The New Mutants’ Cursed Journey to Theaters: A Horror Story
The New Mutants had a long, circuitous journey to the big screen as the final Marvel Comics film produced by 20th Century Fox before its merger with Disney.
Comics
The Women-Led Slave Revolts Every American Needs to Learn About
In the graphic novel ‘Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts’, Rebecca Hall puts flesh on the bones of American history.
Joe Ollmann’s Jimmi Wyatt and Other “Fictional Fathers” in Comics
Inspired by Joe Ollmann’s Fictional Fathers, I ruminate on my life with comics, my favourite job as a father, and what Art can remind fathers about loving and raising their children.
‘The Immortal Hulk’ Finds Bruce Banner Coping with Internal and External Horrors
Marvel Comics writer Al Ewing dives into Bruce Banner’s disturbed mind and finds Devil Hulk.
Shigeru Mizuki’s ‘Tono Monogatari’ Gives Readers Immersive Storytelling with a Personal Touch
In his adaptation of okai stories, ‘Tono Monogatari’, manga artist and historian Shigeru Mizuki is at once narrator, illustrator, reader, and participant, explaining the stories’ connections to Japanese legend and belief.
Alex Graham’s Covid-Era Comic ‘Dog Biscuits’ Has a Lot of Bark
Alex Graham’s Covid-Comic Dog Biscuits intersects with social justice issues, “woke” culture, social media, gender dynamics, ambivalence, and the complications of making mistakes.
Nate Powell’s Graphic Non-Fiction ‘Save It for Later’ Urges Readers to Remember the Trump Era
Life during the destructive Trump era spurred a new level of activism. Nate Powell’s collection of comics essays, ‘Save It for Later’, wants to keep that fire going.
Zack Snyder, Matthew Arnold, and Ancient Stories in Comic Book Films
Does it make sense for contemporary Superman to stand beside ancient Zeus in comic book films? Filmmaker Zack Snyder and 19th century poet and critic Matthew Arnold think so.
The Strange and the Disturbingly Familiar in Sci-Fi Graphic Fiction, ‘Peepers’
Even the scenery in sci-fi graphic fiction ‘Peepers’ looks like the lucid dreams of a Fauvist painter on acid.
Neil Gaiman’s Faustian Bargain with William Shakespeare
What kind of relationship do Gaiman and Shakespeare have? Is one a parasite on the other?
Are Marjane Satrapi’s Works Comics or Graphic Novels?
Marjane Satrapi is a complicated woman living and working at the intersection of many overlapping identity factors, and her books Persepolis and Embroideries provide us different facets through which to view this complex of relations.
The Power of Restraint in Sophie Yanow, Paco Roca, and Elisa Macellari’s New Graphic Novels
The magical quality that makes or breaks a graphic novel lies somewhere in that liminal space in which art and literature intersect.