Understanding Closure
Curt Purcell explores the gutters of the mind, Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics and a little bit of Grant Morrison’s Final Crisis.
Investigating Lois
Kelly Thompson never much liked reporters or Lois Lane, now she’s giving Lois a second chance with a review of Mindy Newell’s Lois Lane miniseries. (The discussion in the comments is excellent, too).
Making the Case for Trades and Single Issues
“Whether to read a book month-to-month or to wait for the trades is a personal decision, of course,…but make no mistake: It’s a decision of vital interest to the future of the comics industry.” Glen Weldon discusses both at NPR’s Monkey See Blog.
Wolverine: Look Sharp
Wolverine shines up his snikt-stickers and sharpens his up-do for the fancy new costumes designed for him at Project Rooftop.
Action Comics No. 1
Action Comics No. 1, brothers and sisters.
End of Year at the Comics Alliance
The Comics Alliance displays the full might of its geekery listing its best of 2009, its superlatives of 2009, its worst of the decade, its trends the Alliance wants dead and its top ten lists of 2009 list.
The Cultural Gutter 