before Local, since before Northlanders since even before DMZ. It’s the story of the American Revolution, told in a way that only Brian Wood can.
Jeff Lemire on the Coming-Through-Slaughter of ‘Descender’
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Jeff Lemire on the Coming-Through-Slaughter of ‘Descender’

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 / 27 February 2015
The interview with creator Jeff Lemire on his newest book Descender, which releases in March.
How ‘Descender’ Draws a Map of All of Sci-Fi
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How ‘Descender’ Draws a Map of All of Sci-Fi

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 / 26 February 2015
Released next Wednesday, Descender's a game-changer. Here's why.