Is Dark Horse Entering a Golden Age?
Dark Horse appears to be increasing their list of titles at a gradual but steady pace, with some laudable caution but what seems to be a specific agenda to build on their successes rather...
Viva Comics Alliance!
This has been a rough week for the internet. The news that Comics Alliance was to be shut down, thus removing us all from our right to read daily articles from Andy Khouri, Joe...
The Legal View: Siegel Court Issues Final Judgments
The Superman and Superboy lawsuits are officially over, pending appeal.After an obligatory mop-up opinion whose outcome & reasoning was foreshadowed in my previous post, Judge Otis Wright has issued the court's official final judgments...
Cherry-picking the Eisner nominations: 5 comics you NEED
Okay, I put my hand up: I feel inordinately and stupidly pleased when comics I've loved and enjoyed are nominated for awards, particularly those that have been overlooked in coverage or recognition. Sometimes I...
Why Maggott Isn’t the Worst X-Men Character of All Time
A few days ago Brett White wrote a passioned defence of teen hearthrob X-Men character Maggott on CBR. Many would mock him for such a claim, and poke him with brightly painted sticks - but...
DC Introduce First Transgender Character to the New 52
Batgirl has come back into discussion around the interwebs this week, but for purely in-story reasons this time round. This week's issue #19 sees one of the supporting characters, Alysia Yeoh, reveal that she is transgender....
Uncanny Avengers Introduces ‘The M-Word’
Even allowing for the fact that we're not supposed to like any of the characters in Uncanny Avengers (only this week, Wolverine calls Japanese mutant Sunfire "a walking atomic bomb" and nobody bats an...
Siegel Superman case ends (almost)
As expected, the district court has ruled that the 2001 settlement agreement between DC and the Siegels is binding and did indeed transfer the Superman copyright to DC. But what about Superboy?This is how...
The Legal View: Wertham was right
Tonight in SoHo, a panel of comics all-stars will discuss the Carol Tilley's Seducing the Innocent, which purports to expose industry bete noire Fredric Wertham as a fraud. What's more important for us today,...
Kick-Watcher: The way it should be: Lars Brown’s Penultimate Quest
Kickstarter has been a talking point in the comics industry ever since its conception, most recently and prominently for the fallout between Mark Andrew Smith and the problems he's been having with his Sullivan Sluggers book....
Siegel Heirs Reject 21 Million Dollars
In keeping with the court's schedule, yesterday Marc Toberoff filed his response to DC's summary judgment motion in the Superman/Superboy lawsuits. Toberoff has filed these same arguments before, but the accompanying exhibits do include...
When you stare into the longbox, it stares back at you
I've been busy lately, sorting and boxing up well over a decade's worth of comics. Having spent extended periods of time in 4 different towns in that stretch, it's quite a pile to sort...
