History of Comic Books Podcast: Recent Episodes
JT Wheatley
And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of Carl Barks, as he creates one my popular character, Scrooge McDuck.
And now a reposting fo the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Carl Barks, one of Walt Disney's most celebrated cartoonists.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Julie Schwartz, DC Comics's greatest editor.
And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of Gene Colan, as he embarks onto one of the most iconic series of his career.
And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Gene Colan, one of the great artists of Marvel's Silver Age.
And now a resposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Mort Meskin, a brilliant Golden Age artist who's personal demons kept him from surpassing his contemporaries.
And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of Gardner Fox, as he helps DC Comics usher in the Silver Age.
And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Gardner Fox, arguably the writer who had the greatest impact on DC Comics.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of John Severin, the definitive artist of "Cracked" magazine.
And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of King Features Syndicate, one of the great comic strip publishers of all time.
And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history King Features Syndicate, one of the great comic strip company's of all time.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief of the life of Barry Windsor-Smith, one of the most talented and unique artists of the 70's and 80's.
And now a rambling and too brief review of this new classic in which Supergirl goes on an intergalatic journey of revenge that was so good it is the inspiration for the upcoming movie.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Matt Baker, one of the great 'good girl' artists of the Golden Age of Comic Books.
And a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Kurt Schaffenberger, one of the great artists of Superman & Lois Lane during the Silver Age.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Arthur Adams, one of the top artists of the 1980's who would be a major influence on the 90's artists.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of John Romita Sr., the artist who truly defined the Marvel style.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of George Tuska, one of the great professionals of the comic book medium.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Vinnie Colletta, one of the most controversial inkers in comic book history.
And now a resposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Joe Sinott, one of comic books greatest inkers.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Herb Trimpe, one of Marvel's great artists of the 70's and 80's, along with giving one of the best runs on the Incredible Hulk ever.
And a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of Fiction House, one of the classic publishing houses of the Golden Age of American Comic Books.
And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Fiction House, a forgotten but pivotal publisher of comic books Golden Age.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of pulp magazines, the precursor to American comic books, as we get into the introduction of the superhero genre.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of pulp magazines, the precursor to the American comic book.
And now a reposting of the final part of this too brief and rambling history of Marvel vs. DC, which catches up with comic books classic rivalry into modern day.
And now a reposting of this second part of the history of Marvel vs. DC, as their rivalry would actually find themselves working together at times.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the famous rivarly between Marvel and DC Comics.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the Speculation Crash of the 1990's, one of the darkest times in comic book history.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "All You Need Is Kill", a superb manga adaptation of the now science fiction classic by Hiroshi Sakurazaka.
And a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of Frank Miller, as he ventures into his most popular creator owned work before his career starts to deminish.
And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Frank Miller, one of the most important writer/artists of the 1980's and 90's.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of the 2019 film, "Shazam", which besides being a great comic book movie, makes a great Christmas movie to boot.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Sin City: Silent Night" by Frank Miller, in which he tells a Christmas story in his classic crime noir universe.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Holiday Knights", the first episode of "The New Adventures of Batman & Robin" that delivered a fun Christmas anthology.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Jim Valentino, the Image founder who wasn't a superstar but helped lay the ground work for what the company would become.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Marc Silvestri, another of the original Image founders.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Whilce Portacio, the original seventh member of Image Comics who was never really a founder.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography Todd McFarlane, one of the founding members of Image Comics.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "The Saga of the Swamp Thing", Alan Moore's brilliant revival of the classic DC character that set the standard for him there after.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief reivew of Mike Mignola's "Hellboy: Seed of Destruction", which launched his classic Hellboy character.
And now a reposting of this rambling and to brief review of "The Goon" by Eric Powell, his classic monster noir comic.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of Joe Hill's & Gabriel Rodriguez's "Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft", the first volume in their now classic horror series.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "30 Days of Night", Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith's classic vampire tale.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Rob Liefeld, probably the most controversial of the Image founders.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Jim Lee, the Image founder who went off and took over DC Comics.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Erik Larsen, the Image Comics founder who just wanted to make funny books his own way.
And now a reposting of this second part of this rambling and too brief history of Image Comics, as the upstart publisher goes through from trials and tribulations before settling into the third most successful publisher in American comic books.
And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Image Comics, the comic book company that challenged Marvel & DC's dominance in the American comic book marketplace.
And now a resposting of the last part of this rambling and too brief biography of Joe Kubert, who even in his twilight years, still managed to turn out a classic.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Joe Kubert, as he sets out to start his legendary school.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief second part of this biography of the great Joe Kubert, as he continues his comic book career, including working on his most iconic character.
