A desperate bid to rediscover creativity
Today, April 18, 1938, mark’s the 80th anniversary of Superman’s publication in Action Comics 1. The character launched an industry. Now at issue 1,000, Superman is still fighting for truth and justice. He lives on in comics, TV, movies, games and our imagination, reinterpreted and retold over and over. Part of modern mythology,… Continue reading Happy 80th Superman
Last week, one of the most prolific comics artists of the modern era turned 70. He’s drawn the Justice League and Batman fighting the Hulk. He’s produced thousands of excellently drawn pages of comics work for DC. Over the last 50-plus years, millions of people around the world have seen Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez’s work without… Continue reading Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez Might Be the Most Under-Appreciated Superhero Artist of All Time
Just finished reading the first issue of Serenity: Better Days, a 3-issue mini series from Dark Horse Comics, and it made me happy. Now in the ideal world, we'd have the show back. But until then, it's great to get more time with these characters Joss Whedon created, and even better that he's the one… Continue reading Serenity: Better Days
Dispatches from Obscurity 