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The Tribes of Fans: How Tribalism is Pulling Comics in the Wrong Direction

Kevin Thurman — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 12:00:25 +0000

How Tribalism is Pulling Comics in the Wrong Direction" title="The Tribes of Fans: How Tribalism is Pulling Comics in the Wrong Direction" style="float:left;" />We have reached an interesting (and exciting) point in comics history. For the first time in, well, ever, women are almost neck in neck for comic book readership. This year there was even market research… [more]

Twisted Dark #1: A Long Days Journey Into Personal Hells

Kevin Thurman — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 18:00:30 +0000

Twisted Dark #1: A Long Days Journey Into Personal Hells" title="Twisted Dark #1: A Long Days Journey Into Personal Hells" style="float:left;" />Twisted Dark is a haunting collection of 12 stories, all with a spin on darker subjects. No super powers. No aliens. No trans-dimensional beings. Neil Gibson and the artists (each story has a different artist)… [more]

On Your Left: A Review of Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Kevin Thurman — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 17:00:32 +0000

Captain America: The Winter Soldier" title="On Your Left: A Review of Captain America: The Winter Soldier" style="float:left;" />ALERT: THERE BE SPOILERS HERE!! Let me be upfront: The Avengers is a fantastic movie. It is. If you haven’t seen it, you are missing out. But, it really missed an emotional core that left… [more]

Stop Sexually Assaulting Women at Cons!

Kevin Thurman — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:00:15 +0000

Convention season has become a really sad time for me. What was once a fun, light gathering of comics fans has become a Bingo card of sexual assault. Women of a sadly growing number are… [more]

Cowboy Bebop, Coolness, and Genre Mash-ups

Kevin Thurman — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:00:18 +0000

Cowboy Bebop, Coolness, and Genre Mash-ups" title="Cowboy Bebop, Coolness, and Genre Mash-ups" style="float:left;" />There is an endless number of reasons to love Cowboy Bebop. This kung-fu, detective, sci-fi, crime, honky-tonk tinged mashed-upped masterpiece is cooler than any of us. Not because it wears the clothing of those genres,… [more]

My Body is a Cage: Evangelions, AT Fields, and Hedgehogs

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:00:12 +0000

My body is a cage that keeps me From dancing with the one I love But my mind holds the key - My Body is a Cage, The Arcade Fire Talking about the soul is… [more]

The Noise They Make: Akira and the Bosozoku

Kevin Thurman — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 18:00:56 +0000

Akira and the Bosozoku" title="The Noise They Make: Akira and the Bosozoku" style="float:left;" />Akira is an odd film. Some like to believe it a riddle that if you can just get a crowbar into, you might crack it open and spill it’s meaningful contents. And while it is… [more]

A Smarter World: Hickman’s Avengers #1-3

Kevin Thurman — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 11:00:41 +0000

Avengers #1-3" title="A Smarter World: Hickman’s Avengers #1-3" style="float:left;" />Judging a long form story based on a small glimmer of it month to month doesn’t make much sense. You can judge a cake from a slice, but this isn’t cake! Stories trace trajectories. … [more]

Finding Lost Things: Ghost Town #2

Kevin Thurman — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 11:00:22 +0000

Ghost Town #2" title="Finding Lost Things: Ghost Town #2" style="float:left;" />Ryan Lindsay is setting out to be the new name in crime comics. You might recognize his name as editor for the Sequart book The Devil is in the Details, which was all about the… [more]

The Fire of Youth: Rachael Smith’s I am Fire

Kevin Thurman — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:00:34 +0000

I am Fire" title="The Fire of Youth: Rachael Smith’s I am Fire" style="float:left;" />Rachael Smith is an exemplary cartoonist. After her first book, The Way We Write, it was easy to see she was talented, but Rachael Smith is becoming a creator to watch. In a world of… [more]

The Way We Write – A Review

Kevin Thurman — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:00:13 +0000

The Way We Write – A Review" title="The Way We Write – A Review" style="float:left;" />The Way We Write by Rachael Smith centers on the actual band Her Name is Calla from England. Unfamiliar with the music, I researched the band and found the music to be dense, atmospheric, and… [more]

Happy! #1 Review — with Exclusive Content

Kevin Thurman — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 11:00:47 +0000

Happy! #1 Review — with Exclusive Content" title="Happy! #1 Review — with Exclusive Content" style="float:left;" />Much has already said about the new series Happy! by Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson. It’s a bit removed from Morrison’s recent comic work, coming off as far darker and sinister than his Action Comics… [more]

The Evolving Symmetry of Locke and Key

Kevin Thurman — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:00:50 +0000

Locke and Key" title="The Evolving Symmetry of Locke and Key" style="float:left;" />If there is one thing just brutally asymmetrical to the series Locke and Key is how overwhelmingly overlooked it is. This is a book that, art and story wise, beats anything on the stands currently,… [more]

The Art of the Cover: Paolo Rivera’s Daredevil Covers

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:00:20 +0000

Daredevil Covers" title="The Art of the Cover: Paolo Rivera’s Daredevil Covers" style="float:left;" />The covers to most comics are a mixed bag. There are some that look so atrocious they would make Warren Ellis puke up his Red Bulls and shepherd’s pies. The cover, after all, is just… [more]

Who Needs Killing?: Frank Miller and Blanket Morality

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:00:46 +0000

Needs Killing?: Frank Miller and Blanket Morality" title="Who Needs Killing?: Frank Miller and Blanket Morality" style="float:left;" />Each day we get closer to having to admit that some of our heroes have views we disagree with. Some views we might even call nuts. Sure, we might love our heroes to be a… [more]

