Gold, Silver, and Bronze? It’s not the Olympics but the ages of comic books. This is Part 4 in a crash course on comic book lingo that will help you navigate the comic book store and that pile of old comics in the garage.
Category: Comic Books
The Internet Ruined Comics
In reality, I'm sure that the Internet ruined comics long before now but this past week was my personal tipping point. In case you're unaware, these past two weeks were not particularly great for women in comics. The Riri Williams variant cover controversy was bad enough. Then the Mockingbird #8 cover controversy made the Riri scandal… Continue reading The Internet Ruined Comics
Comic Book Lingo – Part 3
Letterer and Inker, Colorist and Artist? What do all these comic book people do and why does it take so many? This is Part 3 in a crash course on comic book lingo that will help you navigate the comic book store and that pile of old comics in the garage.
Read Comics, Learn Lit (Guest Post)
Recently at the grad school where I teach, I attended a prospective-student event in which the faculty introduced ourselves by including not where we got our Ph.D.s, but by something much more important: our favorite cartoon characters. The first words out of my mouth were “Wonder Woman,” whose history veiled in mystery Smithsonian Magazine disclosed… Continue reading Read Comics, Learn Lit (Guest Post)
Comic Book Lingo – Part 2
How can there be a “Detective Comics” printed in 1937 numbered 1 and one printed in 2012 numbered 1? This is Part 2 in a crash course on comic book lingo that will help you navigate the comic book store and that pile of old comics in the garage.
Comic Book Lingo – Part 1
Floppy, One-shot, Trade, and Variant? What do all these comic book terms mean? Get a crash course in comic book lingo that will help you navigate the comic book store or that pile of old comics in the garage.
Like You’re Running Out of Time
I have a collection of nerdy hobbies: Trek, D&D, comics, Shadowrun, sci-fi books, Doctor Who... and I could go on. I rotate between a few at a time; sometimes I let a few sit on the back burner while I go full bore into another one. You should have seen me with Magic: The Gathering… Continue reading Like You’re Running Out of Time
How to Read Comics: Horror
Comic books aren't just a sequence of squares with "Pow!" and "Bam!" written in pointy speech bubbles. This stuff is science!
Through me, the way to eternal geek
Hello! My name is Dante and if you didn't have to Google the reference in my article title, then I want to be your friend. I've been interested in geeky stuff my whole life, and love talking about it to practically anyone who has ears. I grew up playing Super Mario Bros and Sonic the… Continue reading Through me, the way to eternal geek
#WhyWonderWoman: How the Amazon Princess Fits Into My Story
I've told this story several times on the podcast but I've never taken the time to write it down. I'm inspired to now because of the #WhyWonderWoman hashtag that started trending earlier this week. I wanted to tell my story on Twitter, but I really couldn't do it in 140 characters. Almost the entirety of… Continue reading #WhyWonderWoman: How the Amazon Princess Fits Into My Story