Batkid: The Most Important Story in Comics Today (UPDATED WITH OBAMA)
Today, the city of San Francisco turned itself into Gotham City for the benefit of a 5-year-old boy who has been fighting one of the worst childhood villains: leukemia. This is what superheroes are supposed to be all about.
The Coolest Variant Covers of the Week
Nothing speaks more to the collision of comics art and commerce quite like the variant cover. Cynical cash grab? Sure. But they can be oh, so pretty. Here are my faves this week.
HOT PICKS Gift Guide #1: SHIELD by Steranko
It’s two weeks before Black Friday, so we’re getting a head start by bringing you the HOT PICKS Gift Guide.
HEY KIDS, COMICS! by Rob Kelly and Doug Slack
We’re serializing Rob Kelly’s awesome book about the “secret origins” of comics creators and superfans, written by the folks themselves. This week, Part 1 of Doug Slack’s entry: