COMICS SANS CAPES: Saga, Rasputin and Southern Bastards
Our man G.D. Kennedy doesn’t dislike superheroes, he just likes comics without them more. So we’ve decided to give his regular column a name: COMICS SANS CAPES. See what we did there? We’re clever like that. — Dan
MARVEL ANNOUNCES NEXT ROUND OF MOVIES!!!
Marvel just announced eight more films for 2016 through 2018! And one of them is Black Panther!!!
HOT PICKS! On Sale This Week
I’m starting to think we need to stop letting pick Saga every month. But who am I to be such a killjoy! PLUS! Mark Waid makes his picks! And lotsa love for Howard the Duck!
BATMAN #237: The Greatest Halloween Comic Book Ever
It’s HALLOWEEN WEEK! And the DENNY O’NEIL Interviews are back — with a behind-the-scenes look at the ultimate Halloween comic!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BERNIE WRIGHTSON!!!
A happy 66th birthday to Bernie Wrightson, comics master of the macabre! Here’s 13 covers to celebrate his birthday!!!
Best Video of the Week!!!
Actor Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones Lord Baelish) teaches his apprentice the importance of water in the creation of inhabitable worlds. Produced by the European Space Agency. Yeah — a governmental agency commissioned this incredible video short.
The 13 Greatest Witches, by SCOTT SNYDER
The superstar writer whose creator-owned Image book Wytches is a — pun intended — monster hit, steps into the 13th Dimension with his own evil baker’s dozen of spectacular spellcasters.
MIGHTY Q&A: The Timeless Stylings of JOE QUINONES
Joe Quinones is an artist we dig and seems to pop up a lot in our weekly VARIANTS! wrap-ups. He pays us a visit with a MIGHTY Q&A!
COOL EVENTS ALERT: Arlen ‘Silver Age’ Schumer in NYC and RI
We’re serializing The Silver Age of Comic Book Art starting this week — and author Arlen Schumer will be discussing the book in New York and Rhode Island!
BATMAN ’66 CONTEST: FIVE — count ’em, FIVE — Bat-Giveaways! (CONTEST CLOSED)
(UPDATED: CONTEST CLOSED) Books! Comics! Collectibles! Enter the contest we’re running in conjunction with The Batcave Podcast!
This Week in AXIS: The Center Isn’t Holding
Three reviews this week — Axis #3, Hobgoblin #1 and All-New X-Factor #15. The upshot? The Marvel event has yet to deliver … SPOILERS AHEAD:
PREVIEW: Patrick Meaney’s LAST BORN #2
Comics documentarian Patrick Meaney is now a comics creator himself. The second issue of his debut — Last Born from Black Mask Studios — comes out 10/29. Here’s a preview and a MIGHTY Q&A with Patrick about this passion project: