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.
2009’s Sticky Comics
Glen Weldon writes about the comics that stuck to his “teflon-coated brain”in 2009. Blair Butler shares her best of stand alone and stand outs as well as her best ongoing series. Meanwhile, Brian Cronin completes his year of cool comic book moments and begins his year of cool […]
That’s a Wrap
I enjoy this time of year. Partly because I work in retail, and the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve is a kind of gift: festive and fun, and landing somewhere between the insanity of December and the dead quiet of January. But also because I get […]
A Matter of Evolution: Monkeys vs. Robots
They’ve been brought together before in James Kolchalka’s Monkey vs. Robot books, by Mecha Kong in King Kong Escapes and Mojo Jojo’s mech-suited machinations in The Powerpuff Girls. Primates and robots each imitate and mock humanity in their own way. When the postapocalyptic future finally overtakes us, will […]
Jenkins’ List
Henry Jenkins writes up a handy list of some comics he’s enjoyed recently, divvied into stories of everyday life, superheroes, science fiction/fantasy/horror, and some unclassifiable items.
These Are A Few Of My Least Favourite Things
Every now and again, I like to pause in my appreciation of the romance genre and take the opportunity to bitch about it instead. I know it’s not perfect. As the largest genre in the world, it also contains the largest collection of bad books. I don’t review […]
The Cultural Gutter 