And now a resposting of this first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Joe Kubert, one of the great innovators of the comic book genre.
And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, one of the most successful independent comics of all time.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Ozamu Tezuka, probably the greatest manga creator of all time.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Captain America: Rebirth" by Mark Waid and Ron Garney, just in time for the 4th of July.
And a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of the crime comic book genre.
And now a resposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of the crime comic book genre.
And now a reposting of the final part of this rambling and too brief history of the war comics genre.
And now a reposting of the fourth part of this rambling and too brief history of the war comics genre.
And now a reposting of part three of this rambling and too brief history of the war comic genre.
And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of the war comics genre.
And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of the war comic genre.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of Kitchen Sink Press, as the independent publisher continues to make its mark in the comic book industry before sadly declining.
And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Kitchen Sink Press, one of the great independent publishers in comic book history.
And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of Stan 'The Man' Lee, the man who made Marvel Comics what it is today.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Stan 'The Man' Lee, the man who made Marvel Comics what it is today.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of "Crisis of Infinite Earths", the standard for all comic book events.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Bill Finger, the other creator of Batman.
And now the conclusion of this rambling and too brief biography of Harvey Kurtzman, as he starts to receive some long deserved accolades towards the end of his life, including having an award named after him.
And now the fifth part of this rambling and too brief biography of Harvey Kurtzman, as he returns to "Playboy" with a new comic strip while also embarking onto a new career path: teacher.
And now the fourth part of this rambling and too brief biography of Harvey Kurtzman, as he leaves EC Comics and Mad Magazine to set out on his own, for better and worse.
And now the third part of this rambling and too brief biography of the great Harvey Kurtzman, as it sets out creating his own comics at EC, one of which would change the landscape of humor in America.
And the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of the great Harvey Kurtzman, as he reenters civilian life after his military service to become a full-time comic book artist, leading him to the company that would reshape his life and comic book history.
And now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of the great Harvey Kurtzman, one of the greatest artists of the comic book medium.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Don Heck, one of the great journeyman of the comic book medium who also managed to create some classic characters, including my all-time favorite, Iron Man.
And now the conluding part of this rambling and too brief biography of the legendary writer/artist, Mike Grell.
And now the first part of a rambling and too brief biography of the legendary writer/artists, Mike Grell.
And now a reposting of this last part of the this rambling and too brief biography of Charles Schultz, the creator of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts comic strip.
And now a reposting of the third part of this rambling and too brief biography of Charles Schultz, the creator of Charlie Brown and the "Peanuts" comic strip.
And now a reposting of part two of this rambling and too brief biography of Charles Schultz, the creator of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts comics strip.
And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Charles Schultz, the creator of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts comic strip.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of this classic episode of "Batman: The Animated Series", which is not only a great Christmas episode but the first appearance of Mark Hammil's the Joker.
And now a reposting of this rambling and to brief review of "Iron Man 3", the MCU Christmas film.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Batman Returns", not a perfect film but makes for nice Christmas viewing.
And now a reposting of this too brief review of "Sin City: Silent Night" by Frank Miller, in which he tells a Christmas story but in the Sin City way.
And now a reposting of the last part of this rambling and too brief history on the war against comics in the 1950's.
And a reposting of part three of the "War Against Comics" series, this time focusing on the actual Comics Code itself.
And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of the war against comics in the 1950's.
And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of the war against comic books in the 1950's.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Batman: The Long Halloween", one of the best Batman stories ever.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Gyo" by Junji Ito, one of his scariest mangas by the horror master him.
And now a reposting of this concluding chapter of this too brief and rambling history of Batman.
Now in keeping with the recent Batman Day, a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of the Dark Knight.
And now a reposting of this final part of this rambling and too brief history of Marvel Comics.
And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of Marvel Comics.
And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Marvel Comics.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Jack Kirby, the King of Comics.
And now a reposting of this last part of this rambling and too brief history of Spider-Man, Marvel Comcs's most iconic character.
And a reposting of the third part of this rambling and too brief history of Spider-Man, Marvel's most iconic hero.
And a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of Spider-Man, the flagship character of Marvel Comics.
And a reposting of this first part in a rambling and too brief history of Spider-Man, just in time for Spider-Man Day.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of "The Watchmen", the seminal work by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of the great Steve Ditko.
And now a reposting of the first half of this rambling and too brief biography of Steve Ditko, one of the great artists of the Silver Age.
And now a reposting of this second part in a rambling and too brief biography of the great Will Eisner.
