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Jason Aaron & Steve Dillon’s PunisherMAX: Kingpin Becomes Walter White

James Kelly — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:00:43 +0000

PunisherMAX: Kingpin Becomes Walter White" title="Jason Aaron & Steve Dillon’s PunisherMAX: Kingpin Becomes Walter White" style="float:left;" />Though many fans will rightfully clamor for Ennis’ Punisher, Aaron & Dillon’s 22-issue run on the Punisher is the greatest Punisher story ever told. Beginning with Wilson Fisk rising in the criminal world. [more]

The Goddamned #5: No Happy Endings

Ian Dawe — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 19:10:32 +0000

The Goddamned #5: No Happy Endings" title="The Goddamned #5: No Happy Endings" style="float:left;" />“I’m Cain, the man who invented murder. But God invented me, so ask yourself: who’s the real asshole here?” If readers expected the story of Jason Aaron and r. m. Guera’s The Goddamned to take… [more]

Southern Bastards #16: Moving the Goalposts

Ian Dawe — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 20:15:27 +0000

Southern Bastards #16: Moving the Goalposts" title="Southern Bastards #16: Moving the Goalposts" style="float:left;" />There are eerie and tempting parallels between Coach Boss and a certain American President-elect. Both are brutal, simple-minded, deeply insecure tyrants, and both have a tendency to move the goalposts and declare victory when an… [more]

Southern Bastards #15: The Taste of Ribs and Defeat

Ian Dawe — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 17:15:40 +0000

Southern Bastards #15: The Taste of Ribs and Defeat" title="Southern Bastards #15: The Taste of Ribs and Defeat" style="float:left;" />Here we are again in the steaming tribal vendetta-filled world of Southern Bastards. Craw County continues, here in issue #15, to be a community that measures is worth based on the standing of its high… [more]

Congratulations to the 2016 Eisner Award Winners

Ian Dawe — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 16:15:18 +0000

Our series on the Eisner Awards was never meant to be predictive of who would win — quite the contrary, we were only trying to profile some of the nominated titles, because they’re all worth… [more]

The Goddamned #4: You Don’t Mess With Noah

Ian Dawe — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 19:10:36 +0000

The Goddamned #4: You Don’t Mess With Noah" title="The Goddamned #4: You Don’t Mess With Noah" style="float:left;" />The Goddamned is one of two major comics that have recently offered us a reimagined version of the Biblical character Noah. The other book — Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, which was also made into a big… [more]

A Tour of the 2016 Eisner Nominees, Part 12 – Wrapping Up

Ian Dawe — Wed, 25 May 2016 16:15:02 +0000

Over the course of this series about the 2016 Eisner Award Nominees, we’ve been focusing on individual titles that many comics fans may have either missed or overlooked. Without question, every comic mentioned in the… [more]

Southern Bastards #14: “Homecoming” Ends

Ian Dawe — Tue, 10 May 2016 18:00:44 +0000

Southern Bastards #14: “Homecoming” Ends" title="Southern Bastards #14: “Homecoming” Ends" style="float:left;" />As we reach the end of the “Homecoming” story arc in Southern Bastards, it becomes fairly clear what this particular storyline has always been about. Not football, or even race, necessarily, but the rather the… [more]

The Goddamned #3: The Mark of Cain

Ian Dawe — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 15:15:03 +0000

The Goddamned #3: The Mark of Cain" title="The Goddamned #3: The Mark of Cain" style="float:left;" />Jason Aaron’s The Goddamned is best described as a cross between the Bible and Mad Max, with all the brutality and wit that implies. But somehow it goes so far into the depths of inhumanity… [more]

Southern Bastards #13: Game Time

Ian Dawe — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 22:05:00 +0000

Southern Bastards #13: Game Time" title="Southern Bastards #13: Game Time" style="float:left;" />Ah, American football. It isn’t the world’s most competitive sport (have you seen the World Cup lately?), nor is it necessarily its most violent (I’m looking at you, Australian rules rugby), but there’s something about… [more]

The Goddamned #2: Sin and Redemption

Ian Dawe — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 19:45:49 +0000

The Goddamned #2: Sin and Redemption" title="The Goddamned #2: Sin and Redemption" style="float:left;" />Who are “the goddamned”, referenced in rm Guera and Jason Aaron’s The Goddamned? This ultra-violent re-interpretation of the Old Testament is faithful to the original text in the sense that the goddamned are really all… [more]

My Pick for the Best Comic of 2015: Invisible Republic

Ian Dawe — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 19:00:26 +0000

Invisible Republic" title="My Pick for the Best Comic of 2015: Invisible Republic" style="float:left;" />“Beware the best-of list”, Shakespeare once wrote. Or he should have. There are deep problems with basing one’s opinion of the literature worth reading on one critic’s list of the “best” of the year, most… [more]

The Goddamned: The Bible as You’ve Never Seen it Before

Ian Dawe — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 20:30:24 +0000

The Goddamned: The Bible as You’ve Never Seen it Before" title="The Goddamned: The Bible as You’ve Never Seen it Before" style="float:left;" />Anyone of a certain inclination who has read the Old Testament can’t help but come away thinking of it as pretty “metal”, to coin a phrase. Fights to the death, plagues, burning cities, vendettas, and… [more]

Southern Bastards #11: Serpents

Ian Dawe — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:00:43 +0000

Southern Bastards #11: Serpents" title="Southern Bastards #11: Serpents" style="float:left;" />Each new issue of Southern Bastards seems to get deeper, more thoughtful and more artful in its rendering of the American south. The book has always had a wonderful ability to capture the Southern Gothic… [more]

