How did I miss this? Marvel Comics will be adapting Philip K. Dick’s fiction to comics, beginning with The Electric Ant. As the first original adaptation of our fathers work into this genre, we are thrilled with the creative team and the support of Marvel in the care they have taken to be true toContinue reading “On The Electric Ant Comics Adaptation”
Category Archives: Comic Books
On Things I’ve Been Reading
Well, okay, one thing. I’ve gotten behind on my comic book reading. You’d think, those little twenty-odd page pamphlets would be a breeze to just sit down, kick back, and go. Life doesn’t always happen like that, though. However, I did just pick up something, and I read it on the light rail this evening.Continue reading “On Things I’ve Been Reading”
On Things I’ve Been Reading
Recently, I’ve begun buying comic books again. I used to buy a lot of comics. In retrospect, it’s a bit embarrassing. And then, somewhere in the late ’90s, I stopped buying comics on any sort of regular basis. I’d visit comic shops occasionally if something was coming out that I was interested in — like,Continue reading “On Things I’ve Been Reading”
On Enemy Ace
At the bookstore a few weeks ago I saw something on the graphic novel rack that made me stop and do a double take. Showcase Presents: Enemy Ace. I pulled it off the shelf. Glanced at the cover — a red Fokker triplane. Flipped through it. Five hundred pages of World War I aerial dogfightingContinue reading “On Enemy Ace”
On Warrior Nuns
I picked up a comic this week. The cover was intriguing — a nun, in her habit, with a big-ass sword, and a demon or somesuch behind her. A nun. With a sword. There seems to be a whole genre of comics based around the concept of warrior nuns. There’s Antarctic Press’ Warrior Nun Areala.Continue reading “On Warrior Nuns”
On Epicurus the Sage
Twenty years ago William Messner-Loebs and Sam Kieth did some comics about the life and adventures of the Greek philosopher Epicurus. I’d never read the collection — indeed, I doubt that I’d ever seen it in a comic shop — but when adding things to my Amazon wishlist, I had a “What the hell” attitudeContinue reading “On Epicurus the Sage”
On Dracula vs. King Arthur
Last week, at the Baltimore Comic-Con, as I was walking past a table, I heard, out of the corner of my ear, the words, “King Arthur.” And my interest piqued, I had to see why I’d heard those words. I stopped, turned, and then the guy behind the table said, “Dracula versus King Arthur!” HeContinue reading “On Dracula vs. King Arthur”
It's Only a Game
I’ve been thinking about Christmas recently. Just last week I wrapped my first present of the year, and we’re not even to September yet. But when one works retail, as I do, and one works retail management, as I do, then come November 1st my life vanishes as my work load increases, my work weekContinue reading “It's Only a Game”
1602
I used to read comics. A lot of comics. And toward the end of the ’90s, I stopped. I’ve started picking up some comics here and there–JLA/Avengers, Superman/Batman, various and sundry Hellboy stuff. And I saw Neil Gaiman’s miniseries for Marvel, 1602, picked up the first three issues, read them. Frankly, I’m left with anContinue reading “1602”