And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of the great Will Eisner.
And a reposting of this second part of this rambling and too brief biography of Curt Swan, arguably the greatest Superman artists of all time.
And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of the late, great Curt Swan, the Good Superman Artist.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of comic books up to modern day....or at least until it was originally posted.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the 1990's as comic books reached never before heights before crashing and nearly burning to the ground.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the 1980's, one of the greatest in comic book history.
And now this rambling and too brief history of the 1970's period of American comic books or better known as the first 2/3's of the Bronze Age.
And now a reposting about the battle over Superman between his creators, Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, and the company they sold him to, DC Comics.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of Superman, the character that launched the Golden Age of Comic Books.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the origin of Superman, just in time for Superman Day.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the Silver Age of Comic Books, where the medium was revived during the 1960's.
And now the second part of this rambling and too brief history of Wonder Woman, the premier female superhero in comic books.
Now to close out Women's History Month, this reposting of the first part of a rambling and too brief history of Wonder Woman, the premier female superhero in comic books.
And now the conclusion of this reposting of this rambling and too brief history of female creators in American Comic Books.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief second part of this history of female comic book creators.
And a reposting of this rambling and too brief first part of the history of female creators in comic books.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Adolphe Barreaux, probably the first black comic book artist, even if no one knew it at the time.
And now a reposting of the episode on "All-Negro Comics", the first comic created by black creators starring black characters.
And now in time for Valentine's Day, a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the romance genre in comic books.
And now this reposting of the second part of a rambling and too brief history of black characters in comic books.
And the first part of this ramblng and too brief history of black characters in comic books.
And now a reposting of the Interim Age, covering the strange period in comics between the end of the Golden Age and the beginning of the Silver Age.
And now a repost of this rambling and too brief history of the Golden Age of American Comic Books.
And now a reposting of the first episode of History of Comic Books. Listen at your own risk
And now a rambling and too brief review of "X-Men: Mutant Massacre" from 1986, the classic crossover event that remains one of the darkest moments in the X-Men and Marvel history.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Justice League Action - Party Animal", which first aired on Dec. 2nd, 2017, in which Green Arrow tries to throw a Christmas party for the Justice League, only for highjinks to insue.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Justice League: Comfort & Joy", the classic Christmas episode of the animated series that aired on Dec. 13th, 2003, as the various members of the Justice League enjoy the holidays in their own way.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Shazam", the 2019 comic book adapation that not only remains the best film to come out of the Snyderverse but is also a great Christmas movie.
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the Jewish influence on comic books.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "X2: X-Men United", the 2003 film from director Bryan Singer that improves on everything from the original and shows that the comic book movie was truly coming into its own.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Uncanny X-Men" #308 by Scott Lobdell & John Romita Jr., a fantastic Thanksgiving issue that also sees Scott Summers & Jean Grey finally get engaged.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills" by Chris Claremont & Brent Anderson, their 1982 graphic novel that served as the inspiration for the "X2" movie of 2002.
And now a rambling and too brief review of the "X-Men: Days of Future Past" movie form director Bryan Singer, one of the best adaptations of the comic book movie ever.
And now a rambling and too brief review of the iconic "X-Men: Days of Future Past" by Chris Claremont & John Byrne, still one of the greatest story in the series.
And now the second part of this archive edition of this rambling and too brief history of horror comics.
And now a repost from the archives with this first part of a rambling and too brief history of horror comics.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Werewolf By Night", the 2022 Halloween special on Disney Plus that highlighted some of Marvel's classic monsters.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Lily Renee, one of pioneer female comic book artists of the Golden Age whose life was as extraordinary as the heroes she drew.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Tom Gill, the brilliant comic book artist of the "Lone Ranger" who was also a pretty talented teacher as well.
And now the conclusion to this rambling and too brief biography of Hal Foster, the father of the adventure strip.
And now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Hal Foster, the father of the adventure strip.
And part two of this rambling and too brief biography of Thomas Nast, the creator of the modern political cartoon.
And now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography on Thomas Nast, the inventor of the modern political cartoon.
And the second part of this rambling and too brief history of Quality Comics, the classic Golden Age publisher whose creation live on in DC Comics today.
And now the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Quality Comics, the classic Golden Age publisher whose characters would become an integral part of DC Comics.
And the concluding chapter to his rambling and to brief history of Cracked magazine, the best rip-off of Mad magazine.
And the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Cracked magazine, the best rip-off of Mad magazine.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Weapon X" by Barry Windsor-Smith, his classic take on the story of how Wolverine got his adamantium skeleton.