Moderation: Malkasian’s Temperance

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:00:59 +0000

Temperance" title="Moderation: Malkasian’s Temperance" style="float:left;" />There are few works out there like Cathy Malkasian’s Temperance. A wild story about a town held together by fear of an invading, unnamed, enemy army. Blessedbowl, the society formed around this central lie/plot, is… [more]

Perishable: How Monthlies Can Warp Our Perspectives

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:00:31 +0000

Talking about monthly comics vs the graphic novel is not revolutionary by any stretch. At this point we have heard from damn near every creator about which is preferred: the monthly comic or the graphic… [more]

Wolverine, Loner / Conformist

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:00:38 +0000

Always a fan favorite, Wolverine is a character that is in no fear of falling out of the public eye. It seems like every time a team book is pitched or a major event hatched… [more]

Picnic, Lightning: Panel Economy as Art

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:00:01 +0000

More is better. This seems to be a mantra reverberating through Western culture, finding its way even into comic books. But this is nothing new. Most readers will be more than a little acquainted with… [more]

Have We Isolated Ourselves?

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:00:08 +0000

Every so often we get a good comics scandal involving a creator and random fan bickering across the internet. Seemingly within days it, has sent ripples across the comics world. Jack Creator and Ralph the… [more]

The Twice-Named: Batwoman and the Use of Space

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:00:42 +0000

Comics are often rigorous in their use of panels and page space. The shape the content takes through its panels has changed drastically through out the years, but a certain economic theory of panels has… [more]

Back to Basics: Deathstroke and the Unintentional Satire

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:00:26 +0000

Satires can often times be complicated affairs. Every nuance and hiccup is pondered for its dual meanings. But not all satires are like carnival mirrors, some are accidental and in a manner more revealing than… [more]

Something to Dream About: Jason’s The Living and the Dead

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:00:31 +0000

The Living and the Dead" title="Something to Dream About: Jason’s The Living and the Dead" style="float:left;" />Somewhere in your comic shop there is a small section left orphaned. It sits alone, dying like the character Cerebus was fated to: unloved, unmourned and alone. This is the section that is often scary… [more]

Through a Siege Perilous: Rebooting the X-Men, Again

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:00:29 +0000

Much like any super-hero team around for 50 years, you eventually run out of stories to tell. Especially with a property like the X-Men, you can only tell the persecution story so many years before… [more]

Exposing Triple-D Tits: Sexuality and the Comic Book

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:00:04 +0000

There is no limit to what can be said about sex. Such a simple, almost industrial an act, yet mind boggling broad in its implications. The wealth of films, TV shows, and countless songs about… [more]

Loud Sounds and Bright Lights: Comic Books and the Addict

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:00:18 +0000

I hate the new Justice League. Let me be emphatic on this point: I loathe the new Justice League. I realize to a few this may seem a bit dramatic. After all, isn’t this book exactly what… [more]

Superman is a Sex-Crazed Nazi!

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:00:16 +0000

I’m astounded. We shouldn’t even be having this conversation. Yet here we are. Racist tweets by comic shops, Glenn Beck talking about Spider-Man and the change of traditions, and a “radical” Superman. What the hell… [more]

Light Can’t be Translated: Alan Moore and the Green Lanterns as Colonizing Force

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:00:08 +0000

Is there anything more intensive and fundamental to learning a language than vocabulary? Of course not. To learn how to use language without vocabulary is like learning to play hockey with out a puck, stick,… [more]

Confined Spaces: Morning Glories and the Escape from Cynicism

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:00:22 +0000

Morning Glories and the Escape from Cynicism" title="Confined Spaces: Morning Glories and the Escape from Cynicism" style="float:left;" />It is not hyperbole to say cynicism has become a problem. It would also not be over dramatic to say the problem has ballooned into great proportions with each passing generation. While there are plenty… [more]

Vulnerable, Disabled Children: Mark Waid, Grant Morrison, and Inspirational Super-Heroes

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:00:19 +0000

The Joker laughs manically as he holds Batman, supposedly dead. Despite the large amount of blood on the weapon and on Batman, this isn’t even the shocking part. Exploding with delight, the Joker explains that… [more]

All Things Must Pass: How Comic Books Can Never Grow Up

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:00:43 +0000

You and me, we are getting old. I know. It does suck. No, it doesn’t matter If you are 12, 22, or 55. You are aging as you read this. There is no pill, drug,… [more]

The Die is Cast: Cyclops Crosses the Rubicon

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:00:25 +0000

Cyclops of the X-Men is a wet blanket. He whines about the responsibility he shoulders and is perpetually miserable about the life he is thrust into. His personality is more that of a bad manager… [more]

Heroes Crying at Graveyards: Transforming Killing into Kidnapping in Blackest Night

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:00:05 +0000

Blackest Night" title="Heroes Crying at Graveyards: Transforming Killing into Kidnapping in Blackest Night" style="float:left;" />Death can often be tragic, if not inexplicable. The sixteen year old in peak physical shape who dies of a coronary on the field. A mom crossing the street, struck down by falling debris from… [more]

WizardWorld Chicago ’07: How They Made a World

Kevin Thurman — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:00:28 +0000

Father’s Day is a sacred date when fathers can suspend their tool belts on racks and kick up their feet. It is a celebration, and a thank you, for all the things our fathers do… [more]