Southern Bastards #10: A Force of Nature

Ian Dawe — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 11:00:42 +0000

Southern Bastards #10: A Force of Nature" title="Southern Bastards #10: A Force of Nature" style="float:left;" />Coach Big is dead. That fact no doubt affects people in lots of different ways in Craw County, and the larger mythic universe of Southern Bastards. But before we get to all of that, the… [more]

Southern Bastards #9: Past, Present and Football

Ian Dawe — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 19:00:22 +0000

Southern Bastards #9: Past, Present and Football" title="Southern Bastards #9: Past, Present and Football" style="float:left;" />“But the Good Lord always gives us another chance, don’t he?” -Coach Big Here were are again, back in the tangled thicket of history, race, sex, sports, ribs and morality that populate the literate and… [more]

The Bastards of Southern Bastards #8

Ian Dawe — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 19:00:44 +0000

Southern Bastards #8" title="The Bastards of Southern Bastards #8" style="float:left;" />One question that keeps returning as we enjoy Jason Aaron and Jason Latour’s Southern Bastards is how much of it is specifically Southern, and how much qualifies as simple old-fashioned bastardry? Not being a southerner… [more]

Southern Bastards #5-7: Changes of Character

Ian Dawe — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:00:30 +0000

Southern Bastards #5-7: Changes of Character" title="Southern Bastards #5-7: Changes of Character" style="float:left;" />Jason Aaron and Jason Latour are the George R. R. Martins of metaphorical realist fantasy comics set in the south. They aren’t afraid to take sudden dramatic right turns, to lose characters that you would… [more]

A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away, This Probably Would’ve Been Better: A Review of Aaron and Cassaday’s Star Wars #1

Matthew Meylikhov — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 22:00:43 +0000

Star Wars #1" title="A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away, This Probably Would’ve Been Better: A Review of Aaron and Cassaday’s Star Wars #1" style="float:left;" />Star Wars #1 by Jason Aaron and John Cassaday has perhaps one of the best openings to a Star Wars comic ever. From that perfect blue font with those familiar opening words to the double-page… [more]

Southern Bastards: An Opera of the South

Ian Dawe — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:00:42 +0000

Southern Bastards: An Opera of the South" title="Southern Bastards: An Opera of the South" style="float:left;" />Southern Bastards seems like it’s very specifically about the American south. The focus on southern cooking (I can’t remember a comic book that made me hungry before, except possibly Watchmen’s references to the Gunga Diner),… [more]

Getting Hammered: A Review of Thor #1

David G — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 11:00:31 +0000

Thor #1" title="Getting Hammered: A Review of Thor #1" style="float:left;" />When Marvel announced its latest publishing initiative in the form of All-New Avengers NOW, my response was to shrug my shoulders and stifle a yawn. The plan calls for new versions of Captain America and… [more]

Southern Bastards Starts with a Bang (and a Plop)

Matthew Amylon — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:00:27 +0000

Southern Bastards Starts with a Bang (and a Plop)" title="Southern Bastards Starts with a Bang (and a Plop)" style="float:left;" />Southern Bastards #1, from Jason Latour and Jason Aaron, is the most recent high point in the barrage of high-profile releases coming from Image Comics over the last couple years. Insider fans like myself have… [more]

Colloquium #5: Norse Cosmology — Jason Aaron on Thor: God of Thunder

Markisan Naso — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 18:00:58 +0000

Thor: God of Thunder" title="Colloquium #5: Norse Cosmology — Jason Aaron on Thor: God of Thunder" style="float:left;" />Markisan interviews Jason Aaron on Thor: God of Thunder. They talk about the three versions of Thor, the deliciousness of Mead, coming up with elf names, Mangog, and why beards are essential for both men and Gods.… [more]

God is Dead, Long Live God: On Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic’s Thor

Nemanja Protic — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:00:58 +0000

Thor" title="God is Dead, Long Live God: On Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic’s Thor" style="float:left;" />“God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. Yet his shadow still looms. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? … Is not the greatness of this deed too… [more]

Jason Aaron on Why Wolverine Endures

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 22:00:47 +0000

As a longtime writer of Wolverine both in Wolverine and the X-Men and the X-Men solo series, Jason Aaron knows the character well. But what is it that makes Wolverine such an enduring presence in… [more]

Ultimate Captain America: A Meditation on American Identity

Cody Walker — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:00:12 +0000

Ultimate Captain America: A Meditation on American Identity" title="Ultimate Captain America: A Meditation on American Identity" style="float:left;" />While Mark Millar was experimenting with narrative during his return to the Ultimates, Jason Aaron was exploring the inner-workings of Captain America in his mini-series Ultimate Captain America.Initially, the series travels down familiar territory as… [more]

Sequart’s Books Get New, Cheaper Editions

Julian Darius — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:18:27 +0000

Sequart Research & Literacy Organization’s entire line of eight books of comics scholarship is now available in revised editions featuring significantly lower cover prices. Each of these new editions also feature revised covers and cleaner,… [more]

New Documentary Film: Comics in Focus: Chris Claremont’s X-Men

Julian Darius — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:48:21 +0000

Comics in Focus: Chris Claremont’s X-Men" title="New Documentary Film: Comics in Focus: Chris Claremont’s X-Men" style="float:left;" />Sequart and Respect Films are proud to announce a new documentary film, the first in a new series that will take advantage of new forms of distribution. A Kickstarter campaign has been created to help… [more]

Why Comics Have Failed to Achieve Real Respect

Julian Darius — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:00:14 +0000

It might superficially seem as if comics have finally achieved respect. They’re covered by the mainstream press. They’re increasingly taught in colleges. Their adaptations account for a huge percentage of Hollywood blockbusters. Hey, even nerd… [more]