Slouches Towards Comics

I'm tempted to refer to DC Rebirth #1 as Abed Nadir #1, because it has so many layers and is so full of meta commentary that it might be the greatest comic I've ever read. Or the worst. Because regardless of...

First and foremost, you should go read this excellent piece by Meg Downey which gives some historical prospective on Dick Grayson with regards to his current incarnation. It wouldn't be a stretch to say that...

Iceman is gay!  Iceman is gay! Well, no, not THAT Iceman.  The other one. This week saw the time displaced version of Bobby Drake come out or, more specifically, get forced out by time displaced Jean...

I can't be the only one who noticed this. Last week saw DC launched the first full week of their Convergence event, which will feature formerly rebooted timelines squaring off against alternate...

I'm looking forward to DC's "Convergence" event.  I'm excited to see a lot of characters I'm very fond of in stories by a lot of creators whose work I haven't seen in too long, particularly from DC.  I'd be...

In May of 1999, Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch, Paul Neary, and Laura Martin gave us the first issue of The Authority, and "widescreen comics" was born. At the turn of the century, widescreen became the latest...

I suppose it was pretty obvious, really, but the scope of it didn't occur to me until now. Of all the things that annoyed me about the New 52, the changes made to the Batman mythos got under my skin the...

Warner Bros. announced the cast for the upcoming “Suicide Squad” movie, which is set to beginning filming in April and to be released in August of 2016. The announcement has made something very clear to...

"Superhero X wouldn't do that!" It's a debate that's been around since the first character was written by someone other than his or her creator.  Dialog changes, behavior changes, and some fans begin to...