Archie #23 – “The Heart of Riverdale” and Disability in Comics
How do mainstream comics handle disabilities? Not nearly as well as they could.
Continue ReadingHow do mainstream comics handle disabilities? Not nearly as well as they could.
Continue ReadingOn this most holy of days, delve into the newest run of ‘Star Wars’ comics from Marvel. You will not regret the time spent in a galaxy far, far away.
Continue ReadingHelp us, Champions. You’re our only hope.
Continue ReadingArchie’s getting a reboot! Did you read it? Everyone who did seems to have loved it. Except this one mean guy.
Continue ReadingThis week we review Futures End, Abigail and the Snowman, The X-Files, Red Sonja, and much more!
Continue ReadingAward-winning comic creator says digital is the newsstand of the 21st Century.
Continue ReadingThe comics site Thrillbent launches a new iOS app along with a subscription model for instant access to its growing library of fantastic stories as they’re released.
Continue ReadingCorrina finds the special expanded edition of Detective Comics #27 far too cynical, Lisa Tate reviews the graphic novel I, Frankenstein in preparation for seeing the movie based on it, Kelly Knox reviews Dark Horse’s Star Wars #13, Sophie dives back into The X-Files, and Dakster reveals her New Year’s Resolution to read 365 comics in 365 days.
Continue ReadingFlashpoint Friday looks at the Reverse Flash and Kid Flash stories that play up the tragedy of the Allens.
Continue ReadingSuperheroes can be a tricky subject. They’re a staple of the comic book medium, of course, and for many readers (and non-comics-readers) superheroes are pretty much synonymous with comic books. They’re also often two-dimensional and somewhat mindless—but they don’t have to be.
Continue ReadingMan of Steel was about two-thirds a very good movie and one-third a pretty awful movie. Here’s why in a spoiler-filled list of 10 things to love and 10 things to hate.
Continue ReadingThe GeekMoms recommend some of their favorite books for your Mom for Mother’s Day!
Continue ReadingWelcome to this week’s adventures climbing the cliffs of insanity. This week, I dove into the Gender Through Comics Course online course being given by Christina Blanch, a good friend made a richly deserved visit to the New York Times bestseller list, and I finally added Chunky the macarnivore to my stuffed animal collection.
Continue ReadingHappy Comic Release Day! Welcome to another installment of GeekMom Comic Book Corner, where we recap our adventures in comics for the week.
Continue ReadingHappy Comic Release Day! Welcome to another installment of GeekMom Comic Book Corner, where we recap our adventures in comics for the week. Check out our reviews of Marvel’s Hawkeye, Daredevil and one awesome web comic.
Continue ReadingHappy Comic Release Day! Welcome to another installment of GeekMom Comic Book Corner, where we recap our adventures in comics for the week. What my son is reading: Sonic The Hedgehog – 30 years Later– Dakster Sullivan The other night, my six-year-old son discovered the wonderful world of comic book apps on his iPad. He […]
Continue ReadingAs you may have noticed if you read GeekMom and GeekDad regularly, I’m a passionate reader of superhero comics and have been since I can remember. But, being a woman (duh), it’s impossible to miss the issues with the portrayal …
Continue ReadingI’m slowly working my way through a batch of new trade paperback collections that Marvel sent to me from review. I started with the X-Men and this week I’m diving into Captain America. I have three trades, two of recently …
Continue ReadingCrossGen Entertainment was an ambitious experiment in creating a new type of comic book company. In existence from 1998-2004, CrossGen featured stories that included everything from galactic adventures, magical court intrigue, a young girl trying to regain her family’s legacy, …
Continue ReadingHappy Comics Release Day! When I’m reading comics, particularly my favorites, finishing one story often inspires me to pick up another with the same characters or by the same writer. Over the last month, I’ve written about The Dark Knight …
Continue ReadingHappy Comics Release Day! Several different threads of my summer reading led me to focus on this week’s pick, Ruse, a wonderful but now obscure book from the now defunct CrossGen comics company. The first was Sherlock Holmes. I’ve been reading …
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