And now a rambling and too brief review of the original 1982 "Wolverine" limited series by Christ Claremont & Frank Miller, which featured the character in his first solo outing.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Whiteout" by Greg Ruck & Steve Lieber, a classic murder mystery set in Antartica
And now a ramblinga and too brief review of "We3" by Grant Morrision & Frank Quitely, a three issue mini-series from 2004 about cybernetic animal assassins that is a lot more powerful than the concept reads on paper.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Walking Dead" by Robert Kirkman, his seminal zombie series that reset the genre for the comic book medium.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Dark Phoenix Saga" by Chris Claremont & John Byrne, which collects "Uncanny X-Men" #129 to 138, agruably the greatest X-Men tale of all time.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Ultimate X-Men" by Mark Millar, Andy & Adam Kubert, the second series in Marvel's Ultimate line that rebooted the classic mutant team, along with eventually introducing Ultimate Nick Fury, who bares a strong resemblence to Samuel L. Jackson.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Ultimate Spider-Man", the flagship title that launched the Ultimate universe at Marvel.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Torso" by Brian Michael Bendis & Marc Andreyko, which is a retelling of the true story of the Cleveland Torso Killings of the 1930's.
And now a rambling and too brief review of the 1997 "Men In Black" movie that is quite frankly, better than the original comic book.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Tom Strong", the classic adventure series by Alan Moore & Chris Sprouse.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Umbrella Academy" by Gerad Way & Gabriel Ba, their eccentric yet entertaining take one the superhero/fantasy genre.
And now a rambling and too brief review of the 2016 "The Tick" TV show from Amazon Prime, which this time satirizes the MCU and DCEU content of the time.
And now a rambling and too brief review of the "The Tick" 2001 live-action series, a hilarious but too short-lived adaptation of the comic book series.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Tick: The Animated Series", the brilliant Saturday morning cartoon adapation of the comic that ran from 1994 to 1997.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Tick: The Complete Edlund" by Ben Edlund, collecting all twelve issues of the classic satirical comic.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Superman: Birthright" by Mark Waid and Lenil Yu, their classic revamp of his origin for the 21st century.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Superman Chronicles Vol.1" by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, a 2006 trade that collected the very first adventures of Superman.
And now for a rambling and too brief review of "Stray Bullets" by David Lapham, his classic crime series he has been publishing off and on since 1995.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt" by J.M. DeMatteis & Mike Zeck, the classic six part tale in which Kraven the Hunter finally comes into his own.
And now this rambling but too brief review of "Spider-Man: The Death of the Stacys", that collects "Amazing Spider-Man" #88-92 to #121-122, two of the most tragic events in Peter Parker/Spider-Man's life.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Spider-Man: The Birth of Venom", a fantastic trade collecting the first appearance of the black symbiote suit in "Secret Wars" #8 to Venom's early appearances in "Amazing Spider-Man", documenting the beginning of one of Marvel's great anti-heroes.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Space Usagi", in which Stan Sakai takes his classic samurai rabbit into a space opera.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Scud: The Disposable Assassin" by Rob Schrab, which stars a robot assassin who learns that once he target dies, he explodes, so he has to everything possible to keep him alive.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Sandman: Season of the Mists" by Neil Gaiman and various artists, which collects issues #21-28 in which Morpheus attempts to rescue an old friend from Hell, only for Lucifer to have plans of his own.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Pride of Baghdad" by Brian K. Vaughan & Nico Henrichon, their 2006 graphic novel about a group of lions who escape the Baghdad Zoo during the Iraq War.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Sleeper" by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips, their brilliant 24 issue series from the early 2000's that mixed deep cover crime noir with superhero comics.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Point Blank" by Ed Brubaker & Collin Wilson, in which Cole Cash/The Grifter searches for who put his former Team 7 member, John Lynch, in a coma, with some surprises along the way.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl?" Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis & Michael Avon Oeming, the beginning of this iconic series about police detectives whose job it is to investigate superheroes.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Other Side", the Vietnam War comic by Jason Aaron and Cameron Stewart.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Holiday Knights" from the "The New Batman Adventures", another classic Batman Christmas special.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Christmas With The Joker", the second episode of the classic "Batman: The Animated Series" that was not only the debut of Mark Hamill as the Joker but also a fun Christmas special.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Iron Man 3", the 2013 Marvel film written and directed by Shane Black, so it naturally had a Christmas flavor.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Batman Returns", the 1992 movie that, since set during Christmas, makes a fun, Christmas comic book movie.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Sin City: Silent Night", his Nov. 1995 one-shot in which Marv, one of his many anti-heroes of Sin City, decides to do some good on Christmas Eve but in his own way.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Sin City: That Yellow Bastard" by Frank Miller, his 1996 mini-series that is arguably the last great one in the franchise.
