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Mike Gold: Before Watchmen, Because…
It seems everybody has his or her tits in a wringer over this upcoming Before Watchmen thing. I’ve made a few comments here and there, but now that these books ...

Emily S. Whitten: Cable & Deadpool & The Book of Bromance
If you know me at all, you know I love Deadpool. If you don’t know I love Deadpool, then what are you, new here? (Well, okay, maybe it’s that I’m ...

Michael Davis: Once You Go Black… Part One
It’s funny. In my adult personal life there was a time that I simply did not see color. I was just as likely to hang out with a white guy ...

Mindy Newell: The Superman That Should Have Been
You know what they say. Moms. Can’t live without em… Um. Right. In honor of all the wonderful women without whom we wouldn’t be here, today’s column is about moms. Specifically, a ...

John Ostrander: Maurice Sendak – in passing
He was a curmudgeon who didn’t have children, didn’t especially like children, and yet was probably the most noted children’s book writer and illustrator in the past fifty years, J.K. ...

Marc Alan Fishman: Lights, Camera, Inaction!
It was inevitable this week, now wasn’t it? All of us true-blue-comic-geeks are reveling in the acclaim and success The Avengers is enjoying. The critics generally liked it. Audiences are ...

Dennis O’Neil: So, Who Didn’t Like The Avengers?
Yeah, yeah. I know it’s early in the summer movie season – I do have a calendar, after all – and two of the three big superhero flicks won’t be ...

SpyGal or ExasperatedSigh-Gal?, by Tom Spurgeon
So, ladies. Finally, we get what we’ve been waiting for all of our comic-book-loving lives... a comic wherein the female ...

Mike Gold: Nancy’s Tale, by Tom Spurgeon
“The secret to Nancy’s success,” the classic story goes, “is that it takes as long to read it as it ...

Emily S. Whitten: YOU Can Smell Like A Superhero With The Avengers Fragrances!, by Tom Spurgeon
I’ve seen a few Internet commenters wondering why anyone would want to smell like a “sweaty robotic suit” or whatever, ...

Michael Davis: The Avengers … Or The Anatomy Of The Bitch Slap., by Tom Spurgeon
Mickey Mouse just bitch slapped Scooby Doo. Donald Duck just put his foot up Shaggy’s butt. Goofy just cold cocked ...

MIXED REVIEW: Glenn and Mike Geek Out Over “The Avengers”, by Tom Spurgeon
We each saw The Avengers at fan-filled midnight screenings, separately but equally. We tried to avoid any spoilers here, but ...

REVIEW: Felicity Seasons One and Two, by Tom Spurgeon
Before Star Trek was Fringe and Lost, and Alias and before Alias was Felicity. It may be hard to recall ...

REVIEW: Blu-ray Debuts of Six Marvel Animated Films, by Tom Spurgeon
As you might imagine, studios are combing their libraries to find related items to reissue to tie in with the ...