And now a rambling and too brief review of Frank Miller's "Sin City: The Big Fat Kill", his third volume in his "Sin City" series that finds Dwight having to defend Old Town from outside invaders.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For", Frank Miller's follow-up to "The Hard Goodbye" to truly fleshes out this crime noir world in probably its best story ever.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Sin City: The Hard Goodbye" by Frank Miller, his introduction to his classic crime noir series that is simply Miller at his pursest.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Blade II", once again starring Wesley Snipes but also directed by Guillmero Del Toro, which provided his first big break into Hollywood.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Blade", the 1998 movie adaptation of the classic Marvel character that not only was the first successful Marvel movie but a pretty good vampire film to boot.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Tomb of Dracula", the classic 1970's horror comic from Marvel that not only made Dracula a Marvel villain but introduced other classic characters like Blade.
And now a rambling and to brief review of the "Vault of Horror" horror comic from EC Comics, one of the many classic horror anthology series the company produced in the 1950's.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Runaways" by Brian K. Vaughan & Adrian Alphona, which answers the questions of what would happen if you found out your parents were super villians.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Rocketeer: Complete Adventures" by the late, great Dave Stevens, his classic send up to the pulp heroes of the 1930's and 40's.
And now rambling and too brief of "The Complete Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi, a fantastic autobiography about it was like to be a girl growing up during the Iranian Revolution.
And now a rambling and brief review of "Teen Titans: The Judas Contract" by Marv Wolfman & George Perez, the classic story in which the Titans must deal with a traitor in their midst.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Milk & Cheese" by Evan Dorkin, his hilarious comic strip about a rampaging carton of milk and slice of cheese that ran from 1989 to 2010.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Invincible" by Robert Kirkman & Corey Walker, their brilliant take on what happens when the teenage son of a superhero develops powers of his own.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Invincible" by Robert Kirkman & Corey Walker, their brilliant take on what happens when the teenage son of a superhero develops powers of his own.
And now a rambling and too brief review of Darwyn Cooke's final adaptation of Richard Stark's classic Parker series.
And now a rambling review of "The Score" by Richard Stark & Darwyn Cooke, Cooke's classic adaptation of of Stark's crime novel as the criminal Parker joins a crew to rob a whole mining town, only for things to naturally not go as planned.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Outfit" by Darwyn Cooke, he which he adapts the sequel to "The Hunter" by Richard Stark, as Parker finds himself targeted by the mafia, only for him to turn the tables on them.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Hunter" by Darwyn Cooke, his brilliant adaptation of Donald Westlake/Richard Stark's classic crime novel.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Mage: A Hero Discovered" by Matt Wagner, the first entry in his classic "Mage" series that took him 35 years to complete.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Maus: A Survivor's Tale" by Art Spiegelman, his brilliant comic telling how his father survived the Holocaust, with the twist of Jewish people being depicted as mice while the Nazis are cats.
And a rambling and too brief review of "JLA: Tower of Babel" by Mark Waid & Howard Porter, which collects issues #42-46 of the "JLA" series in 2001, as Rhas Al' Ghul has a new plan to decimate the Earth's population but first he has to take down the Justice League.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "JLA: New World Order", which collects issues #1-4 of the "JLA" series form 1997 by Grant Morrison & Howard Porter in which the top seven heroes of DC: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman and Martian Manhunter, team up to take on a new threat.
And now a rambling and too brief revieiw of "Justice League: A New Beginning" by Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis & Kevin Maquire, which collects issues #1-7 of the 1987 "Justice League" relaunch, and remains one of the funniest comics ever made.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol.1", the 1999 mini-series by Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill that launched the franchise.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of the great Milton Caniff, one of the best comic strip artists of all time who inspired countless others who followed.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Mike Wieringo, a talented comic artist of the 90's and 2000's who left us far too soon.
And now the conclusion to this rambling and too brief biography of Curt Swan, arguably the greatest Superman artist of all time, as he wraps up his career with the Man of Steel by helping produce one of the greatest Superman stories ever.
And now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Curt Swan, arguably the greatest Superman artist of all time.
And now the concluding chapter in this rambling and too brief biography of Winsor McCay, as he releases his last landmark cartoon, though the very medium he helped innovate starts to pass him by.
And now the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of the great Winsor McCay, as he not only creates his greatest comic strip but also embarks into the field of animation.
And the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Winsor McCay, one of the most brilliant innovators of both comic strips and cartoons.
And now the second and concluding part of this rambling and too brief biography of Basil Wolverton, as he finally gets his big break in a contest for one of the greatest comic strips of all time.
And now the first part of ths rambling and too brief biography of Basil Wolverton, one of the more eccentric artists of the Golden Age.
And now the second and concluding part of this rambling and too brief history of Fawcett Comics, as they are brought down not by sales but a lawsuit from its biggest rival.
And now the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Fawcett Comics, one of the premier publishers of the Golden Age.
And now the second and concluding part of this rambling and too brief biography of Carmine Infantino, as he goes from being one of DC Comics's best penciler's to actually running the company.
And now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Carmine Infantino, the artist who literally penciled comics into the Silver Age.
And now a rambling but too brief biography of Fletcher Hanks, a Golden Age artist who is largely forgotten but years ahead of his time.
And now the second and concluding part of this rambling and too brief biography of Lev Gleason, the daredevil publisher of the Golden Age of Comic Books.
And now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Lev Gleason, the daredevil publisher of the Golden Age of American Comic Books.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Joker" by Brian Azzarello & Lee Bermejo, their 2008 graphic novel about Batman's classic arch nemesis.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Iron Man vs. Doctor Doom: Doom Quest", which collects "Iron Man" #149-150 & #249-250, in which Iron Man & Doctor Doom find themselves transported to the land of Camelot, where they must work together to save the world.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Road to Perdition", the classic 1998 crime comic by Max Allan Collins & Richard Piers Rayner.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "My Friend Dahmer" by Derf Backderf, telling the true story about the early years of the infamous serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the signs that pointed to the monster he would become.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Invincible Iron Man: Extremis" by Warren Ellis & Adi Granov, which collects the six issue relaunch of the in 2007 that introduced an advance in Iron Man's technology.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Iron Man: Armor Wars", one of the quintessential Iron Man stories that, on a personal note, made me the obsessive comic book fan I am today.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Power of Iron" by David Micheline & John Romita Jr., which collects "Iron Man" #120-128, as Tony Stark/Iron Man deals with a number of villains, including his own alcoholism.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Infinity Gauntlet" by Jim Starlin, George Perez & Ron Lim, one of the greatest events in comic book history.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Incredible Hulk: Ground Zero" by Peter David & Todd McFarlane (with an assist at the end by Erik Larsen), collecting "Incredible Hulk" #340-346, in which Bruce Banner/The Hulk learns the government has developed a new gamma bomb and he sets out to stop them.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 01", which collects the very first tales of the classic comic book character.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Inhumans" by Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee, the late 90's maxi-series that showed how great these characters can be.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Harlem Hellfighters" by Max Brooks and Caanan White, which tells the true story of the all-black 369th Unit States regiment, who served brilliantly during World War I despite the racism they faced at home.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Green Lantern/Green Arrow" by Denny O'Neil & Neal Adams, in which they had these classic superheroes tackle some real world issues.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters" by Mike Grell, the 1987 mini-series that reinvented the classic DC character for the modern age.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Grendel: Devil By Deed" by Matt Wagner, in which Wagner remains his criminal creation into one of the more iconic comic book characters in recent years.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Goldfish" by Brian Michael Bendis, his 1994 crime story that showed not only his early writing talents but his gifts as an artist as well.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Tales From the Crypt", the classic EC Comic from the 1950's that is probably THE creepy classic of comic books.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Saga of the Swamp Thing" by Alan Moore, in which the legendary writer gave the definitive revamp of the DC character.
And now a rambling and too brief review of the 1994 "Hellboy: Seed of Destruction" by Mike Mignola, which introduced his classic character to comic books.
And now the first in a series of 'Creepy Classics', highlighting classic comic books with a horror bend. First off is a rambling and too brief review of "The Goon" by Eric Powell, one of the best horror/comedies on the stands.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Ghost in the Shell", both the iconic manga and anime film.
And now a rambling and too brief review of Bill Willingham's "Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall", a one-off trade that is the 'Fables' take on 'Arabian Nights'.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "The New Fantastic Four" by Walt Simonson & Arthur Adams, which first appeared in "Fantastic Four" #347-349 in 1990, in which Ghost Rider, Spider-Man, the Hulk and Wolverine replace the classic team.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Elektra: Assassin" by Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz, a mini-series in which the titular assassin tries to stop a nuclear all while dealing with SHIELD and demons.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Fantastic Four: The Trial of Galactus", the classic story arc by writer/artist John Byrne in which the Fantastic Four do battle with Galactus, only to discover his origin and ultimate place in the universe.
And now a rambling and too brief review of the 1999 maxi-series, "Earth X", by Alex Ross, Jim Kreuger & John Paul Leon, one of the best dystopian future takes on the Marvel Universe.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Daredevil: The Man Without Fear", the classic limited series from the early 90's by Frank Miller & John Romita Jr. that updated Daredevil's origin for the modern day.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Daredevil: Yellow" by Tim Sale & Jeph Loeb, the six part 2002 mini-series that re-examined Daredevil's early adventures in his red & yellow costume along with the beginning of his relationship with Karen Paige.
And now a rambling and too brief review of the classic story, "Daredevil: Guardian" by Kevin Smith & Joe Quesada, which collected the first eight issues of the second volume that revived the classic character, along with stepping up both Kevin Smith and Joe Quesada's comic book careers.
And now a rambling and too brief review of the classic "Daredevil: Born Again" story arc, originally published in "Daredevil" #227-#231 from February to August of 1986 by Frank Miller & David Mazzuchelli, in which Kingpin discovers Daredevil's identity and decides to put him through hell.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Jackie Ormes, the first black female cartoonist in America's history.
And now the conclusion of this rambling and too brief history of the battle over Marvel Comics in the mid '90's, is the winner is finally decided and they would take the House of Ideas in a brave, new future that not only reshaped comic books, but entertainment in general.
And the second part of this rambling and too brief of the battle over Marvel Comics, as two of Wall Street's biggest financial titans fight over the House of Ideas.
And now the first part of this rambling and too brief history of the 1990's battle for Marvel Comics, beginning when one of the biggest Wall Street financiers purchased the company, only to drive it into bankruptcy.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Marie Severin, considered by many to be one of the funniest and most individuals in American comic books.
And now the conclusion to this series on great black creators of the Golden Age with a rambling and too brief biography of Calvin Levi Massey.
And now a rambling and too brief history of "All-Negro Comics", the first black comic book by black creators.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Eugene Bilbrew, a black entertainer whose career ranged from singing to comic books to fetish art.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Alfonso Greene, a talented black artist of the Golden Age who, due to racism and his own poor choices, could have been forgotten if not for the memory of the legendary Alex Toth.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Ezra Clyde Jackson, the father of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee who made his living as a comic book artist.
And now a rambling and too brief biography on Alvin Carl Hollingsworth, an artist who went from comic book professional to teacher.
And now some rambling and too brief biographies of Elton Clay Fax and George P. Lipscomb, probably the only black artist/writer pairing of the Golden Age of Comic Books.
And a rambling and too brief biography of Owen Charles Middleton, a talented artist whose career was tragically cut short due to racism and his own personal choices.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Jay Paul Jackson, a black artist of the Golden Age who managed to attack racism through the medium of comic books.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Robert Savon Pious, a comic book artist and black historian of the Golden Age.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Elmer Cecil Stoner, the first black artist to openly work in comic books.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Adolphe Leslie Barreaux, the first black artist in American comic books, though he never let the world know it.
And now the conclusion to this rambling and too brief biography of Chester Gould, the creator of "Dick Tracy" and, by default, the American crime comic genre.
And now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Chester Gould, the creator of "Dick Tracy" and, by default, the American crime comic genre.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "It's a Bird...." by Steven T. Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen, an autobiographical tale about how Seagle nearly turned down writing "Superman" due to his own personal problems.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft", the now classic horror series by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez.
And now a rambling and too brief review of Jack Kirby's "The Fourth World", in which he jumped to DC to create such classic characters like Orion, Mister Miracle and Darkseid. Artistically, it is some of Kirby's best work but it also kind of showed he really needed Stan Lee's writing to have it make sense.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Xenozoic" by Mark Schultz, the now classic post-apocalyptic series that finds humans living amongst dinosaurs again while rebuilding the wreckage of the past.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Fax From Sarajevo" by Joe Kubert, a harrowing true story of survival during the Bosnian War that might just be the comic book masters greatest work.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Cerebus: High Society" by Dave Sim, which collects issues #26-50 that finds Cerebus ditching his sword to enter politics, only to find it much more cut throat.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Camelot 3000" by Mike W. Barr & Brian Bolland, the now classic science fiction fantasy story that is also one of the first maxi-series ever produced.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Calvin & Hobbes" by Bill Waterson, one of the greatest comic strips ever made.
And now a rambling and too short review of "The Books of Magic", the classic DC/Vertigo mini-series by Neil Gaiman.
And now a rambling and too brief of one of my favorite comic book stories, "Bone" by Jeff Smith.
And now the conclusion to this rambling and too brief biography of the 'Good Duck Artist', Carl Barks.
And now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Carl Ducks, the 'Good Duck Artist' of Disney comic books.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Julie Schwartz, one of the greatest editors in DC's history.
And now the conclusion of this rambling and too brief biography of Gene Colan, one of the best artists of the Silver Age and beyond.
And now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Gene Colan, one of the most talented artists of the Silver Age of Comic Books.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Mort Meskin, a Golden Age artist who rivaled no less than Jack Kirby in the beginning, only for his personal demons to derail his career.
And now the conclusion to this rambling and too brief biography of Gardner Fox, probably the greatest writer in DC's history.
And now the first part of this rambling and too biography of Gardner Fox, arguably DC's greatest writer.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of John Severin, one of the great humor artists in American comic books.
And now the conclusion to this rambling and too brief history of King Features Syndicate, one of the great comic strip syndicates of the medium.
And now the first part of this rambling and too brief history of King Features Syndicate, one of the most important comic strip syndicates in the medium.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Barry Windsor-Smith, one of the most unique yet brilliant artists of the comic book medium.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Matt Baker, the a forgotten but brilliant black artist of the Golden Age.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Kurt Schaffenberger, one of the stalwart artists of Superman and Captain Marvel.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Arthur Adams, one of the most influential comic book artist of the last few decades.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of the great John Romita Sr., the quintessential Marvel artist.
And now a rambling and too brief review of the autobiographical "Blankets" by Craig Thompson, one of the most original comic books in recent decades.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Batman: The Black Mirror" a forgotten gem of a Batman story that ran from "Detective Comics" #871-881 in 2011 by Scott Snyder, Jock and Francesco Francavilla.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Batman: The Dark Knights", an obvious classic by Frank Miller that is the one Batman story everyone must read.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Batman: Year One" by Frank Miller & David Mazzuchelli, which remains the modern standard for Batman's origin.
And now a rambling and too brief review of the classic graphic novel, "Batman: Arkham Asylum", by Grant Morrison & Dave McKean, one of the most successful trades of all time.
And now a brief but rambling review of the classic "Batman: Gotham By Gaslight" by writer Brian Augustyn and artist Mike Mignola, which reimagined Batman in the 19th century as he took on none other than Jack the Ripper.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Authority", specifically the first 26 issues of the classic DC/Wildstorm that explores what happens with a 'Justice League' like team would really cut loose.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "American Splendor", the autobiographical comic book series that ran from 1976-2008 by the late, great Harvey Pekar, along with the 2003 movie.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Amalgam Comics", the brilliant and surprising merger between Marvel and DC after their 1996 crossover that produced some of the most fun comic books in years.
And now a rambling and too brief review about "Alien Legion", the classic futuristic series by Carl Potts, Alan Zelenetz and Frank Cirocco.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Alias", the classic detective series by Brian Michael Bendis & Michael Gaydos that introduced the comic book world to Jessica Jones.
And now a rambling and too brief review of the classic manga & anime, "Akira" by Katsuhiro Otomo.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World", the classic graphic novels by Bryan Lee O'Malley and its equally brilliant movie adaptation by director Edgar Wright.
And now a rambling and too brief review of the classic samurai epic, "Lone Wolf & Cub" by Kazuo Koike and Goseka Kojima, one of the most influential manga's to this day.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "Gyo" by Junji Ito, the now classic horror manga that makes rotten fish scary.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "300", the 1998 mini-series by Frank Miller and the 2006 movie adaptation by Zack Snyder, both which are now true classics in their own right.
And now the 'mostly' unedited interview between me and Mark McCray, the author of the "Best Saturday's of Our Lives" and co-host of the podcast of the same name.
And now a rambling and too brief review of "100 Bullets", the classic crime comic book by writer Brian Azzarello and artists Eduardo Risso that ranks as one of the best of the genre in decades, if not ever.
And now a rambling and too brief review of the classic animated film, "Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker".
And now a rambling and too brief review of the classic "Batman Beyond", the classic animated series from 1999 to 2001.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of George Tuska, the great artist who worked from the Golden Age up until the 2000's, a professional till the end.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Vinnie Colletta, perhaps the most controversial inker in comic book history.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Joe Sinott, one of the greatest inkers in comic book history.
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Herb Trimpe, one of the great artists of Marvel's Silver Age.
And the concluding part of this rambling and too brief history of Fiction House, one of the great publishers of comics Golden Age.
And now the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Fiction House, one of the great publishers of the Golden Age of Comic Books.